Following yesterday’s post, Nina Simone getting Funkier Than a Mosquita’s Tweeter, we unearth the original, from Ike and Tina Turner’s Workin’ Together. Be sure to listen to both, because they’re so drastically different and yet, equally awesome. Which one do you prefer?

Here’s Nina Simone’s Cover.

And here’s the Ike and Tina original.

The song is credited to Aillene Bullock, which is Tina’s real name. Sort of. It’s actually Anna Mae Bullock. So there you go, a little trivia as well.

As coincidence would have it, there was some Ike news in the papers today. You may well know, ol’ Ike passed away in December. Well, the San Diego medical examiner’s released their report, which listed the cause of death as an “accidental cocaine overdose”. He was 76.

Take a second and ponder that.

Ike was 76 and he was still ripping lines. Wow. Dude was one bad motherfucker. Put’s any of those other so-called party monsters like Rick James or Keith Richards to shame.

RIP Ike. I hope you’ve finally found some peace.