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{{song|
 
{{song|
 
|song name                = If I Was Your Girlfriend
 
|song name                = If I Was Your Girlfriend
|album image              = [[File:sott.jpg|100px|link=Album: Sign O' The Times]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] </small>
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|album image              = [[File:sott.jpg|100px|link=Album: Sign O’ The Times]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] </small>
 
|single image              = [[File:Ifiwasyourgirlfriend single.jpg|100px|link=Single: If I Was Your Girlfriend]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: If I Was Your Girlfriend|If I Was Your Girlfriend]] </small>
 
|single image              = [[File:Ifiwasyourgirlfriend single.jpg|100px|link=Single: If I Was Your Girlfriend]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: If I Was Your Girlfriend|If I Was Your Girlfriend]] </small>
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 30|30 March 1987]] - [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] album
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 30|30 March 1987]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] album
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]<br>
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]<br>
 
[[Album: The Hits 2|The Hits 2]]<br>
 
[[Album: The Hits 2|The Hits 2]]<br>
 
[[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br>
 
[[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br>
[[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]
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[[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]<br>
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[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
 
|previous song            = [[If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life]]
 
|previous song            = [[If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life]]
|next song                = [[(If It Ain't) Gutbucket]]
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|next song                = [[(If It Ain’t) Gutbucket]]
|introduction              = '''If I Was Your Girlfriend''' is the second track on the second disc of [[Prince]]'s ninth album [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]], and, five weeks after the album's release, [[Single: If I Was Your Girlfriend|If I Was Your Girlfriend]] was released as the album's second single, released worldwide.  
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|introduction              = '''If I Was Your Girlfriend''' is the second track on the second disc of [[Prince]]’s ninth album [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]], and, five weeks after the album’s release, [[Single: If I Was Your Girlfriend|If I Was Your Girlfriend]] was released as the album’s second single, released worldwide.  
  
 
In 1993, the single edit was included as the tenth track on [[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 1993, the single edit was included as the tenth track on [[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]]).  
  
A live version was also included in the concert movie [[Film: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]].
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A live version was also included in the concert movie [[Film: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]].
  
 
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_2|2 November 1986]], at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (three days after [[Good Love]], three days before compiling the only known configuration of the [[Album: Camille|Camille]] album).  
 
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_2|2 November 1986]], at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (three days after [[Good Love]], three days before compiling the only known configuration of the [[Album: Camille|Camille]] album).  
  
The track was included as the seventh track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 5|5 November 1986]] configuration of the [[Album: Camille|Camille]] album (credited to the pseudonym [[Alias: Camille|Camille]]), which was later aborted.  
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The track was included as the seventh track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 5|5 November 1986]] configuration of the [[Album: Camille|Camille]] album (credited to the pseudonym [[Alias: Camille|Camille]]), which was later aborted. The song was included as the second track on the second disc as the album developed into the triple-album [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]] configuration, which was eventually pared down and became [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]].
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'''If I Was Your Girlfriend''' begins with a 15 seconds collage (likely recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_23|23 December 1986]]) that contains samples of “New York Street Vendor” and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn]’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_March Wedding March] Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” both taken from Jac Holzman’s 1964 sound effects album titled ''Authentic Sound Effects Volume 10''.  
  
Without the 15 seconds intro segue it was included as the second track on the second disc as the album developed into the triple-album [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]] configuration, which was eventually pared down and became [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]].
 
 
|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_2|2 November 1986]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_2|2 November 1986]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking
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|additional info          = Tracking, overdub, mix, instrumental mix
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Mid-January 1987 (assumed)
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_23|23 December 1986]] <small>(assumed)</small>
 
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA (assumed)
 
