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I Want You Near MeTina Turner

Released: October 22, 1991

[Verse 1]
Should you stay should you go
Hmm you're beginning to see
I blow hot i blow cold
Oo it's just the devil in me
You got to understand i am
In love with a beautiful man
So if you're feeling insecure
You've really got no cause to be

[Chorus]
I want you near me
Don't turn away
Just got used to having you around
I want you near me
Come on here and stay
Don't let me down

[Verse 2]
You're so good with your hands
To help me with a hook or zip
Indispensable that's what you are
Hmm for the occasional kiss
I'm only playing games with you
I can't be nice without being cruel
I know it's unfair but i make the rules

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
All i want i've decided
Is your attention
Undivided

[Chorus]

Tina Turner

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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