Song · Ike & Tina Turner
“Proud Mary” by Ike & Tina Turner
Released 1976
“Proud Mary” by Ike & Tina Turner appears on 12 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2004 and 2026. It was first released in 1976. Its best result is #18 on The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #520 indie & aaa song of all time and #431 of the '70s.
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John Fogerty wrote "Proud Mary" and Creedence Clearwater Revival had the hit, but Ike & Tina Turner took it somewhere Creedence never went. Their version, cut for the duo's album Workin' Together on Liberty, trades the swamp-rock lope for a full-tilt R&B revue workout, with Tina out front pushing the band harder at every turn.
It paid off in a big way: the record climbed to number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 5 on the R&B chart, and in 1972 it brought home a Grammy, Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group. Long after the duo split, Tina kept it in her solo shows and cut fresh versions for her own studio and live albums, which tells you whose song it had become.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 822 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2010 | 327 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2012 | 135 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
| 2016 | 313 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2018 | 205 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2020 | 438 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 432 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2023 | 90 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2023 | 167 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 18 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
| 2025 | 371 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
| 2026 | 154 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
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