"Better Be Good to Me" is a song written by Mike Chapman, Holly Knight, and Nicky Chinn and recorded by Tina Turner for her solo record, Private Dancer. It was released as the second single (1984). The song was originally recorded and released in 1981 by Spider, a band from New York City with co-writer Holly Knight as a member. Tina Turner's version was successful in the United States on the Hot 100 and the then-Hot Black Singles chart. It peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the Hot Black chart. At the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985, it won Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female, one of four Grammys awarded to Turner's Private Dancer at that ceremony.