Tina Turner

Released: April 22, 1996

Songwriter: Brenda Russell Kye Fleming Mark Cawley

[Verse 1]
I've been running from the truth
I've been running since my youth
Tired of running
I will stand here till you see
I am you and you are me
Tired of running

There really is no difference
When you look beneath the skin
Someday I know we'll go beyond
This world we're living in

[Chorus]
Now when I lay me down to sleep
I will be dancing in my dreams
Seeing the way it all should be
I will be dancing
Now when I lay me down to sleep
I will be dancing in my dreams
Seeing the way it all should be
I will be dancing....um
Dancing in my dreams

[Verse 2]
There's no hiding in the dark
From the beating of my heart it's getting louder
Just as long as we believe
The truth will set us free it's getting louder
All that really matters is the light in your face
In you I see the longing of the whole human race

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
All along the story goes
Or it's the passing of the torch...um
With one small pass it all begins
Then there are millions more, millions more

[Chorus]

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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