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. Turner wrote nine out of the ten songs on the duo's 1972 album Feel Good. 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.
Tables
· Songs
"I Am A Motherless Child"
"I Am A Motherless Child"
Song
"I Am A Motherless Child"
Year
1969
Label & Catalog No.
Blue Thumb – BTS 5
Album
Outta Season
Writer(s)
Tina Turner
Producer(s)
Ike Turner, Bob Krasnow
"Bold Soul Sister"
"Bold Soul Sister"
Song
"Bold Soul Sister"
Year
Blue Thumb – BTS-8811
Label & Catalog No.
The Hunter
Album
Ike Turner, Tina Turner
Writer(s)
Bob Krasnow
"I Wanna Jump"
"I Wanna Jump"
Song
"I Wanna Jump"
Year
1971
Label & Catalog No.
United Records – SUA 50782
Album
Non-album track
Writer(s)
Ike Turner, Tina Turner
Producer(s)
Ike Turner
"What You Don't See (Is Better Yet)"
"What You Don't See (Is Better Yet)"
Song
"What You Don't See (Is Better Yet)"
Year
Liberty – FC-55088
Label & Catalog No.
'Nuff Said
Album
Ike Turner, Leon Ware, Tina Turner, Calvin Lane
"Pick Me Up (Take Me Where Your Home Is)"
"Pick Me Up (Take Me Where Your Home Is)"
Song
"Pick Me Up (Take Me Where Your Home Is)"
Year
United Artists – UAS-5530
Label & Catalog No.
Aillene Bullock, Ike Turner, Leon Ware, Tina Turner
"Moving Into Hip Style - A Trip Child!"
"Moving Into Hip Style - A Trip Child!"
Song
"Moving Into Hip Style - A Trip Child!"
Year
Ike Turner, Leon Ware, Tina Turner
"Up In Heah"
"Up In Heah"
Song
"Up In Heah"
Year
1972
Label & Catalog No.
United Artists – 50881
Album
Non-album tracks
Writer(s)
Tina Turner, Leon Ware
Producer(s)
Gerhard Augustin
"Outrageous"
"Outrageous"
Song
"Outrageous"
Year
United Artists – 50913
Label & Catalog No.
Tina Turner
Album
Ike Turner, Gerhard Augustin
"Feel Good"
"Feel Good"
Song
"Feel Good"
Year
Feel Good
Label & Catalog No.
Tina Turner
"Black Coffee"
"Black Coffee"
Song
"Black Coffee"
Year
United Artists – UAS-5598
"Chopper"
"Chopper"
Song
"Chopper"
"Kay Got Laid (Joe Got Paid)"
"Kay Got Laid (Joe Got Paid)"
Song
"Kay Got Laid (Joe Got Paid)"
"I Like It"
"I Like It"
Song
"I Like It"
"If You Can Hully Gully (I Can Hully Gully Too)"
"If You Can Hully Gully (I Can Hully Gully Too)"
Song
"If You Can Hully Gully (I Can Hully Gully Too)"
"If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)"
"If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)"
Song
"If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)"
"You Better Think of Something"
"You Better Think of Something"
Song
"You Better Think of Something"
"Bolic"
"Bolic"
Song
"Bolic"
"I Had A Notion"
"I Had A Notion"
Song
"I Had A Notion"
Year
1973
Label & Catalog No.
United Artists – UAS-5660
Album
Let Me Touch Your Mind
Writer(s)
Tina Turner
Producer(s)
Ike Turner, Andre Williams
"Popcorn"
"Popcorn"
Song
"Popcorn"
"Help Him"
"Help Him"
Song
"Help Him"
Year
United Artists – UA-XW298-W
"Nutbush City Limits"
"Nutbush City Limits"
Song
"Nutbush City Limits"
Year
Nutbush City Limits
Label & Catalog No.
Ike Turner
"That's My Purpose"
"That's My Purpose"
Song
"That's My Purpose"
Year
United Artists – UA LA180-F
"Fancy Annie"
"Fancy Annie"
Song
"Fancy Annie"
"Daily Bread"
"Daily Bread"
Song
"Daily Bread"
"Club Manhattan"
"Club Manhattan"
Song
"Club Manhattan"
"Sexy Ida (Part 1)"
"Sexy Ida (Part 1)"
Song
"Sexy Ida (Part 1)"
Year
1974
Label & Catalog No.
United Artists – UA-XW528-X
Album
Sweet Rhode Island Red
Writer(s)
Ike Turner, Claude Williams, Gerhard Augustin
"Sexy Ida (Part 2)"
"Sexy Ida (Part 2)"
Song
"Sexy Ida (Part 2)"
"Sweet Rhode Island Red"
"Sweet Rhode Island Red"
Song
"Sweet Rhode Island Red"
Year
United Artists – UA-XW409-W
Label & Catalog No.
