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|song name                = I Wanna Be Your Lover
 
|song name                = I Wanna Be Your Lover
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|previous song            = [[I Wanna Be Held 2 Night]]
 
|previous song            = [[I Wanna Be Held 2 Night]]
 
|next song                = [[file:Eye.png|link=Eye Wanna Melt With U]][[Eye Wanna Melt With U| Wanna Melt With U]]
 
|next song                = [[file:Eye.png|link=Eye Wanna Melt With U]][[Eye Wanna Melt With U| Wanna Melt With U]]
|introduction              = '''I Wanna Be Your Lover''' is the first track on [[Prince]]’s second album [[Album: Prince|Prince]], and, two months prior to the album’s release, [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]] was released as the album’s first single. In 1993, the track was included as the third track on [[Prince]]’s compilation album [[Album: The Hits 2|The Hits 2]] (also included as the second disc of [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]). In 2001, the track was included as the first track on the compilation album [[Album: The Very Best Of Prince|The Very Best Of Prince]]. In 2006, the track was included as the first track on the first disc of the compilation album [[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]]. In 2002, a live version (titled '''[[File:Eye.png]] Wanna B Ur Lover''') was also included as the seventh track on the second disc of [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]], [[Prince]]’s first live album (along with [[Xenophobia]], [[Extraordinary]], [[Avalanche]], [[Family Name]], [[Raspberry Beret]], [[The Everlasting Now]], [[Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds & Pearls]], [[The Beautiful Ones]], [[Nothing Compares 2 U]] and [[How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore]] from the same show).
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|introduction              = '''I Wanna Be Your Lover''' is the first track on [[Prince]]’s second album [[Album: Prince|Prince]], and, two months prior to the album’s release, [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]] was released as the album’s first single. In 1993, the track was included as the third track on [[Prince]]’s compilation album [[Album: The Hits 2|The Hits 2]] (also included as the second disc of [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]). In 2001, the track was included as the first track on the compilation album [[Album: The Very Best Of Prince|The Very Best Of Prince]]. In 2006, the track was included as the first track on the first disc of the compilation album [[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]]. In 2002, a live version (titled '''[[File:Eye.png]] Wanna B Ur Lover''') was also included as the seventh track on the second disc of [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]], [[Prince]]’s first live album (along with [[Xenophobia]], [[Extraordinary]], [[Avalanche]], [[Family Name]], [[Raspberry Beret]], [[The Everlasting Now]], [[Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds & Pearls]], [[The Beautiful Ones]], [[Nothing Compares 2 U]] and [[How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore]] from the same show).
  
While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place from late April to late May 1979 at [[Alpha Studios]] in Burbank, California. Overdubs and mixing took place at [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California.
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While specific dates are not known, the track was most likely recorded in April 1979 at [[Alpha Studios]] in Burbank, California. Overdubs and mixing took place at [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California in June 1979. The liner notes on [[Album: The Hits 2|The Hits 2]] (and [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]), written by [[Alan Leeds]], state that [[I Wanna Be Your Lover]] was ''"originally recorded as a demo 4 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Rushen Patrice Rushen]’s album. [[Prince|PRN]] had a mad crush on her at the time and the song is about her."'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Rushen Rushen] did not re-recorded her own version of the song however. [[I Feel For You]] was also written about and for her in 1978. [[I Wanna Be Your Lover]]  may have been written around the same time but it has not been verified.
 
|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = April - May 1979
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|date                      = April 1979
 
|studio                    = [[Alpha Studios]],<br>Burbank, CA, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Alpha Studios]],<br>Burbank, CA, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking
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|additional info          = Tracking
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = May - 13 June 1979
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_1|1 June 1979]]
 
|studio                    = [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]],<br>Los Angeles, CA, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]],<br>Los Angeles, CA, USA
 
|additional info          = Overdubs, mixing
 
|additional info          = Overdubs, mixing
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_19|19 January 1983]]
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_19|19 January 1983]]
 
|studio                    = Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland FL
 
|studio                    = Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland FL
 
|additional info          = Tour Demo version
 
|additional info          = Tour Demo version
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[[Album: Sounds O’ The Times|Sounds O’ The Times]] promotional album<br>
 
[[Album: Sounds O’ The Times|Sounds O’ The Times]] promotional album<br>
 
[[file:Eye88.png|link=Album: Eye Love Prince]] [[Album: Eye Love Prince|Love Prince]] promotional album<br>
 
