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"Better Be Good to Me" is a song written by Mike Chapman, Holly Knight, and Nicky Chinn and recorded by Tina Turner for her solo record, Private Dancer. It was released as the second single (1984). The song was originally recorded and released in 1981 by Spider, a band from New York City with co-writer Holly Knight as a member. Tina Turner's version was successful in the United States on the Hot 100 and the then-Hot Black Singles chart. It peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the Hot Black chart. At the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985, it won Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female, one of four Grammys awarded to Turner's Private Dancer at that ceremony.[2]

"Better Be Good to Me"
U.S. 12-inch vinyl single
Single by Tina Turner
from the album Private Dancer
B-side"When I Was Young"
ReleasedAugust 1984[1]
Recorded1984
Genre
  • Rock
  • R&B
Length5:10 (LP Version)
3:43 (Single Version)
7:47 (Extended Version)
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
  • Nicky Chinn
Producer(s)Rupert Hine
Tina Turner singles chronology
"What's Love Got to Do with It"
(1984)		 "Better Be Good to Me"
(1984)		 "Private Dancer"
(1984)
Music video
"Better Be Good to Me" on YouTube

Music video


In the video Tina Turner is seen performing this song on stage. She is wearing a black leather jacket, and black skin tight knee length leather pants, with leopard print high heels and spikey blond hair. Towards the end, a man appears on stage (Cy Curnin of The Fixx), grabs Tina's arms and Tina looks him in the eyes and sings the words "Why can't you be good to me?" to him and then pushes the man away. At the end of the video Tina disappears under the stage in a puff of smoke. Both Curnin and the guitarist in the video, Jamie West-Oram (also of The Fixx), perform on the Private Dancer album.


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Charts and certifications



References


  1. "Tina Turner - Better be Good to Me".
  2. "27th Annual Grammy Awards - 1985". Rock On The Net. 1985-02-26. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  3. David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. Australia: St Ives, N.S.W. : Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. "Tina Turner – Better Be Good to Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  5. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 9590." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  6. "Tina Turner - Top Titel" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  7. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Better Be Good to Me". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  8. "Tina Turner – Better Be Good to Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  9. "Tina Turner – Better Be Good to Me". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  10. "Tina Turner: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  11. "Tina Turner Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  12. "Tina Turner Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  13. "Top 100 Singles of 1984". RPM. January 5, 1985. Archived from the original on 2016-05-09. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  14. "The Year in Music: 1985" (PDF). Billboard. December 28, 1985. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  15. "Canadian single certifications – Tina Turner – Better Be Good to Me". Music Canada.

На других языках

[de] Better Be Good to Me

Better Be Good to Me ist ein Lied von Tina Turner aus dem Jahr 1984, das von Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman und Holly Knight geschrieben wurde. Es erschien auf dem Album Private Dancer und ist Bestandteil des Soundtracks zur Krimiserie Miami Vice.
- [en] Better Be Good to Me

[es] Better Be Good to Me

«Better Be Good to Me» es una canción escrita por los compositores Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn y Holly Knight, (originalmente lanzada en 1981 por la banda Spider), interpretada por la cantante norteamericana Tina Turner y perteneciente a su álbum Private Dancer. Esta canción ocupó la quinta posición en The Billboard Hot 100 en 1984 y su vocalización le valió en la edición de 1985 el Grammy a la mejor interpretación vocal de rock femenina.

[ru] Better Be Good to Me

«Better Be Good to Me» (с англ. — «Лучше будь добр ко мне») — песня, написанная Никки Чинном, Майком Чепменом. Первыми исполнителями песни стали группа Spider в 1981 году, участница которой, Холли Найт  (англ.) (рус., также поучаствовала в написании песни.


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