What's Love Got to Do with It? (song)
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| "What's Love Got to Do With It" | ||
|---|---|---|
| Single by Tina Turner | ||
| From the album Private Dancer | ||
| Released | July 1984 | |
| Format | CD single Cassette single 7" single 12" single | |
| Genre | Pop/R&B | |
| Length | 3:50 | |
| Label | Capitol | |
| Writers | Terry Britten Graham Lyle | |
| Producer | Terry Britten | |
| Director | Mark Robingson | |
| Certification | Gold | |
| Chart positions | #1 (USA) | |
| Tina Turner singles chronology | ||
| "Let's Stay Together" 1983 | "What's Love Got to Do With It" 1984 | "Better Be Good to Me" 1984 |
"What's Love Got to Do with It" was the second single from Tina Turner's album Private Dancer. The song is widely credited for the success of the album itself. The song was written to express how love is usually not a motive for someone to find a relationship, as Turner sings:
- What's love got to do with it?
- What's love, but a secondhand emotion?
- What's love got to do, got to do with it?
- Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?
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Chart information
Turner had not had a top 20 single in thirteen years, so no one expected the song to turn out to be the hit it became. "What's Love Got to Do With It" went straight to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained there for three weeks, becoming Turner's first and only #1 hit. Tina Turner's first single had charted in 1960, and she achieved her first number one single in 1984, which set a new record from the longest span between an artist's first charted record, and first number-one single (a difference of 24 years, to the exact week). It also established another record, as Turner was 45 years old when the song went to number one, making her the oldest artist to place a number one single on the Hot 100. Both records were broken however, by Aerosmith in 1998 and Cher in 1999, respectively.
Awards
The song was honored with several awards welcoming Turner's comeback, including the Grammy Awards of 1985. The music video for the song also claimed a prize at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1985, as the Best Female Video.
Grammy Awards of 1985
- Record of the Year
- Song of the Year (awarded to the songwriters)
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
Movie
1993 saw the release of the What's Love Got to Do with It? film of Turner's life starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne.
Other
This song was also featured in "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Hooked on Polkas" from his album Dare To Be Stupid.