[[file:Eye88.png|link=Album: Eye Love Prince]] [[Album: Eye Love Prince|Love Prince]] promotional album<br>
[[Nothing Compares 2 Him|Nothing Compares 2 Him]] promotional album
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[[Album: Nothing Compares 2 Him|Nothing Compares 2 Him]] promotional album
 
|4= Studio
 
|4= Studio
 
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{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
 
|1= '''I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit)'''
 
|1= '''I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit)'''
|2= two:57
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|2= 02:57
 
|3= [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]] single<br>
 
|3= [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]] single<br>
 
[[Single: Gotta Stop (Messin’ About)|Gotta Stop (Messin’ About)]] single<br>
 
[[Single: Gotta Stop (Messin’ About)|Gotta Stop (Messin’ About)]] single<br>
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{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
 
|1= '''I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit)'''
 
|1= '''I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit)'''
|2= two:57
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|2= 02:57
 
|3= [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]] promo
 
|3= [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]] promo
 
|4= Edit, mono version
 
|4= Edit, mono version
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|3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe| 1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
 
|3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe| 1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
|5= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_19|19 January 1983]], Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland FL
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|5= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_19|19 January 1983]], Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland FL
 
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{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
 
|1= '''I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit)'''  
 
|1= '''I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit)'''  
|2= two:57
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|2= 02:57
 
|3= [[Home_Video: The Hits Collection|The Hits Collection]] VHS/DVD
 
|3= [[Home_Video: The Hits Collection|The Hits Collection]] VHS/DVD
 
|4= Promo video
 
|4= Promo video
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{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
 
|1= '''I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit)'''  
 
|1= '''I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit)'''  
|2= two:57
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|2= 02:57
 
|3= unreleased
 
|3= unreleased
 
|4= Promo video
 
|4= Promo video
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|unreleased versions      =  
 
|unreleased versions      =  
|first live appearance    = [[XX_August 1979-1|August 1979: Leeds Rehearsal Facility, North Hollywood, CA, USA]] <small>(exact date unconfirmed, song was likely performed)</small>; [[26_November 1979|26 November 1979: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA]] <small>(first confirmed performance)</small> <br>
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|first live appearance    = [[XX_August 1979-1|August 1979: Leeds Rehearsal Facility, North Hollywood, CA, USA]] <small>(exact date unconfirmed, song was likely performed)</small>; [[26_November 1979|26 November 1979: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA]] <small>(first confirmed performance)</small> <br>
 
* [[14_April_2016-1|14 April 2016 (Show 1): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA]]
 
* [[14_April_2016-1|14 April 2016 (Show 1): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA]]
 
|performed regularly on    = [[Prince Tour]]<br>
 
|performed regularly on    = [[Prince Tour]]<br>
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* [[Prince: Piano & A Microphone 2016|Piano & A Microphone Tour]]
 
* [[Prince: Piano & A Microphone 2016|Piano & A Microphone Tour]]
 
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<br>
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1979|1979]], [[All Concerts#1980|1980]], [[All Concerts#1981|1981]], [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All Concerts#2003|2003]], [[All Concerts#2004|2004]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2010|2010]] ''(instrumental coda only)'', [[All Concerts#2011|2011]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small>, [[All Concerts#2012|2012]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small>, [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small>
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|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1979|1979]], [[All Concerts#1980|1980]], [[All Concerts#1981|1981]], [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All Concerts#2003|2003]], [[All Concerts#2004|2004]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2010|2010]] ''(instrumental coda only)'', [[All Concerts#2011|2011]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small>, [[All Concerts#2012|2012]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small>, [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small>
 
|trivia                    =  
 
|trivia                    =  
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album
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* [[Video: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]] video
 
* [[Video: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]] video
 
|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)]] ''
|categories                = [[Category:1979]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1979]]
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* <b>Library of congress</b>: [https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=94&ti=76,94&Search%5FArg=%20I%20Wanna%20Be%20Your%20Lover&Search%5FCode=TALL&CNT=25&PID=juEvaKcumsT2-zrP4b18-HcJ8WApP&SEQ=20220916075835&SID=6 I wanna be your lover; By Prince Rogers Nelson. PA 46-506 (1979)]
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|categories                = [[Category:1979]][[Category:Recorded 1979]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
 
}}
 
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Latest revision as of 12:06, 16 September 2022

I Wanna Be Held 2 Night   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Eye.png Wanna Melt With U
I Wanna Be Your Lover

Prince.jpg
from the album Prince
I Wanna Be Your Lover
single art for I Wanna Be Your Lover
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 24 August 1979 - I Wanna Be Your Lover single
Album(s): Prince

The Hits 2
The Hits / The B-Sides
The Very Best Of Prince
One Nite Alone... Live!
Ultimate
4Ever
1999 Super Deluxe Edition

Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:


Performed occasionally in shows:

