Three decades ago, Tina Turner reclaimed her history with the soundtrack album for the movie What’s Love Got to Do With It. She re-recorded hits she’d originally cut with her abusive ex-husband, Ike Turner so that they could stand on their own as testaments to her survival. These included “Nutbush City Limits,” “Proud Mary,” and “A Fool in Love.” She was in her early 50s, her voice still sounded great, and the album became a hit. Now, the record will be even bigger when it’s reissued on April 26 as an expanded box set.
In addition to the original album, which also contained solo hits like “I Don’t Wanna Fight” (which premiered on the soundtrack) and the title track, the four-disc, one-DVD collection will feature a volume of single edits, remixes, and instrumentals, and two volumes with a full concert. The concert took place at San Bernardino, California’s Blockbuster Pavilion, on Sept. 15, 1993, and the box set includes the gig both as audio and on the DVD.
The reissue will also be available as a two-disc edition without the concert and as a standalone vinyl LP, featuring the remastered edition of the original album made last year.
Turner continued singing her hits and celebrating her freedom from Ike through her final tour in 2009. She’d written about all she endured in her 1986 memoir, I, Tina, which served as the basis for the movie What’s Love Got to Do With It, which starred Angela Bassett as the singer. The actress gave Turner’s induction speech into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021. “When I played Tina in What’s Love Got to Do With It, I had the terrifying opportunity of trying to figure out how she became the extraordinary woman that we’ve come to know,” she said in her speech. “Fortunately, I had the generous guidance of Tina herself to help me. It was one of the most demanding roles I’ve ever played. But it was also one of the most fulfilling. Because just like Tina, I too was a little Black girl, who had dreams far beyond what the world expected of me.”
The movie was a massive hit, and Bassett and Laurence Fishburne were both nominated for Oscars for their respective roles. The soundtrack album made it up to Number 17 on Billboard’s albums chart and has since been certified platinum. Turner died of natural causes last year.
What’s Love Got to Do With It (30th Anniversary Edition) track list:
Disc One: Original Album
1. “I Don’t Wanna Fight”
2. “Rock Me Baby”
3. “Disco Inferno”
4. “Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?”
5. “Stay Awhile”
6. “Nutbush City Limits”
7. “(Darlin’) You Know I Love You”
8. “Proud Mary”
9. “A Fool in Love”
10. “It’s Gonna Work Out Fine”
11. “Shake a Tail Feather”
12. “I Might Have Been Queen”
13. “What’s Love Got To Do With It”
14. “Tina’s Wish”
Disc Two: Single Edits, Remixes and Rarities
1. “I Don’t Wanna Fight” (Single edit)
2. “Disco Inferno” (7″ Edit)*
3. “Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?” (7″ Single Edit)
4. “Proud Mary” (Edit)
5. “I Don’t Wanna Fight” (Urban Mix)
6. “Disco Inferno” (12″ Version)
7. “Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?” (Tony Dofat Remix)
8. “I Don’t Wanna Fight” (Holiday Inn Lounge Mix)
9. “I Don’t Wanna Fight” (Clubhouse Mix)
10. “Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?” (Tony Dofat 7″ Edit)*
11. “I Don’t Wanna Fight” (Jerry Moran Dance Mix)
12. “Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?” (Instrumental)
13. “I Don’t Wanna Fight” (Urban Radio Instrumental)
14. “Disco Inferno” (12″ Dub)
15. “Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?” (Acapella)
16. “Proud Mary” (Acapella) *
Disc Three: What’s Love, Live – I
1. “Steamy Windows”
2. “Typical Male “
3. “Foreign Affair”
4. “Undercover Agent for the Blues”
5. “Private Dancer”
6. “We Don’t Need Another Hero”
7. “I Can’t Stand the Rain”
8. “Nutbush City Limits”
9. “Addicted to Love”
10. “The Best”
Disc Four: What’s Love, Live – II
1. “I Don’t Wanna Fight”
2. “Let’s Stay Together”
3. “What’s Love Got to Do With It”
4. “Proud Mary”
5. “Legs”
6. “Better Be Good to Me”
7. “Disco Inferno”
8. “(Darlin’) You Know I Love You”
9. “Why Must We Wait Until Tonight”
DVD, What’s Love, Live
Live from the Blockbuster Pavilion San Bernardino, California on September 15, 1993
Same track list and order as discs three and four
*previously unreleased