Tina Turner, I Don’t Wanna Fight | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 109^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “I Don’t Wanna Fight” by the late, great Tina Turner.   

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 109^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2023), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “I Don’t Wanna Fight”, performed by 🎙 Tina Turner.

“I don’t care who’s wrong or right / I don’t really wanna fight no more.” Amen, 🎙 Tina Turner! Confrontation sucks! The late, great artist, who excelled in multiple music styles, secured another pop hit with 🎵 “I Don’t Wanna Fight” (peaked at no. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100). By the time this song arrived, Turner was 53 years old – firmly established in her ultra-successful rock and roll solo career 🤘 💪. “I Don’t Wanna Fight” serves as the opener on 💿 What’s Love Got to Do With It, the soundtrack, to the 1993 film. It was written by 🎼 ✍ Billy Lawrie, Lulu Frieda, and Steve Duberry.

“I Don’t Wanna Fight” commences with an exuberant, radiant instrumental introduction. The warmth of the sound is a positive.  There are lovely strings, while the rhythmic groove further makes the ears perk up. As always, Tina Turner is true to self, serving up distinct, nuanced vocals.  Throughout the course of the record, the melody is tuneful. That said, the centerpiece is none other than the chorus, led by Turner’s utterly sublime lead and the marvelous support of the backing vocals.

“I don’t care who’s wrong or right

I don’t really wanna fight no more

Too much talking, babe

Let’s sleep on it tonight

I don’t really wanna fight no more

Time for letting go

Oh, baby, don’t you know

That I don’t wanna hurt no more?

It’s time, I’m walking, babe

Don’t care now who’s to blame

I don’t really wanna fight no more

This is time for letting go.”

There is excellent contrast during the bridge section, separating itself from everything else. Tina serves up an assertive brand of vocals here.  Furthermore, that saxophone just feels right! At six minutes and change, “I Don’t Wanna Fight” never gets in a rush. It takes its time at the end winding down within the final minute.  All told, this is a fabulous, later hit by the beloved, iconic, 🏆 Grammy-winning musician.

🎙 Tina Turner • 💿 What’s Love Got to Do With It • 🏷 Parlophone • 📅 1993

Tina Turner, I Don’t Wanna Fight: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 109 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Parlophone; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via  Pixabay]