Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It - Album

What’s Love Got To Do With It

Soundtrack / Singles / Tour / Video / Movie / Promo (1993)

What’s Love Got To Do With It is the eighth studio album from Tina Turner and the soundtrack for the same named movie about her life story. It’s also the first album for her new record company Virgin in America. It features re-recorded Ike & Tina Turner songs and five new tracks, including the theme for the movie and hit single I Don't Wanna Fight, which became a top 10 hit in both the UK and US.

It also includes Tina's version of The Trammps' Disco Inferno, a song she performed live in concert in the late seventies but never previously recorded in studio. The song „I Might Have Been Queen,“ originally from the album Private Dancer, is a remixed and little bit longer version and includes the additional and never before released vers „I Look Up To The Stars Till I Find My Destiny“.

Some of the pictures from the booklet were photographed at a beach in Malibu. The album was reviewed from Billboard magazine in it’s issue from July 3, 1993. The American version is missing two songs.

Producer: Chris Lord-Alge, Tina Turner, Roger Davies
Photographer: Herb Ritts / Peter Lindbergh
Makeup: Kevyn Aucoin
Release: June 15, 1993
Label: Parlophone (Europe) / Virgin (USA)
Format: Vinyl / CD (Picture) / MiniDisc / Cassette / Digital
Charts: UK: #1 / Europe: #4 / Germany: #8 / USA: #17 / Australia: #30
Certifications: UK: 1x Platinum / USA: 1x Platinum / Germany: 1x Gold

Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It - Album

Tracks

  1. I Don’t Wanna Fight 6:09
    2. Written by Steve DuBerry, Lulu, Billy Lawrie
  2. Rock Me Baby 3:59
    3. Written by B.B. King, Joe Josea
  3. Disco Inferno 4:06
    4. Written by Leroy Green, Ron "Have Mercy“ Kersey
  4. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? 5:55
    5. Written by Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange
  5. Stay Awhile 4:52
    6. Written by Terry Britten, Graham Lyle
  6. Nutbush City Limits 3:20
    7. Written by Tina Turner
  7. (Darlin’) You Know I Love You 4:29
    8. Written by B.B. King, Jules Taub
  8. Proud Mary 5:27
    9. Written by John C. Fogerty
  9. A Fool In Love 2:56
    10. Written by lke Turner
  10. It’s Gonna Work Out Fine 2:51
    11. Written by Sylvia McKinney, Rose McCoy
  11. Shake A Tail Feather 2:34
    12. Written by Verlie Rice, Otis Hayes, Andre Williams / Not on the American version
  12. I Might Have Been Queen (Remix) 4:22
    13. Written by Rupert Hine, Jeanette Obstoj, James West-Oram
  13. What’s Love Got To Do With It 3:51
    14. Written by Terry Britten, Graham Lyle
  14. Tina’s Wish 3:08
    15. Written by Tina Turner, Ike Turner / Not on the American version

I Don’t Wanna Fight

is a slow ballad, first offered to the singer Sade, but she didn’t recorded it. Tina thought the song fits perfect for the movie about her life story and released it as the lead single from the soundtrack album. She promoted the song at some TV-Shows in Europe and America and performed it live at her What’s Love? Tour in 1993. The single was first reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from May 8, 1993 and again several times in the following issues.

The music video is available in two different versions - with or without scenes from the movie. It shows Tina in a film studio and outside in a car, alone and together with some models. Once she wears jeans and a white blouse, and another time a long black dress. An alternate video was released on the Tears To Triumph promotional video and shows Tina in the studio in monotone in front of a microphone singing the song, also with many scenes from the movie in between.

