1993 - What's love got to do with it?
What's love got to do with it is the eighth solo album by Tina Turner, released on Parlophone in 1993.
The soundtrack album for the 1993 Tina Turner biographical film What's Love Got to Do with It, it was released by Touchstone Pictures the same year.
Turner re-recorded many of her songs from the Ike and Tina Turner period for this album including their first hit single "A Fool In Love".
Three brand new tracks were also included, "I Don't Wanna Fight" being a top 10 hit in both the U.S. and U.K.
The album also includes Turner's version of The Trammps' disco classic "Disco Inferno", a song she had often performed live in concert during the late seventies, but was never previously recorded in studio.
Two tracks from her 1984 breakthrough solo album Private Dancer are included as well, the title track to the movie and "I Might Have Been Queen".
The album hit #1 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum in many countries including the U.S., the U.K., and Germany.
The U.S. version of the album omits two tracks; "Shake a Tail Feather" and "Tina's Wish".
More releases you will find at the excellent Discogs website
Formats: LP, CD
Producers: Roger Davies, Tina Turner, Chris Lord-Alge
Label: Parlophone
1.I don't wanna fight
Album: What's love got to do with it - 1993
There's a pale moon in the sky
The kind you make your wishes on
Like the light in your eyes
The one I built my dreams upon
It's not there any longer
Something happened somewhere
And we both know why
But me, I'm getting stronger
We must stop pretending
I can't live this life
I don't care who's wrong or right
I don't really wanna fight no more
(Too much talking babe)
Let's sleep on it tonight
I don't really wanna fight no more
(This is time for letting go)
I hear a whisper in the air
It simply doesn't bother me
Can't you see that I don't care
Or are you you looking right through me
Seems to me that lately
You look at me the wrong way and I start to cry
Could it be that maybe
This crazy situation is the reason why
I don't care who's wrong or right
I don't really wanna fight no more
(Too much talking babe)
Let's sleep on it tonight
I don't really wanna fight no more
(Tired of all these games)
But baby don't you know
That I don't wanna hurt no more
(It's time, I'm walking babe)
Don't care now who's to blame
I don't really wanna fight no more
(This is time for letting go)
Hanging on to the past
It only stands in our way
We had to grow for our love to last
But we just grew apart
No, I don't wanna hurt no more
But baby don't you know
No I don't wanna hurt no more
(Too much talking babe)
Don't care now who's to blame
I don't really wanna fight no more
(Tired of all these games)
I don't care who's wrong or right
I don't really wanna fight no more
(It's time, I'm walking babe)
So let's sleep on it tonight
I don't really wanna fight no more
(This is time for letting go)
2.Rock me baby
Album: What's love got to do with it? (originally from B.B.King) - 1993
Rock me baby, rock me all night long
I said I want you to
Rock me baby, rock me all night long
I want you to rock me like my back ain't got no bones
Roll me daddy like you roll your flour dough
Want you to roll me daddy like you roll your flour dough
I want you to roll me till I want no more
When you see me coming go get your rockin' chair
When you see me coming go get your rockin' chair
I want you to rock me, rock me away from here
Rock me baby, rock me all night long
I said I want you to Rock me baby, rock me all night long
I want you to rock me like my back ain't got no bones
Roll me daddy like you roll your flour dough
I said I want you to roll me daddy like you roll your flour dough
I want you to roll me till I want no more
3.Disco Inferno
Album: What's love got to do with it - 1993
To my surprise one hundred stories high
People getting loose now, getting down on the roof
Folks screaming, out of control
It was so entertaining when the boogie starts to explode
[Chorus:]
I heard somebody say
(Burn baby burn) Disco Inferno (Burn baby burn)
Burn that mother down
(Burn baby burn) Disco Inferno (Burn baby burn)
Burn that mother down
Satisfaction came in a chain reaction
I couldn't get enough, so I had to self-destruct
The heat was on, rising to the top
Everybody is going strong, and that is when my spark got hot
I heard somebody say
(Burn baby burn) Disco Inferno (Burn baby burn)
Burn that mother down
(Burn baby burn) Disco Inferno (Burn baby burn)
Burn that mother down
Up above my head
I hear music in the air (I hear music)
That makes me know
There's a party somewhere
(Just can't stop) When my spark gets hot
(Just can't stop) When my spark gets hot
4.Why must we wait until tonight?
