Wildest Dreams (Tina Turner album)

Wildest Dreams is the ninth solo studio album by Tina Turner, released in Europe on April 1, 1996, by Parlophone internationally and Virgin Records in the US. Six singles were released from the album: the theme for the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, "GoldenEye"; "Whatever You Want"; "On Silent Wings" featuring Sting; "Missing You"; "Something Beautiful Remains"; and "In Your Wildest Dreams", a duet with Barry White. It has earned double platinum certifications in the United Kingdom and in Europe.^[9][10]

Wildest Dreams
Studio album by Tina Turner
Released	April 1, 1996[1]
Recorded	Summer 1995 – early 1996
Genre	Pop rock soft rock R&B soul
Length	58:05
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Trevor Horn Terry Britten
Tina Turner chronology
The Collected Recordings: Sixties to Nineties (1994) Wildest Dreams (1996) Twenty Four Seven (1999)
Alternative cover
US cover art
Singles from Wildest Dreams
"GoldenEye" Released: November 6, 1995 "Whatever You Want" Released: March 4, 1996 "On Silent Wings" Released: May 20, 1996[2] "Missing You" Released: July 15, 1996[3] "Something Beautiful Remains" Released: October 7, 1996 "In Your Wildest Dreams" Released: November 18, 1996

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Daily Vault	B−[5]
Music Week	[6]
Robert Christgau	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]

Overview

The album includes the song "GoldenEye", the theme to the James Bond film of the same name. It was written by Bono and The Edge of the Irish band U2 and was recorded and released as a single in 1995. The song "Confidential" was written and co-produced for Turner by the British group Pet Shop Boys. The band's singer and lyricist, Neil Tennant, sings backing vocals on the track. The original Pet Shop Boys demo (with Tennant on vocals) can be found on the 2001 2-disc re-release of their album Very. "Unfinished Sympathy" is a cover of the Massive Attack song. The track "All Kinds of People" was co-written by Sheryl Crow. "In Your Wildest Dreams" was later re-recorded as a duet with Barry White and released as a single, reaching No. 32 in the UK Singles Chart. The duet version is included on the US version of the album, which has a different track listing, released some six months after it was first issued in Europe and most other parts of the world, and features an alternate cover. The album also features guest vocals from Sting on the track "On Silent Wings" which peaked at No. 13 in the UK. Wildest Dreams includes a total of six European single releases; "GoldenEye", "Whatever You Want"—co-written by Taylor Dayne, "On Silent Wings", Turner's cover version of John Waite's "Missing You", "Something Beautiful Remains" and the title track "In Your Wildest Dreams".

In 1997 the album was released as a limited edition special pack in Europe with a bonus disc including remixes, non-album tracks and live recordings from Turner's concert in Amsterdam on the Wildest Dreams Tour. The two-disc edition was released with the same cover picture as the US album.

Track listings

Wildest Dreams track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Do What You Do"	Terry Britten Graham Lyle Conner Reeves	4:23
2.	"Whatever You Want"	Arthur Baker Taylor Dayne Fred Zarr	4:52
3.	"Missing You"	Mark Leonard Chas Sandford John Waite	4:36
4.	"On Silent Wings" (featuring Sting)	James Ralston Tony Joe White	6:12
5.	"Thief of Hearts"	Jud Friedman Hellmut Hattler Joo Kraus Allan Rich	4:05
6.	"In Your Wildest Dreams" (featuring Antonio Banderas)	Mike Chapman Holly Knight	5:33
7.	"GoldenEye" (single edit)	Bono The Edge	3:27
8.	"Confidential"	Chris Lowe Neil Tennant	4:39
9.	"Something Beautiful Remains"	Britten Lyle	4:20
10.	"All Kinds of People"	Sheryl Crow Kevin Gilbert Eric Pressley	4:43
11.	"Unfinished Sympathy"	Robert Del Naja Daddy G Shara Nelson Jay Sharp Andrew Vowles	4:30
12.	"Dancing in My Dreams"	Mark Cawley Kye Fleming Brenda Russell	6:45
Total length:			58:05

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Love Is a Beautiful Thing"	Seth Swirsky	3:45
Total length:			61:50

Special tour edition bonus disc

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In Your Wildest Dreams" (with Barry White; single edit)	Chapman Knight	3:48
2.	"Something Beautiful Remains" (Joe Urban remix edit)	Britten Lyle	4:00
3.	"The Difference Between Us"	Nicholas Holland Camus Mare Celli Andrés Levin	4:32
4.	"River Deep – Mountain High" (live, Amsterdam 1996)	Phil Spector Jeff Barry Ellie Greenwich	3:59
5.	"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" (live, Amsterdam 1996)	Britten Lyle	6:04
6.	"Private Dancer" (live, Amsterdam 1996)	Mark Knopfler	9:01
7.	"Steamy Windows" (live, Amsterdam 1996)	Tony Joe White	3:37
8.	"The Best" (live, Amsterdam 1996)	Chapman Knight	7:13
9.	"On Silent Wings" (live, Amsterdam 1996)	Ralston White	5:27

