Nutbush City Limits

"Nutbush City Limits"
Single by Ike & Tina Turner
from the album Nutbush City Limits
B-side"Help Him"
ReleasedAugust 1973 (1973-08)
RecordedBolic Sound (Inglewood, CA)
Genre
Length2:57
LabelUnited Artists
Songwriter(s)Tina Turner
Producer(s)Ike Turner
Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology
"Work On Me"
(1973) 		"Nutbush City Limits"
(1973) 		"Sweet Rhode Island Red"
(1974)
Official Audio
"Nutbush City Limits" on YouTube
"Nutbush City Limits (Live)"
Single by Tina Turner
from the album Tina Live in Europe
B-side"Overnight Sensation" (live), "Legs" (live)
ReleasedMarch 16, 1988 (1988-03-16)
GenreRock
Length3:30
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Tina Turner
Producer(s)John Hudson
Tina Turner singles chronology
"Afterglow"
(1987) 		"Nutbush City Limits (Live)"
(1988) 		"Addicted to Love (Live)"
(1988)
"Nutbush City Limits
(The 90s Version)"
Single by Tina Turner
from the album Simply the Best
B-side"The Best"
ReleasedSeptember 1991 (1991-09)[4]
GenreDance-pop
Length3:42
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Tina Turner
Producer(s)Chris "C. J." Mackintosh,
Dave Dorrell
Tina Turner singles chronology
"It Takes Two"
(1990) 		"Nutbush City Limits
(The 90s Version)"
(1991) 		"Way of the World"
(1991)
Music video
"Nutbush City Limits" on YouTube

"Nutbush City Limits" is a 1973 song by Ike & Tina Turner and is the title track from their studio album of the same name. It went to number 1 in Austria, number 2 in Germany and Switzerland, number 4 in the United Kingdom, number 9 in South Africa and Spain, number 12 in the Netherlands, number 14 in Australia, number 18 in Ireland, number 19 in New Zealand and number 22 in the United States. It went to be covered by Bob Seger and Tina Turner herself in 1991.

References

  1. ↑ Henry Epps. Great Achievements by African-American Women vol II. Lulu.com. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-1-300-13855-6.
  2. ↑ Elliott, Paul (May 30, 2016). "The Top 20 Greatest Funk Rock Songs". TeamRock. Team Rock Limited. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rolling Stone Staff (24 May 2023). "Tina Turner: 15 Essential Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 May 2023. The result was "Nutbush City Limits," a grease R&B-meets-country-rock stomp...
  4. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 847. ISBN 9780862415419.