River Deep – Mountain High

E250021
single song

"River Deep – Mountain High" is a 1966 soul and pop song produced by Phil Spector and widely regarded as one of Tina Turner’s most powerful and influential recordings.

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River Deep – Mountain High canonical 10
River Deep – Mountain High (album) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAct Ike Turner ⓘ
Phil Spector ⓘ
Tina Turner ⓘ
associatedProductionTechnique Wall of Sound ⓘ
B-side I’ll Keep You Happy ⓘ
chartPositionUKSingles 3 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 88 ⓘ
countryOfFirstPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs one of Tina Turner’s most influential recordings ⓘ
one of the greatest pop records of all time ⓘ
genre pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Celine Dion ⓘ
Deep Purple ⓘ
The Animals ⓘ
surface form: Eric Burdon & The Animals

The Supremes ⓘ
surface form: The Supremes and The Four Tops
hasInstrumentation backing vocals ⓘ
full rhythm section ⓘ
orchestral arrangement ⓘ
hasMusicVideo no original 1966 promotional video ⓘ
includedInList Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll ⓘ
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
legacy considered a landmark in pop and soul production ⓘ
length about 3 minutes 40 seconds ⓘ
lyricTheme deep and enduring romantic love ⓘ
musicalKey A major ⓘ
notableFor Wall of Sound ⓘ
surface form: Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound production

powerful vocal performance by Tina Turner ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf River Deep – Mountain High self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: River Deep – Mountain High (album)
performancesTelevision performed on various TV shows in the late 1960s ⓘ
performer Ike & Tina Turner ⓘ
placeOfRecording Los Angeles ⓘ
producer Phil Spector ⓘ
recorded 1966 ⓘ
recordedAt Gold Star Studios ⓘ
recordLabel London Records ⓘ
Philles Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1966-05 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
songwriter Ellie Greenwich ⓘ
Jeff Barry ⓘ
Phil Spector ⓘ
tempo uptempo ⓘ
vocalPerformanceBy Tina Turner ⓘ
vocalType belting female lead vocal ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tina Turner → notableWork → River Deep – Mountain High ⓘ
Jeff Barry → notableWork → River Deep – Mountain High ⓘ
Jeff Barry → coWriterOf → River Deep – Mountain High ⓘ
Phil Spector → notableWork → River Deep – Mountain High ⓘ
River Deep – Mountain High → partOf → River Deep – Mountain High self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: River Deep – Mountain High (album)
Anna Mae Bullock → notableWork → River Deep – Mountain High ⓘ
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical → hasSong → River Deep – Mountain High ⓘ
Ellie Greenwich → notableWork → River Deep – Mountain High ⓘ
Ellie Greenwich → coWroteSong → River Deep – Mountain High ⓘ
Pandemonium Shadow Show → hasPart → River Deep – Mountain High ⓘ
Ike & Tina Turner Revue → notableSong → River Deep – Mountain High ⓘ