Difference between revisions of "Video: Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"

Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? is the second Prince video to have been released for broadcast to promote the release of a single.

Contrary with I Wanna Be Your Lover, but quite similar to the (unreleased) band version of the of I Wanna Be Your Lover visual promo, this video shows Prince and his band lip-syncing to a live performance. The band plays on a concert stage, which is a notably different from the I Wanna Be Your Lover (band version), shot in a rehearsal space/studio.

Of note, this is the last appearance of Gayle Chapman in a Prince music video (she also appears in the unreleased I Wanna Be Your Lover (band version) video.

• Prince
• Bobby Z.
• André Cymone
• Dez Dickerson
• Matt Fink
• Gayle Chapman

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• Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
• Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? (single)
  

• The video features Prince playing his Orr guitar, (named after its luthier Charley Orr), an instrument rarely seen during his career; it was also used in I Wanna be Your Lover (band version) video. In I Like It There video, it’s been included in the lot of guitars suspended above the band.
• The video also features a Knut Kouppee Cloud Bass guitar (named after Knut Koupee music store), played by Andre Cymone. This bass also appears in I Wanna Be Your Lover (band version) and The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (played by Sonny T.).

• The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)