Missing You is a song featured on Tina Turner’s 1996 record Wildest Dreams, and the third single of that album. The song is a John Waite cover, who had a number one hit with it in 1984. The video for the song was filmed by photographer Peter Lindbergh, and was part of Tina’s promotional campaign for Hanes Hosiery. The song was also performed live during every night of the 1996/1997 Wildest Dreams tour. In this post, we look back at the origins of this song.
Do Something is a b-side to Tina Turner’s 1996 single On Silent Wings. It’s an up-tempo, high-energy song with some very sexy lyrics and sounds – as Tina would say ‘It’s fun, it’s naughty!’. The song is written by long-time collaborators of Tina, Holly Knight and Mike Chapman. They are the duo behind some of Tina’s biggest hits, such as The Best, Better Be Good To Me and In Your Wildest Dreams. The song is produced by Trevor Horn, and was recorded during the recording sessions for Tina’s 1996 album Wildest Dreams, but was not included in the end. It was released on several CD-single versions of On Silent Wings – continue reading for scans of different releases, as well as to listen to the song and read the lyrics.
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In 1996, Tina Turner invited Barry White to appear on her Wildest Dreams album. They recorded the title track of the album and as it turned out to be a hit, a video clip was made. Oscar-winning animator Nick Park (Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run) was hired to create a claymation video for the record. It was produced by the Aardman studio and featured plasticine versions of Tina Turner and Barry White (with Wallace and Gromit making a cameo appearance as bartenders).
Tina loved it, but Barry hated it (he felt that it made fun of his weight) and asked for the video to be censored and then banished. Fortunately uncensored versions of the video remained available and we are happy to be able to share it with you on our blog. Inside the post you can watch the video, and you can read an interesting story from John Altman who worked on the production of the song with Trevor Horn.
You can also have a look to those 2 posts previously made about this song:
“In Your Wildest Dreams rhythm series” & “US promo cd remixes”
Elle magazine joined Tina Turner on the road in South Africa, where she was performing on the first leg of her 1996 Wildest Dreams world tour. Tina speaks candidly in this interview, about her career, her performances, her health and beauty. The story includes many wonderful photos of Tina, dressed in Versace, Donna Karen, Moschino and Valentino. The legs are of course Tina’s, with a little help from Hanes – and make-up by her favourite artist; the late Kevyn Aucoin. Continue reading for scans of the full interview, with special thanks to Alan!
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The video above is Tina Turner performing On Silent Wings live at Flanders Expo, Ghent in Belgium during her 1996 Wildest Dreams tour. On Silent Wings was the third single of Tina’s Wildest Dreams album, after Goldeneye and Whatever You Want, and was released in April 1996. The song was written by Tina’s longtime guitar player James Ralston, together with Swamp Rock legend Tony Joe White. The album version of the song features a cameo appearance by Sting: during her tour Sting’s vocal parts were performed by Tina’s other guitar player John Miles. The video above was recorded live on stage while Tina was on tour and was broadcast as part of the election of Miss Belgium television show in May 1996.
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In this article from Belgian gossip magazine from October 17, 1996, Tina Turner’s 1996 Wildest Dreams tour is documented. While the article itself is not very interesting, with many factual errors, some very nice on stage and off stage photos are featured of Tina on the road. Continue reading for the article, including an English translation!
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Below, you will find 4 remixes of the song In Your Wildest Dreams, the last single from Tina Turner’s 1996 album Wildest Dreams. The song was released in two versions, as a duet with Barry White in the United States and a version with a cameo by Spanish actor Antonio Banderas in Europe. This 1996 5-track American promo CD single released by Virgin features remixes of both versions, as well as the original LP version of the song with Barry White (not included). Click below to listen to these songs!
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Today is the one year anniversary of our blog, and for this special occasion, we would like to share these electrifying performances of Tina Turner on the Australian TV-show Hey Hey It’s Saturday, back in 1997. Tina was on the show to promote her Wildest Dreams album and the Australian leg of the Wildest Dreams tour. She sings three songs: Goldeneye, Let’s Stay Together and Proud Mary, and is joined by her full live band. Continue reading for the videos of these amazing live performances. Furthermore, we would like to thank all our visitors for the support for this blog over the past year. We hope to continue bringing you the latest Tina news, and the best classics from our archives, for many years to come!
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3 track promotional single from the Hanes clothing company in a cardboard sleeve. Front of the sleeve states: Featuring 3 Songs from the new release “Wildest Dreams”
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In September 1996, Tina was featured on the cover of American ‘Ebony’ magazine, as port of the promotion for her new album Wildest Dreams that would be released later that month in the United States. She talks about her new album and tour, as well as her life in Europe. Click below to read the interview.
