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from the album 1999 from the album Piano & A Microphone 1983 Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 27 October 1982 - 1999 album Album(s): 1999 Piano & A Microphone 1983 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 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. It was intended for The Time’s second album What Time Is It?. A version with Morris Day on vocals was recorded but Prince didn’t like the result and reclaimed the song to use on 1999 instead. Basic tracking took place on 14 January 1982 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California three days after and Gigolos Get Lonely Too, two days after Bold Generation, the same day as The Walk, and the day before Colleen), during sessions for The Time’s second album What Time Is It?. Prince recorded an initial version on this day with Morris Day on drums. This version was released as Take 1 (Live In Studio) as the eighth track on the Vault Tracks part 1 disc of a Super Deluxe Edition edition of the 1999 album. The version was worked on further on the same day and possibly at a later date, so that almost none of the elements of this 'take 1' version can be heard in the track as it was released on 1999 in 1982. Morris Day’s version was recorded most likely shortly after at Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The Take 1 version was released as a single to streaming platforms on 11 October 2019. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 14 January 1982 Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA Tracking (Take 1) 14 January 1982 Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA Tracking (Take 2) January 1982 (estimate) Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA With Morris Day on lead vocals Spring - Autumn 1983 (estimate) Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Rehearsal recording - (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version) Recording Personnel 1999 version and Piano & A Microphone 1983 version Prince - all vocals and instruments 1999 Super Deluxe Edition version (as Take 1 (Live In Studio)) Prince - all vocals and piano Morris Day - drums The Time version Prince - all instruments, except where noted Morris Day - drums and lead vocals Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info International Lover 6:35 1999 Little Red Corvette single Studio International Lover 6:35 1999 (Super) Deluxe Edition Studio Remastered in 2019 International Lover (Take 1) (Live In Studio) 7:19 1999 Super Deluxe Edition Studio Internatonal Lover 8:41 1999 Super Deluxe Edition Live 1 December 1982 (a.m.): Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA 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 International Lover 2:01 Prince And The Revolution: Live Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA International Lover 1:51 Prince And The Revolution: Live (2022 re-release) Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA. Remastered Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info International Lover 1:00 Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS/laserdisc Purple Rain Super Deluxe Edition – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD) Prince And The Revolution: Live (2022 re-release) Live 30 March 1985: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY Internatonal Lover 9:50 1999 Super Deluxe Edition DVD Live 29 December 1982: The Summit, Houston, TX, USA Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info International Lover Studio Lead vocals by Morris Day for What Time Is It?.

Additional Information See also Trivia 1999 album Piano & A Microphone 1983 1999 Super Deluxe Edition The released mix of International Lover (Take 1) (Live In Studio) 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) Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)

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