Listen to Tina Turner’s previously unreleased 'Hot for You, Baby' from Private Dancer 40th-anniversary reissue
- Publish Date
- Friday, 24 January 2025, 11:06AM
A previously unreleased song recorded by the late Tina Turner has been rediscovered.
The song, titled Hot for You, Baby, was originally recorded for Tina's iconic '80s album Private Dancer but was not included in the final tracklist and passed over for tracks such as What's Love Got To Do With It, Better Be Good To Me, and the album's title track.
It was presumed to be missing until the master tape was recently found as her record label prepared for the 40th anniversary re-release of Private Dancer.
The song was written by Australian musicians George Young and Harry Vanda and had previously been recorded by Scottish-Australian singer John Paul Young, but did not gain much attention at the time of its release in 1979.
In addition to the rediscovered song, the upcoming reissue of Private Dancer will include standalone singles, B-sides, alternate mixes, and live recordings from the period when Tina became a stadium act.
It will also feature a live-concert DVD filmed in Birmingham in 1985, with guest appearances from David Bowie and Bryan Adams.
Tina passed away in 2023 at the age of 83 after a long illness. She had suffered ill health in recent years, being diagnosed with intestinal cancer in 2016 and having a kidney transplant in 2017.