Writer: Steve DuBerry, Lulu, Billy Lawrie
Producer: Chris Lord-Alge, Roger Davies
Photographer: Peter Lindbergh
Release: April 1993
Format: 7“ Vinyl / 12“ Vinyl / 5“ CD / Cassette
Charts: UK: #7 / USA: #9 (Pop), #1 (A/C) / Germany: #35 / Europe: #11, #1 (Airplay) / Canada: #1 / Australia: #39
Grammy: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (Nomination 1994)
Music Video: 4:20 / Peter Care (Director) / Howard Woffingden (Producer) / Alternate Version: 4:35 / John Pattyson (Director)

Tracks
  1. I Don’t Wanna Fight (Edit) 4:28
    2. From the 7" single
  2. Urban Mix 5:18
  3. Holiday Inn Lounge Mix 5:45
    4. From the 5" & 12" single
  4. Urban Radio 4:05
  5. Club House Mix 5:26
  6. Urban Radio Instrumental 4:02
  7. Album Version 6:07
    8. From the 5" promotional disc / Remix by The Darp Swat Team, Chris-Lord-Alge
  8. Urban Overnight Mix 4:18
  9. Jerry Moran Dance Mix 4:43
    10. From the 5" promotional disc / Remix by Jerry Moran, Paul Anderson, Robert Anderson
  10. Round 15 Mix 7:59
    11. From the DJ sampler 'Art of Mix'
    Additional tracks:
  1. The Best (Edit) 4:10
    2. From the European release
  2. Tina’s Wish 3:08
    3. From the American release
  3. I Don’t Wanna Lose You 4:10
  4. What’s Love Got To Do With It 3:48
    5. From the UK digipack

Disco Inferno

was originally released from The Trammps in 1976, which reached #16 in England. Tina performed the song live in her early solo concerts, but never recorded a studio version - until 1993 for this soundtrack album. Released as the second single in the UK, it charted four places higher than The Trammps version. The song was also on the setlist of her What's Love? Tour, but Tina performed it unfortunately only at a few concerts, like at opening night in Reno. The single was not released in Germany and America.

The music video was filmed like a live performance with Tina dressed in a black trouser and top on stage of her What’s Love? Tour together with her female dancers and the band. But in fact, Tina is lip-syncing the song. The clip is available in two different versions, the original version from 1993 with scenes from the movie in between and the 2023 Re-Edit without this scenes but with additional live footage from the concert in San Bernardino.

Writer: Leroy Green, Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey
Producer: Chris Lord-Alge, Tina Turner, Roger Davies
Photographer: Herb Ritts
Release: July 1993
Format: 7“ Vinyl / 12“ Vinyl / 5“ CD / Cassette
Charts: UK: #12 / Europe: #38 / Australia: #56
Music Video: 4:36 / David Mallet (Director) / Re-Edit: 4:25 / Rich Osborne (Director)

Tracks
  1. Disco Inferno 4:05
    2. From the 7" single
  2. Disco Inferno (12" Version) 5:33
  3. Disco Inferno (12" Dub) 6:57
    4. From the 5" & 12" single / Remix and additional production by Beatmasters
  4. Disco Inferno (NRG Track) 7:05
    5. From the DJ sampler 'Discotech 23' from 1994 / Remixed by Roy McLeod / BPM 130
  5. Disco Inferno (Digital Mix) 6:09
    6. From the DJ sampler 'Direct Hit Vol. 3' from 1993 / Remixed by Steve Bourasa / BPM 130
    Additional tracks:
  1. I Don’t Wanna Fight (Edit) 4:28
    2. From the European release
  2. The Best (Single Edit) 4:10
  3. Tina's Wish 3:08
    4. From the Australian release

Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?

is a new recorded song, released as the second single in America and Germany and the third one in England. As a special bonus, the limited edition CD single includes a full color poster. The single was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from September 4, 1993.

The music video was filmed in black & white and monotone and shows scenes with different couples and Tina wearing the same black dress as on the I Don’t Wanna Fight single cover. An additional video was recorded at the Blockbuster Pavilion in San Bernardino, California on September 15, available on the What’s Love? Live home video as a bonus.