Album: What's Love got to do with it - 1993
Tell me why
Why must we wait until tonight
Tell me why
Why must we wait until tonight
You're gonna take a little time
Gonna drink me like a fine wine
Write the book of love line by line
But I wanna play with you baby
Right now
Go all the way with you baby
And show you how
'Cos my body just can't say no
And my fingers just won't let go
Tell me why
Why must we wait until tonight
Tell me why
Why when I've waited all my life
You're touching me, I'm touching you
What should I do now?
Tell me why
Why must we wait till tonight
You like to take it real slow
Show me every little move you know
Take a little love and watch it grow
But I wanna lay with you darling
Right now
Make love all day with you baby
And show you how
Take my body don't take my time
Take your lips and make them mine
Tell me why
Why must we wait until tonight
Tell me why
Why when I've waited all my life
You're touching me, I'm touching you
What should I do now?
Tell me why
Why must we wait till tonight
5.Stay a while
Album: What's love got to do with it - 1993
So who are you gonna turn to when the light is fading
Who are you gonna run to when the rain sets in
Who do you come to when the blues comes calling
Who are you trying to fool coming around here again
Yes, I heard you found a new plaything
Right now it seems you need a friend
Why don't you stay a while
Just till the night is through
Tell me you're lonely, baby, I'm lonely, too
So stay awhile
I'll stay awhile
All I ever wanted was a shoulder to lean on
And all you ever wanted was a dream that would last
Promises made in the heat of the moment
I know I never told you that was too much to ask
But it won't take much gentle persuasion
To make you remember, make me forget
Why don't you stay a while
Just till the night is through
Tell me you're lonely, baby, I'm lonely, too
So stay awhile
You may not be a knight in white satin
Maybe the best was all in the past
Turn the lights low, lay down beside me
Just till the dawn, I don't want you to go
Tell me you want me
Baby, I need you too
Stay awhile
Why don't you stay a while
Just till the night is through
Tell me you're lonely, baby, I'm lonely, too
Why don't you stay a while
Just till the night is through
Tell me you love me, baby, I love you too
Why don't you stay a while
Just till the night is through
Tell me you love me, baby, I want you too
Why don't you stay a while
Just till the night is through
6.Nutbush city limits
Single: Nutbush City Limits - Version 1993
A church house gin house
A school house outhouse
On highway number nineteen
The people keep the city clean
They call it Nutbush, oh Nutbush
They call it Nutbush city limits
Twenty-five for speed limit
Motorcycle not allowed in it
You go to store on Friday
You go to church on Sunday
They call it Nutbush, oh Nutbush
They call it Nutbush city limits
You go to the fields on weekdays
And have a picnic on Labor Day
You go to town on Saturday
And go to church every Sunday
They call it Nutbush, oh Nutbush
They call it Nutbush city limits
No whiskey for sale
If you get drunk no bail
Salt pork and molasses
Is all you get in jail
They call it Nutbush, oh Nutbush
They call it Nutbush city limits
A little old town in Tennessee
A quiet little old community
A one-horse town
You have to watch what you're putting down
In old Nutbush, oh Nutbush
7.(Darlin') You know I love you
Album: What's love got to do with it - Version 1993
I know you love me baby
But you never tell me so
I know you love me baby
But you never tell me so
If you don't tell me that you love me
I'm gonna pack my bags and go
I live across the street from the jukebox baby
All night long they play the blues
I live across the street from the jukebox baby
All night long they play the blues
Everytime they spin that record
Honey it makes me think of you
One little song in particular baby
Always sticks in my mind
One little song in particular baby
Always sticks in my mind
Everytime they play it baby
I start right into cryin'
Oh baby please don't leave me
Now I'm gonna crawl across my bed, baby
Cry myself to sleep
Yeah I'm gonna crawl across my bed baby
Cry myself to sleep
And in my dreams I hear you saying
Lover please come back to me
8.Proud Mary
Album: What's love got to do with it (originally from John Fogerty) - 1993
Y' know, every now and then
I think you might like to hear something from us
Nice and easy
But there's just one thing
You see we never ever do nothing
Nice and easy
We always do it nice and rough
So we're gonna take the beginning of this song
And do it easy
Then we're gonna do the finish rough
This is the way we do "Proud Mary"
And we're rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
