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Nutbush City Limits
1973 single by Ike & Tina Turner
Nutbush City Limits
"Nutbush City Limits" is a semi-autobiographical song written by American singer and actress Tina Turner which commemorates her rural hometown of Nutbush in Haywood County, Tennessee, United States. Originally released as a single on United Artists Records in August 1973, it is one of the last hits that husband-wife R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner released together. In the years since, "Nutbush City Limits" has been performed by popular artists such as Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, AC/DC and the Alvin Lee band in their album RX5. Besides, Turner herself has re-recorded several different versions of the song. As an unincorporated rural community, Nutbush does not have geographical city limits; rather, its general boundaries are indicated by signs reading "Nutbush, Unincorporated" which are posted on the local highway (Tennessee State Route 19). A line dance to the song, called the "Nutbush", created in the mid-1970s as a teaching aid in Australia, has seen sustained popularity in that...
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