Writer: Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producer: Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Release: September 1993 (USA) / October 1993 (Europe)
Format: 7“ Vinyl / 12“ Vinyl / 5“ CD / Cassette
Charts: UK: #16 / Europe: #43, #12 (Airplay) / Germany: #55
Music Video: 3:28 / Peter Care (Director) / Howard Woffingden (Producer)

Tracks
  1. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (Album Version) 5:55
  2. 7“ Mix 4:31
  3. Tony Dofat Remix 5:26
  4. Piano, Drums, Vocals only 5:21
  5. Acapella 4:28
    6. From the 5" & 7" & 12" single / Remix: Tony Dofat for Tone Capone Productions Inc.
  6. Instrumental 5:23
    7. From the 5" promotional record
    Additional tracks:
  1. Shake A Tail Feather 2:34
    2. From the 5" & 7" single
  2. (Simply) The Best (Tina & Jimmy Barnes) 4:11
    3. From the Limited Edition CD single

Proud Mary

was Ike & Tina Turner’s biggest hit in 1971, which won a Grammy Award and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003. The song is one of the few Ike & Tina songs which Tina continuously performed live in her solo concerts and has become one of her most recognizable signature song. This re-recorded version with guest vocals by Timmy Cappello was released as a single along with the home video release of the movie What’s Love Got To Do With It. The single was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from June 18, 1994. In 2010, after a candidate’s performance on the TV-Show „The X Factor,“ this version reached the charts in Scotland and England. In 2024, a previously unreleased 'Acapella Version' was released as a single to promote the What' Love? (30th Anniversary Edition).

The live music video was recorded at the Blockbuster Pavilion in San Bernardino, California on September 15, 1993, as part of Tina’s What’s Love? Tour, but was never released on home video as a separate clip.

Writer: John C. Fogerty
Producer: Chris-Lord-Alge, Tina Turner, Roger Davies
Photographer: Herb Ritts
Release: June 1994
Format: 7“ Vinyl (Color) / 5“ CD / Cassette
Charts: Scotland: #40 / UK: #62
Music Video: 4:30 / David Mallet (Director) / Rocky Oldham (Producer)

Tracks
  1. Proud Mary (Radio Edit) 4:10
  2. Proud Mary (Live Edit) 4:32
    3. From the 5" single / Recorded live at the Blockbuster Pavilion in San Bernardino, California on September 15, 1993
  3. Proud Mary (Album Version) 5:27
    4. From the 5" promotional disc
  4. Proud Mary (Acapella) 4:44
    5. Previously Unreleased / Digital single in 2024
    Additional tracks:
  1. The Best (Live) 5:22
  2. We Don't Need Another Hero (Live) 4:58
    3. From the 5" single / Recorded live in San Bernardino 1993
  3. What's Love Got To Do With It 3:48
  4. Disco Inferno 4:05
    5. From the 5" promotional record
Tina Turner - What's Love? Tour

What’s Love? Tour

was Tina’s first American tour since 1987 to promote the movie and soundtrack. Originally intended as a North American tour only, Tina decided to add a few dates in Europe at open air festivals and some concerts in Australia and New Zealand. Shortly before the Australian leg, she performed also at the New South Wales Rugby League Grand Final in Sydney's football stadium, to support the Winfield Cup. In Adeleide, Ayrton Senna surprised her by showing up on stage during her concert, after he won the Australian Grand Prix on that day. Tina had already sung The Best, but decided to play it again as a tribute to him after he left the stage. The setlist was very similar to her previous Foreign Affair Tour, with some additional songs from the soundtrack album, including her new hit single I Don’t Wanna Fight. The concert at the Blockbuster Pavillion in San Bernardino, California on September 15 was released on home video and one show in Sydney, Australia was recorded as a special for local television.

Opening Night: June 06, 1993 / Reno (USA)
Closing Night: November 18, 1993 / Wellington (Australia)
Regions: North America (2 legs) / Europe / Australia, New Zealand
Concerts: 90+
Visitors: 1.5 Mio.
Home Video: What’s Love? Live (1994)
The Band: Jack Bruno: Drums / Karen Owens: Dancer, Vocals / Timmy Cappello: Percussion, Keyboard, Saxophon, Vocals / James Ralston: Guitar, Vocals / Bob Feit: Guitar / John Miles: Guitar, Vocals / Ollie Marland: Keyboard, Vocals / Sharon Owens: Dancer, Vocals / Kenny Moore: Piano, Vocals

