Lady Cab Driver

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Lady Cab Driver

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from the album 1999
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 27 October 1982 - 1999 album
Album(s): 1999

1999 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:
  • 1986, 2007 (clip only), 2012 (instrumental, during public soundcheck)

Lady Cab Driver is the ninth track on Prince’s fifth album 1999, and, in 1983, was included as a b-side on some versions of the single Little Red Corvette, the album’s second single.

Basic tracking took place on 7 July 1982 (the day after Moonbeam Levels, the day before Baby, You’re A Trip) at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California. The song’s music is very similar to the 1981 recorded Rearrange, almost as if Lady Cab Driver was a reinterpretation of that song. It also bares similarities to The Stick.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
7 July 1982 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Tracking
19 January 1983 Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland FL Tour Demo version
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
  • Jill Jones - additional vocals (as "J.J.")


Tour Demo Version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Lady Cab Driver 8:25 1999

Little Red Corvette single

Studio
Lady Cab Driver 8:25 1999 Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition Studio Remastered in 2019
Lady Cab Driver (Edit) 5:06 Little Red Corvette single Edit A.k.a 7" Edit
Lady Cab Driver (7" Edit) 5:06 1999 Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition Edit Remastered in 2019
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
Lady Cab Driver 3:02 1999 Super Deluxe Edition DVD Live 29 December 1982: The Summit, Houston, TX, USA
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Lady Cab Driver (Instrumental) 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
Alphabet St. (Remix) Unreleased Remix Unreleased 1994 Remix by Kirk Johnson
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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