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"Better Be Good to Me" is a song written by Mike Chapman, Holly Knight, and Nicky Chinn, recorded by singer Tina Turner for her solo studio album Private Dancer (1984) and released as a single in early September 1984. The song was originally recorded and released in 1981 by Spider, a band from New York
Cyril John Curnin (born 12 December 1957) is an English singer-songwriter who serves as the lead vocalist for the new wave band, the Fixx. [1] He has released five solo albums: Mayfly (2005), The Returning Sun (2007), Solar Minimum (2009), The Horse's Mouth (2013) and Lockdown (2020).
"Steamy Windows" "Show Some Respect" "I Can't Stand the Rain" "River Deep – Mountain High" "Missing You" "GoldenEye" "Addicted to Love" "Private Dancer"
Rupert Hine produced "Better Be Good to Me", which had been written by Holly Knight, Mike Chapman, and Nicky Chinn, and most of the other songs. [8] John Carter produced "Private Dancer", which was written by Mark Knopfler and has a guitar solo by Jeff Beck. "Help!" was recorded with The Crusaders.
Two songs from their 1981 album Between the Lines - "Change" and "Better Be Good to Me" - were hits for John Waite and Tina Turner, respectively. In 1982 they changed the band's name to Shanghai and released their third and final album. [1] Holly Knight left the band before the third album and Beau Hill replaced her on keyboards.
The compilation was released with a different track listing in the US with the songs "Addicted to Love (Live)" and "Be Tender with Me Baby" being replaced by "What You Get Is What You See" and "Look Me in the Heart". In Australia, a limited edition of the album was also released and features a five-track bonus disc.
"Private Dancer" is a song written by British musician Mark Knopfler and recorded by singer Tina Turner, first released in October 1984. The song was intended to be for Knopfler’s band Dire Straits, but was never fully recorded or released by the band.
Hine produced the Grammy-winning single "Better Be Good to Me" as well as co-writing "I Might Have Been Queen". [7] In 1986, he created a solo project called Thinkman with a set of actors for stage performance. There were three albums released under this project: The Formula (1986), Life is a Full Time Occupation (1988), and Hard Hat Zone (1990 ...