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February 1984
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Some months before Tina Turner recorded the song, British pop group Bucks Fizz were offered it. Member Jay Aston requested to sing lead on the track after hearing the demo, but was told by the producer that it was unsuitable for a female lead vocal. The group went on to record it in February 1984, but sung by male member Bobby G. Aston recalls that the demo was very similar to the eventual Tina Turner version, but their finished version was in a very different style. It was intended for possible inclusion on their next album, I Hear Talk, but was shelved when Turner released it first. The Bucks Fizz version went unreleased until it was included on a re-issue of their Are You Ready album in 2000.
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Title Performer Release date Info
 REC 2000 First recording in February 1984
Released more than 10 years after its recording
 REL May 1984 First release
Hit song
Definitive version
What's Love Got to Do with It [Chevron Studio Artists] July 1984 Unverified
  June 1985 Medley
  1985
  1996
  1997
  2000 A cappella
Medley
  November 5, 2001
  2001
  October 6, 2003
  June 15, 2004
  September 2007
  October 2, 2007
  September 2008
  (Open Records Studio Artists) December 2008
  (Sunset Lounge Studio Artists) 2008
  August 26, 2010
  April 5, 2011
  May 16, 2011 Version from TV talent show
  September 1, 2011
  2011
  March 20, 2012 Version from TV talent show
  July 2013
  March 24, 2014 Version from TV talent show
  August 20, 2014
  September 2, 2014
What's Love Got to Do with It Jess & The Simply Adorkable's 2014 Unverified
What's Love Got to Do with It Susanna [NO] May 8, 2015 Unverified
  May 12, 2015 Mash-up
  October 7, 2016
  February 24, 2017
What's Love Got to Do with It Confess June 1, 2017 Unverified
  August 25, 2017
What's Love Got to Do with It Prides 2017 Unverified
  May 3, 2018
  May 22, 2018 Version from TV talent show
  January 25, 2019
  March 8, 2019 Editor's cover song pick
  March 29, 2019
  May 13, 2019 Unusual cover song
  November 22, 2019
What's Love Got to Do with It? Kyle Falconer 2019 Unverified
  July 5, 2020 Live
Version from TV talent show
  July 2020
  November 26, 2020
  December 16, 2020 Version from TV talent show
  April 9, 2021
What's Love Got to Do with It Apollinare Rossi June 18, 2021 Unverified
What's Love Got to Do with It Sorvats Nivek & Derwa 2021 Unverified
  November 11, 2022
  January 3, 2023 Acoustic
  January 20, 2023 Acoustic

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