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|song name                 = How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore
|album image               = [[File:1999 single.jpg|100px|link=Single: 1999]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: 1999|1999]]<br>[[File: 1999_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: 1999 Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 1999 Deluxe| 1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] </small> 
|single image              = [[Image:thehitsthebsides.jpg|117px|link= Album: The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br><small> included on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]</small>
|performer                 = [[Prince]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 24|24 September 1982]] - [[Single: 1999|1999]] single
|album(s)                  = [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br>
[[Album: Girl 6|Girl 6]]<br>
[[Album:_One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]]<br>
[[Album: 1999  Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br>
[[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]]
|writer(s)                 = [[Prince]]
|producer(s)               = [[Prince]]
|previous song             = [[Housequake]]
|next song                 = [[However Much U Want]]
|introduction              = '''How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore''' was released as the b-side on the single [[Single: 1999|1999]], the first single from [[Prince]]’s fifth album [[Album: 1999|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 [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The B-Sides]] compilation (included as the third and final disc on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]). 

In 1996, the song was also included as the eleventh track on the soundtrack album [[Album: Girl 6|Girl 6]] (a compilation of music by [[Prince]] and associated artists for the movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_6 Girl 6], directed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Lee Spike Lee]). In late 1998, it was included on the re-issue of the [[Single: 1999-98|1999]] single. 

In 2002, a live version of the track was included as the sixteenth track on the second disc of the [[Album:_One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] album (along with [[Xenophobia]], [[Extraordinary]], [[Avalanche]], [[Family Name]], [[Raspberry Beret]], [[The Everlasting Now]], [[File:EyeBlue.png|link=I Wanna Be Your Lover]][[I Wanna Be Your Lover| Wanna B Ur Lover]], [[Diamonds And Pearls|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 [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|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 [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 28|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 info            =
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 28|28 April 1982]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info           = Tracking
}}
|recording personnel       = 
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments
|released versions         =
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|1= '''How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore'''
|2= 3:50
|3= [[Single: 1999|1999]] single<br>
[[Album: 1999|1999]] cassette re-release<br>
[[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br>
[[Album:_Girl 6|Girl 6]]<br>
[[Single: 1999-98|1999]] single re-issue<br>
|4= Studio
|5= 
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{{Songline|
|1= '''How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore'''
|2= 3:50
|3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''(Super) Deluxe Edition'']]
|4= Studio
|5= Remastered in 2019
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{{Songline|
|1= '''How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore''' (Take 2)
|2= 6.11
|3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe| 1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|4= Studio
|5= 
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{{Songline|
|1= '''How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore'''
|2= 7:03
|3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe| 1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|4= Live
|5= [[01 December 1982-1|1 December 1982 (a.m.): Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA]]
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore'''
|2= 7:19
|3= [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]]
|4= Live
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]
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{{Songline|
|1= '''How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore'''
|2= 5:01
|3= [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] (2022 re-release)
|4= Live
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]. Remastered
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore'''
|2= 5:06
|3= [[Album:_One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]]
|4= Live
|5= [[30 April 2002|30 April 2002: Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Portland, OR, USA]]
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{{Songline|
|1= '''How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore'''
|2= 5:05
|3= [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc<br>
[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)]]<br>
[[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] (2022 re-release)  
|4= Live
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore'''
|2= 8:14
|3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe| 1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'' (DVD)]]
|4= Live
|5= [[29 December 1982|29 December 1982: The Summit, Houston, TX, USA]]
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|unreleased versions       = 
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|1= '''How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore'''
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|sampled in                = 
|first live appearance     = [[11_November 1982|11 November 1982: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN, USA]] <br>
* [[14_April_2016-2|14 April 2016 (Show 2): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA]] 
|performed regularly on    = [[1999 Tour]]<br>
* [[Purple Rain Tour]]
* [[Love 4 One Another Charities Tour]]
* [[Jam Of The Year World Tour]]
* [[One Nite Alone... Tour]]
* [[World Tour 2003]]
*  [[Prince: Piano & A Microphone 2016|Piano & A Microphone Tour]]
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1988|1988]], [[All Concerts#1998|1998]], [[All Concerts#2001|2001]], [[All Concerts#2006|2006]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2010|2010]], [[All Concerts#2012|2012]], [[All Concerts#2012|2012]], [[All Concerts#2013|2013]], [[All Concerts#2014|2014]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]]  <small>''(solo piano)'' </small> 
|trivia                    = 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 [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|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.
|see also                  = [[Single: 1999|1999]] single
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
|categories                = [[Category:1982]][[Category:2019]][[Category:Recorded 1982]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
}}