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Girls (Tina Turner song)

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"Girls"
Song
B-side"Take Me to the River"

"Girls" is a song by recording artist Tina Turner, from her 1986 album Break Every Rule. It was written by David Bowie and Erdal Kizilcay and produced by Terry Britten. Phil Collins plays drums on the recording. Upon its single released, it became a top 20 hit on the Dutch Singles Chart.

Bowie later recorded two different versions of the song himself during the Never Let Me Down sessions, one with vocals in English and another with vocals in Japanese. Both versions appeared as B-sides for different formats of the "Time Will Crawl" single in 1987.

Other releases

  • A live version by Tina Turner was released on the album Tina Live in Europe in 1988.
  • An "extended edit" of Bowie's English-language version appeared as a bonus track on the 1995 Virgin Records reissue of Never Let Me Down.
Cover versions
  • Kill the Audience – The Dark Side of David Bowie: A Tribute to David Bowie (1997)

Charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[1] 16

References

  1. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 12, 1987" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved September 23, 2015.