Nutbush City Limits
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| Single by Ike & Tina Turner from the album Nutbush City Limits |
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| B-side | "Help Him" | |
| Released | 1973 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Genre | R&B, Rock | |
| Length | 2:57 | |
| Label | United Artists Records | |
| Writer(s) | Tina Turner | |
| Producer | Ike Turner | |
| “Nutbush City Limits (Live)” | |||||
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| Single by Tina Turner from the album Tina Live in Europe |
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| B-side | "Overnight Sensation" (Live), "Legs" (Live) | ||||
| Released | 1988 | ||||
| Format | 7" single 12" single CD single |
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| Genre | Pop, Rock | ||||
| Length | 3:30 | ||||
| Label | Capitol Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Tina Turner | ||||
| Producer | John Hudson | ||||
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| “Nutbush City Limits (90s Version)” | ||
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| Single by Tina Turner from the album Simply The Best |
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| Released | 1991 | |
| Format | 7" single 12" single CD single |
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| Genre | Pop/Dance | |
| Length | 3:42 | |
| Label | Capitol Records | |
| Writer(s) | Tina Turner | |
| Producer | 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.
Ironically, Nutbush is an unincorporated town, so it does not have "city limits" in real life; but it does have a "Nutbush - Unincorporated" sign on the highway.[1]
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[edit] Original recording 1973
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.
[edit] 1988 live version
A live recording of the track, most likely from Turner's recordbreaking 1986/1987 Break Every Rule Tour, was released as the lead single to promote the double album Tina Live in Europe in 1988. While this version didn't manage to make much of an impact on any charts the single is notable for being one of the very first by Turner to be released both as a 7" vinyl single, a 3 track 12" and also on the then relatively new format CD single. Both the 12" and the CD single featured a ten minute fifty-seven seconds long live rendition of ZZ Top's song "Legs" from their 1983 album Eliminator, not included on the Tina Live in Europe album. A shorter version of "Legs" recorded on Turner's 1993 What's Love? Tour would later appear on her 1994 CD box set The Collected Recordings - Sixties To Nineties.
The live version of "Nutbush City Limits" on the single was also in fact a different recording than the one appearing on the actual Tina Live in Europe album.
[edit] Re-recordings 1991 & 1993
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, as a re-working of the original studio arrangement for the What's Love Got to Do with It? soundtrack album in 1993.
[edit] Other artists
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.
On May 15th, 2007, American Idol contestant Melinda Doolittle sang this song in her second Top 3 performances. She received excellent praise from all three judges.
In 2005, the song was covered by Nashville Pussy. The tune can be heard on their "Get Some!" album.
However, it is the original 1973 recording and Tina's live rendering which remain popular with fans the world over.
[edit] Chart Performance (Ike & Tina Turner - 1973)
| Position | Chart |
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| 22 | US HOT 100 |
| 4 | UK |
| 2 | Germany |
| 9 | South Africa |
| 1 | Austria |
| 2 | Switzerland |
| 18 | Ireland |
| 5 | Italy |
UK Chart Run: 47-32-18-8-5-{4}-4-9-16-27-32-46-47->13weeks in the Top75.
[edit] Chart Performance (Tina Turner - 1991)
| Position | Chart |
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| 23 | UK |
| 25 | Germany |
| 16 | Australia |
| 12 | Switzerland |
| 25 | Austria |
| 11 | Netherlands |
| 12 | Ireland |
| 11 | Italy |
| 9 | UK Airplay |
UK Chart Run: 31-{23}-23-30-60->5weeks in Top75.
[edit] Tina Turner Highway
Nutbush, in Haywood County, Tennessee is the childhood home of singer Tina Turner.
Nutbush is located along Tennessee State Route 19, which is mentioned in the song as "Highway number nineteen, with a speed limit of 25 mph (40 km/h) ("Twenty-five was the speed limit"). Nutbush is an unincorporated town, so it does not have "city limits" in real life; but it does have a "Nutbush - Unincorporated" sign on the highway.[1]
In 2001, a segment of State Route 19 between Brownsville and Nutbush was named "Tina Turner Highway" to honor the singer.[2]
[edit] The Nutbush
The Nutbush is a Line dance performed to the song Nutbush City Limits.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b http://nutbush.machnitzki.com - Photographic documentation of contemporary Nutbush
- ^ http://www.allaboutbrownsville.net/attractions/index.html AllAboutBrownsville.com
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