Jealous Girl
{{song-2|
|song name = Jealous Girl
|single image = 
from the album
Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe
|first released = 25 September 2020 - Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe album
|album(s) = Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe
|performer = Prince
|writer(s) = Prince
|producer(s) = Prince
|previous song = Jana Jade’s Army
|next song = Jerk Out
|introduction = Jealous Girl is a song originally recorded in Summer 1981 at Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The track was intended for an album by The Hookers, but was abandoned when The Hookers developed into Vanity 6.
In 1985 the track was offered to The Bangles alongside Manic Monday. The Bangles quickly recorded the latter, but did not think 'Jealous girl was the right fit for them.
The box of the master tape containing this recording (together with Don’t Let Him Fool Ya and Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got and ) has the date 6 May 1985 written under the track. A mix of it was likely done a few days before, readying it for The Bangles.
The track was worked on further (or perhaps re-recorded) in early 1987, at Prince’s Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota with lead vocals by American blues singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, during a short-lived collaboration between the two artists. Eric Leeds recorded saxophone overdubs on 5 February 1987. Although Prince offered four songs to Bonnie Raitt (I Need A Man, Jealous Girl, Promise 2 Be True and There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool), it is unclear whether this collaboration was intended to lead to an album or to a particular project.
In September 2020 the Ptince version of the 1987 version of the song was released on one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe set.
|recording info =
|- align="left"
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Summer 1981
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Basic tracking (The Hookers version)
|- align="left"
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|3 May 1985
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|possible mix
|- align="left"
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Early 1987
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|rerecorded version for overdubs by (Bonnie Raitt
|- align="left"
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|5 February 1987
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Saxophone overdubs by Eric Leeds
|- align="left"
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|April 1987
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Bonnie Raitt lead vocal overdubs
|recording personnel =
- Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (assumed)
- Eric Leeds - saxophone
The Hookers version
- Jamie Shoop - lead vocals
- Prince - all instruments (assumed)
Bonnie Raitt version
- Bonnie Raitt - lead vocals
- Prince - all instruments, except where noted (assumed)
- Eric Leeds - saxophone
|released versions =
| Title | Length | Released | Version | Additional info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jealous Girl | 4:52 | Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe | Studio | 1987 version |
|unreleased versions = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Unreleased Versions
|- | valign="top"|
| Title | Version | Additional Info |
|---|---|---|
| Jealous Girl | Studio | 1981; Prince version |
| Jealous Girl | Studio | Recorded 1981; The Hookers version |
| Jealous Girl | Studio | version with Eric Leeds overdubs |
| Jealous Girl | Studio | version with Bonnie Raitt vocals |
|video versions = |broadcasts, streaming = |sampled in = |first live appearance = This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince |performed regularly on = none |performed occasionally in = none |trivia = |see also = Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe album
- The Hookers unreleased album
|references = The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) |categories = [[Category:2020][ }}
