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* [[Video: I Wanna Be Your Lover-band|I Wanna Be Your Lover (Band version)]]
 
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|Quotations & trivia    = Of note, the video features [[Prince]] playing an ''Orr bass'', (named after its luthier Charley Orr), an instrument [[Prince]] used to record almost all the basslines in [[Album: For You|For You]] album. The bass has seldom been seen (if never) or cited in credits since 1978.
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|Quotations & trivia    = The video features [[Prince]] playing an ''Orr bass'', (named after its luthier Charles Orr), an instrument [[Prince]] used to record almost all the basslines on [[Album: For You|For You]] album. The bass had seldom been seen or cited in credits since 1978, but made an appearance in the [[Video: My Name Is Prince|My Name Is Prince]] video. [[Prince]] also uses a ''Gibson L6-S Deluxe'' guitar (customized with red blinking led lights), an instrument he would stop using after having heavily customizing it, until he ultimately opted for the ''Hohner Telecaster'' guitar in 1980.
* [[Prince]] also uses a ''Gibson L6-S Deluxe'' guitar (customed with red blinking lights), an instrument he will stop using after having heavily customizing it, until he definitively opts for the ''Hohner Telecaster'' guitar.
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|References              = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
 
|References              = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
 
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Revision as of 09:46, 16 January 2020

None: Music Videos
(Prince)
Music Videos
(Related Artists)
1979: Video: Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
I Wanna Be Your Lover

I Wanna Be Your Lover music video selected snapshots

Music Video details


First aired: TV: tbc
YouTube: 14 July 2017
Producer(s):  ?
Director:  ?
Related home video/DVD: The Hits Video Collection
First (Commercially) Released: 14 September 1993

Awards


Date Institution, Country Award
This music video has not received any awards in the USA

I Wanna Be Your Lover is the first Prince video to have been broadcast as no videos were made for either of the two previous singles Soft And Wet and Just As Long As We're Together.

The video show Prince singing, playing various instruments: keyboards, drums, guitar and bass. He is also seen dancing and playing with a red scarf attached to his mic. The video looks to have been interpreted as a attempt to market Prince as a prodigy multi-instrumentalist (a potential new Stevie Wonder).

Another video was shot at a later date after with Prince's band but it was never aired and remains unreleased. The videos are two separate run-throughs of the song and neither contains any shots also present in the other.


Shooting Information
Shooting Sessions
Date Location Additional info
August 1979 Leeds Rehearsal Facility, North Hollywood, CA, USA (assumed) solo version
Cast
Crew
  • More information needed

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Wanna Be Your Lover 2:55 The Story So Far... (1986)

The Hits Video Collection (1993)
Prince streaming video platforms (2017)
Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017)

solo version


 
Additional Information

See Also Quotation & triva

Iwannabeyourlover single.jpg

  • The video features Prince playing an Orr bass, (named after its luthier Charles Orr), an instrument Prince used to record almost all the basslines on For You album. The bass had seldom been seen or cited in credits since 1978, but made an appearance in the My Name Is Prince video. Prince also uses a Gibson L6-S Deluxe guitar (customized with red blinking led lights), an instrument he would stop using after having heavily customizing it, until he ultimately opted for the Hohner Telecaster guitar in 1980.

References
None
Music Videos (Prince) Music Videos (Related Artists) 1979
Video: Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?