TINA TURNER’s ‘Private Dancer’ Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Includes Previously Unreleased Vanda & Young Penned Track, Hot For You Baby

Parlophone Records has released a 40th Anniversary Edition of GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Tina Turner’s iconic breakthrough album, Private Dancer.

This special anniversary edition offers a stunning array of previously unreleased trackslive performances, and footage, honouring the legacy of an artist whose music transformed the world.

Private Dancer (40th Anniversary Edition)
is available as a 5CD/Blu-ray, 2CD, a 1LP Pearl vinyl, and a 1LP picture disc.
GET IT HERE

The centerpiece of this release is the 5CD/Blu-ray set, which includes the newly upgraded 55-minute Private Dancer Tour show filmed at the NEC in Birmingham between two historic nights, March 23 and 24, 1985. Directed by David Mallet and featuring unforgettable performances with David Bowie and Bryan Adams, this landmark concert has been meticulously restored, offering a front-row experience of Turner at her electrifying best. Alongside the live performance, the set includes five upgraded music videos, with the “Private Dancer” fully restored to HD from its original 35mm film which is today in 4K on YouTube.

Earlier this year, a surprise treasure from Turner’s vaults was unveiled: the previously unheard track “Hot For You Baby.” Written by legendary Australian musicians George Young and Harry Vanda and produced by John Carter, the track was recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood and was originally intended to be an album track. It was thought to be lost to time, but this thrilling discovery introduces a fresh chapter in the Private Dancer story.

Listen to “Hot For You Baby”
https://tinaturner.lnk.to/HFYB

Additional Private Dancer formats include a 2CD edition, a striking 1LP picture disc featuring the official UK/EU cover on one side and the US cover on the other, and a limited-edition 1LP pearl vinyl with a 12×12 art card of the US album artwork. Jason Draper has written the liner notes for the 5CD/BR set with insights from Paul Cox, Holly Knight, Arlene Phillips and Martyn Ware.

Originally released in May 1984, Private Dancer marked Turner’s triumphant comeback, becoming a cultural phenomenon. Dubbed by American Songwriter as “one of the most charismatic comebacks of modern rock” and AllMusic as “without question,… Turner’s finest hour as a solo artist.” The 5x platinum record peaked at [#2 on the UK Albums Chart] #3 and #1 on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Turner would later bring home four GRAMMY® Award wins for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for “Better Be Good To Me” and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year for the top Billboard Hot 100 track, “What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Tina Turner
Private Dancer (40th Anniversary Edition)
Tracklisting

5CD/Blu-ray
CD1 – Private Dancer (2015 Remaster)
I Might Have Been Queen
What’s Love Got To Do With It
Show Some Respect
I Can’t Stand The Rain
Private Dancer
Let’s Stay Together
Better Be Good To Me
Steel Claw
Help
1984

CD2 – B-Sides, Single Edits And Extended Versions
B-sides:
I Wrote A Letter
Rock ‘n’ Roll Widow
Don’t Rush the Good Things
When I Was Young
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby

Single edits:
Let’s Stay Together
Help
Better Be Good To Me
Private Dancer

Extended versions:
What’s Love Got to Do With It
Better Be Good To Me
I Can’t Stand the Rain
Show Some Respect

CD3 – Previously Unreleased & Rare Tracks Plus Other Singles
Previously unreleased & Rare Tracks:
Hot For You Baby*
Let’s Stay Together (Alternative Radio Mix, 1983)
Let’s Stay Together (TV Instrumental)*
What’s Love Got to Do With It (Dub Mix)*
Private Dancer (Sterling Version)
Total Control

Non-Album singles:
Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today) (with B.E.F.) – Remix
We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
One of the Living (Single Remix)
We Don’t Need Another Hero (Extended Mix)
One of the Living (Special Club Mix)
We Don’t Need Another Hero (Instrumental Version)
One of the Living (Dub version)

CD4 – World Tour ‘84 – Live At Park West, Chicago – August 2nd 1984*
Let’s Pretend We’re Married
Show Some Respect
I Might Have Been Queen
River Deep, Mountain High
Nutbush City Limits
What’s Love Got to Do With It
I Can’t Stand the Rain
Better Be Good to Me
Private Dancer
Let’s Stay Together
Help
Proud Mary
Legs

CD5 – Private Dancer Tour – Live From Nec, Birmingham 1984
Show Some Respect
I Might Have Been Queen
What’s Love Got To Do With It
I Can’t Stand The Rain
Better Be Good To Me
Private Dancer
Let’s Stay Together
Help
It’s Only Love (Feat. Bryan Adams)
Tonight (Feat. David Bowie)
Let’s Dance – Version I (Feat. David Bowie)
Let’s Dance – Version II (Feat. David Bowie)

Blu-ray – Promo videos
Let’s Stay Together
What’s Love Got to Do With It (Colour version)
What’s Love Got to Do With It (B/W version)
Better Be Good to Me
Private Dancer (Full-length version) (Restored from original 35mm film)
Private Dancer (Restored from original 35mm film)
Show Some Respect

*previously unreleased

2CD
CD1 – Private Dancer (2015 Remaster)
I Might Have Been Queen
What’s Love Got To Do With It
Show Some Respect
I Can’t Stand The Rain
Private Dancer
Let’s Stay Together
Better Be Good To Me
Steel Claw
Help
1984

CD2 – Unreleased, B-Sides, Single Edits And Extended Versions
Unreleased:
Hot For You Baby

B-sides:
I Wrote A Letter
Rock ‘n’ Roll Widow
Don’t Rush the Good Things
When I Was Young
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
Nutbush City Limits (Live)
Let’s Pretend We’re Married (Live)

Single edits:
Let’s Stay Together
Help
Better Be Good To Me
Private Dancer

Extended versions:
What’s Love Got to Do With It
Better Be Good To Me
I Can’t Stand the Rain
Show Some Respect

1LP
Private Dancer (2015 Remaster)
Side 1
I Might Have Been Queen
What’s Love Got To Do With It
Show Some Respect
I Can’t Stand The Rain
Private Dancer

Side 2
Let’s Stay Together
Better Be Good To Me
Steel Claw
Help
1984

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