Setlist
  1. Steamy Windows
  2. Typical Male
  3. Foreign Affair
  4. Undercover Agent For The Blues
  5. Private Dancer
  6. We Don’t Need Another Hero
  7. I Can’t Stand The Rain
  8. Nutbush City Limits
  9. Addicted To Love
  10. The Best
  11. I Don’t Wanna Fight
  12. Let’s Stay Together
  13. What’s Love Got To Do With It
  14. Proud Mary
  15. What You Get Is What You See
    16. Replaced with 'Legs' with the start of the 2. North American leg
  16. Disco Inferno
    17. Replaced 'What You Get Is What You See' at selected shows in North America
  17. (Darlin') You Know I Love You
    18. Only at selected shows in North America
  18. Legs
    19. Since the start of the 2. North American leg
  19. Show Some Respect
    20. Replaced 'Legs' in Australia
  20. Better Be Good To Me

Movie

What’s Love Got To Do With It is a biographical movie, based on the life of Tina Turner. The film stars Angela Bassett as Tina and Laurence Fishburne as Ike. The screenplay was adapted by Kate Lanier from the best seller I, Tina, written by Tina Turner and Kurt Loder in 1986. The story starts with an approximately six year old Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush Tennessee and ends with Tina’s first #1 hit single What’s Love Got To Do With It in 1984. Both main actors were nominated for an Oscar in the categroy „Best Actor/Actress“ and Angela Basset won a Golden Globe Award in 1994 and an Image Award in 1995.

Director: Brian Gibson
Release: 1993 (Movie) / 1994 (Video) / 1999 (DVD) / 2013 (Blu-ray)
Label: Touchstone / Buena Vista
Format: VHS / LaserDisc / DVD / Blu-ray
Time: 118 Min.

What’s Love? Live

features a full concert from the Blockbuster Pavilion in San Bernardino, California on September 15, 1993. As a special bonus, it contains the song Why Must We Wait Until Tonight, which Tina performed lip syncing only at this concert for promotional reasons. In 2024, it was reissued on DVD as part of the What’s Love Got To Do With It (30th Anniversary Edition), including two previously unreleased tracks.

Director: David Mallet
Release: 1994 / 2024 (DVD)
Label: Pioneer / EMI / Parlophone
Format: VHS / LaserDisc / DVD
Time: 107 Min. / 120 Min. (DVD)

Tracklist
  1. Steamy Windows (Live) 5:55
  2. Typical Male (Live) 4:30
  3. Foreign Affair (Live) 4:07
  4. Undercover Agent For The Blues (Live) 5:51
  5. Private Dancer (Live) 8:55
  6. We Don't Need Another Hero (Live) 5:09
  7. I Can't Stand The Rain (Live) 3:15
  8. Nutbush City Limits (Live) 4:19
  9. Addicted To Love (Live) 5:30
  10. The Best (Live) 5:42
  11. I Don't Wanna Fight (Live) 4:59
  12. Let's Stay Together (Live) 5:13
  13. What's Love Got to Do With It (Live) 8:27
  14. Proud Mary (Live) 13:26
  15. Legs (Live) 4:53
  16. Better Be Good To Me (Live) 11:12
  17. Disco Inferno (Live) 4:06
    18. Only on DVD
  18. (Darlin') You Know I Love You (Live) 4:09
    19. Only on DVD
  19. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? 4:21

Promotion

EMI Records released two Cassette Sampler with selected tracks from the album and in Germany, a Promo Disc from Touchstone Pictures features interviews, selected spoken scenes and music from the movie. Capitol Records released the sampler Play This In Store with selected tracks and some of Tina’s biggest hits from her previously released LP’s. 

Additionally, Tina Turner was three days in Monaco together with her manager Roger Davis, her publicist Bernard Doherty, her later husband Erwin Bach, her makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin and Angela Bassett to promote the movie, the associated soundtrack album and tour.

On May 11 & 12 she gave a Press Conference with a photo shooting (on a motorbike), numerous interviews for newspapers and magazines from all around the world like Cosmopolitan and she recorded the music special The Hits for the music channel MTV at the hotel Hermitage. Also the performance for the show Top of the Pops was broadcasted live from Monte Carlo.

