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	* "My Love Is Forever"/"]" ~~{{small\|~~(US)}}		* "My Love Is Forever"/"]" (US)
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	\| released = August 24, 1979<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/wbs49050\|title=Prince - I Wanna be Your Lover}}</ref>		\| released = August 24, 1979<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/wbs49050\|title=Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover}}</ref>
	\| recorded = April–June 1979		\| recorded = April–June 1979
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	\| genre = ],<ref name="AM">{{AllMusic\|class=album\|id=r15799\|tab=review\|label="''Prince'' > Review" \|first=Stephen Thomas \|lastErlewine \|access-date=15 September 2011}}</ref> ]		\| genre = {{hlist\|]<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://diffuser.fm/prince-i-wanna-be-your-lover/ \| title=Prince Gets an Unlikely Disco Smash with 'I Wanna Be Your Lover': 365 Prince Songs in a Year }}</ref>\|]<ref name="AM">{{AllMusic\|class=album\|id=r15799\|tab=review\|label="''Prince'' > Review" \|first=Stephen Thomas \|lastErlewine \|access-date=15 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="Breithaupt 2000">{{cite book\|title= Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s\|first1=Don\|last1=Breithaupt\|first2= Jeff\|last2= Breithaupt\|date= July 17, 2000\|chapter=
			The Clinton Administration: Funk\|page= 131\|publisher=]\|isbn=978-0-312-19821-3\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kh04AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT95}}</ref> \|]<ref>{{cite web\|last= Pitchfork Staff \|title= The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s \|website= ] \|date= August 22, 2016 \|url= https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9935-the-200-best-songs-of-the-1970s/?page=7\|quote= ...a Hail Mary that not only put Prince on the pop map, but let him start redrawing it.\|accessdate= October 13, 2022}}</ref>\|]<ref name="Number Ones 2022">{{cite book\|last= Breihan\|first= Tom\|chapter= Prince - "When Doves Cry\|date= November 15, 2022\|title= The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music\|publisher=]\|location= New York\|page= 161}}</ref>\|]<ref name="Molanphy 2017">{{Cite podcast\|url=https://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/hit_parade/2017/10/how_tom_petty_and_prince_led_parallel_careers.html\|title= Le Petty Prince Edition\|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia\|publisher=]\|last=Molanphy\|first=Chris\|date=October 30, 2017\|access-date=July 9, 2023}}</ref>\|]<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2021-04-21 \|title=All 85 Prince singles, ranked 4 u from worst 2 best \|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-21/every-prince-single-ranked \|access-date=2024-08-27 \|website=Los Angeles Times \|language=en-US}}</ref>}}
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		⚫	"'''I Wanna Be Your Lover'''" is a song by American recording artist ]. It was released on August 24, 1979, as the ] from his ].<ref>{{Citation \|title=I Wanna Be Your Lover by Prince - Track Info {{!}} AllMusic \|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/i-wanna-be-your-lover-mt0000773755 \|access-date=2023-10-25 \|language=en}}</ref> The song was Prince's first major hit single in the United States, reaching number 11 on the ] on January 26, 1980, holding the number 11 position for two weeks, and peaking at number one on the ] chart for two weeks.<ref>{{cite book \|title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004\|last=Whitburn \|first=Joel \|author-link=Joel Whitburn \|year=2004 \|publisher=Record Research \|page=471}}</ref>
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⚫	'''"I Wanna Be Your Lover"''' is a song by American recording artist ]. It was released on August 24, 1979, as the lead single from his ~~second album, ''~~]''. The song was Prince's first major hit single in the United States, reaching number 11 on the ] on January 26, 1980, holding the number 11 position for two weeks, and peaking at number one on the ] chart for two weeks.<ref>{{cite book \|title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004\|last=Whitburn \|first=Joel \|author-link=Joel Whitburn \|year=2004 \|publisher=Record Research \|page=471}}</ref>

	==Composition==		==Composition==
	"I Wanna Be Your Lover" was written after Warner Bros. requested a follow-up to Prince's debut album '']'', which had underperformed commercially. In response, Prince recorded "I Wanna Be Your Lover." Musically, it is a funk song sung exclusively in falsetto, detailing Prince's love for a woman and how he would treat her better than the men she is with, and frustration that she thinks of him as "a child". The single edit stops after 2:57, but the album version goes off on a jam of keyboards and synthesizers, including a ], played by Prince. It was later revealed that the song concerned a crush Prince had at the time on pianist and singer ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=37588 \|title=I Wanna Be Your Lover by Prince Songfacts \|website=Songfacts.com \|access-date=2016-10-15}}</ref>		"I Wanna Be Your Lover" was written after Warner Bros. requested a follow-up to Prince's debut album '']'', which had underperformed commercially. In response, Prince recorded "I Wanna Be Your Lover." Musically, it is a funk song sung exclusively in falsetto, detailing Prince's love for a woman and how he would treat her better than the men she is with, and frustration that she thinks of him as "a child".

			The single edit stops after 2:57, but the album version goes off on a jam of keyboards and synthesizers, including a ], played by Prince.

