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Even before I found out they were together here, I always imagined these two songs as somehow related: both by veteran acts, obviously, and both similar in style, both on EMI for that matter, they charted in consecutive weeks. As it turned out, they were the last big hits for each act too.
Although the singles themselves were effectively a score draw, album buyers awarded Tina (as she's billed on the sleeve of this year's releases) a convincing victory: Number 9 for Twenty Four Seven against 71 for Ross's Every Day Is A New Day. And for once I'm going to agree with them. Neither of the songs is ever going to be mistaken for a career highpoint, but 'When The Heartache Is Over' certainly has a far more memorable chorus - so much so, indeed, that the Freemasons borrowed it for their own hit 'Love On My Mind' a few years later. Perhaps as importantly, the performance is instantly identifiable as Tina Turner, which might be why she managed to sell albums off the back of it.
Incidentally, the eagle-eyed will have spotted that Tina Turner is the first act to appear on both Now 1 and Now 44. She's not the only one though.
Also appearing on: Now 1, 4, 6, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 26, 32, 34
Available on: Twenty Four Seven
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