Private Dancer

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namePrivate Dancer
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artistTina Turner
coverTina Turner Private Dancer US CD cover art 1984 original.jpg
captionCover photography by Peter Ashworth
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recorded1983–1984
studioFarmyard, Mayfair, Wessex, Good Earth, Abbey Road, CBS (London, United Kingdom)
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labelCapitol
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headerUS release
typeStudio album
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captionOriginal US release cover
namePrivate Dancer
typestudio
single1Let's Stay Together
single1dateNovember 7, 1983 (UK)
single2Help!
single2dateFebruary 13, 1984 (UK)
single3What's Love Got to Do with It
single3dateMay 1984
single4Better Be Good to Me
single4dateSeptember 1984
single5Private Dancer
single5dateOctober 1984 (EU)
single6I Can't Stand the Rain
single6dateFebruary 1985 (UK)
single7Show Some Respect
single7dateApril 1985 (US)
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Background and production

A&R man John Carter of Capitol Records is credited with relaunching Turner's career in the 1980s. In 1983, despite opposition from within Capitol, he signed her and managed her first album for the label, Private Dancer. Recording sessions were overseen by four different production teams, including Rupert Hine, and Martyn Ware of Heaven 17, and took place at several studios in England. A radical departure from the rhythm and blues sound Turner performed with Ike, the tracks in the album are a mixture of uptempos and ballads, inspired by pop and rock genres; it also features elements of smooth jazz and contemporary R&B.

Carter produced "Private Dancer", which was written by Mark Knopfler and has a guitar solo by Jeff Beck. "Let's Stay Together" was produced by Ware. Terry Britten produced the reggae-tinged "What's Love Got to Do with It". "Help!" was recorded with The Crusaders. Hine produced "Better Be Good to Me", which had been written by Holly Knight, Mike Chapman, and Nicky Chinn.

Release & promotion

In 1997, EMI, the parent label of Capitol Records, released a digitally remastered Centenary Edition of the Private Dancer album on CD. This version includes four additional demo tracks recorded in late 1983 and early 1984 with producer Carter, first released as B-sides to some of the Private Dancer singles; it also includes three extended 12" remixes.

In 2015, the 30th Anniversary edition of this album was released by the Parlophone Records unit of Warner Music Group which now controls this album. On March 21, 2025, Parlophone released a five disc and blu-ray deluxe edition. The edition was preceded by the release of "Hot for You Baby," a previously undiscovered song from the Private Dancer sessions written by George Young and Harry Vanda.

Promotion

Main article: Private Dancer Tour

A 177 date tour to promote the album took place from February 8, 1985, to December 28, 1985. Called the Private Dancer Tour, there were 60 shows in Europe, 105 in North America, 10 in Australia, and 2 in Japan. Opening acts in North America included Glenn Frey and Mr. Mister. As well as songs from the album, Turner performed hits from her time with Ike & Tina, such as "River Deep – Mountain High", "Nutbush City Limits", and "Proud Mary".

Critical reception

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Debby Miller, in a July 1984 Rolling Stone review, felt that the album was a powerful comeback, with Turner's voice "rasping but strong", and a range of songs that were all good in a "modern rock setting" that was "neither detached nor very fussy". Robert Christgau of The Village Voice felt that she embraced the "middlebrow angst of contemporary professional songwriting". He said that "four different production teams" on the project was a "sign of desperation", despite the resulting "seamless authority" of the album.

Legacy

Alex Henderson, in a retrospective AllMusic review, says that the album was slicker than her R&B classics recorded with Ike & Tina, but she was still able to sing with a throaty passion to deliver her finest solo production. Stephen Holden has written in The New York Times that by using her English producers to soften her raw Southern soul style, discarding the "blaring horns, frenzied percussion and gospel calls and responses", the album became a "landmark" in the "evolution of pop-soul music".

Michael Lydon, in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, says that the album's lyrical themes embodied her persona of a "tough, sexy woman schooled in a tough world", and that her vocal delivery overcomes the slick production, with her "indomitable soul" unifying the multiple producers. In 1989, the album was ranked number 46 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 100 Greatest Albums of the '80s. In 2001, VH1 named Private Dancer the 95th greatest album of all time. Slant Magazine listed the album at number 63 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s", saying, "Both a personal liberation and sonic redemption, Private Dancer established Turner not only as a genuine diva, but a bona fide force of nature".

