Private Dancer

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Private Dancer
Studio album by Tina Turner
Released	November 16, 1984
Genre	Pop, R&B, Rock, Soul
Length	44:02
Label	Capitol
Producer(s)	Terry Britten Bob Carter Leon "Ndugu" Chancler Wilton Felder Rupert Hine Joe Sample Greg Walsh Martyn Ware
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Tina Turner chronology
Love Explosion (1984)	Private Dancer (1984)	Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Private Dancer was Tina Turner's breakthrough solo album. Turner's success with the album came after several challenging years of going solo after a public divorce from husband and performing partner Ike Turner. Private Dancer was released on November 16, 1984 (see 1984 in music).

The album was an outstanding success in the United States and world-wide. The U.S sales of Private Dancer topped the 6 million mark, and world-wide, the album has sold over 20 million copies, thus making Private Dancer Tina Turner's most successful solo album and one of the most successful albums of all time worldwide. Private Dancer was also the biggest-selling album of 1984.

The album produced a number of highly successful singles including What's Love Got To Do With It? which went to number one and stayed there for three weeks. At the 1985 Grammy Awards, Private Dancer won four awards. In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Private Dancer the 95th greatest album of all time.

The album was a departure from the R&B and soul music Turner had performed with her husband. The songs reflected a more straightforward rock sensibility, but mixed in elements of pop, R&B, and New Wave music.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Original US vinyl and cassette Track listing 3 Centenary Edition Tracklisting 4 Personnel 5 Production 6 Chart Performance 7 Miscellanea 8 Awards 8.1 Grammy Awards 9 See also

[edit] Track listing

1. "I Might Have Been Queen" (Rupert Hine, Jeanette Obstoj, Jamie West-Oram) – 4:10
2. "What's Love Got To Do With It?" (Terry Britten, Graham Lyle) – 3:49
3. "Show Some Respect" (Britten, Sue Shifrin) – 3:18
4. "I Can't Stand The Rain" (Don Bryant, Bernard Miller, Ann Peebles) – 3:41
5. "Private Dancer" (Mark Knopfler) – 7:11
6. "Let's Stay Together" (Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr., Willie Mitchell) – 5:16
7. "Better Be Good To Me" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn, Holly Knight) – 5:10
8. "Steel Claw" (Paul Brady) – 3:48
9. "Help!" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:30
10. "1984" (David Bowie) – 3:09

[edit] Original US vinyl and cassette Track listing

1. "I Might Have Been Queen" (Rupert Hine, Jeanette Obstoj, Jamie West-Oram) – 4:10
2. "What's Love Got To Do With It?" (Terry Britten, Graham Lyle) – 3:49
3. "Show Some Respect" (Britten, Sue Shifrin) – 3:18
4. "I Can't Stand The Rain" (Don Bryant, Bernard Miller, Ann Peebles) – 3:41
5. "Better Be Good To Me" (Mark Chapman, Nicky Chinn, Holly Knight) – 5:10
6. "Let's Stay Together" (Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr., Willie Mitchell) – 5:16
7. "1984" (David Bowie) – 3:09
8. "Steel Claw" (Paul Brady) – 3:48
9. "Private Dancer" (Mark Knopfler) – 7:11

[edit] Centenary Edition Tracklisting

1. "I Might Have Been Queen" – 4:10
2. "What's Love Got To Do With It?" – 3:49
3. "Show Some Respect" – 3:18
4. "I Can't Stand The Rain" – 3:41
5. "Private Dancer" – 7:11
6. "Let's Stay Together" – 5:16
7. "Better Be Good To Me" – 5:10
8. "Steel Claw" – 3:48
9. "Help!" – 4:30
10. "1984" – 3:09
11. "I Wrote A Letter" – 3:25
12. "Rock N Roll Widow" – 4:45
13. "Don't Rush The Good Things" – 3:46
14. "When I Was Young" – 3:11
15. "What's Love Got To Do With It? (Extended Version)" – 5:48
16. "Better Be Good To Me (Extended Version)" – 7:03
17. "I Can't Stand The Rain (Extended Version)" – 5:43

