Song · Ike & Tina Turner
“River Deep - Mountain High” by Ike & Tina Turner
From the album River Deep – Mountain High (1966)
“River Deep - Mountain High” by Ike & Tina Turner appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1987 and 2026. It was first released in 1966 on the album River Deep – Mountain High. Its best result is #64 on the Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1987). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,815 alternative song of all time.
"River Deep – Mountain High" gave Ike & Tina Turner's 1966 album its title, and it's as much Phil Spector's record as theirs: he produced it for Philles Records and wrote it with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, Jack Nitzsche arranged it and Larry Levine engineered it. Out front, Tina Turner sings lead for all she's worth.
America shrugged at first; Europe, and Britain above all, did not. Spector claimed to be happy with how critics and his peers took it, yet he walked away from the business for two years, the first step in his personal unraveling. Covers by Eric Burdon and the Animals and by Deep Purple revived the song in 1968, A&M reissued the original in 1969, and it has since entered the Grammy Hall of Fame and landed at No. 33 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the greatest songs ever.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 64 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1987) | 100 |
| 2001 | 677 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2023 | 270 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2023 | 136 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2026 | 1047 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
Also listed as: River Deep, Mountain High.
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