Commercial performance

The album was released on May 29, 1984, and became an outstanding global commercial success. The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 chart for ten consecutive weeks and remained in the top ten for 39 weeks from August 1984 to May 1985. In the United States it was certified 5× platinum. In Germany, the album went 5× gold becoming one of the best selling albums in history. It peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, where it was certified 3× platinum, remaining on the charts for 150 total weeks. It was certified 7× platinum for the shipment of over 700,000 copies in Canada by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. The album has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide. At the 1985 Grammy Awards, Private Dancer won four of the six awards for which it was nominated.

Track listing

US edition

|headline = Side one |extra_column = Producer(s) |title1 = I Might Have Been Queen |writer1 = |extra1 = Hine |length1 = 4:10 |title2 = What's Love Got to Do with It |writer2 = |extra2 = Britten |length2 = 3:48 |title3 = Show Some Respect |writer3 = |extra3 = Britten |length3 = 3:18 |title4 = I Can't Stand the Rain |writer4 = |extra4 = Britten |length4 = 3:41 |title5 = Better Be Good to Me |writer5 = |extra5 = Hine |length5 = 5:11 |headline = Side two |extra_column = Producer(s) |title6 = Let's Stay Together |writer6 = |extra6 = |length6 = 5:16 |title7 = 1984 |writer7 = David Bowie |extra7 = |length7 = 3:09 |title8 = Steel Claw |writer8 = Paul Brady |extra8 = Carter |length8 = 3:48 |title9 = Private Dancer |writer9 = Mark Knopfler |extra9 = John Carter |length9 = 7:11

International edition

|extra_column = Producer(s) |title1 = I Might Have Been Queen |writer1 = |extra1 = Hine |length1 = 4:10 |title2 = What's Love Got to Do with It |writer2 = |extra2 = Britten |length2 = 3:48 |title3 = Show Some Respect |writer3 = |extra3 = Britten |length3 = 3:18 |title4 = I Can't Stand the Rain |writer4 = |extra4 = Britten |length4 = 3:41 |title5 = Private Dancer |writer5 = Knopfler |extra5 = Carter |length5 = 7:11 |title6 = Let's Stay Together |writer6 = |extra6 = |length6 = 5:16 |title7 = Better Be Good to Me |writer7 = |extra7 = Hine |length7 = 5:11 |title8 = Steel Claw |writer8 = Brady |extra8 = Carter |length8 = 3:48 |title9 = Help! |writer9 = |extra9 = |length9 = 4:30 |title10 = 1984 |writer10 = Bowie |extra10 = |length10 = 3:09

1997 ''Centenary Edition''

|extra_column = Producer(s) |title1 = I Might Have Been Queen |writer1 = |extra1 = Hine |length1 = 4:10 |title2 = What's Love Got to Do with It |writer2 = |extra2 = Britten |length2 = 3:48 |title3 = Show Some Respect |writer3 = |extra3 = Britten |length3 = 3:18 |title4 = I Can't Stand the Rain |writer4 = |extra4 = Britten |length4 = 3:41 |title5 = Private Dancer |writer5 = Knopfler |extra5 = Carter |length5 = 7:11 |title6 = Let's Stay Together |writer6 = |extra6 = |length6 = 5:16 |title7 = Better Be Good to Me |writer7 = |extra7 = Hine |length7 = 5:11 |title8 = Steel Claw |writer8 = Brady |extra8 = Carter |length8 = 3:48 |title9 = Help! |writer9 = Lennon–McCartney |extra9 = |length9 = 4:30 |title10 = 1984 |writer10 = Bowie |extra10 = |length10 = 3:09 |headline = Bonus tracks |extra_column = Producer(s) |title11 = I Wrote a Letter |writer11 = Inga Rumpf |extra11 = Carter |length11 = 3:24 |title12 = Rock 'n Roll Widow |writer12 = Tom Snow |extra12 = Carter |length12 = 4:45 |title13 = Don't Rush the Good Things |writer13 = Neil Gammack |extra13 = Carter |length13 = 3:46 |title14 = When I Was Young |writer14 = |extra14 = Carter |length14 = 3:11 |title15 = What's Love Got to Do with It |note15 = Extended 12" Remix |writer15 = |extra15 = Britten |length15 = 5:48 |title16 = Better Be Good to Me |note16 = Extended 12" Remix) (edit |writer16 = |extra16 = Hine |length16 = 7:03 |title17 = I Can't Stand the Rain |note17 = Extended 12" Remix |writer17 = |extra17 = Britten |length17 = 5:45