North American version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Missing You" (alternate mix)	Leonard Sandford Waite	4:40
2.	"In Your Wildest Dreams" (with Barry White)	Chapman Knight	5:29
3.	"Whatever You Want" (alternate mix)	Baker Dayne Zarr	4:31
4.	"Do What You Do"	Britten Lyle Reeves	4:23
5.	"Thief of Hearts"	Friedman Hattler Krause Rich	4:05
6.	"On Silent Wings" (featuring Sting)	Ralston White	6:12
7.	"Something Beautiful Remains"	Britten Lyle	4:20
8.	"Confidential"	Lowe Tennant	4:39
9.	"The Difference Between Us"	Holand Celli Levan	4:32
10.	"All Kinds of People"	Crow Gilbert Presley	4:43
11.	"Unfinished Sympathy"	Del Naja Marshall Nelson Sharp Vowles	4:30
12.	"GoldenEye" (soundtrack version)	Bono The Edge	4:46
13.	"Dancing in My Dreams"	Cawley Fleming Russell	6:45
14.	"Something Beautiful Remains" (Joe Urban remix edit; hidden track)	Britten Lyle	5:10
Total length:			68:45

Personnel

• Tina Turner – lead vocals
• Sting – vocals
• Barry White – vocals (U.S. edition)
• Antonio Banderas – vocals
• Sheryl Crow – background vocals
• Anne Dudley – orchestra arrangements
• John Altman – string arrangements
• Gavin Wright – orchestra leader
• C-n-A – guitar, keyboards
• Terry Britten – guitar, bass guitar, background vocals
• Trevor Rabin – guitar, background vocals
• Tim Pierce, J.J. Belle, Dominic Miller, David Rainger – guitar
• Chris "Snake" Davis, John Thirkell, Andy Hamilton, Steve Hamilton, Peter Thoms, Andy Bush – horns
• Charles Olins – piano
• Neil Tennant – keyboards, background vocals
• Chris Lowe, Lol Creme, Jamie Muhoberac, Toby Chapman, Garry Hughes, Richard Cottle – keyboards
• Reggie Hamilton, Andy Hess – bass guitar
• Keith LeBlanc, Graham Broad, Eric Anest, Richie Stevens, Mike Higham – drums
• Trevor Horn – background vocals
• Tessa Niles – background vocals
• Lisa Fischer – background vocals
• Miriam Stockley – background vocals
• Conner Reeves – background vocals
• The Durham Cathedral Choir – choir

Production

• Terry Britten – record producer, tracks 1 and 9
• Trevor Horn – producer, tracks 2 to 6, 10, 12
• Bono – executive producer, track 7
• The Edge – executive producer, track 7
• Nellee Hooper – producer, track 7
• Chris Porter – producer, track 8
• Pet Shop Boys (Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant) – producers, track 8
• Garry Hughes – producer, track 11
• Andres Levin and Camus Celli – producers on "The Difference Between Us" from an original production by Trevor Horn
• Tim Weidner – sound engineer
• Brian Tench – sound engineer
• Chris Porter – sound engineer

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Wildest Dreams Chart (1996–1997) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 14 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] Special Tour Edition 2 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 3 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 7 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[15] 29 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[16] 4 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] 4 European Albums (Music & Media)[18] 2 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[19] 3 French Albums (SNEP)[20] 14 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[21] 2 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[22] 10 Italian Albums (FIMI)[16] 2 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[23] Special Tour Edition 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[24] 6 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[16] 3 Scottish Albums (OCC)[25] 5 Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[26] 15 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[27] 5 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 1 UK Albums (OCC)[29] 4 US Billboard 200[30] 61 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[31] 26 US Cash Box Top Pop Albums [32] 58

Year-end charts 1996 year-end chart performance for Wildest Dreams Chart (1996) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[33] 9 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[34] 20 European Albums (Music & Media)[35] 12 French Albums (SNEP)[36] 26 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[37] 12 Norwegian Vår Period Albums (VG-lista)[38] 17 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[39] 58 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[40] 9 UK Albums (OCC)[41] 27 1997 year-end chart performance for Wildest Dreams Chart (1997) Position New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[42] 39

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Wildest Dreams

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[43]	Platinum	50,000*
Belgium (BRMA)[44]	Platinum	50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[45]	Gold	50,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[46]	Gold	32,622[46]
France (SNEP)[47]	2× Gold	200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[48]	Platinum	500,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[49]	Platinum	100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[50]	Platinum	15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[51]	Gold	25,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[52]	Gold	50,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[53]	Gold	50,000^
Sweden (GLF)[54]	Gold	50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[55]	Platinum	50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[9]	2× Platinum	600,000^
United States	—	475,000[56]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[10]	2× Platinum	2,000,000*
Worldwide	—	6,000,000[57]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for Wildest Dreams

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
United Kingdom and Europe	April 1, 1996	Parlophone	CD	724383768424
United States	September 3, 1996	Virgin
United Kingdom	November 1, 1996	Parlophone	2CD	724385377129