Workin' Together

Much like their previous album, Come Together, the album features soul-infused covers of rock songs and renewed versions of previous Ike & Tina songs. The album featured the duo's biggest-selling hit, a funk rock cover of "Proud Mary." The B-side, "Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter", was written by Tina's sister Alline Bullock and later covered by Nina Simone. Several of the songs were written by Ike (including two by "Eki Renrut", which is Ike Turner spelled backward),{{Cite news |last=Borawski |first=Walter |date=February 28, 1971 |title='Workin' Together' Captures Tina's Voice And Ike's Skill |pages=4C |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/poughkeepsie-journal-ike-and-tina-turner/129636680/}} including "The Way You Love Me", which the Turners had recorded for their debut album, The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner, nearly a decade earlier.

Three singles were released from the album in the US. The title track, "Workin' Together," peaked at No. 41 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 105 on Bubbling Under The Hot 100.{{Cite magazine|date=December 12, 1970|title=Best Selling Soul Singles|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1970/Billboard%201970-12-12.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=42}}{{Cite magazine|date=November 28, 1970|title=Bubbling Under The Hot 100|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1970/Billboard%201970-11-28.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=40}} The second single, a cover of "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival, became the duo's biggest hit. It peaked at No. 4 on the Hot 100 chart and reached No. 5 on the R&B chart. It also earned Ike and Tina a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group in 1972. The third single, a cover of "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" by Jessie Hill, peaked at No. 31 on the R&B chart and No. 60 on the Hot 100.{{Cite magazine|date=June 12, 1971|title=Hot 100|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1971/Billboard%201971-06-12.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=64}}{{Cite magazine|date=June 26, 1971|title=Best Selling Soul Singles|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1971/Billboard%201971-06-26.pdf|magazine=Billboard}} A fourth single, a cover of "Get Back" by the Beatles, was released in Germany.

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The album received positive reviews.{{Cite journal|date=November 21, 1970|title=Picks of the Week: Albums|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/70s/70/RW-1970-11-21.pdf|journal=Record World|pages=1}}{{Cite news |last=Wesy |first=Hollie I. |date=November 27, 1970 |title=Tina Turner Can Turn On Middle Americans As Well |pages=16C |work=The Herald-Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-sun-ike-and-tina-turner-wor/129055546/}} Thomas Popson wrote for the Chicago Tribune that Workin' Together is "another fine album from two thoroughly professional entertainers."{{Cite news |last=Popson |first=Thomas |date=December 27, 1970 |title=Ike and Tina: 'Workin' Together' |pages=4 - Section 5 |work=Chicago Tribune}}

Billboard (November 21, 1970):

Nobody works harder than Ike & Tina Turner and workin' together they take top material, rip it up, and resoul "Proud Mary," "Let It Be," "Get Back" and "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" their way. The duo gather a full head of funky, raucous steam, hitting only the heights of energy and excitement on the title romp, plus more of Ike's super rhythm workouts. Can't keep this kind of "up" music down.

In 1971, Ike & Tina Turner won the Prix Otis Redding (best R&B album) from the Académie du Jazz for Workin' Together.{{Cite magazine|date=April 17, 1971|title=French Jazz Awards Named|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1971/Billboard%201971-04-17.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=50}}

Workin' Together was digitally remastered and released by BGO records on the compilation CD Workin' Together/Let Me Touch Your Mind in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bgo-records.com/product/bgocd996-workin-together-let-me-touch-your-mind/|title=Workin' Together/Let Me Touch Your Mind|website=BGO Records|language=en}} The album was reissued on vinyl in 2016.{{Cite web|date=March 28, 2016|title=2 Ike & Tina Turner albums were just reissued on vinyl: "Workin' Together," which was their most successful album, and "River Deep – Mountain High," which includes tracks produced by both Phil Spector and Ike Turner. from Amoeba Music|url=https://share-good-vibes.com/2016/03/28/2-ike-tina-turner-albums-were-just-reissued-on-vinyl-workin-together-which-was-their-most-successful-album-and-river-deep-mountain-high-which-includes-tracks-produced-by-both-phi/|access-date=2020-10-24|website=#ShareGoodVibes|language=en}}

All tracks written by Ike Turner, except where noted.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Ike-Tina-Turner-Workin-Together/release/3019828|title=Ike & Tina Turner - Workin' Together|website=Discogs|date=1976 |language=en}} Tracks 1 and 6 were credited to "Eki Renrut" (Ike Turner backwards).

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| title1 = Workin' Together

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| title2 = (As Long As I Can) Get You When I Want You

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| title3 = Get Back

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| title4 = The Way You Love Me

| length4 = 2:37

| title5 = You Can Have It

| length5 = 3:30

| title6 = Game of Love

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| title7 = Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter

| length7 = 2:35

| title8 = Ooh Poo Pah Doo

| length8 = 3:36

| title9 = Proud Mary

| length9 = 4:57

| title10 = Goodbye, So Long

| length10 = 1:57

| title11 = Let It Be

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| writer3 = John Lennon, Paul McCartney

| writer7 = Aillene Bullock

| writer9 = John Fogerty

| writer11 = John Lennon, Paul McCartney

| writer2 = George Jackson, Raymond Moore

| writer8 = Jessie Hill

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• Tina Turner – lead vocals
• Ike Turner – vocals (intro of "Proud Mary"), all instrumentation
• The Ikettes – background vocals
• The Kings of Rhythm – all instrumentation
• Brent Maher – engineer
• Herb Kravitz – photography
• Ron Wolin – art direction

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