See also: List of songs written by Tina Turner.
| Artist: | Tina Turner |
| Studio: | 9 |
| Live: | 2 |
| Compilation: | 6 |
| Video: | 18 |
| Singles: | 72 |
| Music Videos: | 47 |
| Soundtrack: | 1 |
American-born Swiss singer Tina Turner released nine studio albums, three live albums, two soundtracks, and six compilation albums. Widely referred to as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", Turner had reportedly sold around 100 to 150 million records worldwide[1] [2] [3] (with claims as high as 200 million globally),[4] [5] making her one of the best-selling female artists in music history.[6] According to Recording Industry Association of America, Turner has certified sales of 10 million albums in the US, alone.[7]
Turner's career spanned over five decades beginning with her first recording "Boxtop" in 1958 and formally retired in 2009 after her "Tina! 50th Anniversary Tour".[8] Rolling Stone ranked her as the 17th Greatest Singer of all time[9] and 63rd Greatest Artist of all time.[10] She was the first artist to have a top 40 hit in seven consecutive decades in the UK.[11] Private Dancer remains her career's biggest seller with 12 million copies sold worldwide.[12] [13] [14] Simply The Best is the eighteenth best-selling album by a woman in the United Kingdom,[15] selling over 7 million copies worldwide.[16] Turner is also among the best-selling female artists in the UK (9.6 million)[17] and Germany (6.3 million).[18]
After joining Ike Turner's band as a background vocalist, the pair formed the duo, Ike & Tina Turner in 1960 and married in 1962.[19] They released a series of major hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts, including "A Fool in Love", "Proud Mary", and "Nutbush City Limits". Tina Turner's first credited single as a solo artist, "Too Many Ties That Bind" was released from Ike Turner's Sonja Records label in 1964.[20] [21] Ike & Tina Turner remained intact until 1976 when their musical partnership ended, subsequently divorcing in 1978.
By this time, Tina Turner had already released two solo albums, Tina Turns the Country On (1974) and Acid Queen (1975), on United Artists Records to which she and Ike Turner were signed. She then continued as a solo artist with the albums Rough (1978) and Love Explosion (1979). However, none of these releases were commercially successful, and Turner left the label at the end of the decade. After collaborating with the British electronic group, B.E.F. in 1982, Turner signed a new contract with EMI Records in the UK, and released the single "Let's Stay Together" (a cover of the Al Green song) in late 1983. Produced by B.E.F., the single was a UK Top 10 hit. Import copies began to sell well in the US which prompted Capitol Records (a subsidiary of EMI) to sign Turner and release the single there themselves, which made the Billboard Top 30 in Spring 1984. By this time, Turner had begun work on a full album, Private Dancer, which was released in May 1984 and became a worldwide hit. It spawned a string of hit singles, including "What's Love Got to Do with It", which still stands as Turner's biggest hit, peaking at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks. The success of the album established Turner as a major solo artist earning her a comeback that is widely regarded as one of the most successful of all time.
Following her success in 1984, Turner co-starred with Mel Gibson in the 1985 film, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. She recorded two songs for the film's soundtrack, with "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" giving her another huge international hit. She then released her second album for Capitol in 1986, Break Every Rule, which also spawned major hits on the US Hot 100, including "Typical Male" (No. 2) and "What You Get Is What You See" (No. 13). Turner embarked on a large scale world tour in 1987, and released her first live album, Tina Live in Europe, in 1988. She returned with her next studio album, Foreign Affair, in 1989. Its lead single, "The Best" was a worldwide hit that year and the album sold over 1.5 million copies in the United Kingdom alone.[22] Her first compilation album, Simply the Best, was released in 1991 and was another huge seller in the UK, selling over 2.4 million copies. Turner switched from the US Capitol label to Virgin Records (both were subsidiaries of EMI, and would later be merged by EMI to become the Capitol Music Group in 2007). In 1993, she recorded the soundtrack to the film about her life, What's Love Got to Do with It, producing the hit single, "I Don't Wanna Fight", her first US Top 10 hit since 1986. In 1995, she performed the title song for the James Bond film GoldenEye. Her next studio album was 1996's Wildest Dreams, followed by 1999's Twenty Four Seven, her last studio album.[23] [22]
On July 16, 2020, Turner released Foreign Affair: Deluxe Edition, which is a reissue of the original 1989 album and includes the original LP, a 1990 concert performance, B-sides, remixes, and various other content.[24] On November 25, 2022, Turner released Break Every Rule: Deluxe Edition, which is a reissue of the original 1986 album and features remixes, B-sides, rarities, a live performance from Rio in 1988, and an intimate performance at Camden Palace. It would be the last release in her lifetime: she died on May 23, 2023.
