I Wanna Be Your Lover (album version)

~ Recording by Prince

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:50PrincePrince (Winchester pressing)
  • 1979-10-19 US
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:50PrincePrince (Jacksonville pressing)
  • 1979-10-19 US
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:50PrincePrince (Los Angeles pressing)
  • 1979-10-19 US
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:47PrinceI Wanna Be Your Lover (limited edition)
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:47PrinceI Wanna Be Your Lover
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:50PrincePrince (repress, Los Angeles pressing)
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:50PrincePrince
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:50PrincePrince (repress, Jacksonville pressing)
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:44PrinceI Wanna Be Your Lover
1.2I Wanna Be Your Lover5:47PrinceGotta Stop (Messin’ About)
  • 1981-06 GB
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:50PrincePrince
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:51PrincePrince (price code France WE 835)
  • 1990-10-25 XE
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:47PrinceI Wanna Be Your Lover
  • 2007-07-30 GB
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:51Prince愛のペガサス/プリンス
  • 2009-07-15 JP
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:48PrincePrince
  • 2009-07-20 -
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:50PrincePrince
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:51PrincePrince
  • 2015-10-07 JP
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:48PrinceReady Player One: Songs From the Motion Picture
  • 2018-03-30 US
1.6I Wanna Be Your Lover5:48Prince100 Greatest R&B
  • 2019-11-22 -
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:51PrincePrince
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:50PrincePrince
  • 2022-02-04 US
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:50PrincePrince (reissue)
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:48PrincePrince
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:47PrincePrince (Jacksonville, 2nd pressing)
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:50PrincePrince
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:50PrincePrince
Promotion
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:47PrinceI Wanna Be Your Lover
1.1I Wanna Be Your Lover5:47PrinceI Wanna Be Your Lover
(unknown)
6.5I Wanna Be Your Lover5:53PrinceGreatest Hits of the 80's

Relationships

assistant engineer:Mark Ettel
engineer:Gary Brandt
producer:Prince
acoustic guitar, clavinet, drums (drum set), electric bass guitar, electric grand piano [Yamaha CP-70], electric guitar, string synthesizer [ARP String Ensemble], synthesizer [Minimoog], synthesizer [Oberheim 4-Voice], synthesizer [Polymoog], background vocals and lead vocals:Prince (from 1979-04 until 1979-05)
remixer:Bob Mockler
Prince
arranger:Prince
recorded at:Alpha Studios in Burbank, California, United States (from 1979-04 until 1979-05)
mixed at:Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1979-05 until 1979-06-13)
DJ-mixes:Classic Megamix (order: 2)
New Megamix (order: 8)
sampled by:My Name Is Prince by Prince and The New Power Generation
part of:Prince: Love Songs (number: 2) (order: 2)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/2XLAzm8bMDSI7MhbRW8nVj [info]
streaming page:https://music.apple.com/us/song/1544298982 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/165654611 [info]
recording of:I Wanna Be Your Lover (from 1979-04 until 1979-05)

I Wanna Be Your Lover

lyricist and composer:Prince
publisher:Controversy Music
referred to in medleys:Purple Medley (order: 15)