"Nutbush City Limits" | ||||
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Single by Ike & Tina Turner | ||||
from the album Nutbush City Limits | ||||
B-side | "Help Him" | |||
Released | August 1973 | |||
Studio | Bolic Sound (Inglewood, California) | |||
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Length | 2:57 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Songwriter(s) | Tina Turner | |||
Producer(s) | Ike Turner | |||
Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology | ||||
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Official Audio | ||||
"Nutbush City Limits" on YouTube |
"Nutbush City Limits (Live)" | ||||
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Single by Tina Turner | ||||
from the album Tina Live in Europe | ||||
B-side | "Overnight Sensation" (live), "Legs" (live) | |||
Released | March 16, 1988 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 3:30 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Tina Turner | |||
Producer(s) | John Hudson | |||
Tina Turner singles chronology | ||||
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"Nutbush City Limits (The 90s Version)" | ||||
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Single by Tina Turner | ||||
from the album Simply the Best | ||||
B-side | "The Best" | |||
Released | September 1991 [4] | |||
Genre | Dance-pop | |||
Length | 3:42 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Tina Turner | |||
Producer(s) | Chris "C. J." Mackintosh, Dave Dorrell | |||
Tina Turner singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Nutbush City Limits" on YouTube |
"Nutbush City Limits" is a semi-autobiographical song written by Tina Turner which commemorates her rural hometown of Nutbush in Haywood County, Tennessee, United States. Originally released as a single on United Artists Records in August 1973, it is one of the last hits that husband-wife R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner released together.
In the years since, "Nutbush City Limits" has been performed by popular artists such as Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, and Turner herself re-recorded several different versions of the song.
As an unincorporated rural community, Nutbush does not have geographical city limits; rather, its general boundaries are indicated by signs reading "Nutbush, Unincorporated" which are posted on the local highway (Tennessee State Route 19). [5]
A line dance to the song, called the "Nutbush", created in the 1970s disco era, took off in Australia during the 1980s, and it has seen sustained success, gaining viral popularity internationally through TikTok. [6] [7] In May 2024, ABC News Australia reported on research indicating that the dance routine for Nutbush City Limits was invented by the education department of the State of New South Wales in Australia, having been distributed to teacher training institutions as a teaching aid in 1975. [8] [9]
Produced by Ike Turner, "Nutbush City Limits" was recorded at the Turners' Bolic Sound recording studio in Inglewood, California in May 1973. The song is characterized by inventive guitar sounds, a clavinet, a substantial Moog synthesizer solo by Ike, [10] and a funky brass section.
Typical of the period, none of the session musicians who contributed to "Nutbush City Limits" were given specific mention in the song credits. Alan Krigger, the future drummer of Giuffria, claimed being the drummer in an interview. [11] It has been rumored for years that Marc Bolan, frontman for the glam rock band T. Rex, played guitar on the track. [12] Gloria Jones, his girlfriend at the time—who herself provided backing vocals for Ike & Tina Turner during the 1960s—asserted that this was the case in the 2007 BBC4 documentary Marc Bolan: The Final Word.[ verification needed ] This claim is bolstered by the fact that Bolan toured the U.S. extensively and resided in the Los Angeles area during the mid-1970s, and is also acknowledged to have played on the Ike & Tina Turner singles "Sexy Ida (Part 2)" and "Baby—Get It On".[ citation needed ] However, a 2008 Ebony magazine article about Ike Turner's death identified James "Bino" Lewis, then a member of Ike & Tina's backing band Kings of Rhythm, as the guitarist. [13] It has also been suggested that James Lewis is the guitarist on "Baby—Get It On". But there are two guitars on that track: fuzz rhythm centre pan (which could be Bolan), with wah-wah guitar in the right channel, very typical of Afro-American playing like Lewis's.[ according to whom? ]
Originally released as a single on United Artists Records in August 1973, [14] it's one of the last hits that husband-wife R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner released together.[ citation needed ]
In 1984, a live version of "Nutbush City Limits" was released as the b-side of Tina Turner's single "Private Dancer" (the fourth U.S. single released from her "Private Dancer" album). [15] This is a different version from the 1988 live version of the song, released as single in Europe, from her Break Every Rule world tour. [16]
The single received positive reviews. [17] A reviewer for Cash Box (August 11, 1973) wrote:
"Proud Mary" was the single that brought this dynamic group to national attention. Well, here's one that leaves all of their prior efforts in the dust. Absolutely sensational is the only way this future smash can be described. Has to go top 20. [14]
The single was a hit in various countries, peaking at No. 11 on the Billboard R&B singles chart, No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. [18] [19] [20] It also reached No. 1 in Austria, and No. 2 in Switzerland and West Germany. [21] In Australia, the single peaked at No. 14, spent 52 weeks in the top 100, [22] and is still a party staple among Generation X and Y where it is accompanied by a dance of the same name.