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||
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| US [25] | US R&B | AUS [26] | The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 5 June 2023. The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association. 1735. 6. June 5, 2023. | AUT [27] | CAN [28] | FRA [29] | GER [30] | NED [31] | SWI [32] | UK [33] | |||||
| Tina Turns the Country On! |
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| Acid Queen |
| 155 | 39 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Rough |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Love Explosion |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Private Dancer | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
5× Platinum[34] Platinum[35] 7× Platinum[36] 5× Gold[37] Platinum 3× Platinum[38] | ||||
| Break Every Rule |
| 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
2× Platinum[40]
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| Foreign Affair |
| 31 | 83 | 15 | 1 | 12 | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
4× Platinum[43]
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| Wildest Dreams |
| 61 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
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| Twenty Four Seven |
| 21 | 29 | 194 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 9 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||
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| US | US R&B | AUS [44] | AUT | CAN | GER | NED | SWI | UK | |||||||
| What's Love Got to Do with It |
| 17 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||
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| US | US R&B [45] | AUS | AUT | CAN | GER | NED | SWI | UK | |||||||
| Simply the Best |
| 113 | 99 | 12 | 8 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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| All the Best |
| 2 | 12 | 17 [47] | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
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| Tina! / The Platinum Collection |
| 61 | 28 | 58 | 13 | 49 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 14 |
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| Love Songs |
| — | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | 30 | 30 | |||||
| Queen of Rock n Roll |
| — | — | — | 14 | — | 15 | — | 7 | 16 | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||
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| US | US R&B | AUS | AUT | CAN | FRA | GER | NED | SWI | UK | ||||||
| Tina Live in Europe |
| 86 | — | 37 | 4 | 34 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
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| Tina Live |
| 169 | 80 | — | 8 | — | 93 | 18 | 3 | 45 | 43 | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Label | Album | ||
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| "Too Many Ties That Bind"[48] | 1964 | Sonja | Airwaves | |
| "You Got What You Wanted"[49] (with Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm) | 1968 | Pompeii | Cussin', Cryin' & Carryin' On |
| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [50] | US R&B [51] | AUS | BEL [52] | NED | UK [53] | ||||
| "Baby, Get It On" (with Ike Turner) | 1975 | 80 | 31 | — | 20 | 9 | 53 | Acid Queen | |
| "Whole Lotta Love" | — | 61 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Acid Queen" | 1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Under My Thumb" | 1977 | — | — | 80 | — | — | — | ||
| "Viva La Money" | 1978 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rough | |
| "Root, Toot, Undisputable Rock 'n Roller" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Sometimes When We Touch" | 1979 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Fruits of the Night"[54] | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Love Explosion" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Love Explosion | ||
| "Music Keeps Me Dancin'" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
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| US | AUS | AUT | BEL | CAN | FRA | GER | NED | SWI | UK | ||||||
| "Let's Stay Together" | 1983 | 26 | 19 | — | 7 | 43 | — | 18 | 4 | 28 | 6 |
| Private Dancer | ||
| "Help!" | 1984 | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | 14 | — | 40 | ||||
| "What's Love Got to Do with It" | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
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| "Better Be Good to Me" | 5 | 28 | — | 33 | 6 | — | 52 | 22 | — | 45 |
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| "Private Dancer" | 7 | 21 | — | 5 | 11 | — | 20 | 4 | — | 26 |
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| "I Can't Stand the Rain" | 1985 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 9 | — | 15 | 57 | ||||
| "Show Some Respect" | 37 | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | |||
| "One of the Living" | 15 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 18 | — | 6 | 10 | 9 | 55 | |||||
| "Typical Male" | 1986 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 33 | Break Every Rule | |||
| "Two People" | 30 | — | 19 | 28 | 53 | — | 10 | 20 | 10 | 43 | |||||
| "Girls" | 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | ||||
| "What You Get Is What You See" | 13 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 23 | — | 17 | — | — | 30 | |||||