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA (assumed)
 
|additional info          = intro segue
 
|additional info          = intro segue
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|1= '''If I Was Your Girlfriend'''
 
|1= '''If I Was Your Girlfriend'''
 
|2= 4:54
 
|2= 4:54
|3= [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]
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|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]<br>
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[[Album: Sounds O’ The Times|Sounds O’ The Times]] promotional album <br>
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[[file:Eye88.png|link=Album: Eye Love Prince]] [[Album: Eye Love Prince|Love Prince]] promotional album <br>
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[[Album: Nothing Compares 2 Him|Nothing Compares 2 Him]] promotional album <br>
 
|4= Studio
 
|4= Studio
 
|5=  
 
|5=  
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''If I Was Your Girlfriend'''
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|2= 4:54
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|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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|4= Studio
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|5= Remastered in 2020
 
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}}
 
{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
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|4= Edit
 
|4= Edit
 
|5=  
 
|5=  
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''If I Was Your Girlfriend'''
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|2= 3:46
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|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br>
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[[Collection: Sign O’ The Times - The Singles‎|Sign O’ The Times - The Singles‎]]
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|4= Studio
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|5= Remastered in 2020
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''If I Was Your Girlfriend'''
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|2= 5:17
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|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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|4= Live
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|5= [[20 June 1987|20 June 1987: Stadion de Galgenwaard, Utrecht, the Netherlands]]
 
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}}
 
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{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
 
|1= '''If I Was Your Girlfriend'''  
 
|1= '''If I Was Your Girlfriend'''  
|2= T.B.C.
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|2= 5:04
|3= [[Film: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] VHS/DVD
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|3= [[Film: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] VHS/DVD
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
|5= See [[Film: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] movie for details
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|5= See [[Film: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] movie for details
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
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|4= Live
 
|4= Live
 
|5= [[28_June 2001|28 June 2001, Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI, USA]]
 
|5= [[28_June 2001|28 June 2001, Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI, USA]]
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''If I Was Your Girlfriend'''
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|2=  T.B.C.
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|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] DVD
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|4= Live
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|5= [[31 December 1987|31 December 1987: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]
 
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{{Unreleased|
 
{{Unreleased|
 
|line=
 
|line=
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{{Unreleasedline|
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|1= '''If I Was Your Girlfriend''' (Instrumental)
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|2= Studio
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|3= Instrumental mix
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}}
 
{{Unreleasedline|
 
{{Unreleasedline|
 
|1= '''If I Was Your Girlfriend'''
 
|1= '''If I Was Your Girlfriend'''
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|first live appearance    = [[08 May 1987|8 May 1987: Isstadion, Johanneshov, Stockholm, Sweden]]<br>
 
|first live appearance    = [[08 May 1987|8 May 1987: Isstadion, Johanneshov, Stockholm, Sweden]]<br>
 
* [[14_April_2016-2|14 April 2016 (show 2): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA]]  
 
* [[14_April_2016-2|14 April 2016 (show 2): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA]]  
|performed regularly on    =[[Sign O' The Times Tour]]
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|performed regularly on    =[[Sign O’ The Times Tour]]
 
*[[Japan '96]]
 
*[[Japan '96]]
 
*[[Love 4 One Another Charities Tour]]
 
*[[Love 4 One Another Charities Tour]]
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* [[Welcome 2 America Euro 2011 Tour]]  
 
* [[Welcome 2 America Euro 2011 Tour]]  
 
* [[Welcome 2 Canada Tour]]
 
* [[Welcome 2 Canada Tour]]
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]], [[All Concerts#1995|1995]], [[All Concerts#1996|1996]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]], [[All Concerts#2006|2006]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2010|2010]], [[All_Concerts#2011|2011]], [[All Concerts#2012|2012]], , [[All Concerts#2014|2014]] <small>(clip only during sampler set)</small>, [[All Concerts#2015|2015]] <small>(clip only during sampler set)</small>, [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano, in a medley with [[Waiting in Vain]])'' </small>
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|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]], [[All Concerts#1995|1995]], [[All Concerts#1996|1996]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]], [[All Concerts#2006|2006]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2010|2010]], [[All_Concerts#2011|2011]], [[All Concerts#2012|2012]], , [[All Concerts#2014|2014]] <small>(clip only during sampler set)</small>, [[All Concerts#2015|2015]] <small>(clip only during sampler set)</small>, [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano, in a medley with [[Waiting In Vain]])'' </small>
 
|trivia                    =  
 
|trivia                    =  
|see also                  = [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] album
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|see also                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] album
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*[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
 
