Tina Turner comes out of retirement and teams up with Kygo for a brand-new version of her classic What’s Love Got to Do With It, and it’s finally here. The collaborators dropped a video for their new take on her hit 1984 song at midnight on Friday.
The Norwegian DJ/producer announced the news on Monday, tweeting, “Can’t believe I’m releasing a collab with @tinaturner this Friday!”
“What’s Love Got To Do With It is one of my all-time favourite songs, and it feels surreal to get the opportunity to work with such a legendary artist!” he added. “Can’t wait for you all to hear.”
Kygo previously reworked a recording from another singing legend, the late Whitney Houston.
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Last year, he released a remix of Houston’s cover of the 1986 Steve Winwood hit Higher Love. He took 30-year-old archival vocals and remastered them into a brand-new track that hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart.
What’s Love Got To Do With It was Tina Turner’s comeback song. She first hit the pop charts with her husband Ike in 1960, and their biggest hit came in 1971 with a cover of Proud Mary.
After enduring years of spousal abuse, Tina split from Ike in the mid-’70s and her career was in limbo until this song thrust her back in the spotlight 13 years after Proud Mary. More hit singles followed, cementing her status as a music icon.
Watch the video below:
