When The Heartache Is Over

Album: Twenty Four Seven (1999)
Charted: 10
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Songfacts®:

  • Written by John Reid and Graham Stack, this survivor's song relates to Turner's life and the challenges she overcame.
  • "When The Heartache Is Over" was the lead single from Turner's last album, Twenty Four Seven. She was 59 at the time but still going strong; the subsequent tour was the top-grossing trek of 2000, pulling in $80 million. It was slated as her farewell tour, but Turner got the performing bug again and toured in 2008, this time grossing 132 million.
  • This song didn't make an impact in America, but did in Europe, where Turner had developed a huge following; she had moved to Switzerland by this time. It went to #10 in the UK and charted in several other European territories.

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  • Michael from NvGreat Lady, such passion, strength through music, rest in peace Tina Turner.
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