Single: A Love Bizarre

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A Love Bizarre


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Single details


Released: November 1985 (specific date needed) (US release)

1 November 1985 (Dutch release)
20 January 1986 (UK release)

Related album: Romance 1600
Label(s): Paisley Park Records / Warner Bros.
Non-album tracks: A Love Bizarre (Edit) (3:46)

A Love Bizarre (Part II) (3:48)
A Love Bizarre (Parts I & II) (7:13)

A Love Bizarre was the third and final single to be released from Sheila E.'s second album Romance 1600. It was released three months after the album, and was released in North America, the UK and Europe. The a-side and b-sides were both portions of the full-length track A Love Bizarre. Prince wrote, produced and largely performed the track.

The single reached number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart, and number 2 on the Billboard Black Chart. It also reached position 1 in the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco - Club Play chart, becoming the fourth associated artist single to top this chart (and her second number 1 hit in this chart), after Nasty Girl, The Glamorous Life and Sugar Walls.

Track listing

7"

(US: 7-28890, 9 28890-7, CAN: 92 88907, UK: W 8890, DEU: 928 890-7, ITA: 92 8890-7)
A. A Love Bizarre (Edit) (3:46)
B. A Love Bizarre (Part II) (3:48)

12"

(DEU: 920 406-0)
A. A Love Bizarre (Parts I & II) (7:13)
B. Save The People

12" promo

(US: PRO-A-2387)
A. A Love Bizarre (LP Version) (12:18)
B. A Love Bizarre (Edit) (3:46)

Credits

  • See individual tracks and related albums for credits.


Charts

Year Chart Country Position
Billboard Hot Dance/Disco - Club Play Chart, USA 19 Oct. 1985 1 (1 wk) 13
Billboard Black Singles Chart, USA 19 Oct. 1985 2 (1 week) 21
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, USA 16 Nov. 1985+ 11 23

Releases


Variants, special editions and re-releases

  • None.


Single promotion

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Associated videos


Awards, nominations, and certifications

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Quotations and trivia

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References

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High Fashion
All Singles All Related Artists Singles 1985
Manic Monday
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