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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.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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| Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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| 14 January 1982
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Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
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Tracking (Take 1)
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| 14 January 1982
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Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
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Tracking (Take 2)
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| January 1982 (estimate)
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
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With Morris Day on lead vocals
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| Late Summer - Autumn 1983
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Rehearsal recording - (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version)
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Recording Personnel
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1999 version and Piano & A Microphone 1983 version
- Prince - all vocals and instruments
1999 Super Deluxe Edition version (as Take 1 (Live In Studio))
The Time version
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Versions
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Released Versions
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| Title
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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| International Lover
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6:35
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1999
Little Red Corvette single
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Studio
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| International Lover
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6:35
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1999 (Super) Deluxe Edition
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Studio
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Remastered in 2019
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| International Lover (Take 1) (Live In Studio)
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7:19
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1999 Super Deluxe Edition
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Studio
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| Internatonal Lover
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8:41
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1999 Super Deluxe Edition
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Live
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1 December 1982 (a.m.): Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA
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| International Lover
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3:48
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Piano & A Microphone 1983
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'Rehearsal'
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a.k.a. International Lover (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version); contains instrumental interpolation of Do Me, Baby
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| International Lover
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2:01
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Prince And The Revolution: Live
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Live
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30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA
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| International Lover
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1:55
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Prince And The Revolution: Live (2022 re-release)
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Live
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30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA. Remastered
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Video Versions
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Unreleased Versions
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