I Might Have Been Queen

"I Might Have Been Queen"
Song by Tina Turner from the album Private Dancer
Released November 16, 1984
Genre Rock
Length 4:10
Label Capitol
Writer Jeanette Obstoj, Rupert Hine, Jamie West-Oram, Tina Turner*
Producer Rupert Hine

"I Might Have Been Queen" is a song written for Tina Turner as the first track on her highly successful Private Dancer album, and later included as a re-mixed version, with slightly altered lyrics in the first verse, on her What's Love Got to Do With It soundtrack album.

The song was written by Jeanette Obstoj, Rupert Hine and Jamie West-Oram for the Private Dancer album. Tina Turner wrote the track she's uncredited. The story behind the song is that Turner believes she was an Egyptian queen in a previous life.

Turner was supposedly Hatshepsut, a Pharaoh who took the throne from her brother believing that he would ruin his country. By taking the throne and mistreating her brother, she prevented him from following his path and gathered karma. Turner believes that in this life she encountered him again in the form of Ike Turner. It is said that Turner believes her past is now all behind her and she can now truly be the great queen or pharaoh she already was.

Following a discussion with Rupert Hine, Jeannette Obstoj spoke with Tina about her life starting with the cotton fields in Nutbush, Tennessee right through to her current situation. They also discussed Tina's interest in Egypt and her belief in previous lives. Obstoj is credited as co-writer.

Turner is said to have been very emotional upon hearing the story the lyrics projected.

"I Might Have Been Queen" was performed on the 1984 Private Dancer Tour and During the performance at Radio City Music Hall in New York City (July 17, 1993),Turner performed "I Might Have Been Queen".

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