Listen to the story
I left a good job in the city
Working for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleeping
Worrying 'bout the way things might have been
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
And we're rolling, rolling
Rolling on the river
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
Till I hitched a ride on a riverboat queen
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
And we're rolling, rolling
Rolling on the river
If you come down to the river
I bet you gonna find some people who live
You don't have to worry if you got no money
People on the river are happy to give
9.A fool in love
Album: What's love got to do with it - 1993
There's something on my mind
Won't somebody please, please tell me what's wrong
[Chorus:]
You're just a fool, you know you're in love
You've got to face it to live in this world
You take the good along with the bad
Sometimes you're happy and sometimes you're sad
You know you love him, you can't understand
Why he treats you like he do when he's such a good man
He's got me smiling when I should be ashamed
Got me laughing when my heart is in pain
Oh no, I must be a fool
Cause I'll do anything you want me to do
[Chorus]
Without my man I don't wanna live
You think I'm lying but I'm telling you like it is
He's got my nose open and that's no lie
And I, I'm gonna keep him satisfied
[Chorus]
Waves of action speak louder than words
The truest thing that I ever heard
I trust my man and all that he do
And I, and I'll do anything you want me to do
10.It's gonna work out fine
Album: What's love got to do with it - 1993
There's something on my mind
I know you love me baby
But you never tell me so
I know you love me baby
But you never tell me so
If you don't tell me
I'm gonna pack my rags and go
Well across the street no. 2 block baby
All night long they play the blues
I never cross the street no. 2 block baby
All night long they play the blues
And every time they spend a ribbit
Honey it makes me think of you
I want no song in particular baby
Always fixing my mind
I want no song in particular baby
Always fixing my mind
And every time they play it baby
I start writing to cry
Baby please don't leave me
When I follow cross my baby
Cry myself asleep
Yeah when I follow cross my baby
Cry myself asleep
And in my dreams I here you saying
Lover please come back to me
11.Shake a tail feather
Album: What's love got to do with it - 1993
Well, I heard about the girl
You've been dancing with
All over the neighborhood
Tell me why didn't you ask me baby?
Or didn't you think I could?
Well, I know that your partner will never step aside
I've seen you do the Jerk all night
Why didn't you ask me baby?
I would have shown you how to do it right
Do it right, do it right, do it right
Do it right, do it right, do it right, do it right
Ahh...Twist it
Shake it, shake it, shake it baby
Here we go loop de loop
Shake it up baby
Here we go loop de la
Bend over and let me see you shake a tail feather
Bend over and let me see you shake a tail feather
Bend over and let me see you shake a tail feather
Bend over and let me see you shake a tail feather
Well, you bend over and let me see you shake a tail feather
Well, you bend over and let me see you shake a tail feather
All right
[Repeat]
12.I might have been queen
Album: Private Dancer - 1984
I'm a new pair of eyes
Every time I am born
An original mind
Because I just died
I'm scanning the horizon
For someone recognizing
That I might of been queen
For every sun that sets
There is a new one dawning
For every empire crushed
There is a brand new nation
Let the waters rise
I have ridden each tide
From the gates of the city
Where the first born died
[Chorus:]
And I might have been queen
I remember the girl in the fields with no name
She had a love
Oh, but the rivers won't stop for me
No, the rivers won't stop for me
I'm a new pair of eyes
An original mind
With my senses of old
And the heart of a giant
And I'm searching through the wreckage
For some great recollection
That I might have been queen
For every sage that falls
There is an ancient child
[Chorus]
I look up to the stars
With my perfect memory
I look through it all
And my future's no shock to me
I look down but I see no tragedy
I look up to my past
A spirit running free
I look down, I look down and I'm there, in history
Oh, I'm a soul survivor
13.What's love got to do with it
Album: Private Dancer - 1984
You must understand
Though the touch of your hand
Makes my pulse react
That it's only the thrill
Of boy meeting girl
Opposites attract
It's physical
Only logical
You must try to ignore
That it means more than that
[Chorus:]
What's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love, but a second-hand emotion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken
