What's Love Got to Do with It
| What's Love Got to Do with It | |
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| Tina Turner | |
| publication | May 1, 1984 |
| length | 3:48 |
| Genre (s) | Pop music , contemporary R&B |
| Author (s) | Terry Britten , Graham Lyle |
| Producer (s) | Terry Britten |
| Label | Capitol Records |
| album | Private dancer |
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What's Love Got to Do with It is a pop song by Tina Turner , which was released in May 1984 as the second single from the album Private Dancer . The piece was number one on the US charts for three weeks.
history
The song was written by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle and was originally intended for Phyllis Hyman . However, the authors were inspired by Tina Turner's divorce to let her sing the title. On the B-side of the single is Rock and Roll Widow . The music video , shot in New York City, was directed by Mark Robinson. The music video was at the MTV Video Music Awards 1985 in the category Best Female Video award.
In 1992 the piece served as the soundtrack for the film Tina - What's Love Got to Do with It? and was also used as a namesake.
successes
The piece received awards for Song of the Year 1985 , Record of the Year 1985, and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female at the 1985 Grammy Awards . What's Love Got to Do with It ranks 316 out of the 500 best songs of all time by music magazine Rolling Stone .
Cover versions
In 1996 a hip-hop version by Warren G and Adina Howard with modified lyrics appeared, which was also successful. In other titles, the piece was covered and parts of it were sampled .
- 1985: Weird Al Yankovic
- 1985: Purple Schulz
- 1985: Ray Conniff
- 1989: Munich Symphonic Sound Orchestra
- 2000: Bucks Fizz
- 2001: Cliff Richard
- 2007: Shaggy feat. Akon
- 2020: Kygo
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
- ↑ see list of number one hits in the USA (1984)
- ↑ What's Love Got to Do with It on Discogs
- ↑ Tina, Lionel, Prince Take Major Honors at Grammy Awards . In: Jet Magazine . tape 68 , no. 1 . Johnson Publishing, March 18, 1985, ISSN 0021-5996 , pp. 54–56 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ 316. Tina Turner, "What's Love Got to Do With It." In: Rolling Stone . 2010, accessed November 14, 2016 .
- ↑ What's Love Got to Do with It on Whosampled.com