Private Dancer (song)

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"Private Dancer"

Single by Tina Turner
from the album Private Dancer
B-side(s)	"Keep Your Hands Off My Baby"
Released	1985
Format	CD single Digital download Vinyl Cassette
Genre	Pop, Rock, R&B
Length	3:54
Label	Capitol Records
Writer(s)	Mark Knopfler
Producer(s)	John Carter
Tina Turner singles chronology
Better Be Good to Me 1985	Private Dancer	I Can't Stand The Rain 1985

"Private Dancer" is a song performed by Tina Turner which was written by Mark Knopfler. It is the title track of Tina Turner's breakthrough solo album, Private Dancer. The song was one of Tina Turner's most successful singles, reaching number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and it also peaked at number three on the US R&B/Hip-Hop chart, making it her second most successful single released on that chart behind "What's Love Got to Do with It?" which peaked at number two.

The track was originally going to be on the Dire Straits album Love Over Gold, however whilst the song was recorded, the vocals were not added as Mark Knopfler considered that they were not suitable for a male to sing so the track cut from the final mix. Due to legal reasons the track two years later was rerecorded for Tina Turner by Dire Straits, apart from the original drummer Pick Withers (who had now been replaced by Terry Williams). Knopfler also did not feature on the track and was replaced by Jeff Beck.

Turner was required to change the line "American Express will do nicely, thank you" to "A few pounds sterling" for the BBC's Top of the Pops, due to a long-standing ban on the use of product names.