-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Tina Turner 's Grammy award-winning album "Private Dancer" is receiving its flowers once again — this time via a jam-packed 40th-anniversary edition containing a "lost" track, set to be released via Rhino Records on March 21. Originally released in 1984, "Private Dancer" sold over 10 million copies worldwide and reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
Decades later, it remains a staple in music collections. Following Turner's passing at age 83 in 2023, her extensive catalog is being revisited, breathing new life into old favorites—and even revealing a few surprises. Related HBO's celebratory Tina Turner doc gives her the final word on the woman behind the iconic name The meteoric success of "Private Dancer" allowed Turner to land on her own two feet after fleeing from her physically and mentally abusive marriage to Ike Turner, who leeched upon her talents during the early days of her career as a soul singer.
Gaining global rock stardom along with critical and mainstream recognition, "Private Dancer" won three Grammys in 1985, including Record of the Year for "What’s Love Got to Do with It." In the latest reissue of the album, fans will not only find a good opportunity to revisit many of Turner's biggest hits, but they'll get to hear a new/old track for the very first time, “Hot For You Baby." Written by Australian songwriters George Young and Harry Vanda and produced by John Carter, the previously unreleased song never made the fina.