YMMV / Tina Turner

• Covered Up: Bonnie Tyler originally recorded, "The Best," and it did well in Norway and Finland but not beyond there. A year later, Turner released her cover, with an added bridge and saxophone solo, and the rest is history. Tyler later acknowledged, "I have to be honest, she did it much better than I did."
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  • Of course, she's well known in America, but she's even bigger in Europe when it comes to chart success all over the continent. This was pointed out as a reason why Tina moved to Switzerland in the 90s. In her interview with Larry King, she describes her success as "[I am] not as big as Madonna [in the United States]. I'm as big as Madonna in Europe. I'm as big, in some places, as The Rolling Stones."
  • The "Nutbush City Limits" is one of her most popular songs, but nowadays it's not that well-remembered in the States. However, it's still very big in Australia—where they even have a specific line dance for the song—and is jokingly considered one of the country's national anthems.
• Refrain from Assuming: Arguably her most famous song is quite regularly referred to by the wrong title, as "Simply The Best". It's actually named, simply, "The Best". The fact that the three-word phrase appears in each chorus obviously doesn't help. The issue was probably exacerbated though by Tina releasing a high-profile and very successful Greatest Hits Album only a couple of years after the song originally came out, and that best-of album was indeed titled Simply The Best.
• Signature Song: "River Deep, Mountain High", "Nutbush City Limits" and "Proud Mary" from her Ike & Tina days, and "What’s Love Got to Do With It", with "The Best" close behind, from her solo career during The '80s. And any tribute to Tina must refer to her as "Simply the Best".