15 Greatest Hits was a free album from the British newspaper „The Mail On Sunday“. The songs where chosen directly by the fans on the Daily Mail website, where people could vote for their favorite fifteen songs. The CD came in a cardboard sleeve with a very nice cover picture. Some of the songs are live versions from Tina’s 50th Anniversary Tour the year before, taken from the album TINA Live.
Today we’re offering you the chance to choose the tracks you would put on a Tina Turner Greatest Ever Hits album. Just pick your favourites from the 20 great tracks below and the 15 most popular choices will be put together on a special and exclusive CD. To help you choose, our music critic Adam Woods gives his verdict… — Mail on Sunday Website
Release: October 31, 2010
Label: EMI
Format: CD
- What's Love Got To Do With It (Live) 3:41
- The Best 5:29
- Private Dancer (Edit) 4:04
- River Deep - Mountain High (Live) 4:02
- Missing You 4:38
- Steamy Windows (Live) 4:26
- I Can't Stand The Rain 3:43
- Proud Mary (1993 Version) 5:26
- When The Heartache Is Over 3:43
- Nutbush City Limits (1993 Version) 3:20
- I Don't Wanna Fight (Edit) 4:25
- On Silent Wings (Edit) 4:19
- Tonight (Tina & David Bowie) 3:44
- Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (Edit) 4:29
- Goldeneye 4:45
This was the third single released from 'Private Dancer'. The song, which became a huge worldwide hit, is credited with making the album such a huge success. It reached No 3 in the UK.
Tina’s version of the song was released as a highly successful single in 1989 and featured on her hit album 'Foreign Affair'. In Britain it peaked at No 5 in the singles chart.
Written by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits fame and was the title track of Tina’s breakthrough solo album 'Private Dancer'. The track is sung from the perspective of a high-class prostitute and became one of her most successful singles.
This 1966 single by Ike and Tina Turner is considered by Wall Of Sound producer Phil Spector to be his best work. The record was hugely successful in Europe, peaking at No 3 in the UK singles chart.
Written by John Waite and recorded by Tina in 1996, this was released as the third single from the album 'Wildest Dreams'. Tina’s version hit No 12 in the UK singles chart.
This was on Tina’s 1989 'Foreign Affair' album, released as a single in early 1990. Tina also performed the song as the opening number during her 1993 and 2008/2009 concert tours.
This song was originally recorded by Ann Peebles. Tina’s version was released as the sixth single from the album 'Private Dancer' in 1985.
Written by American singer and guitarist John Fogerty for Creedence Clearwater Revival. Ike and Tina Turner’s cover version was released in 1971 and has become one of Tina’s signature songs.
This was a hit single in 1999. The song, produced by Brian Rawling and Mark Taylor – the team behind Cher’s 1998 hit Believe – came from the album 'Twenty Four Seven'. It was a major hit both in the pop and dance charts, reaching No 10 in the UK.
Originally released in November 1973, it reached No 4 in the UK singles chart. Nutbush is a semi-autobiographical rock ’n’ roll song written by Tina in which she describes her hometown of Nutbush, Tennessee.
Lulu wrote this song along with her brother Billy Lawrie and Steve DuBerry and it was first offered to singer Sade, who sent it on to Tina. She recorded it in 1993 as part of the soundtrack for her autobiographical movie 'What’s Love Got To Do With It'. It reached No 7 in the UK Charts.
A track featuring guest vocals from Sting. It was released in April 1996 in support of Tina’s 'Wildest Dreams' album. 'On Silent Wings' enjoyed success in the UK, reaching No 13 in the singles chart.
A track written by David Bowie and Iggy Pop for Iggy’s second solo album, 'Lust For Life', which was released in 1977. In 1984 Bowie re-recorded the song as a duet for his new album – also called 'Tonight' – with Tina as guest vocalist. Bowie released it as a single but it was credited only to him.
A single from Tina’s 1993 'What’s Love Got To Do With It' soundtrack album. The track was written and produced by Bryan Adams and peaked at No 16 in the UK singles chart.
The theme song to the 1995 James Bond movie. 'Goldeneye' was written by U2’s Bono and The Edge and reached No 10 in the UK charts.