“She was in that cavewoman outfit, doing her dance with a big wig and the two dancers going at it. I’m like: ‘This is really not me.’”: Heaven 17 on their unlikely role in Tina Turner’s comeback

The soul legend recorded Let’s Stay Together in one take

Heaven 17 have been talking about their part in reviving Tina Turner’s career in the early 1980s, when they produced her version of Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together, the first single from her Private Dancer album.

In a new interview with The Telegraph, Glenn Gregory remembers performing the track on stage with Turner for Channel Four’s The Tube in November 1983. The performance alone played a crucial role in the song becoming a hit at the end of that year.

“I don’t really get nervous going on stage,” the Heaven 17 singer says. “But at The Tube, I was honestly shaking. She was in that kind of cavewoman outfit, doing her dance with a big wig and the two (backing dancers) going at it. I’m like: ‘This is really not me.’”