2015 ''30th Anniversary Edition''

|headline = CD 1: Private Dancer Remastered |extra_column = Producers |title1 = I Might Have Been Queen |writer1 = |extra1 = Hine |length1 = 4:10 |title2 = What's Love Got to Do with It |writer2 = |extra2 = Britten |length2 = 3:48 |title3 = Show Some Respect |writer3 = |extra3 = Britten |length3 = 3:18 |title4 = I Can't Stand the Rain |writer4 = |extra4 = Britten |length4 = 3:41 |title5 = Private Dancer |writer5 = Knopfler |extra5 = Carter |length5 = 7:11 |title6 = Let's Stay Together |writer6 = |extra6 = |length6 = 5:16 |title7 = Better Be Good to Me |writer7 = |extra7 = Hine |length7 = 5:11 |title8 = Steel Claw |writer8 = Brady |extra8 = Carter |length8 = 3:48 |title9 = Help! |writer9 = |extra9 = |length9 = 4:30 |title10 = 1984 |writer10 = Bowie |extra10 = |length10 = 3:09 |headline = CD 2 |extra_column = Producers |title1 = Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) |note1 = with B.E.F. |writer1 = |extra1 = |length1 = 4:13 |title2 = I Wrote a Letter |writer2 = Rumpf |extra2 = Carter |length2 = 3:24 |title3 = Rock 'n Roll Widow |writer3 = Snow |extra3 = Carter |length3 = 4:45 |title4 = Don't Rush the Good Things |writer4 = Gammack |extra4 = Carter |length4 = 3:46 |title5 = When I Was Young |writer5 = |extra5 = Carter |length5 = 3:11 |title6 = Keep Your Hands Off My Baby |writer6 = |extra6 = Carter |length6 = 3:31 |title7 = Tonight |note7 = Live with David Bowie) (Live at The NEC, Birmingham |writer7 = |extra7 = Britten |length7 = 4:01 |title8 = Let's Pretend We're Married |note8 = Live |writer8 = Prince |extra8 = Britten |length8 = 4:13 |title9 = What's Love Got to Do with It |note9 = Extended 12" Remix |writer9 = |extra9 = Britten |length9 = 5:45 |title10 = Better Be Good to Me |note10 = Extended 12" Remix) (edit |writer10 = |extra10 = Hine |length10 = 7:04 |title11 = I Can't Stand the Rain |note11 = Extended 12" Remix |writer11 = |extra11 = Britten |length11 = 5:43 |title12 = Show Some Respect |note12 = Extended Mix |writer12 = |extra12 = Britten |length12 = 5:45 |title13 = We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) |note13 = Single Edit |writer13 = Britten |extra13 = |length13 = 4:16 |title14 = One of the Living |note14 = Single Remix |writer14 = Knight |extra14 = Mike Chapman |length14 = 4:13 |title15 = It's Only Love |note15 = with Bryan Adams |writer15 = |extra15 = |length15 = 3:18

2025 ''40th Anniversary Edition''