On May 13, Tina received the legend award at the World Music Awards ceremony at the Salle des Etoiles, presented to her by Michael Douglas after she performed her new single I Don’t Wanna Fight live on stage in front of an audience with Michael Jackson, Linda Evans, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and many other celebrities.

For the home video release in 1994, the documentary and Tears to Triumph features interviews with Tina, Roger Davies and a look behind the scenes and features also an alternate video for the hit single I Don’t Wanna Fight, produced and directed by John Pattyson. Capitol Records released also a Tina hip-hop tribute from the D.J. Shero, featuring megamixes with spoken vocal samples from Tina and others talking about her. It comes without a picture cover and all tracks are untitled.

Tracks: Promotional Discs
    Promo CD
  1. Angela Basset 1:25
  2. Laurence Fishburne 1:47
  3. Brian Gibson 1:07
  4. Tina Turner 1:03
  5. Roger Davis 0:37
    6. Interviews
  6. A Fool In Love 2:57
  7. Cake Scene In The Restaurant 1:32
  8. Proud Mary 5:28
  9. I Want My Name 0:55
  10. I Don't Wanna Fight 6:06
    11. Movie Scenes & Songs
    Cassette Sampler I
  1. I Don't Wanna Fight 6:09
  2. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? 5:55
    Cassette Sampler II
  1. I Don't Wanna Fight 6:09
  2. Proud Mary 5:25
  3. Fool In Love 2:56
    Play This In Store
  1. What’s Love Got To Do With It 3:48
  2. Let’s Stay Together (Edit) 3:39
  3. It’s Only Love (Tina & Bryan Adams) 3:31
  4. Better Be Good To Me (Edit) 3:38
  5. Private Dancer (Edit) 4:00
  6. We Don’t Need Another Hero 4:14
  7. One Of The Living 4:12
  8. Typical Male 4:18
  9. Two People 4:12
  10. Proud Mary (Live) 4:40
  11. The Best (Edit) 4:10
  12. Steamy Windows 4:03
  13. Tearing Us Apart (Live with Eric Clapton) 4:13
  14. Look Me In The Heart 3:43
  15. Love Thing 4:27
  16. Nutbush City Limits (Live) 3:23
    Tears To Triumph (VHS)
  1. Behind The Scenes - Up Close with Tina Turner!
    2. Chat with one of rock’s greatest performers ever! See Tina teach actress Angela Basset (Boyz N Hood, Malcom X) how to dance and transform herself into Tina Turner for the role of a lifetime.
  2. Tina Rocks!
    3. Legendary Rock’n Roll singer Tina Turner performs „I Don’t Wanna Fight“ - her #1 hit music video!
  3. Sizzling Preview!
    4. The exciting trailer from „What’s Love Got To Do With It“ - the triumphant true life story of Tina Turner!
    Shero Tribute
  1. Shero Mix 2:03
  2. Shero Mix 4:05
  3. Shero Mix 4:31
  4. Shero Mix 2:34
  5. Shero Mix 4:36
  6. Shero Mix 4:06
  7. Shero Mix 5:49
  8. Shero Mix 4:06
  9. Shero Mix 5:36
Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It - TV-Appearances

CBC News / Dateline / Top of the Pops / Grammy Awards

TV-Appearances

USA: Grammy Awards (February 24, 1993) / Late Show: I Don’t Wanna Fight, Interview (April 30, 1993) / Tonight Show: What’s Love Got To Do With It, Interview (May 14, 1993) / Dateline NBC: Interview (1993) / Entertainment Tonight: Interview (1993) / MTV The Hits: Interview (1993) Canada: CBC News: Interview (April 14, 1993) / Much Music: Interview (1993) UK: Top of the Pops: I Don’t Wanna Fight (May 13, 1993 Monaco: World Music Awards: I Don’t Wanna Fight (May 13, 1993) Australia: 60 Minutes: Special (1993) / A Current Affair: Special (1993) / Hey Hey It’s Saturday: I Don’t Wanna Fight (1993)

Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It - 30th Anniversary Edition

Anniversary Edition

In 2024, Rhino Records released a 30th Anniversary Edition with the original album fully remastered, a collection of edits, remixes and acapellas and a previously unheard version of the track Proud Mary. Additionally, it features the concert from the Blockbuster Pavillion in San Bernardino, California on CD and DVD with two bonus tracks and all music videos. Beside the 4CD/1DVD deluxe package with a poster and 24-page booklet, it’s also available as a 1LP black vinyl, an expanded 2CD version, digitally and bundled with a 'What’s Love?' T-Shirt.

