Tina Turner

Released: September 13, 1989

[Verse 1]
Should've never made an eye contact
Should've been a heart of stone
When you stopped me to say hello
Would've been twice as easy to just say no
'Cause I don't want to lose at love again, hmm
But as a couple we were quite handsome
And the moon was out that night
So we let our hearts go dancing
If that thing is missing in my life

[Chorus]
There's not enough romance in this world [x2]
There's too many people thinking only of themselves
You got to give love for its return

[Verse 2]
Want to sing about new lovers
Stand up against the odds
Nothing can change a thing that strong
And myself I know my emotions
I got my love to share
And when you need something so tender
What you're looking for is so rare

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
We take a lot of chances playing some foolish games
But that's the only price that you got to pay, oh ho
I got to keep believing hungry hearts run free
Everybody needs a good loving
It's anything you want it to be, oh ho, oh yeah
There's too many people thinking only of themselves
Got to give love for its return

[Chorus]

[Outro]
There's not enough romance in this world [x3]

Often dubbed the Queen of Rock & Roll, Tina Turner is arguably among the most iconic of female divas in history, with her prolific career and memorable personality as a performer and a public figure. Hailing from a small town in Tennessee, and born Anna Mae Bullock, Turner has cemented herself as one of music’s greatest entertainers.

Turner’s career in music arose from her frequenting of nightclubs near St. Louis, where she would meet her soon-to-be husband Ike Turner, who would also give her the alias “Tina”. With Ike, she would form the famous Ike And Tina Turner Revue. A dynamic, explosive R&B ensemble, the two became the definition of the genre in the late 60s and early 70s, where R&B/Soul had only tiptoed into the realms of the mainstream. A particularly influential act in popularizing the genre, the Revue went on to release some of music’s most memorable and iconic tracks – a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary”, the Phil Spector-penned “River Deep – Mountain High”, and the electric “Nutbush City Limits”. After a host of drug and abuse problems on Ike’s part, with the male Turner eventually engaging in a violent altercation with his wife, Tina decided to leave her husband for the solo life – and it worked.

As a solo artist, with the help of fellow artists like glam rocker David Bowie, Turner tumbled into mainstream success in the 80s with the only number-one hit of her career – the unconquerable love ballad “What’s Love Got To Do With It” as part of her debut solo album, Private Dancer.

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