I Wanna Be Your Lover
~ Song
Annotation
Annotation last modified on 2024-07-18 15:41 UTC.
Relationships
| lyricist and composer: | Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) |
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| publisher: | Controversy Music |
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| Wikidata: | Q1621621 [info] |
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| referred to in medleys: | Purple Medley (order: 15) |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1979-04 – 1979-05 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (album version) | Prince | 5:50 | |
| 1979-12-16 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1979‐12‐16: “American Bandstand”, ABC Television Center, Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Prince | 2:56 |
| 1980-01-08 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1980‐01‐08: “The Midnight Special”, The Burbank Studios: Studio 2, Burbank, CA, USA) | live | Prince | 3:00 |
| 1980-03-06 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1980‐03‐06: The Omni, Atlanta, GA, USA) | live | Prince | 10:15 |
| 1980-03-06 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1980‐03‐06: The Omni, Atlanta, GA, USA) | live | Prince | 9:46 |
| 1980-03-08 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1980‐03‐08: Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, FL, USA) | live | Prince | 9:50 |
| 1980-03-16 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1980‐03‐16: Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, SC, USA) | live | Prince | 10:59 |
| 1981-03-22 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1981‐03‐22: The Ritz, New York, NY, USA) | live | Prince | 2:28 |
| 1981-03-22 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1981‐03‐22: The Ritz, New York, NY, USA) | live | Prince | 3:30 |
| 1981-03-22 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1981‐03‐22: The Ritz, New York, NY, USA) | live | Prince | 2:56 |
| 1981-11-20 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1981‐11‐20: The Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) | live | Prince | 4:41 |
| 1981-12-12 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1981‐12‐12: Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, SC, USA) | live | Prince | 4:30 |
| 1981-12-20 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1981‐12‐20: The Summit, Houston, TX, USA) | live | Prince | 4:44 |
| 1982-01-30 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1982‐01‐30: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Prince | 16:50 |
| 1982-01-30 | I Wanna Be Your Lover / Head (live, 1982‐01‐30: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA) | live | Prince | 16:47 |
| 1982-02-04 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1982‐02‐04: Wendler Arena, Saginaw, MI, USA) | live | Prince | 4:30 |
| 1982-02-04 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1982‐02‐04: Wendler Arena, Saginaw, MI, USA) | live | Prince | 4:26 |
| 1982-02-06 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1982‐02‐06: Braden Auditorium, Normal, IL, USA) | live | Prince | 4:31 |
| 1982-02-25 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1982‐02‐25: Monroe Civic Center Arena, Monroe, LA, USA) | live | Prince | 4:10 |
| 1982-02-28 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1982‐02‐28: Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LA, USA) | live | Prince | 4:02 |
| 1982-02-28 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1982‐02‐28: Saenger Performing Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, USA) | live | Prince | 6:18 |
| 1982-02-28 | I Wanna Be Your Lover / Head (live, 1982‐02‐28: Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LA, USA) | live and medley | Prince | 18:14 |
| 1982-02-28 | I Wanna Be Your Lover / Head (live, 1982‐02‐28: Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LA, USA) | live | Prince | 15:58 |
| 1983-02-01 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1983‐02‐01: Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, FL, USA) | live | Prince | 1:00 |
| 1984-11 – 1984-12 | Dirty Mind / I Wanna Be Your Lover #4 (rehearsal, 1984-11 - 1984-12) | partial | Prince | 1:53 |
| 1984-11 – 1984-12 | Dirty Mind / I Wanna Be Your Lover #5 (rehearsal, 1984-11 - 1984-12) | partial | Prince | 1:29 |
| 1984-11 – 1984-12 | Dirty Mind / I Wanna Be Your Lover #6 (rehearsal, 1984-11 - 1984-12) | partial | Prince | 1:34 |
| 1984-11 – 1984-12 | I Wanna Be Your Lover / Dirty Mind (tryout #2) (rehearsal, 1984-11 - 1984-12) | Prince | 7:21 | |
| 1984-11 – 1984-12 | I Wanna Be Your Lover #1 (rehearsal, 1984-11 - 1984-12) | Prince | 13:59 | |
| 1984-11 – 1984-12 | I Wanna Be Your Lover #3 (rehearsal, 1984-11 - 1984-12) | Prince | 7:07 | |
| 1984-12-26 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1984‐12‐26: St. Paul Civic Center, Saint Paul, MN, USA) | live | Prince and The Revolution | 1:40 |
