Earlier in Tina Turner’s career, while she was still making albums with Ike Turner, she slowly began writing more of the duo’s songs. The first song she was ever credited on was “I Am a Motherless Child,” on their 1969 album, Outta Season, which she also produced with Bob Krasnow.
She continued to pen more songs with most of their subsequent albums and—with the exception of a cover of The Beatles’ “She Came In Through the Bathroom Window”—Turner wrote nine of the 10 tracks on their 1972 release, Feel Good.
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Though Turner went on to work with some of the best songwriters in the business and was never credited on any of her solo albums, she had already written a full chapter of stories from her past.
Here are just five songs Turner wrote during the early days of her career.
1. “Black Coffee” – Ike and Tina Turner (1972)Written by Tina Turner
Originally released on Ike & Tina Turner’s 1972 album, Feel Good, “Black Coffee” was later covered by Humble Pie on their 1973 album, Eat It, and decades later by Rival Sons in 2015 and Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa in 2018.
Black coffee is my nameBlack coffee is not a thingBlack coffee, freshly ground and fully packedHot black coffee, boys, mmm that’s where it’s at, mean it
Way back you all know since I don’t know whenSee I got hungover before I was 10You see my skin is white but my soul is blackSo hot black coffee, that’s where it’s at
2. “Feel Good” – Ike and Tina Turner (1972)Written by Tina Turner
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Turner also penned the title track from their 1972 album, Feel Good, which was released as the lead single. The song was promoted with performances on Soul Train and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson that same year.
I got my good side onI left my bad side homeI got my good side onSaid I left my bad side homeYou know, my baby makes me feel goodOh, he knows how to turn me onHe knows every trick in the bookAnd he use them to get me hook
3. “Nutbush City Limits” – Ike and Tina Turner (1973)Written by Tina Turner
The title track from their 1973 album, “Nutbush City Limits” was a semi-autobiographical song for Turner. The song pays homage to all the memories and other imagery from her rural upbringing in her hometown of Nutbush in Haywood County, Tennessee — You go to the fields on weekdays / And have a picnic on Labor Day / You go to town on Saturdays / But go to church ev’ry Sunday.
Turner rerecorded “Nutbush City Limits” and a handful of songs from earlier in her career on her eighth solo album, What’s Love Got To Do With It, in 1993.
A church house, gin houseA school house, outhouseOn Highway Number NineteenThe people keep the city cleanThey call it NutbushOh, NutbushCall it Nutbush city limits
Twenty-five was the speed limitMotorcycle not allowed in itYou go t’the store on FridaysYou go to church on SundaysThey call it Nutbush, little old townOh, NutbushThey call it Nutbush city limits
4. “Sweet Rhode Island Red” – Ike and Tina Turner (1974)Written by Tina Turner
A majority of the songs on their 1974 album Sweet Rhode Island Red, were also written by Tina Turner, including its title track and lead single. In the song, Turner is playing the role of a woman who wants to leaves her small Louisiana town behind.
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In 2011, John Waite covered “Sweet Rhode Island Red” on his tenth album, Rough & Tumble, and sings it in the third person.
Tried to live a life I thought I wanted me toI went to church, been to schoolBut there never had to be a White near you? But on fast uptown I’d need the jobs?They were just too hard headed to leave me aloneThey said that I was sweet as honeyCause on 34 38 and 22 at the tonky
They called me Sweet Rhode Island Red, Sweet Rhode Island RedSweet Rhode Island Red, Sweet Rhode Island RedSweety is what they said about Sweet Rhode Island Red
5. “Sexy Ida” – Ike and Tina Turner(1974)Written by Tina Turner
The follow-up single from Sweet Rhode Island Red, “Sexy Ida” was released as two versions, a funkier “Sexy Ida (Part 1),” and a more uptempo “Sexy Ida (Part 2).”
The second part peaked at No. 29 on Billboard R&B chart and features T. Rex‘s Marc Bolan on guitar.
Don’t you give your love to Sexy Ida‘Cause she’s the sister of a black widow spiderAnd if you give her your loveYou might as well give it to the spider
Let me tell you she’s got long black hairIt hangs way down her backLong black pretty legsShe walks just like a catHypnotic eyes and stacked up love sacksShe wants your love and then your life after thatSo don’t do itDon’t give your love to Sexy Ida
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