Yahoo Lifestyle Tina Turner’s Lost Song ‘Hot for You Baby’ Released Nearly 2 Years After Music Icon’s Death
The new song will appear in the 40th anniversary edition release of her fifth studio album 'Private Dancer,' which will be released in March
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Tina Turner performs onstage at the Poplar Creek Music Theater, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, September 12, 1987.Tina Turner’s music is back!
A new song by the late Queen of Rock 'n' Roll called “Hot for You Baby” — which had previously been unreleased prior to her death on May 24, 2023 — will soon be making its public debut, according to Associated Press, Rolling Stone and U.K. outlet The Times.
The new song will appear in the 40th anniversary edition release of her fifth studio album Private Dancer alongside other never-before-released tracks, live performances and music videos that defined that era for the “Proud Mary” singer, according to the outlets.
The track — written by Australian singer John Paul Young and produced by John Carter — was initially set to appear on her 1984 album, but missed the cut. According to the Times, the song has a distinct rock sound with a guitar solo and other instruments, including the organ and drums, guiding the rhythm.
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Tina Turner performs on stage at the Gelredome on March 21st, 2009 in Arnhem, Netherlands.Turner’s album Private Dancer notably produced one of the iconic singer’s greatest hits, “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” which hit No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 after its release, per AP. The album as a whole peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
The album sold 10 million copies, and aside from album sales, earned several accolades, including three Grammys — one of which was record of the year for “What's Love Got To Do With It,” according to BBC.
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Turner died in May at age of 83 at her home near Zurich in Switzerland after a long illness, her team previously announced.
"With her music and her boundless passion for life, she enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow," read a post shared on Turner's Instagram. "Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us all her greatest work: her music."
A few months after her death, a 55-song compilation made up of her greatest hits was released to celebrate 50 years since the start of her solo career after her divorce from Ike Turner. The album contained her 1975 cover of Led Zepplin's "Whole Lotta Love" along with several other hits.
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Tina Turner 'Tina: The Tina Turner Musical' press night, Aldwych Theatre, London, UK in 2018."From obscurity to the stages of the U.K. and Europe, I credit Tina for changing the course of my life and I’m so grateful to have had some of her precious time," wrote Bryan Adams, her longtime friend and collaborator. "She was a force of nature, no one had her energy or her voice, I suppose it’s fitting to say, it’s only love, and that's all."
The “River Deep Mountain” singer isn’t the only musician that has had a track previously recorded released posthumously. Queen’s previously unreleased song with the late Freddie Mercury called “Face It Alone” was included in the reissue of the band’s 1989's The Miracle.
The 40th anniversary edition release of Private Dancer will be released on March 21.
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