|headline = CD 1: Private Dancer (2015 Remaster) |title1 = I Might Have Been Queen |writer1 = |length1 = 4:10 |title2 = What's Love Got to Do with It |writer2 = |length2 = 3:48 |title3 = Show Some Respect |writer3 = |length3 = 3:18 |title4 = I Can't Stand the Rain |writer4 = |length4 = 3:41 |title5 = Private Dancer |writer5 = Knopfler |length5 = 7:11 |title6 = Let's Stay Together |writer6 = |length6 = 5:16 |title7 = Better Be Good to Me |writer7 = |length7 = 5:11 |title8 = Steel Claw |writer8 = Brady |length8 = 3:48 |title9 = Help! |writer9 = |length9 = 4:30 |title10 = 1984 |writer10 = Bowie |length10 = 3:09 |headline = CD 2: B-sides, Single Edits & Extended Versions |title1 = I Wrote a Letter |writer1 = Rumpf |length1 = 3:25 |title2 = Rock 'n' Roll Widow |writer2 = Snow |length2 = 4:41 |title3 = Don't Rush the Good Things |writer3 = Gammack |length3 = 3:46 |title4 = When I Was Young |writer4 = |length4 = 3:08 |title5 = Keep Your Hands Off My Baby |writer5 = |length5 = 3:29 |title6 = Let's Stay Together |note6 = Single Edit |writer6 = |length6 = 3:41 |title7 = Help! |note7 = Single Edit |writer7 = |length7 = 3:45 |title8 = Better Be Good to Me |note8 = Single Edit |writer8 = |length8 = 3:42 |title9 = Private Dancer |note9 = Single Edit |writer9 = Knopfler |length9 = 4:02 |title10 = What's Love Got to Do With It |note10 = Extended 12" Remix |writer10 = |length10 = 5:43 |title11 = Better Be Good to Me |note11 = Extended 12" Remix |writer11 = |length11 = 7:45 |title12 = I Can't Stand the Rain |note12 = Extended 12" Remix |writer12 = |length12 = 5:41 |title13 = Show Some Respect |note13 = Extended Mix |writer13 = |length13 = 5:43 |headline = CD 3: Previously Unreleased & Rare Tracks Plus Other Singles |title1 = Hot for You Baby |writer1 = |length1 = 4:43 |title2 = Let's Stay Together |note2 = Alternative Radio Mix, 1983 |writer2 = |length2 = 3:50 |title3 = Let's Stay Together |note3 = TV Instrumental |writer3 = |length3 = 4:29 |title4 = What's Love Got to Do With It |note4 = Dub Mix |writer4 = |length4 = 3:56 |title5 = Private Dancer |note5 = Sterling Version |writer5 = Knopfler |length5 = 4:03 |title6 = Total Control |writer6 = |length6 = 6:25 |title7 = Ball of Confusion |note7 = Remix |writer7 = |length7 = 4:11 |title8 = We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) |writer8 = |length8 = 4:15 |title9 = One of the Living |writer9 = Knight |length9 = 4:13 |title10 = We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) |note10 = Extended Remix |writer10 = |length10 = 6:07 |title11 = One of the Living |note11 = Special Club Mix |writer11 = Knight |length11 = 7:38 |title12 = We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) |note12 = Instrumental |writer12 = |length12 = 6:33 |title13 = One of the Living |note13 = Dub Version |writer13 = Knight |length13 = 5:12 |headline = CD4: World Tour ‘84 – Live at Park West, Chicago – August 2, 1984 |title1 = Let's Pretend We're Married |writer1 = Prince |length1 = 4:18 |title2 = Show Some Respect |writer2 = |length2 = 3:48 |title3 = I Might Have Been Queen |writer3 = |length3 = 3:44 |title4 = River Deep, Mountain High |writer4 = |length4 = 4:00 |title5 = Nutbush City Limits |writer5 = Tina Turner |length5 = 3:04 |title6 = What's Love Got to Do With It |writer6 = |length6 = 4:13 |title7 = I Can't Stand the Rain |writer7 = |length7 = 3:43 |title8 = Better Be Good to Me |writer8 = |length8 = 6:43 |title9 = Private Dancer |writer9 = Knopfler |length9 = 6:32 |title10 = Let's Stay Together |writer10 = |length10 = 8:03 |title11 = Help! |writer11 = |length11 = 4:55 |title12 = Proud Mary |writer12 = John Fogerty |length12 = 8:00 |title13 = Legs |writer13 = |length13 = 10:25 |headline = CD 5: Private Dancer Tour – Live From Nec, Birmingham 1984 |title1 = Show Some Respect |writer1 = |length1 = 3:43 |title2 = I Might Have Been Queen |writer2 = |length2 = 3:45 |title3 = What's Love Got to Do With It |writer3 = |length3 = 3:58 |title4 = I Can't Stand the Rain |writer4 = |length4 = 3:27 |title5 = Better Be Good to Me |writer5 = |length5 = 6:33 |title6 = Private Dancer |writer6 = Knopfler |length6 = 6:19 |title7 = Let's Stay Together |writer7 = |length7 = 4:52 |title8 = Help! |writer8 = |length8 = 5:25 |title9 = It's Only Love |note9 = Featuring Bryan Adams |writer9 = |length9 = 5:31 |title10 = Tonight |note10 = Featuring David Bowie |writer10 = Bowie |length10 = 4:18 |title11 = Let's Dance, Version I |note11 = Featuring David Bowie |writer11 = Jim Lee |length11 = 1:04 |title12 = Let's Dance, Version II |note12 = Featuring David Bowie |writer12 = Bowie |length12 = 4:15 |headline = Blu-ray |title1 = Show Some Respect |note1 = Live From NEC, Birmingham, 1985 |title2 = I Might Have Been Queen |note2 = Live From NEC, Birmingham, 1985 |title3 = What's Love Got to Do With It |note3 = Live From NEC, Birmingham, 1985 |title4 = I Can't Stand the Rain |note4 = Live From NEC, Birmingham, 1985 |title5 = Better Be Good to Me |note5 = Live From NEC, Birmingham, 1985 |title6 = Private Dancer |note6 = Live From NEC, Birmingham, 1985 |title7 = Let's Stay Together |note7 = Live From NEC, Birmingham, 1985 |title8 = Help! |note8 = Live From NEC, Birmingham, 1985 |title9 = It's Only Love |note9 = Live From NEC, Birmingham, 1985, featuring Bryan Adams |title10 = Tonight |note10 = Live From NEC, Birmingham, 1985, featuring David Bowie |title11 = Let's Dance – Version I |note11 = Live From NEC, Birmingham, 1985, featuring David Bowie |title12 = Let's Dance – Version II |note12 = Live From NEC, Birmingham, 1985, featuring David Bowie |title13 = Let's Stay Together |note13 = Promo video |title14 = Help! |note14 = Promo Video |title15 = What's Love Got to Do With It |note15 = Colour Version |title16 = What's Love Got to Do With It |note16 = B/W Version |title17 = Better Be Good to Me |note17 = Promo video |title18 = Private Dancer |note18 = Full Length Version |title19 = Private Dancer |note19 = Promo video |title20 = Show Some Respect |note20 = Promo video