Ike Turner
"Ready For You Baby"
"Ready For You Baby"
Song
"Ready For You Baby"
Year
United Artists – UAS 29681
Label & Catalog No.
Ike Turner, Claude Williams, Gerhard Augustin
"Smooth Out The Wrinkles"
"Smooth Out The Wrinkles"
Song
"Smooth Out The Wrinkles"
"Doozie"
"Doozie"
Song
"Doozie"
"Delilah's Power"
"Delilah's Power"
Song
"Delilah's Power"
Year
1975
Label & Catalog No.
United Artists – UP 36028
Album
Delilah's Power
Writer(s)
Ike Turner
"Unhappy Birthday"
"Unhappy Birthday"
Song
"Unhappy Birthday"
Year
1977
Label & Catalog No.
United Artists – UA-LA707-G
"(You've Got to) Put Something into It"
"(You've Got to) Put Something into It"
Song
"(You've Got to) Put Something into It"
"Nothing Comes to You When You're Asleep but a Dream"
"Nothing Comes to You When You're Asleep but a Dream"
Song
"Nothing Comes to You When You're Asleep but a Dream"
"Too Much for One Woman"
"Too Much for One Woman"
Song
"Too Much for One Woman"
"Trying to Find My Mind"
"Trying to Find My Mind"
Song
"Trying to Find My Mind"
"Too Many Women"
"Too Many Women"
Song
"Too Many Women"
| Song | Year | Label & Catalog No. | Album | Writer(s) | Producer(s) |
| "I Am A Motherless Child" | 1969 | Blue Thumb – BTS 5 | Outta Season | Tina Turner | Ike Turner, Bob Krasnow |
| "Bold Soul Sister" | Blue Thumb – BTS-8811 | The Hunter | Ike Turner, Tina Turner | Bob Krasnow | |
| "I Wanna Jump" | 1971 | United Records – SUA 50782 | Non-album track | Ike Turner, Tina Turner | Ike Turner |
| "What You Don't See (Is Better Yet)" | Liberty – FC-55088 | 'Nuff Said | Ike Turner, Leon Ware, Tina Turner, Calvin Lane | ||
| "Pick Me Up (Take Me Where Your Home Is)" | United Artists – UAS-5530 | Aillene Bullock, Ike Turner, Leon Ware, Tina Turner | |||
| "Moving Into Hip Style - A Trip Child!" | Ike Turner, Leon Ware, Tina Turner | ||||
| "Up In Heah" | 1972 | United Artists – 50881 | Non-album tracks | Tina Turner, Leon Ware | Gerhard Augustin |
| "Outrageous" | United Artists – 50913 | Tina Turner | Ike Turner, Gerhard Augustin | ||
| "Feel Good" | Feel Good | Tina Turner | |||
| "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" | 1973 | United Artists – UAS-5660 | Let Me Touch Your Mind | Tina Turner | Ike 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)" | 1974 | United 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-W | Ike Turner | |||
| "Ready For You Baby" | United Artists – UAS 29681 | Ike Turner, Claude Williams, Gerhard Augustin | |||
| "Smooth Out The Wrinkles" | |||||
| "Doozie" | |||||
| "Delilah's Power" | 1975 | United Artists – UP 36028 | Delilah's Power | Ike Turner | |
| "Unhappy Birthday" | 1977 | United 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
- Record Worldhttps://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/70s/72/Record-World-1972-07-08.pdf
- Billboardhttps://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1972/BB-1972-07-15.pdf
- I, Tinahttps://archive.org/details/itina00turn
- I Am a Motherless Child - Ike & Tina Turner | Song Info | AllMusichttps://www.allmusic.com/song/i-am-a-motherless-child-mt0031362004
- The Hunter - Ike & Tina Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusichttps://www.allmusic.com/album/the-hunter-mw0000842334
- What You Don't See - Ike & Tina Turner | Song Info | AllMusichttps://www.allmusic.com/song/what-you-dont-see-is-better-yet-mt0056462603
- Pick Me Up - Ike & Tina Turner | Song Info | AllMusichttps://www.allmusic.com/song/pick-me-up-take-me-where-your-home-is-mt0056462606
- Moving into Hip Style-A Trip Child! - Ike & Tina Turner | Song Info | AllMusichttps://www.allmusic.com/song/moving-into-hip-style-a-trip-child!-mt0056462607
- Up in Heah - Ike & Tina Turner | Song Info | AllMusichttps://www.allmusic.com/song/up-in-heah-mt0002790964