The mix of some songs is different than on the original soundtrack album from 1993: The intro of „I Don’t Wanna Fight“ is missing the strings, „Disco Inferno“ features some additional vocal parts from Tina at the end of the song, the version of „Shake A Tail Feather“ is more like the version in the movie with some additional horns and also „A Fool In Love“ features some additional horns.

For promotion, two digital singles were released:A previously unreleased acapella version of the classic track Proud Mary and a live version of the ZZ Top song „Legs,“ recorded at the Blockbuster Pavilion on September 15, 1993 in San Bernardino.

Release: April 26, 2024
Label: Parlophone
Format: Vinyl / 2 CD / Digital / Box (4 CD, 1 DVD) / T-Shirt Bundle

Tracklist
Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It - 30th Anniversary Edition
    Disc 2 (Edits / Remixes / Acapellas)
  1. I Don't Wanna Fight (Single Edit) 4:28
  2. Disco Inferno (7" Edit) 3:51
    3. Previously Unreleased
  3. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (7" Single Edit) 4.31
  4. Proud Mary (Edit) 4:10
  5. I Don't Wanna Fight (Urban Mix) 5:18
  6. Disco Inferno (12" Version) 5:33
  7. Why Must We Wait? (Tony Dofat Remix) 5:26
  8. I Don't Wanna Fight (Holiday Inn Lounge Mix) 5:45
  9. I Don't Wanna Fight (Club House Mix) 5:26
  10. Why Must We Wait? (Tony Dofat 7" Edit) 4:13
    11. Previously Unreleased
  11. I Don't Wanna Fight (Jerry Moran Dance Mix) 4:43
  12. Why Must We Wait? (Instrumental) 4:23
  13. I Don't Wanna Fight (Urban Radio Instrumental) 4:02
  14. Disco Inferno (12" Dub) 6:57
  15. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (Acapella) 4:28
  16. Proud Mary (Acapella) 4:44
    17. Previously Unreleased
    Disc 3 / DVD (What's Love? Live)
  1. Steamy Windows (Live) 5:55
  2. Typical Male (Live) 4:30
  3. Foreign Affair (Live) 4:07
  4. Undercover Agent For The Blues (Live) 5:51
  5. Private Dancer (Live) 8:55
  6. We Don't Need Another Hero (Live) 5:09
  7. I Can't Stand The Rain (Live) 3:15
  8. Nutbush City Limits (Live) 4:19
  9. Addicted To Love (Live) 5:30
  10. The Best (Live) 5:42
    Disc 4 / DVD (What's Love? Live)
  1. I Don't Wanna Fight (Live) 4:59
  2. Let's Stay Together (Live) 5:13
  3. What's Love Got to Do With It (Live) 8:27
  4. Proud Mary (Live) 13:26
  5. Legs (Live) 4:53
  6. Better Be Good To Me (Live) 11:12
  7. Disco Inferno (Live) 4:06
    8. Previously Unreleased
  8. (Darlin') You Know I Love You (Live) 4:09
    9. Previously Unreleased
  9. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? 4:21
Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It - 30th Anniversary Edition
    DVD
  1. What's Love? Live
    2. Concert from the Blockbuster Pavillion, San Bernadino (California) on September 15, 1993 / Directed by David Mallet / Running Time: 120 Min.
  2. I Don't Wanna Fight (Music Video) 4:35
    3. Director: Peter Care / Producer: Howard Woffingden
  3. Disco Inferno (Music Video) 4:36
    4. Director: David Mallet / 2023 Edit: Rich Osborne
  4. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (Music Video) 3:28
    5. Director: Peter Care / Producer: Howard Woffingden

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