Personnel

Tracks 1 & 7 (produced by Rupert Hine)

Tracks 2, 3 & 4 (produced by Terry Britten)

Tracks 5 & 8 (produced by John Carter)

Tracks 6 & 10 (produced by Greg Walsh & Martyn Ware)

  • Greg Walsh – producer & engineer
  • Martyn Ware – producer
  • Walter Samuel – engineer
  • Gary Barnacle – saxophone (6)
  • David Cullen – string arrangements (10)
  • Glenn Gregory – background vocals
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion (6)
  • Ray Russell – guitar (6)
  • Martyn Ware – programming, electronic drums, arrangements, background vocals
  • Greg Walsh – programming, arrangements
  • Nick Plytas – piano, synthesizer

Track 9 (produced by Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Wilton Felder & Joe Sample)

General

  • Alan Yoshida – mastering
  • Akira Taguchi – compilation producer
  • Sam Gay – creative director
  • Roy Kohara – art direction
  • John O'Brien – design
  • Peter Ashworth – photography
  • Roger Davies – management
  • Chip Lightman – management

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table title="1984 weekly chart performance for ''Private Dancer''"] | Chart (1984) | Peak position | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) | Canadian Albums (The Record) | European Albums (Music & Media) | Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) | US Cash Box Top Pop Albums | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 7 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | ::

::data[format=table title="2023–2025 weekly chart performance for ''Private Dancer''"] | Chart (2023–2025) | Peak position | Australian Albums (ARIA) | Portuguese Albums (AFP) | |---|---|---|---| | 53 | | | | | 60 | | | | ::

Year-end charts

::data[format=table title="1984 year-end chart performance for ''Private Dancer''"]

Chart (1984)PositionAustralian Albums (Kent Music Report)Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)Norwegian Fall Period Albums (VG-lista)Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)UK Albums (Gallup)US Billboard 200US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)
17
8
9
17
27
6
6
18
39
11
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::data[format=table title="1985 year-end chart performance for ''Private Dancer''"]

Chart (1985)PositionAustralian Albums (Kent Music Report)Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)European Albums (Music & Media)German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)UK Albums (Gallup)US Billboard 200US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)
26
1
28
25
6
2
15
1
16
5
2
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::data[format=table title="1986 year-end chart performance for ''Private Dancer''"]

Chart (1986)PositionUK Albums (Gallup)
78
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Certifications and sales

Accolades

Grammy Awards

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YearWinnerCategory
1985"Better Be Good to Me"Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
1985"What's Love Got to Do with It"Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
1985"What's Love Got to Do with It?"Record of the Year
1985"What's Love Got to Do with It?"Song of the Year
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