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Get Back is a compilation album of Ike & Tina Turner's hits songs released by Liberty Records in March 1985. [1]
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Get Back is a compilation album of Ike & Tina Turner's hits songs released by Liberty Records in March 1985. [1]
The album features songs the duo released as singles with the exception of "Let's Spend the Night Together" by the Rolling Stones which was released on Tina Turner's 1975 solo album Acid Queen .
Get Back was released nearly a year after Tina's critically acclaimed Private Dancer album. It reached at number 189 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. [2]
Cash Box (April 6, 1985):
In the wake of Tina Turner's massive comeback success, this reissue of the duo's greatest hits should do well. Includes "Proud Mary," "River Deep, Mountain High" and "Nutbush City Limits." [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Proud Mary" | John Fogerty | 4:57 |
| 2. | "I Want To Take You Higher" (Ike & Tina Turner and The Ikettes) | Sly Stone | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Nutbush City Limits" | Tina Turner | 2:55 |
| 4. | "A Fool In Love" | Ike Turner | 2:51 |
| 5. | "Let's Spend the Night Together" (Tina Turner) | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | 2:53 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "River Deep – Mountain High" | Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Honky Tonk Women" (Ike & Tina Turner and The Ikettes) | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | 3:10 |
| 3. | "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" | Jessie Hill | 2:48 |
| 4. | "Baby, Get It On" | Ike Turner | 3:14 |
| 5. | "Get Back" | Lennon–McCartney | 3:05 |
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Top Pop Albums [2] | 189 |
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"Tell Him I'm Not Home" is a song written by Tony Bruno, Brenda Bruno, and Sanford Bellini. The song is about a lover lamenting about a relationship that has lost its flame. It was first recorded by R&B singer Chuck Jackson, and released as a single from his album Encore! on Wand Records in 1963. The single reached No. 47 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 12 on the Hot R&B Singles chart.
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