How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore

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How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore

single art for 1999 from the album 1999 Super Deluxe Edition included on The Hits / The B-Sides Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 24 September 1982 - 1999 single Album(s): The Hits / The B-Sides Girl 6 One Nite Alone... Live! 1999 Super Deluxe Edition Prince And The Revolution: Live Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 11 November 1982: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN, USA 14 April 2016 (Show 2): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA Performed regularly on tour: 1999 Tour Purple Rain Tour Love 4 One Another Charities Tour Jam Of The Year World Tour One Nite Alone... Tour World Tour 2003 Piano & A Microphone Tour Performed occasionally in shows: 1988, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 (solo piano)

How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore was released as the b-side on the single 1999, the first single from Prince’s fifth album 1999. It was also featured on a re-issue of the cassette release of the album in 1983, which now featured the content of the other teritories 1LP version with How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore and D.M.S.R. added. In 1993, it was included as the 16th track on The B-Sides compilation (included as the third and final disc on The Hits / The B-Sides). In 1996, the song was also included as the eleventh track on the soundtrack album Girl 6 (a compilation of music by Prince and associated artists for the movie Girl 6, directed by Spike Lee). In late 1998, it was included on the re-issue of the 1999 single. In 2002, a live version of the track was included as the sixteenth track on the second disc of the One Nite Alone... Live! album (along with Xenophobia, Extraordinary, Avalanche, Family Name, Raspberry Beret, The Everlasting Now, Wanna B Ur Lover, Diamonds & Pearls, The Beautiful Ones and Nothing Compares 2 U from the same show). In 2019, a different studio take of the song was released as the thirteenth and last track on the Vault Tracks part 1 disc of a Super Deluxe Edition edition of the 1999 album. Two live versions were also included on this edition. Basic tracking of How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore took place at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California on 28 April 1982 (three days after Free, and on the same day as mixing an early cut of Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)). Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 28 April 1982 Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA Basic tracking Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore 3:50 1999 single 1999 cassette re-release The Hits / The B-Sides Girl 6 1999 single re-issue 1999 (Super) Deluxe Edition Studio How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore (Take 2) 6.11 1999 Super Deluxe Edition Studio How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore 7:03 1999 Super Deluxe Edition Live 1 December 1982 (a.m.): Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore 7:19 Prince And The Revolution: Live Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore 5:06 One Nite Alone... Live! Live 30 April 2002: Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Portland, OR, USA Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore 5:05 Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS/laserdisc Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD) Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore 8:14 1999 Super Deluxe Edition (DVD) Live 29 December 1982: The Summit, Houston, TX, USA

Additional Information See also Trivia 1999 single The title was written with an added question mark on first release on the US single for 1999, but was written sans the question mark on most releases since. The released mix of How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore (Take 2) was done by Niko Bolas specifically for the 1999 Super Deluxe Edition release. It was made to replicate the original mix from the time the song was initially tracked, as much as possible. So even when a slightly different mix of this track might exist, the now released version is not considered a true alternate mix of the track. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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