The song was the lead single from album Nutbush City Limits, released in November 1973, which peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard R&B albums chart. [23]
In 1973, the single was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling a quarter of a million units. [24] In 1974, the Turners received the first ever Golden European Award for selling more than one million records of "Nutbush City Limits" in Europe. [25]
Following the couple's split, the song became a staple of Tina's live show where she reworked the funky studio version into a hard-driving rock and roll showstopper. A live recording of "Nutbush City Limits" from Turner's 1986–1987 Break Every Rule Tour was released as the lead single to promote the 1988 double album Tina Live in Europe , but it was in fact a different recording than the one that appeared on the official concert album. While this version did not manage to register much of an impact on any charts, the single is notable for being one of the first by Turner to be released on compact disc, at that time a relatively new format, in addition to 7" and 3-track 12" vinyl editions.
Both the CD and 12" singles featured a 10-minute 57-second live rendition of ZZ Top's song "Legs" from their 1983 album Eliminator , which was not included on the Tina Live in Europe album. A shorter version of "Legs", recorded during Turner's 1993 What's Love? Tour , would later appear on her 1994 CD box set The Collected Recordings - Sixties to Nineties .
Turner re-recorded "Nutbush City Limits" in a modern dance style—subtitled "The 90s Version"—for inclusion on her 1991 compilation album Simply the Best . Upon its release as a single, the song peaked at No. 23 on the UK Singles Chart and was a Top 20 hit in several other European countries. A different rendition, entitled "Nutbush City Limits ('91)", appeared alongside "The 90s Version". This funkier yet more laid-back arrangement is actually the one for which Turner recorded new vocals that were later remixed by producers Chris "C. J." Mackintosh and Dave Dorrell to become "The 90s Version". The 12" single also featured an extended six-minute version of the dance remix, and a limited-release promotional DJ edition from the UK included still another take, "A Little Bit o' Bush". The corresponding music video for "The 90s Version" shows Turner recording the song in studio, intercut with footage of the various landmarks mentioned.
In 1993, Turner re-recorded the track as a re-working of the original studio arrangement for the What's Love Got to Do with It soundtrack album.
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [24] Physical sales | Silver | 250,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [67] Digital sales since 2004 | Silver | 200,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
The song has gained cult popularity in Australia, particularly due to the Nutbush dance. The dance is often performed at weddings, school concerts, and bushdances. [68] Turner never performed the dance to the song, although there are similarities between it and performances by Turner and The Ikettes in the seventies. [69] [70]
Private Dancer is the fifth solo studio album by American singer Tina Turner. It was released on May 29, 1984 by Capitol Records and was her first album released by the label. After several challenging years of going solo after divorcing Ike Turner, Private Dancer propelled Turner into becoming a viable solo star, as well as one of the most marketable crossover singers in the recording industry. It became a worldwide commercial success, earning multi-platinum certifications, and remains her best-selling album in North America to date.
Ike & Tina Turner was an American musical duo consisting of husband and wife Ike Turner and Tina Turner. From 1960 to 1976, they performed live as the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, supported by Ike Turner's band, the Kings of Rhythm, and backing vocalists, the Ikettes. The Ike & Tina Turner Revue was regarded as "one of the most potent live acts on the R&B circuit."
"What's Love Got to Do with It" is a song written by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten, and recorded by Tina Turner for her fifth studio album, Private Dancer (1984). Capitol Records released it as a single from Private Dancer in May 1984 and it eventually became Turner's biggest-selling single.
