What’s Love Got to Do with It (album) – 1993
What’s Love Got to Do with It is the eighth solo album by Tina Turner, released on Parlophone in 1993. It was the soundtrack album for the 1993 Tina Turner biographical film What’s Love Got to Do with It, which 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 US and UK 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 1970s, 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 various countries including the US, the UK, Switzerland and New Zealand.
The US version of the album omits two tracks; “Shake a Tail Feather” and “Tina’s Wish”.
Track listings
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. “I Don’t Wanna Fight” Lulu, Billy Lawrie, Steve DuBerry 6:06
2. “Rock Me Baby” (1993 version) Riley King, Joe Josea 3:57
3. “Disco Inferno” Leroy Green, Ron Kersey 4:03
4. “Why Must We Wait Until Tonight” Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange 5:53
5. “Stay Awhile” Terry Britten, Graham Lyle 4:50
6. “Nutbush City Limits” (1993 version) Tina Turner 3:19
7. “(Darlin’) You Know I Love You” (1993 version) King, Jules Taub 4:27
8. “Proud Mary” (1993 version) John Fogerty 5:25
9. “A Fool in Love” (1993 version) Ike Turner 2:54
10. “It’s Gonna Work Out Fine” (1993 version) Sylvia McKinney, Rose McCoy 2:49
11. “Shake a Tail Feather” (1993 version) Verlie Rice, Otis Hayes, Andre Williams 2:32
12. “I Might Have Been Queen” (1993 version, from 1984 album Private Dancer) Jeanette Obstoj, Rupert Hine, Jamie West-Oram, Tina Turner* 4:20
13. “What’s Love Got to Do with It” (from 1984 album Private Dancer) Britten, Lyle 3:49
14. “Tina’s Wish” (1993 version) Tina Turner, Ike Turner 3:08
U.S. version
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 Thornburg – 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
Graham Broad – 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)
Doug Sax – mastering engineer