| 1986-02 – 1986-03 | I Wanna Be Your Lover #1 (1986-02 – 1986-03: rehearsal, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | Prince and The Revolution | 2:46 | |
| 1986-02 – 1986-03 | I Wanna Be Your Lover #2 / Holly Rock (chant) (1986-02 – 1986-03: rehearsal, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | Prince and The Revolution | 1:29 | |
| 1986-03-03 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1986‐03‐03: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | live | Prince | 4:25 |
| 1986-03-03 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1986‐03‐03: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | live | Prince and The Revolution | 4:24 |
| 1986-04-03 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1986‐04‐03: The Metro, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Prince and The Revolution | 4:26 |
| 1986-05-23 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1986‐05‐23: Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA) | live | Prince | 4:23 |
| 1986-06-07 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1986‐06‐07: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Prince and The Revolution | 1:44 |
| 1986-06-07 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1986‐06‐07: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Prince | 1:40 |
| 1986-06-07 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1986‐06‐07: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Prince | ?:?? |
| 1986-06-07 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1986‐06‐07: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Prince and The Revolution | 1:38 |
| 1986-06-07 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1986‐06‐07: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Prince and The Revolution | 1:38 |
| 1986-06-07 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1986‐06‐07: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Prince | 1:40 |
| 1986-06-07 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1986‐06‐07: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Prince | 1:47 |
| 1986-08-03 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1986‐08‐03: Madison Square Garden, Midtown Manhattan, NY, USA) | live | Prince and The Revolution | 4:02 |
| 1986-08-13 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (instr.) (live, 1986‐08‐13: Wembley Arena, London, UK) | instrumental and live | Prince and The Revolution | 1:37 |
| 1988-01 – 1988-05 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (rehearsal, 1988: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA) | partial | Prince feat. Sheila E. | 3:28 |
| 1988-04-05 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (rehearsal, 1988‐04‐05: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA) | Prince | 3:12 | |
| 1988-04-05 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (rehearsal, 1988‐04‐05: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA) | Prince | 3:13 | |
| 1988-04 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (rehearsal, 1988-04: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA) | partial | Prince | 3:25 |
| 1988-04 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (rehearsal, 1988-04: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA) | partial | Prince | 0:51 |
| 1988-06 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (rehearsal, 1988-06: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA) | partial | Prince | 3:21 |
| 1988-06 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (rehearsal, 1988-06: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA) | partial | Prince | 3:19 |
| 1988-07-19 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1988‐07‐19: PalaTrussardi, Milano, Italy) | live | Prince | 3:18 |
| 1988-09-09 | Erotic City / Housequake / Slow Love / Adore / I Wanna Be Your Lover / Head / When You Were Mine / Blues in C / Little Red Corvette / Controversy / Dirty Mind / Superfunkycalifragisexy / Bob George / Anna Stesia / Eye No (live, 1988‐09‐09: Westfalenhalle 1, Dortmund, Germany) | live | Prince | 1:02:30 |
| 1988-09-09 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1988‐09‐09: Westfalenhalle 1, Dortmund, Germany) | live | Prince | 3:23 |
| 1988-09-09 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 1988‐09‐09: Westfalenhalle 1, Dortmund, Germany) | live | Prince | 3:16 |
| 1989-02-01 | U Got the Look (intro) / I Wanna Be Your Lover (intro) (live, 1989‐02‐01: Sendai Gymnasium, Sendai, Japan) | live and partial | Prince | 0:31 |
| 1989-02-07 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (intro) (live, 1989‐02‐07: Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan) | live | Prince | 0:21 |
| 1989-02-07 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (intro) (live, 1989‐02‐07: Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan) | live and partial | Prince | 0:21 |