| "Break Every Rule" | 74 | 60 | 21 | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | 43 | |||||
| "Back Where You Started" | — | — | — | — | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Paradise Is Here" | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | 78 | |||||
| "Afterglow" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Nutbush City Limits (Live)" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | Tina Live in Europe | |||
| "Addicted to Love (Live)" | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | 19 | — | 71 | |||||
| "Tonight (Live)" (with David Bowie) | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 39 | 1 | 17 | — |
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| "A Change Is Gonna Come (Live)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "634-5789 (Live)" (with Robert Cray) | 1989 | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | ||||
| "The Best" | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Foreign Affair | |||
| "I Don't Wanna Lose You" | — | 59 | 20 | 9 | — | — | 38 | 24 | 30 | 8 | |||||
| "Steamy Windows" | 39 | 34 | 18 | 5 | 25 | — | 29 | 16 | 14 | 13 | |||||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
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| US | AUS [55] | AUT | BEL | CAN | FRA | GER | NED | SWI | UK | ||||||
| "Look Me in the Heart" | 1990 | — | 111 | — | — | 28 | 44 | — | — | — | 31 | Foreign Affair | |||
| "Foreign Affair" | — | — | — | 49 | — | — | 35 | 55 | — | — | |||||
| "Be Tender with Me Baby" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | — | 28 | |||||
| "Nutbush City Limits (The 90s Version)" | 1991 | — | 16 | 25 | 12 | — | — | 25 | 11 | 12 | 23 | Simply the Best | |||
| "Way of the World" | — | 117 | 12 | 16 | 70 | 25 | 33 | 15 | 29 | 13 | |||||
| "Love Thing" | — | 62 | — | — | 33 | — | 67 | 36 | — | 29 | |||||
| "I Want You Near Me" | 1992 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | 22 | ||||
| "(Simply) The Best" (with Jimmy Barnes) | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "I Don't Wanna Fight" | 1993 | 9 | 39 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 49 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 7 | What's Love Got to Do with It | |||
| "Disco Inferno" | — | 56 | — | 10 | — | — | — | 16 | — | 12 | |||||
| "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" | 97 | 153 | — | 49 | 22 | — | 55 | — | — | 16 | |||||
| "Proud Mary" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 |
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| "GoldenEye" | 1995 | — | 63 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 10 |
| Wildest Dreams | ||
| "Whatever You Want" | 1996 | — | 94 | 27 | 26 | — | — | 53 | 18 | 18 | 23 | ||||
| "On Silent Wings" (with Sting) | — | 158 | 30 | 36 | — | — | 55 | 37 | — | 13 | |||||
| "Missing You" | 84 | 130 | — | — | 23 | — | 66 | — | — | 12 | |||||
| "Something Beautiful Remains" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | |||||
| "In Your Wildest Dreams" (with Barry White) | — | 102 | 2 | 18 | — | — | 32 | 77 | — | 32 | |||||
| "When the Heartache Is Over" | 1999 | — | 120 | 22 | 17 | 27 | 49 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 10 | Twenty Four Seven | |||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
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| US Bub. | AUS [56] | AUT | BEL | GER | NED | SWI | UK | ||||||||
| "Whatever You Need" | 2000 | — | — | — | — | 82 | 72 | — | 27 | Twenty Four Seven | |||||
| "Don't Leave Me This Way" | — | — | — | — | 78 | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Open Arms" | 2004 | — | — | 31 | — | 33 | 54 | 32 | 25 | All the Best | |||||
| "I'm Ready" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tina! | |||||
| "What's Love Got to Do with It" (with Kygo) | 2020 | 1 | 95 | 23 | 39 | 26 | 59 | 6 | 31 |
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| "Something Beautiful" (2023 Version) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Queen of Rock 'n' Roll | |||||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
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| US | AUS [57] | AUT | BEL | CAN | FRA | GER | NED [58] | SWI | UK | |||||
| "Boxtop" (with Ike Turner and Carlson Oliver) | 1958 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I Like Ike! The Best of Ike Turner | ||
| "Poor Little Fool"[59] [60] [61] (with Fontella Bass) | 1969 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cussin', Cryin' & Carryin' On | ||
| "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | B.E.F. Presents: Music of Quality and Distinction | ||
| "Shame, Shame, Shame"[62] (with Ike Turner) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | The Edge | |||
| "Tonight" (with David Bowie) | 1984 | 53 | 70 | 22 | — | 21 | — | — | 45 | 23 | 53 | Tonight | ||
| "It's Only Love" (with Bryan Adams) | 1985 | 15 | 57 | 30 | 22 | 14 | — | 44 | 20 | 16 | 29 | Reckless | ||
| "Tearing Us Apart" (with Eric Clapton) | 1987 | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | 29 | — | 56 | August | ||
| "It Takes Two" (with Rod Stewart) | 1990 | — | 16 | 15 | 6 | — | — | 22 | 3 | 10 | 5 | Vagabond Heart | ||
| "Cose della vita" (with Eros Ramazzotti) | 1997 | — | — | 10 | 8 | — | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | — |
| Eros | |
| "Teach Me Again" (with Elisa) | 2006 | — | — | 65 | — | — | — | 43 | — | 41 | — | All the Invisible Children | ||