[edit] Personnel

• Tina Turner - vocals, background vocals
• Gary Barnacle - saxophone
• Jeff Beck - guitar
• Terry Britten - guitar, vocals, background vocals
• Graham Broad - drums
• Alex Brown - background vocals
• Alexandra Brown - vocals
• Bob Carter - percussion
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - drums
• Alan Clark - percussion, keyboard
• Mel Collins - saxophone
• David Cullen - strings
• Cy Curnin - vocals, background vocals
• Julian Diggle - percussion
• David Ervin - synthesizer
• Gwen Evans - vocals, background vocals
• Charles Fearing - guitar
• Wilton Felder - bass, saxophone
• Nick Glennie-Smith - keyboard
• Glenn Gregory - vocals, background vocals
• Rupert Hine - bass, percussion, keyboard, vocals, background vocals
• John Illsley - bass
• Graham Jarvis - drums
• Hal Lindes - guitar
• Billy Livsey - keyboard
• Trevor Morais - drums
• Simon Morton - percussion
• Tessa Niles - vocals, background vocals
• Nick Plytas - synthesizer, piano
• Frank Riccotti - percussion
• Ray Russell - guitar
• Joe Sample - synthesizer, piano
• Nick Smith - keyboard
• David T. Walker - guitar
• Greg Walsh - synthesizer
• Martyn Ware - synthesizer, vocals, background vocals
• Jamie West-Oram - guitar
• Terry Williams - drums
• Richie Zito - guitar

[edit] Production

• Producers: Terry Britten, Bob Carter, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Wilton Felder, Rupert Hine, Joe Sample, Greg Walsh, Martyn Ware
• Engineers: F. Byron Clark, John Hudson, Walter Samuel, Greg Walsh
• Mixing: John Hudson
• Remixing: Humberto Gatica
• Mastering: Alan Yoshida
• Programming: David Ervin, Rupert Hine, Greg Walsh
• Drum programming: Martyn Ware
• String arrangements: David Cullen
• Arrangers: Greg Walsh, Martyn Ware
• Compilation producer: Akira Taguchi
• Creative director: Sam Gay
• Art direction: Roy Kohara
• Design: John O'Brien
• Photography: Pete Ashworth

[edit] Chart Performance

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1984	The Billboard 200	3 (6x Platinum)
1984	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1

Billboard 200
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Position	26	22	17	14	11	9	6	5	5	4	3	3	6	11	18	12	10	8	4	4	4
Week	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Position	5	7	5	8	9	9	10	8	13	13	14	11	19	18	24	27	28	29	27	32	37
Week	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63
Position	41	43	52	55	59	66	69	74	78	89	95	98	99	109	116	131	139	146	149	164	171
Week	64	65	66	67	68
Position	139	126	149	184	197

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	"Better Be Good to Me"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	16
1984	"Better Be Good to Me"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	6
1984	"Better Be Good to Me"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	32
1984	"Better Be Good to Me"	The Billboard Hot 100	5
1984	"Let's Stay Together"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
1984	"Let's Stay Together"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	3
1984	"Let's Stay Together"	The Billboard Hot 100	26
1984	"What's Love Got To Do With It?"	Adult Contemporary	8
1984	"What's Love Got To Do With It?"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	21
1984	"What's Love Got To Do With It?"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	2(5)
1984	"What's Love Got To Do With It?"	The Billboard Hot 100	1(3)
1985	"Private Dancer"	Adult Contemporary	30
1985	"Private Dancer"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	3
1985	"Private Dancer"	The Billboard Hot 100	7
1985	"Show Some Respect"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	50
1985	"Show Some Respect"	The Billboard Hot 100	37

[edit] Miscellanea

- Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits wrote the title song for this album, Private Dancer. He originally wrote the song for Dire Straits, but then decided to give the song to Tina Turner. Notably, many original members of Dire Straits are part of the personnel who composed this album.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
1985	"Better Be Good to Me"	Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
1985	"What's Love Got To Do With It?"	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
1985	"What's Love Got To Do With It?"	Record Of The Year
1985	"What's Love Got To Do With It?"	Song Of The Year

[edit] See also

• List of best-selling albums worldwide
• Private Dancer Tour