Tina Turner

Released: April 22, 1996

[Verse 1]
When you say the things you say you got to mean it
And when you do the things you do, it's got to come from the heart

Something's gone, I can't explain
The heat is missing from the flame
Can't deny it, there's a link missing from the chain...uhuh
There's something wrong with you and me
When one and one adds up to three
Don't know the reason, but the fact is plain to see ...uhuh

[Chorus]
It's the touch that you lose, and the words you don't say
It's the love you refuse, don't you throw it away
When you do what you do that like you to me
Don't you know that it ain't enough
When you do what you do it don't mean a thing
When you do what you do without love, without love

[Verse 2]
I'm gonna paint a picture of you
The only color I need is blue
You're out of love, baby you know it's true...uhuh
Tell me why and I'll try to understand
Cos I could cry when you do what you do to me
Don't you know that it ain't enough
When you do what you do it don't mean a thing
When you do what you do without love....aah

[Chorus]

[Outro]
When you do what you it don't mean a thing
(don't mean a thing...do, got to do it with love
When you do what you do it don't mean a thing
(don't mean a thing...do it, gotta do it with love
When you do what you do it don't mean a thing
(don't mean a thing...do it, gotta do it with love

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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