"Break Every Rule" is a song by recording artist

Tina Turner Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American-born Swiss retired singer and actress. Widely referred to as the " Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before ...

. It was the title track to both Turner's 1986 album of the same name and the name of her 1987-88 "

Break Every Rule World Tour Break Every Rule World Tour is the sixth concert tour by singer Tina Turner. The tour supported her sixth solo album ''Break Every Rule'' (1986). It was sponsored by Pepsi-Cola and broke box office records in 13 different countries: England, Ger ...

". It was released as a single in April 1987 to support the album and the tour. The song found limited success on the US and UK singles charts, although reached as far as #21 on the Austrian Top 40 Charts. The music video shows Turner performing on stage as well as behind-the-scenes footage of Turner and her band from the tour. The song was written by British composer and singer

Rupert Hine Rupert Neville Hine (21 September 1947 – 4 June 2020) was an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He produced albums for artists including Rush, Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, the Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twin ...

and his then girlfriend

Jeanette Obstoj Jeannette-Thérèse Obstoj (5 June 194926 March 2015) was a British lyricist, video-maker, music video director, poet and graphic artist. She is best known for her work as a lyricist, usually working in collaboration with musician Rupert Hine. ...

, who had previously composed "

I Might Have Been Queen "I Might Have Been Queen" is a song written for Tina Turner as the first track on her highly successful '' Private Dancer'' album, and later included as a re-mixed version, with an additional lyric added to the bridge, on her '' What's Love Got ...

" which was featured on Turner's ''

Private Dancer ''Private Dancer'' is the fifth solo studio album by Tina Turner. It was released on May 29, 1984, through Capitol Records and was her first album released through the label. After several challenging years of going solo after divorcing Ike ...

'' album. The "Break Every Rule" 12" single included both an Extended Dance Mix and an Extended Rock Mix.

Music video

The official

music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing devi ...

for the song was directed by

Andy Morahan Andrew Douglas Morahan (born 11 August 1958) is a British commercial, film and music video director. He is the son of director Christopher Morahan and the half-brother of actress Hattie Morahan. Married to Joanna Lewis, he has two children. Vi ...

Versions and remixes

* 7" edit – 3:48 * Album version – 4:02 * Extended Dance Mix – 8:46 * Extended Rock Mix – 7:02

Personnel

* Tina Turner – lead and backing vocals *

– all other instruments, backing vocals * Jamie West-Oram – guitars

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control 1986 songs 1987 singles Capitol Records singles Music videos directed by Andy Morahan Song recordings produced by Rupert Hine Songs written by Rupert Hine Tina Turner songs Songs written by Jeannette Obstoj