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from the album 1999 Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 27 October 1982 - 1999 album Album(s): 1999 Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 11 November 1982: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN, USA 7 February 1989: Rainbow Hall (レインボーホール), Nagoya, Japan Performed regularly on tour: 1999 Tour Purple Rain Tour Performed occasionally in shows: 1988, 1989

International Lover is the eleventh and final track on Prince's fifth album 1999, and in 1983 it was included as a b-side on some versions of the single Little Red Corvette, the album's second single. A brief solo piano rehearsal of the track was released on the 2018 posthumous album Piano & A Microphone 1983, Basic tracking took place on 14 January 1982 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (three days after Bold Generation and Gigolos Get Lonely Too, the same day as The Walk, and the day before Colleen), during sessions for The Time's second album What Time Is It?. It was intended to be sung by Morris Day, but Prince reclaimed the song to use on 1999 instead. It is likely that Morris Day recorded vocals for the song during these sessions, but this is unconfirmed. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 14 January 1982 Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA Basic tracking August 1983 (estimate) Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Rehearsal recording Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info International Lover 6:35 1999 Little Red Corvette single Studio International Lover 3:48 Piano & A Microphone 1983 'Rehearsal' a.k.a. International Lover (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version); contains instrumental interpolation of Do Me, Baby Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info International Lover 1:00 Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS/laserdisc Purple Rain Deluxe – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD) Live 30 March 1985: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY

Additional Information See also Trivia 1999 album References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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