Tina Turner

Released: September 1, 1978

[Verse 1]
Here comes old Johnny and he's looking mighty fine
Here comes old Tommy and he's stepping right on time
There go the street lights bringing on the night
Here come the women's faces shining from the light
All through the shadows they come and they go

[Chorus]
We've got only one thing in common
We've got the fire down below

[Verse 2]
Here comes the rich man in his big long limousine
Here comes the poor man trying to make his money green
Here comes the banker and the lawyer and the cop
One thing for certain it ain't never going to stop
When it all gets too heavy
That's when they come and go

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
It happens out in Vegas, it happens in Moline
On the blue blood streets of Boston
Up in Berkeley and out in Queens
It went on yesterday and it's going on tonight
Somewhere there's somebody ain't treating somebody right
And he's looking out for Johnny and he's looking mighty fine
And he's walking the streets for Amy
And he'll find her every time
When the street light flicker bringing on the night
Well they'll be slipping into darkness slipping out of sight
All through the midnight
Watch them come and watch them go

[Chorus][x3]

[Outro][repeat until fade]
Burning
Keep on burning
Hot!

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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