# The best Tina Turner songs

From River Deep, Mountain High to The Best: the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll's greatest songs, as ranked by critics and fans.

- 101 votes · 14 items
- Mar 6, 2025 · the_riff
- https://even.best/en/l/3605/the-best-tina-turner-songs

## Top 14

1. **The Best** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — 1989. A cover that became her signature anthem.
2. **River Deep, Mountain High** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — 1966. Phil Spector's wall of sound.
3. **Private Dancer** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — 1984. Written by Mark Knopfler.
4. **Proud Mary** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — 1971. With Ike, starting nice and easy and ending rough.
5. **Better Be Good to Me** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — 1984. A Grammy-winning rock song.
6. **We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — 1985. From Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
7. **Typical Male** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — 1986. Her eighties pop.
8. **Steamy Windows** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — 1989. Sultry rock.
9. **Nutbush City Limits** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1973. Her hometown, with Ike.
10. **GoldenEye** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1995. The James Bond theme by Bono and The Edge.
11. **What's Love Got to Do with It** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1984. At 44, the oldest solo woman to top the Hot 100.
12. **The Acid Queen** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1975. From the film Tommy.
13. **I Don't Wanna Fight** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1993. From the film of her life.
14. **Let's Stay Together** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1983. The Al Green cover that relaunched her.

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