| "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" | ||||
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| Single by Ike & Tina Turner | ||||
| B-side | "Won't You Forgive Me" (Ike Turner) | |||
| Released | 1961 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Label | Sue Records | |||
| Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology | ||||
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"It's Gonna Work Out Fine" is a "rock-ish" soul song by Rose Marie McCoy,[1] released by Ike & Tina Turner in 1961.
The single, which featured support from another popular duo, Mickey & Sylvia, was a follow-up hit for Ike & Tina, after the success of their debut single, "A Fool in Love".
There is some confusion as to who exactly was singing and playing on the record. While Ike claimed that the spoken vocals when Tina sings to him and the guitar work were by him, Mickey Baker contended that he and Sylvia played guitar on the track and that Baker actually was the one who responded to Tina's call with "Yes Tina?"
The song is often (as on the original release) credited to Joe Seneca[2][3] and one J. Lee, and has also been covered by Manfred Mann (on the album The Five Faces of Manfred Mann, 1964) and The Spencer Davis Group (on their debut album Their First LP in 1965). Ry Cooder recorded an instrumental version of the tune on his Bop Till You Drop album in 1979.
The song became the duo's second successful single, reaching number two on the R&B singles chart and becoming their first top twenty pop single, peaking at number fourteen. Like "A Fool in Love", it sold over a million copies going gold and resulted in a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock & Roll Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.
Rose Marie McCoy has stated "I wrote the song, but I heard that Tina didn't really care for it. Anyway, at the time, Sylvia told me I had to "hear this girl sing it." When Ike and Tina came to New York, I went up to the Apollo to see them. Ike called Tina in the room. He said "Sing that song." She didn't say a word, but she sang. She sang like her life depended on it. I told Sylvia, if it sounds that good now, I can't wait to hear it with the music behind it."
In 1993, Tina re-recorded the song with Laurence Fishburne on the soundtrack to Tina's biopic, What's Love Got to Do With It. This version showcased a clearer, but still rough-sung Turner in contrast to her more hoarse vocal in the original.
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