Private Dancer (song)

"Private Dancer" is a hit single recorded by Tina Turner which was written by Mark Knopfler. It is the title track of Tina Turner's breakthrough solo album, Private Dancer. The song was one of Tina Turner's most successful singles, reaching number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and it also peaked at number three on the US R&B/Hip-Hop chart, making it her second most successful single released on that chart behind "What's Love Got to Do with It?" which peaked at number two. The song had moderate international success, only reaching number twenty-six in the UK.

[edit] Background

The track was originally going to be on the Dire Straits album Love Over Gold, however whilst the song was recorded, the vocals were not added as Mark Knopfler considered that they were not suitable for a male to sing so the track was cut from the final mix.^{[citation needed]} Legal restrictions prevented the original recording from being used, so two years after this was recorded the track was then remade for Tina Turner by Dire Straits, apart from the original drummer Pick Withers (who had now been replaced by Terry Williams). Knopfler also did not feature on the track and was replaced by Jeff Beck.

[edit] Chart Performance

Chart (1985)	Peak position
US R&B Singles Chart	3
Dutch Singles Chart	4
Polish Singles Chart	4
French Singles Chart	7
US Billboard Hot 100 Chart	7
Swiss Singles Chart	8
Irish Singles Chart	14
German Singles Chart	20
Australian Singles Chart	21
UK Singles Chart	26
US AC Singles Chart	30

[edit] Trivia

Turner was required to change the line "American Express will do nicely, thank you" to "A few pounds sterling" for the BBC's Top of the Pops, due to a long-standing ban on the use of product names.
The song's music video was filmed in the The Rivoli Ballroom, London
Nicki French did a cover of the song for the Gayfest album in 2005