Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me?

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Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me?

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from the album Taja Sevelle
Originals album artwork
from the album Originals
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single art for Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me?
Song details
Performer: Taja Sevelle; Prince
First Released: 19 September 1987 - Taja Sevelle album
7 June 2019 - Originals album (Prince version)
Album(s): Taja Sevelle
Originals
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince (credited to Chico Bennett on Taja Sevelle)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? is the second track on Taja Sevelle’s first album Taja Sevelle, and, in early 1988, the song was released as the album’s second single.

It was written and produced by Prince (with production credited to the album’s main producer, Chico Bennett), with uncredited saxophone by Eric Leeds.

While specific recording dates are not known, the track was initially recorded in 1976 as a home recording on a basic cassette recorder (during the same set of recordings as For You, Nightingale, I Spend My Time Loving You, Rock Me, Lover and Don’t You Wanna Ride?), featuring some lyrics that were changed or removed for later recordings.

The track was then re-recorded possibly in 1977 at the Loring Park Rehearsal Room in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This version features a drum machine that Prince used in Neurotic Lover’s Bedroom, also recorded there.

In the summer of 1978 Prince did another take of it in his France Avenue Home Studio in Edina, Minnesota for a short-lived project with her (renamed Suzie Stone for the occasion). This was a simple 4-track recording with Sue Ann Carwell on vocals, André Cymone on bass and Prince on drums and acoustic guitar.

It was re-recorded again in June 1981 at Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California, which is the version that ended up on as the fourteenth track on the posthumous album Originals in 2019. Presumably another version was started from scratch on 1 April 1982 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California.

This version was worked on further in 1986 (either at Sunset Sound or at Prince’s Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota), and was submitted to Michael Jackson for use on his album Bad (producer Quincy Jones had called Prince to ask him to duet on the song Bad, and when Prince declined, he submitted this song instead). It is unlikely Michael Jackson recorded a version of the song, however.

Prince then submitted the song to Taja Sevelle, who simply replaced Prince’s own vocals, and the track was edited slightly for its release.

Remixes for the single release took place in late 1987 at a variety of studios.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
1976 Russell Ave, Anderson house,
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Home recording
1977 Loring Park Rehearsal Room,
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Tracking
Summer 1978 France Avenue Home Studio,
Edina, MN, USA
4-track recording with Sue Ann Carwell vocals
June 1981 Hollywood Sound Recorders,
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Tracking (included on Originals)
1 April 1982 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Tracking
15 September 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Additional recording before sending it to Michael Jackson
Mid-1986 - mid-1987 The Enterprise,
Burbank, CA, USA
Taja Sevelle vocal overdubs
1987/1988 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
Remix of Taja Sevelle version by Prince (Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? (Paisley Park Mix))
1987/1988 Unknown studios, USA (assumed) Remixes of Taja Sevelle version by Joe Blaney and John 'Jellybean' Benitez
Recording Personnel

Taja Sevelle version


Unreleased 1976 and 1978-versions

  • Prince - all vocals and guitar


Unreleased Sue Ann Carwell version


1981 version (included on the album Originals)

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments


Unreleased 1982 version

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments


Unreleased 1986 version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? 4:01 Taja Sevelle

Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? single
Take Me For A Ride single

Studio
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? (Jellybean 12" Vocal Remix) 7:00 Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? single

Take Me For A Ride single

Remix Also known as Jellybean 12" Vokal Remix. Remix by John 'Jellybean' Benitez; drum programming by Jimmy Bralower; keyboards by Ed Terry; engineering by Doc Dougherty
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? (Jellybean Dub) 5:30 Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? single Remix Remix by John 'Jellybean' Benitez; drum programming by Jimmy Bralower; keyboards by Ed Terry; engineering by Doc Dougherty
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? (Joe Blaney 12" Vocal Remix) 6:52 Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? single Remix Remix by Joe Blaney
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? (Paisley Park Mix) 6:12 Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? single Remix Remix by Prince
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? 5:57 Originals 1981 Prince vocal version released in 2019
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? 4:06 Promotional release only Promo video See Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? video for more details


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? Studio Prince’s 1976 home recording
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? Studio Prince’s 1977 re-recording
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? Studio Prince and Sue Ann Carwell’s 1978-home recording
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? Studio Prince’s 1982 possible re-recording
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? Studio Prince’s 1986 updated recording, submitted to Michael Jackson and Taja Sevelle
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • This is the only track Prince is known to have submitted to Michael Jackson for his consideration.
  • Of note, the second verse of the 1976 version was completely reworked on later versions.
  • In the notebook, where Prince wrote his (undated) synopsis for what would become the movie Purple Rain, Wouldn’t U Love To Love Me is listed as one of the songs to be included in the film.
  • The song was first registered at the Library Of Cogress on 14 August 1980, along with I Don’t Wanna Stop.

References
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