A song recorded for Tina Turner’s blockbuster album Private Dancer, which was presumed lost, has been rediscovered and received its first play on BBC Radio 2 today.
Hot For You, Baby, was cut at Capitol Studios in Hollywood and was originally intended as an album track.
But it was ultimately jettisoned in favour of era-defining pop hits such as What’s Love Got To Do With It, Better Be Good To Me and the album’s title track.
Presumed missing, the master tape was recently rediscovered as her record label compiled a 40th anniversary re-release of Private Dancer.
An up-tempo rocker, full of showboating guitar chords and an extremely 1980s cowbell, Hot For You, Baby is a prime example of Turner’s raspy, physical style of soul.
The track was received on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show and also included a small extract from an old interview
Produced by John Grant, the record executive who masterminded her mid-career comeback, it was written by Australian musicians George Young and Harry Vanda.
It had already been recorded once by Scottish-Australian singer John Paul Young, the voice behind disco classic Love Is In The Air.
However, his version largely flew under the radar when it was released in 1979.
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This has made my WHOLE week!!! What a find!!! 😍😍😍
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Ben…. this was like Christmas & my Birthday wrapped into one today! Always great to get Tina updates, but new music along with news of the Private Dancer 40th Anniversary Edition being released in March! Thank you 🙂
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WOW! Just spine-tingling! Thank you TTBlog! Looking forward to the album hugely. L x
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WOW! Just spine-tingling! Thank you TTBlog! Looking forward to the album hugely. L x
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WOW! Spine-tingling! What a wonderful surprise! Tina comes up as fresh as ever .. just fabulous! Really looking forward to the album release – the date is in the diary. Thank you TTBlog – thank you so very much. L x
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Salut Ben♥︎Je t’espère olympique𖨆Merci pour cette chanson. Je suis💯% énergétique. Il y a toujours des surprises avec Tina❥Cela prouve qu’elle nous a transmis de belles choses pour continuer notre route. Je t’envoie des roses🌹 pour tout ce que tu fais pour nousෆᰔᩚᰔ
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This song is amazing!! Can’t stop listening to it!
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Thank You for this 🙏🙏🙏💞💞💞
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OMG, this is so amazing! Thank you Ben!
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Hi Everyone,
Such good news. Can’t wait to listen to the whole album. Thanks for sharing Ben.
You’re wonderful!
Carlos
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Thanks Ben, you’re always keeping us informed. Not sure about you Tina lovers, but for me, Tina has always been there for me, and gets me thru tough times. This song is an example of that. This week the news of this song uplifted me and brought a huge smile to my face, just when I needed it. I love and miss you Tina. I’ll be playing this song a lot!
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