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Tina Turner | Artist Essentials
First released: 1989 (year verified)
Original 1989 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The broad melody builds from controlled lines toward a full, ringing chorus.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1989 (year verified)
The original recording is documented in the 1989 release history of Foreign Affair. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.
Recording: Original 1989 studio recording
Credit: Tina Turner
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Foreign Affair
Foreign Affair - original 1989 album program
The original 1989 program identifies The Best, Steamy Windows, I Don't Wanna Lose You, Look Me in the Heart, Be Tender with Me Baby and Foreign Affair. The last three precede their 1990 single campaigns; only supported original year precision is used. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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About Tina Turner
Tina Turner's solo recordings place her distinctive, rough-edged voice in rock, soul, pop and dance settings. Her early solo albums preceded the tightly arranged songs of Private Dancer, while Break Every Rule and Foreign Affair broadened that repertoire with guitar-led tracks and expansive ballads. Later soundtrack singles and Wildest Dreams continued to vary the musical setting around her voice. The solo catalog is kept distinct from the earlier recordings credited to the Ike & Tina Turner duo.
Artist background sources
Rhino - original Tina Turner solo singles history
The label's chronological single program dates Whole Lotta Love to 1975, Let's Stay Together to 1983, We Don't Need Another Hero to 1985, I Don't Wanna Fight to 1993 and GoldenEye to 1995. Its later single-campaign years do not override earlier parent albums for Acid Queen, I Can't Stand the Rain, Break Every Rule, Foreign Affair or Whatever You Need. It explicitly distinguishes the 2023 Something Beautiful reworking from the original 1996 Something Beautiful Remains. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Rhino - Private Dancer original program versus single editions
The label explicitly dates the original album to May 1984. Its reissue program separates the original album from named single edits of Better Be Good to Me, Private Dancer and Let's Stay Together, extended mixes, live concerts and previously unreleased material. It also distinguishes We Don't Need Another Hero Single Edit and Extended Mix; the reissue itself is not a 1980s release date. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Break Every Rule - original 1986 album program
The original 1986 album identifies Typical Male, What You Get Is What You See and Break Every Rule. The latter two recordings precede their 1987 single campaigns and retained annual appearances. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Foreign Affair - original 1989 album program
The original 1989 program identifies The Best, Steamy Windows, I Don't Wanna Lose You, Look Me in the Heart, Be Tender with Me Baby and Foreign Affair. The last three precede their 1990 single campaigns; only supported original year precision is used. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Wildest Dreams - original recordings and separately named later versions
The original 1996 album tracks include Missing You, Unfinished Sympathy, Whatever You Want and Something Beautiful Remains. Expanded program remixes and live bonuses are separate. GoldenEye's inherited 1996 album field is superseded by the label's explicit 1995 original single history. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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