Nutbush City Limits

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"Nutbush City Limits"

Single by Ike & Tina Turner
from the album Nutbush City Limits
B-side(s)	"Help Him"
Released	1973
Format	CD single Digital download Vinyl Record
Genre	R&B, Rock
Length	2:57
Label	Capitol Records
Writer(s)	Tina Turner
Producer(s)	Ike Turner

"Nutbush City Limits (90s Version)"

Single by Tina Turner
from the album Simply The Best
Released	1991
Format	CD single Digital download
Genre	Pop/Dance
Length	3:42
Label	Capitol Records
Writer(s)	Tina Turner
Producer(s)	Tina Turner & Roger Davies

"Nutbush City Limits" is Tina Turner's semi-autobiographical rock song, in which she portrays Nutbush, Tennessee, the town where she was born and spent her childhood until the age of sixteen.

The original recording was produced by Ike Turner in 1973 and released by the couple under their professional name Ike & Tina Turner. The song was taken from an album of the same title, and proved to be the duo's final significant chart hit, reaching #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the UK singles chart.

Following the couple's split, the song became a staple of Tina's live show, where she re-worked the funky studio version into a hard-driving rock 'n' roll showstopper.

Tina Turner re-recorded the song twice: firstly, in a modern pop style subtitled 'The 90s Version' for both a single release (UK #23) and inclusion on her 1991 compilation album Simply The Best; secondly, a re-working of the original studio arrangement for the What's Love Got to Do with It? soundtrack album in 1993.

Bob Seger recorded "Nutbush City Limits" on his 1975 album Beautiful Loser, and it was a mainstay of his live performances, as documented on his Live Bullet album where it opens a show. It was also performed by Melissa Etheridge at the 2005 Kennedy Center Honors as a tribute to Tina Turner.

However, it is the original 1973 recording and Tina's live rendering which remain popular with fans the world over.

The Nutbush is a Line dance performed to the song Nutbush City Limits.

Chart Performance (Ike & Tina Turner - 1973)