Tina Turner

1939–2023 · American singer

Turner’s version, released in August 1989 as the lead single from Foreign Affair on Capitol Records, is the one the world knows. Before recording it she went to co-writer Holly Knight and asked for two changes: a bridge, which she felt the song was missing, and a key change. Produced by Dan Hartman with Turner and featuring Edgar Winter on saxophone, it reached no. 5 in the UK and no. 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100, went double platinum in Britain, and became so bound up with her name that the two are effectively interchangeable. The only error in the popular memory is chronological — her record really is the definitive one.

Who recorded it

Songs involving Tina Turner

Did they really say it?

Thought Tina Turner said something else?

Type a quote you think Tina Turner said — we’ll tell you what we know, or point you to the best sources.