The single was her sole entry into both the pop and soul charts, and the last of two chart entries on the dance chart for her.Īccording to Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys, they were inspired by “I Like You”, which was produced by Shep Pettibone, who did a remix of their 1988 single “Heart”.Ī music video was also made for the track, portraying Nelson performing the song on a piano to a young boy in a dancing studio, along with scenes of men at a pool bar and Nelson in a relationship with a man outside on the streets. “I Like You” also crossed over the soul chart where it peaked at #65 and #61 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. “I Like You” is a 1985 dance single by Philadelphia-born singer, Phyllis Nelson. Thank you Tina for your life, and the music. Rolling Stone once named her “one of the greatest singers of all time.” ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine has hailed her as “One of the greatest singers of all time”, reaching unprecedented heights in stadium-filling Rock. In 2008, Turner came out of semi-retirement and embarked on her “Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour” – one of the largest ticket sales tours of that year. Her single “We Don’t Need Another Hero”, taken from the theme of that movie, was also a big hit. Singles, such as “Let’s Stay Together” and the album “Private Dancer” put her firmly back into the mainstream, along with roles as ‘The Acid Queen’ in “Tommy” and ‘Aunt Entity’ in the film “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome”. Producer Rupert Hine helped relaunch her career in the 1980s. Turner began her successful career with hits like “River Deep, Mountain High” alongside husband Ike Turner in the 1960s, from whom she separated after years of abuse, as she reported in her autobiography “I, Tina”. The ‘Queen of rock ‘n’ roll’ TINA TURNER has died at age 83. Track durations shown on labels differ slightly from actual playing times. It eventually peaked at number two, held at the runner-up spot for two weeks by the Simply Red song, “If You Don’t Know Me by Now” and the next week by Martika’s “Toy Soldiers”, “Express Yourself” was present for a total of 16 weeks on the Hot 100, and placed at number 55 on the year-end chart. In the United States, “Express Yourself” was the highest debuting single at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, for the issue dated June 3, 1989, and after four weeks reached the top ten of the chart, at number six. It was released as the second single from the album on May 9, 1989, by Sire Records. “Express Yourself” is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her fourth studio album, Like a Prayer (1989). You can help show your support for this blog by making a donation using PayPal. **24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days! Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)ĭown Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2 Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning MachineĪrtwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform Written-By – Dudley*, Langan*, Jeczalik*, Morley*, Horn*Ĭartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII.Style: Instrumental, Hip Hop, Experimental, Leftfield Label: Island Records – PR 595, ZTT – PR 595 The same track appears on both sides of the 7″ release. This mix is a unique edit of the original Into Battle version and has a snippet of the track “Battle” at the beginning. 7″ promo contains the “Special Radio Re-Edit” also known as “Shep Pettibone Radio Edit” which differs from the 2:55 Original 7″ Edit. Originally appearing as the second track on the 12″ EP Into Battle with the Art of Noise (1983), it was released as the group’s first single in December 1983. “Beat Box” is a song by English avant-garde synth-pop group Art of Noise.
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