Tina Turner

Released: October 28, 1999

[Verse 1]
You see me smile but you paint an ugly face
Everything you do is all about the chase

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't let them see you cry, don't let them know
You won't lay down and die for their show

[Chorus]
Oh ho, why don't you go ahead tear my heart out?
Why don't you go ahead hang me out to dry?
Go ahead play and your game, go ahead
Spread my name all over your blood red sky

[Verse 2]
They color your stars till the light begins to fade
But never give up 'cause every dog has it's day

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
And why don't you go ahead, go ahead, go ahead?
Why don't you go ahead hang me out to dry?
I said go ahead play your game [x3]
Your blood red sky

[Chorus] [x2]

[Outro]
Your blood red sky
Blood red sky

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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