2004Released
5:34

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Interesting facts and trivia about In Your Wildest Dreams. By Songfacts®.

This sultry duet teams Tina Turner with Barry White as they sing about a night of lovemaking. Much of the song is spoken word, with Turner proffering lines like "my heart is pumping for you" and "the night is hot outside your window," while White answers with "as a mad thing starts" and "I hear people walking people talking." White was right in his element with the seductive style, but it was far more unusual for Turner. The song was written by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman, who don't play it safe when it comes to songwriting - they're the team that wrote "Love Is A Battlefield." So it wasn't out of character for them to pitch a spoken-word song to Turner. In a Songfacts interview with Knight, she explained: "When we gave her the demo we were completely talking. It was narrative on the verses because we thought that would be kind of sexy, and then she breaks into the melodies on the chorus. But she did it as a duet with Barry White, and Barry White had a very, very low voice. When he spoke it was like the floor rumbled."

Turner recorded a version with the actor Antonio Banderas that was released on the European version of the album. In this version, Turner does all the vocals until the end, when Banderas comes in with a part-Spanish, part-English spoken section.

Trevor Horn, known for his work in Yes and The Buggles, produced this track.

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of In Your Wildest Dreams.
F♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
88BPM

Album

The album In Your Wildest Dreams is released on.

Released By

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Parlophone
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