"Show Some Respect", released in 1985, is the sixth single from pop/rock singer Tina Turner

Tina Turner

Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...

's Private Dancer album. The song was written by Terry Britten

Terry Britten

Terry Britten is a prolific English singer-songwriter, who has written songs for Tina Turner and Sir Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Status Quo, Michael Jackson and many others.-Career:...

 and Sue Shifrin. It was not released as a single in Europe

Europe

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. The song found moderate success in the US

United States

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 and minor success in Canada

Canada

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. The B-side to "Show Some Respect" is a live cover of Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

's song "Let's Pretend We're Married

Let's Pretend We're Married

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". In 1994, "Show Some Respect" was included on Turner's The Collected Recordings – Sixties to Nineties box set.

Chart performance

Chart (1985)	Peak position
US Hot 100	37
New Zealand	41
Canada	42
US R&B	50