*[[Single: If I Was Your Girlfriend|If I Was Your Girlfriend]] single
 
*[[Single: If I Was Your Girlfriend|If I Was Your Girlfriend]] single
 
*[[Album: Camille|Camille]] unreleased album
 
*[[Album: Camille|Camille]] unreleased album
 
*[[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] unreleased album
 
*[[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] unreleased album
 
|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)]] ''
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* ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]''
 
|categories                = [[Category:1987]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1986]]
 
|categories                = [[Category:1987]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1986]]
 
}}
 
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Revision as of 09:45, 13 September 2021

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If I Was Your Girlfriend

Sott.jpg
from the album Sign O’ The Times
Ifiwasyourgirlfriend single.jpg
single art for If I Was Your Girlfriend
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 30 March 1987 - Sign O’ The Times album
Album(s): Sign O’ The Times

The Hits 2
The Hits / The B-Sides
4Ever
Sign O’ The Times Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition

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

If I Was Your Girlfriend is the second track on the second disc of Prince’s ninth album Sign O’ The Times, and, five weeks after the album’s release, If I Was Your Girlfriend was released as the album’s second single, released worldwide.

In 1993, the single edit was included as the tenth track on The Hits 2 (also included as the second disc of The Hits / The B-Sides).

A live version was also included in the concert movie Sign O’ The Times.

Basic tracking took place on 2 November 1986, at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (three days after Good Love, three days before compiling the only known configuration of the Camille album).

The track was included as the seventh track on the 5 November 1986 configuration of the Camille album (credited to the pseudonym Camille), which was later aborted. The song was included as the second track on the second disc as the album developed into the triple-album Crystal Ball on the 30 November 1986 configuration, which was eventually pared down and became Sign O’ The Times.

If I Was Your Girlfriend begins with a 15 seconds collage (likely recorded on 23 December 1986) that contains samples of “New York Street Vendor” and Felix Mendelssohn’s Wedding March Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” both taken from Jac Holzman’s 1964 sound effects album titled Authentic Sound Effects Volume 10.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
2 November 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Tracking, overdub, mix, instrumental mix
23 December 1986 (assumed) Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA (assumed)
intro segue
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
If I Was Your Girlfriend 4:54 Sign O’ The Times

Sounds O’ The Times promotional album
Eye88.png Love Prince promotional album
Nothing Compares 2 Him promotional album

Studio
If I Was Your Girlfriend 4:54 Sign O’ The Times Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition Studio Remastered in 2020
If I Was Your Girlfriend (Edit) 3:46 If I Was Your Girlfriend single

The Hits 2
The Hits / The B-Sides
4Ever

Edit
If I Was Your Girlfriend 3:46 Sign O’ The Times Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition

Sign O’ The Times - The Singles‎

Studio Remastered in 2020
If I Was Your Girlfriend 5:17 Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Live 20 June 1987: Stadion de Galgenwaard, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
If I Was Your Girlfriend 5:04 Sign O’ The Times VHS/DVD Live See Sign O’ The Times movie for details
If I Was Ur Girlfriend (Live) 3:18 NPG Music Club Edition # 8 premium members .mov download Live 28 June 2001, Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI, USA
If I Was Your Girlfriend T.B.C. Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition DVD Live 31 December 1987: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
If I Was Your Girlfriend T.B.C. Live performance TV broadcast Live 12 November 1996, Emancipation Freedom Concert, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA
If I Was Your Girlfriend T.B.C. Live concert performance Live 20 November 1996, Oprah Winfrey Show, Harpo Studios, Chicago, IL, USA
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Purple Medley 11:03 Purple Medley single Studio medley See Purple Medley for more details
Musicology 4:26 Musicology Studio Brief clip heard 'on radio' during segue following Musicology
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
If I Was Your Girlfriend (Instrumental) Studio Instrumental mix
If I Was Your Girlfriend Studio Missing the 15 seconds intro segue
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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