It may seem to you
That I'm acting confused
When you're close to me
If I tend to look dazed
I read it some place
I've got cause to be
There's a name for it
There's a phrase that fits
But whatever the reason
You do it for me
[Chorus]
I've been taking on a new direction
And I have to say
I've been thinking 'bout my own protection
It scares me to feel this way
[Chorus]
What's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love, but a sweet old fashioned notion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken
14.Tina's wish
Album: What's love got to do with it - 1993
I'm talking to the priest
The high priest
And everybody out there in the universe
If what I'm saying is wrong
Then tell me the right way to say it
Cause I wanna be made over
Paint me red, paint me green
Give me liberty, wash me clean
Make me over, make me nice
Cause when I'm done, Lord, I wanna be right
Oh Lord
Make me over, I wanna be made over
Oh Lord
Make me over, I wanna be made over
Make me smart, make me king
Give a lot, give me steam
I want eternal beauty, spiritual things
Cause when I'm done, yes I wanna be a good thing
Oh Lord
Make me over, I wanna be made over
Oh Lord
Make me over, I wanna be made over
Oh Lord
Make me over, I wanna be made over
Oh Lord
Make me over, I wanna be made over
I wanna go places, I wanna do some things
I wanna be a star, I wanna have a big name
But in my heart, let beauty reign
And when I'm done, I wanna have fame
Lord make me nice, Lord make me good
Give me power, give me love
I wanna be desireable, voluptous, tantalising
Lord
Make me over, I wanna be made over
Lord
Make me over, I wanna be made over
Lord
Make me over, I wanna be made over
I wanna be made over
I wanna be made over
Oh Lord
Make me over
Oh Lord
Make me over, I wanna be made over
I wanna be made over
I wanna be made over
I wanna be made over
Make me over, I wanna be made over
Make me over, I wanna be made over
Make me over, I wanna be made over
Make me over, I wanna be made over
Make me over, I wanna be made over
Oh Lord
Make me over, I wanna be made over
I wanna be made over
Make me over, I wanna be made over
Make me over, I wanna be made over
Length: 51: 52 min.
Singles from Wildest Dreams
I Don't Wanna Fight - 23 April 1993
Disco Inferno - 12 July 1993
Why Must We Wait Until Tonight - 16 September 1993
Proud Mary - 19 November 1993
Personnel
Tina Turner - lead vocals
Laurence Fishburne - spoken vocals on "It's Gonna Work Out Fine"
James Ralston - guitar, background vocals
Terry Britten - guitar, background vocals
Gene Black - guitar
Keith Scott - guitar
Jamie West-Oram - guitar
Tim Pierce - guitar
Timmy Cappello - saxophone, vocals
Lee Thornberg - trumpet, trombone
Rick Braun - trumpet
David Paich - piano
C.J Vanston - keyboards, drum programming
Rupert Hine - keyboards, programming
Steve DuBerry - keyboards, drum programming, background vocals
Nick Glennie-Smith - keyboards
Billy Livsey - keyboards
Robbie King - Hammond B-3
Bob Feit - bass guitar
Trevor Morais - drums
Curt Bisquera - drums
Graham Jarvis - drums
Simon Morton - percussion
Steve McNamara - programming
The Tuck Back Twins - background vocals
Sharon Brown - background vocals
Jean McClain - background vocals
Jacquelyn Gouche - background vocals
Jam - background vocals
Cy Curnin - background vocals
Tessa Niles - background vocals
Production
Roger Davies - record producer
Tina Turner - producer
Chris Lord-Alge - producer
Bryan Adams - producer "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight"
Robert Lange - producer "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight"
CJ Mackintosh - producer "Nutbush City Limits"
Dave Dorrell - producer "Nutbush City Limits"
Rupert Hine - producer "I Might Have Been Queen"
Terry Britten - producer "What's Love Got To Do With It"
Graham Lyle - producer "What's Love Got To Do With It"
Chris Lord-Alge - sound engineer (tracks 1-2, 5, 6-10)
Steve McNamara - sound engineer (track 4)
John Hudson - sound engineer (track 12)
Charts and Certifications
Review from Coffeedemon
The soundtrack to the fantastic film of the same name, this album is full of great songs. Okay, some of them are new versions of old Ike & Tina classics, but that doesn't detract from either the original songs or the film soundtrack.
If you want a "best of" Tina or Ike & Tina, then go buy a compilation album, but if you loved the film and/or Tina's voice you'll love this.
1974 - Tina Turns the Country On!
1975 - Acid Queen
1978 - Rough
1979 - Love Explosion
1984 - Private Dancer
1986 - Break every rule
1989 - Foreign Affair
1993 - What's love got to do with it
1996 - Wildest Dreams
1999 - Twenty Four Seven