I Wanna Be Your Lover is the first track on Prince’s second album Prince, and, two months prior to the album’s release, I Wanna Be Your Lover was released as the album’s first single. In 1993, the track was included as the third track on Prince’s compilation album The Hits 2 (also included as the second disc of The Hits / The B-Sides). In 2001, the track was included as the first track on the compilation album The Very Best Of Prince. In 2006, the track was included as the first track on the first disc of the compilation album Ultimate. In 2002, a live version (titled Eye.png Wanna B Ur Lover) was also included as the seventh track on the second disc of One Nite Alone... Live!, Prince’s first live album (along with Xenophobia, Extraordinary, Avalanche, Family Name, Raspberry Beret, The Everlasting Now, Diamonds & Pearls, The Beautiful Ones, Nothing Compares 2 U and How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore from the same show).

While specific dates are not known, the track was most likely recorded in April 1979 at Alpha Studios in Burbank, California. Overdubs and mixing took place at Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California in June 1979. The liner notes on The Hits 2 (and The Hits / The B-Sides), written by Alan Leeds, state that I Wanna Be Your Lover was "originally recorded as a demo 4 Patrice Rushen’s album. PRN had a mad crush on her at the time and the song is about her." Rushen did not re-recorded her own version of the song however. I Feel For You was also written about and for her in 1978. I Wanna Be Your Lover may have been written around the same time but it has not been verified.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
April 1979 Alpha Studios,
Burbank, CA, USA
Tracking
1 June 1979 Hollywood Sound Recorders,
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Overdubs, mixing
19 January 1983 Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland FL Tour Demo version
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments


Tour Demo Version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Wanna Be Your Lover 5:47 Prince

I Wanna Be Your Lover single
Gotta Stop (Messin’ About) single
Anotherloverholenyohead single
The Story So Far... promotional album
Sounds O’ The Times promotional album
Eye88.png Love Prince promotional album
Nothing Compares 2 Him promotional album

Studio
I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit) 02:57 I Wanna Be Your Lover single

Gotta Stop (Messin’ About) single
Strange Tales From The Rain promotional album
Anotherloverholenyohead single
The Hits 2
The Hits / The B-Sides
My Name Was Prince promotional album
The Very Best Of Prince
Ultimate
4Ever

Edit
I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit) 02:57 I Wanna Be Your Lover promo Edit, mono version
Eye.png Wanna B Ur Lover 1:21 One Nite Alone... Live! Live 30 April 2002, Portland Center for the Performing Arts - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR, USA
Lady Cab Driver / I Wanna Be Your Lover / Head / Little Red Corvette (Tour Demo) 7:00 1999 Super Deluxe Edition Live Recorded 19 January 1983, Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland FL
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit) 02:57 The Hits Collection VHS/DVD Promo video See I Wanna Be Your Lover video for more details
I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit) 02:57 unreleased Promo video Band performance; see I Wanna Be Your Lover video for more details
I Wanna Be Your Lover 3:08 Lovesexy Live 2 VHS Live 9 September 1988, Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, West Germany
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Wanna Be Your Lover T.B.C. Live TV broadcast Lip sync 16 December 1979, American Bandstand, Hollywood, CA, USA
I Wanna Be Your Lover T.B.C. Live TV broadcast Lip sync 8 January 1980, Midnight Special, Burbank, CA, USA
I Wanna Be Your Lover T.B.C. Live concert TV broadcast Live 7 June 1986, Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Partyman (The Purple Party Mix) 6:02 Partyman single Remix Remix by Femi Jiya and Prince; Includes sampled clips of Sexy Dancer, I Wanna Be Your Lover, Head, Partyup, Let’s Work, 1999, Raspberry Beret, Erotic City, Kiss, U Got The Look, Housequake, Alphabet St., The Future and a chant from Batdance
Partyman (The Purple Party Mix) 5:58 The Scandalous Sex Suite EP Remix edit As above, missing The Joker’s opening dialogue by Jack Nicholson
My Name Is Prince 6:37 SymbolSmallerBlue.png album Studio Includes samples of I Wanna Be Your Lover and Controversy in opening
My Name Is Prince 6:37 SymbolSmallerBlue.png album (clean version) Alternate Clean version
My Name Is Prince (Edit) 4:05 My Name Is Prince single Edit Alternate opening to album version (not a straightforward edit)
My Name Is Prince (Original Mix Edit) 8:06 My Name Is Prince single Remix Perhaps an original version edited for album release
Purple Medley 11:03 Purple Medley single
Studio medley See Purple Medley for more details
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
I Wanna Be Held 2 Night   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Eye.png Wanna Melt With U