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| 1979 | Wild Lady of Rock
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| 1982 | Nice 'n' Rough
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| 1984 | Private Dancer – The Videos
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| 1985 | Private Dancer Tour
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| 1986 | What You See Is What You Get
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Break Every Rule: The Videos
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| 1988 | Live in Rio '88
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| 1989 | Foreign Affair – The Videos
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| 1991 | Do You Want Some Action? Live in Barcelona 1990
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Simply the Best: The Video Collection
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| 1992 | The Girl from Nutbush
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| 1993 | What's Love...? Live
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| 1996 | Live in Amsterdam – Wildest Dreams Tour
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| 1997 | Behind the Dreams
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| 1999 | Celebrate | – 60th Birthday Special
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| 2000 | One Last Time Live in Concert
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| 2005 | All the Best – The Live Collection
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| 2009 | Tina Live
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| 1982 | "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)" | David Mallet | |
| 1983 | "Let's Stay Together" | David Mallet | |
| 1984 | "Help!" | unknown | |
| "What's Love Got to Do with It" | Mark Robinson | ||
| "What's Love Got to Do with It" [black and white version] | Bud Schaetzle | ||
| "Better Be Good to Me" | Brian Grant | ||
| "Private Dancer" | |||
| 1985 | "It's Only Love" [live] (Bryan Adams featuring Tina Turner) | David Mallet | |
| "Show Some Respect" [live] | David Mallet | ||
| "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" [concept version] | George Miller | ||
| "One of the Living" | unknown | ||
| 1986 | "Typical Male" | Brian Grant | |
| "Two People" | unknown | ||
| 1987 | "What You Get Is What You See" | Peter Care | |
| "Break Every Rule" | Andy Morahan | ||
| "Paradise Is Here" [live] | |||
| 1988 | "Nutbush City Limits" [live in Rio de Janeiro] | unknown | |
| "Tonight" [live] (with David Bowie) | |||
| "Addicted to Love" [live] | David Mallet | ||
| 1989 | "The Best" | Lol Creme | |
| "I Don't Wanna Lose You" | Dominic Sena | ||
| "Steamy Windows" | Andy Morahan | ||
| 1990 | "Foreign Affair" | Paula Walker | |
| "Look Me in the Heart" | |||
| "Be Tender with Me Baby" [live at Woburn Abbey] | Nick Frye | ||
| "It Takes Two" (with Rod Stewart) | David Hogan | ||
| 1991 | "Nutbush City Limits" (The 90s Version) | ||
| "Way of the World" [USA version] | Herb Ritts | ||
| "Way of the World" [UK version] | Paula Walker | ||
| 1992 | "Love Thing" | Michael Bay | |
| "I Want You Near Me" | Paula Walker | ||
| 1993 | "I Don't Wanna Fight" [original version] | Peter Care | |
| "I Don't Wanna Fight" [movie version] | Peter Care | ||
| "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" | Peter Care | ||
| "Disco Inferno" | unknown | ||
| "Proud Mary" [live] | David Mallet | ||
| 1995 | "GoldenEye" | Jake Scott | |
| 1996 | "Whatever You Want" | Stephane Sednaoui | |
| "On Silent Wings" | unknown | ||
| "Missing You" | Peter Lindbergh | ||
| "Something Beautiful Remains" | unknown | ||
| "In Your Wildest Dreams" | |||
| "In Your Wildest Dreams" [live] | David Mallet | ||
| 1997 | "Can't Stop Thinking of You" (with Eros Ramazzotti) | Nigel Dick | |
| 1999 | "When the Heartache Is Over" | Paul Boyd | |
| 2000 | "Whatever You Need" | Jake Nava | |
| 2006 | "Teach Me Again" (with Elisa) | Stefano Veneruso |
| 1973 | "I'm the Slime" | Over-Nite Sensation (uncredited) |
| "Dirty Love" | ||
| "Zomby Woof" | ||
| "Dinah-Moe Humm" | ||
| "Montana" | ||
| 1974 | "Cosmik Debris" | Apostrophe (') (uncredited) |
| "Uncle Remus" | ||
| 1975 | "Acid Queen" | Tommy soundtrack |
| 1976 | "Come Together" | All This and World War II |
| 1982 | "Johnny and Mary" | Summer Lovers soundtrack |
| "Crazy in the Night" | ||
| 1984 | "Lean On Me"[68] | The Edge |
| 1985 | "Total Control" | We Are the World |
| 1990 | "Break Through the Barrier" | Days of Thunder soundtrack |
| 1991 | "The Bitch Is Back" | |
| "A Change Is Gonna Come" (with B.E.F.) | Music of Quality and Distinction Volume Two | |
| 1993 | "Shake a Tail Feather" | What's Love Got to Do with It soundtrack (non-US pressings) |
| "Tina's Wish" | ||
| 1994 | "What's Love Got to Do with It" (live) | Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume I[69] |
| 1997 | "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" | Carnival! |
| 1998 | "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" | Wildest Dreams (Japanese bonus track) and |
| "He Lives in You" | soundtrack | |
| 1999 | "Easy as Life" (featuring Angelique Kidjo) | Elton John and Time Rice's Aida |
| 2000 | "Baby, I'm a Star" | All That Glitters |
| 2003 | "Great Spirits" | Brother Bear soundtrack |
| 2007 | "Edith and the Kingpin" (with Herbie Hancock) | |
| "The Game of Love" | Ultimate Santana |