"Let's Stay Together" is a song by American singer Al Green from his 1972 album of the same name. It was produced and recorded by Willie Mitchell, and mixed by Mitchell and Terry Manning. Released as a single in 1971, "Let's Stay Together" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained on the chart for 16 weeks and also topped Billboard's R&B chart for nine weeks. Billboard ranked it as the number 11 song of 1972.
What's Love Got to Do with It is the first soundtrack by American singer Tina Turner, released on June 15, 1993, by Parlophone. It served as the soundtrack album for the 1993 Tina Turner biographical film of the same name, which was released by Touchstone Pictures that same year. It mostly consists on re-recorded versions of her greatest hits during her period with the Ike and Tina Revue. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of What's Love Got to Do with It, the album was re-released on April 26, 2024 with remixes, single edits and rarities.
"River Deep – Mountain High" is a song by Ike & Tina Turner released on Philles Records as the title track to their 1966 studio album. Produced by Phil Spector and written by Spector, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. Rolling Stone ranked "River Deep – Mountain High" No. 33 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. NME ranked it No. 37 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame added it to the list of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
"Proud Mary" is a song by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, written by vocalist and lead guitarist John Fogerty. It was released as a single in January 1969 by Fantasy Records and on the band's second studio album, Bayou Country. The song became a major hit in the United States, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1969, the first of five singles to peak at No. 2 for the group.
"Tonight" is a song written by David Bowie and Iggy Pop for the latter's second solo studio album, Lust for Life (1977). The song was later made into the title-track for Bowie's own album Tonight (1984).
"Addicted to Love" is a song by English rock singer Robert Palmer released in 1986. It is the third song on Palmer's eighth studio album Riptide (1985) and was released as its third single. The single version is a shorter edit of the full-length album version.
"Better Be Good to Me" is a song written by Mike Chapman, Holly Knight, and Nicky Chinn, recorded by Tina Turner for her solo studio album Private Dancer (1984) and released as a single in early September 1984. The song was originally recorded and released in 1981 by Spider, a band from New York City that featured co-writer Knight as a member. Turner's version was successful in the United States and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 6 on the then-Hot Black Singles charts. At the 27th Annual Grammy Awards in 1985, it won Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female, one of four Grammys awarded to Turner's Private Dancer album at that ceremony. The song was also included on the Miami Vice soundtrack, and the 2024 film IF, during which the main characters sing and dance to the track inside the official music video.
American-born Swiss singer Tina Turner released nine studio albums, three live albums, two soundtracks, and six compilation albums. Widely referred to as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", Turner had reportedly sold around 100 to 150 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling female artists in music history. According to Recording Industry Association of America, Turner has certified sales of 10 million albums in the US, alone.
"I Can't Stand the Rain" is a song originally recorded by Ann Peebles in 1973, and written by Peebles, Don Bryant, and Bernard "Bernie" Miller. Other notable versions were later recorded by Eruption, Graham Central Station, Tina Turner and Lowell George. The original version is ranked at 197 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
This article contains information about albums and singles released by the American musical duo Ike & Tina Turner.
"Sexy Ida" is a single released by R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner on United Artists Records in August 1974. It features two versions, the A-side "Sexy Ida " and the B-side "Sexy Ida ."
Feel Good is a studio album by Ike & Tina Turner. It was released on United Artists Records in 1972.
Nutbush City Limits is a studio album by Ike & Tina Turner released on United Artists Records in 1973. The album is noted for the hit single "Nutbush City Limits", which became a staple in their live shows.
Get Back is a compilation album of Ike & Tina Turner's hits songs released by Liberty Records in March 1985.
Let Me Touch Your Mind is a studio album by Ike & Tina Turner released on United Artists Records in 1973.
Sweet Rhode Island Red is a studio album by Ike & Tina Turner released on United Artist Records in 1974. The album was created exclusively for the international market. It was available in the US through the Columbia Record Club. The album charted at No. 41 in Australia.
"Sweet Rhode Island Red" is a song written by Tina Turner and released by R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner on United Artists in 1974. It is the lead single from the album Sweet Rhode Island Red.
The result was "Nutbush City Limits," a grease R&B-meets-country-rock stomp...
I auditioned and landed the gig! My first recording with them was Nut Bush City Limits, which went GOLD!
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