Tina Turner

Released: September 23, 1986

[Chorus 1]
Well, I guess I've been a long time
Working in the back line
Trying to make a song fit
When you know it never was mine

[Verse 1]
Two dollar high-heel shoes
And a honky tonk dress
In the rhythm and the soul reviews
I had a dream I guess, yeah yes
And I had to beat the stage fright
I had to cry all night
Trying to make a song fit
When you know it never was right
I said, "Girl, get up and
Get out of this mess

[Chorus 2]
You're going to be an overnight sensation
Going to be an overnight success"

[Verse 2]
And all through the badlands
Rocking on the bandstands
It's so hard in the bar bands
When there's no one there who understands
Lady luck will pass you by
And she will never say yes

[Chorus 2]
You're going to be an overnight sensation
Going to be an overnight
Going to be an overnight success

[Verse 3]
I used to be a sweet little
Rock 'N' Roll singer
Chasing after fortune and fame
What's your story?
What's your payola?
Me, I'm in the music game

[Chorus 1]
Well I guess I've been a long time
Working in a back line
I'm trying to make a song fit
I know it never was mine

[Chorus 2]
Eh, what can I tell you?
I made a break I guess
And now I'm an overnight sensation
Over, overnight
Say I'm an overnight sensation

[Outro]
Over, overnight [8x]
Over, overnight sensation
Over, overnight
Over, overnight sensation
Yeah, yeah, yeah

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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