List of songs written by Tina Turner

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This list contains songs written by Tina Turner, including those where she is credited as a co-writer.

As half of the duo Ike & Tina Turner, Turner began writing in the late 1960s. At the encouragement of her husband Ike Turner, she began writing more once they created their own recording studio, Bolic Sound, in 1970. By 1972, she was recognized as an established writer. [1] Turner wrote nine out of the ten songs on the duo's 1972 album Feel Good . [2] Following their divorce in 1978, Turner retained songwriter royalties from songs she had written, but Ike Turner received the publishing royalties for his compositions and hers. [3]

Songs

SongYearLabel & Catalog No.AlbumWriter(s)Producer(s)
"I Am A Motherless Child"1969 Blue Thumb – BTS 5 Outta Season Tina Turner [4] Ike Turner, Bob Krasnow
"Bold Soul Sister"Blue Thumb – BTS-8811 The Hunter Ike Turner, Tina Turner [5] Bob Krasnow
"I Wanna Jump"1971United Records – SUA 50782Non-album trackIke Turner, Tina TurnerIke Turner
"What You Don't See (Is Better Yet)" Liberty – FC-55088 'Nuff Said Ike Turner, Leon Ware, Tina Turner, Calvin Lane [6]
"Pick Me Up (Take Me Where Your Home Is)" United Artists – UAS-5530 Aillene Bullock, Ike Turner, Leon Ware, Tina Turner [7]
"Moving Into Hip Style - A Trip Child!"Ike Turner, Leon Ware, Tina Turner [8]
"Up In Heah"1972United Artists – 50881Non-album tracksTina Turner, Leon Ware [9] Gerhard Augustin
"Outrageous"United Artists – 50913Tina TurnerIke Turner, Gerhard Augustin
"Feel Good" Feel Good Tina Turner [2]
"Black Coffee"United Artists – UAS-5598
"Chopper"
"Kay Got Laid (Joe Got Paid)"
"I Like It"
"If You Can Hully Gully (I Can Hully Gully Too)"
"If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)"
"You Better Think of Something"
"Bolic"
"I Had A Notion"1973United Artists – UAS-5660 Let Me Touch Your Mind Tina TurnerIke Turner, Andre Williams
"Popcorn"
"Help Him"United Artists – UA-XW298-W
"Nutbush City Limits" Nutbush City Limits Ike Turner
"That's My Purpose"United Artists – UA LA180-F
"Fancy Annie"
"Daily Bread"
"Club Manhattan"
"Sexy Ida (Part 1)"1974United Artists – UA-XW528-X Sweet Rhode Island Red Ike Turner, Claude Williams, Gerhard Augustin
"Sexy Ida (Part 2)"
"Sweet Rhode Island Red"United Artists – UA-XW409-WIke Turner
"Ready For You Baby"United Artists – UAS 29681Ike Turner, Claude Williams, Gerhard Augustin
"Smooth Out The Wrinkles"
"Doozie"
"Delilah's Power"1975United Artists – UP 36028 Delilah's Power Ike Turner
"Unhappy Birthday"1977United Artists – UA-LA707-G
"(You've Got to) Put Something into It"
"Nothing Comes to You When You're Asleep but a Dream"
"Too Much for One Woman"
"Trying to Find My Mind"
"Too Many Women"

References

  1. "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World: 1. July 8, 1972.
  2. 1 2 "Billboard Album Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. July 15, 1972.
  3. Turner, Tina; Loder, Kurt (1986). I, Tina. Internet Archive. New York : Morrow. p. 169. ISBN   9780688059491.
  4. I Am a Motherless Child - Ike & Tina Turner | Song Info | AllMusic , retrieved 2020-06-06
  5. The Hunter - Ike & Tina Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic , retrieved 2021-03-01
  6. What You Don't See - Ike & Tina Turner | Song Info | AllMusic , retrieved 2020-06-06
  7. Pick Me Up - Ike & Tina Turner | Song Info | AllMusic , retrieved 2020-06-06
  8. Moving into Hip Style-A Trip Child! - Ike & Tina Turner | Song Info | AllMusic , retrieved 2020-06-06
  9. Up in Heah - Ike & Tina Turner | Song Info | AllMusic , retrieved 2020-06-06