| 1989-02-12 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (intro) (live, soundcheck, 1989‐02‐12: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan) | live and partial | Prince | 0:20 |
| 1989-02-12 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (intro) (live, 1989‐02‐12: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan) | live and partial | Prince | 0:20 |
| 2000-11-18 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2000‐11‐18: Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee, WI, USA) | live | Prince | 1:21 |
| 2001-04-28 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2001‐04‐28: Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA, USA) | live | Prince | 1:22 |
| 2001-06-16 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2001‐06‐16: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN, USA) | live | Prince | 1:20 |
| 2001-06-21 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2001‐06‐21: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH, USA) | live | Prince | 1:22 |
| 2002-03-30 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2002‐03‐30: Warner Theatre, Washington, DC, USA) | live | Prince | 1:25 |
| 2002-04-09 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2002‐04‐09, 20:00: Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY, USA) | live | Prince | 1:34 |
| 2002-04-09 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2002‐04‐09: Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY, USA) | live | Prince | 1:33 |
| 2002-04-09 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2002‐04‐09: Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY, USA) | live | Prince | ?:?? |
| 2002-04-20 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2002‐04‐20: Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Prince | 1:29 |
| 2002-04-30 | 👁 Wanna B Ur Lover (live, 2002‐04‐30: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR, USA) | live | Prince & The New Power Generation | 1:22 |
| 2002-10-18 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2002‐10‐18: Antwerps Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium) | live | Prince and The NPG | 1:18 |
| 2007-07-07 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2007‐07‐07: Target Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | live | Prince | 2:22 |
| 2007-07-08 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2007‐07‐08: Bunker’s, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | cover and live | Dr. Mambo’s Combo | 5:07 |
| 2007-08-17 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2007‐08‐17: The O₂ Arena, London, UK) | live | Prince | 1:53 |
| 2007-08-17 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (intro) (live, 2007‐08‐17: The O₂ Arena, London, UK) | live and partial | Prince | 0:28 |
| 2007-08-31 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2007‐08‐31: The O₂ Arena, London, UK) | live | Prince | 0:49 |
| 2007-09-01 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2007‐09‐01: The O₂ Arena, London, UK) | live | Prince | 0:57 |
| 2007-09-01 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2007‐09‐01: The O₂ Arena, London, UK) | live | Prince | ?:?? |
| 2007-09-17 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2007‐09‐17: The Pigalle, London, UK) | cover and live | The NPG Hornz | 5:26 |
| 2010-11-03 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (instrumental) (live, soundcheck, 2010‐11‐03: Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Italy) | instrumental, live and partial | Prince | 2:33 |
| 2010-12-29 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2010‐12‐29: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | Prince | ?:?? |
| 2016-01-21 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2016‐01‐21, 20:00: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA) | live | Prince | 2:42 |
| 2016-01-21 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2016‐01‐21, 23:00: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA) | live | Prince | 2:14 |
| 2016-04-14 | I Wanna Be Your Lover (live, 2016‐04‐14, 19:00: Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA) | live | Prince | 1:59 |
| Classic Megamix | partial | Prince | 12:40 | |
| I Wanna Be Your Lobster | Prince | 7:22 | ||
| I Wanna Be Your Lobster | Prince | 7:22 | ||
| I Wanna Be Your Lover (part of “Warmfuzzy” DJ‐mix) | Prince | 1:07 | ||
| I Wanna Be Your Lover | cover | Kenneth Ishak | 3:40 | |
| I Wanna Be Your Lover | Prince | 2:37 | ||
| I Wanna Be Your Lover | Prince | 5:38 | ||
| I Wanna Be Your Lover (part of “Radio Soulwax Live: Get Yer Yo Yo’s Out, Pt. 5” DJ‐mix) | Prince | 1:02 | ||
| I Wanna Be Your Lover (single edit) | Prince | 2:58 | ||
| I Wanna Be Your Lover | cover | Loleatta Holloway | 3:21 | |
| I Wanna Be Your Lover | cover | Rockabye Baby! | 2:42 | |
| I Wanna Be Your Lover (part of “À l'ancienne 2” DJ-mix) | Prince | 2:27 | ||
| I Wanna Be Your Lover | cover | Fenech-Soler | 5:06 | |
| I Wanna Be Your Lover | Prince | 2:52 | ||
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