			It was later revealed that the song concerned a crush Prince had at the time on pianist and singer ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=37588 \|title=I Wanna Be Your Lover by Prince Songfacts \|website=Songfacts.com \|access-date=2016-10-15}}</ref>

	==Promotion==		==Promotion==
	Prince promoted the song by lip-syncing it with his band on '']'' and '']'', where he gave host ] an awkward interview, answering his questions with one-word answers.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/this-performance-by-a-21-year-old-prince-proves-he-was-1683260364\|title=This Performance By A 21-Year-Old Prince Proves He Was Never Not Sexy\|last=Howard\|first=Greg\|language=en-US\|access-date=2016-07-08}}</ref> Prince claimed to be 19 but was 21 at the time.<ref>Thorne, Matt. , Faber and Faber Ltd, London, UK. October, 2012, {{ISBN\|9780571273263}}</ref> Clark later said, "That was one of the most difficult interviews I've ever conducted, and I've done 10,000 musician interviews."<ref>Bream, Jon. StarTribune, Minneapolis, MN, May 3, 2013. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.</ref>		Prince promoted the song by lip-syncing it with his band on '']'' and '']'', where he gave host ] an awkward interview, answering his questions with one-word answers.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/this-performance-by-a-21-year-old-prince-proves-he-was-1683260364\|title=This Performance By A 21-Year-Old Prince Proves He Was Never Not Sexy\|last=Howard\|first=Greg\|date=2 February 2015 \|language=en-US\|access-date=2016-07-08}}</ref> Prince claimed to be 19 but was 21 at the time.<ref>Thorne, Matt. , Faber and Faber Ltd, London, UK. October, 2012, {{ISBN\|9780571273263}}</ref> Clark later said, "That was one of the most difficult interviews I've ever conducted, and I've done 10,000 musician interviews."<ref>Bream, Jon. StarTribune, Minneapolis, MN, May 3, 2013. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.</ref>

	The song was also Prince's debut single released in the UK; it was not a hit, only reaching No. 41 on the ] and when Prince tried to promote it with shows in London, he was forced to cancel due to poor attendance. ~~It would not be until '']'' (1984) that Prince would break big in Europe.~~		The song was also Prince's debut single released in the UK; it was not a hit, only reaching No. 41 on the ] and when Prince tried to promote it with shows in London, he was forced to cancel due to poor attendance.

	The song additionally reached No. 2 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart and No. 2 in New Zealand.		The song additionally reached No. 2 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart and No. 2 in New Zealand.
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	== Personnel ==		== Personnel ==
			Information taken from Benoît Clerc and Guitarcloud.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Clerc \|first=Benoît \|date=October 2022 \|title=Prince: All the Songs \|publisher=Octopus \|isbn=9781784728816}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Prince\|url=http://guitarcloud.org/era/prince\|access-date=2023-04-30\|website=guitarcloud.org}}</ref>

	* ] – lead and backing vocals, ~~rhythm~~ and ~~bass~~ ~~guitar~~, ~~keyboards~~ ~~and~~ ~~synthesizers~~, ], drums		* ] – lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, ], ], ], ], ], ], bass guitar, drums

	==Charts==		==Charts==
			===Weekly charts===
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	{{~~singlechart~~\|Billboardhot100\|11\|artist=Prince\|access-date=May 13, 2016\|rowheader=true}}		{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|11\|artist=Prince\|access-date=May 13, 2016\|rowheader=true}}
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	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|US ] ('']'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/prince/chart-history/bsi/\|title=Prince Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)\|magazine=]\|access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref>
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			===Year-end charts===
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	!scope="row"\|]<ref>{{cite magazine \|date=December 20, 1980 \|title=1980 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GyUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT63 \|page=TIA-10 \|magazine=Billboard \|volume=92 \|issue=51\|access-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref>		!scope="row"\|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine \|date=December 20, 1980 \|title=1980 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GyUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT63 \|page=TIA-10 \|magazine=Billboard \|volume=92 \|issue=51\|access-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref>
	\|align="center"\|95		\|align="center"\|95
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	\|}		\|}

	==Certifications==		==Certifications==
	{{Certification Table Top}}		{{Certification Table Top}}
	{{Certification Table Entry\|region=New Zealand\|type=single\|artist=Prince\|title=I Wanna Be Your Lover\|award=Gold\|~~relyear~~=~~1979~~\|id=~~2896~~\|access-date=~~May 16, 2020~~}}		{{Certification Table Entry\|region=New Zealand\|type=single\|artist=Prince\|title=I Wanna Be Your Lover\|award=Gold\|id=1980-06-13\|source=newchart\|access-date=2024-11-20\|relyear=1979}}
			{{Certification Table Entry\|region=United Kingdom\|type=single\|artist=Prince\|title=I Wanna Be Your Lover\|award=Silver\|relyear=2004\|certyear=2023\|id=18665-1115-1\|access-date=January 20, 2023}}
	{{Certification Table Entry\|region=United States\|type=single\|artist=Prince\|title=I Wanna Be Your Lover\|award=Gold\|relyear=1979\|certyear=1980}}		{{Certification Table Entry\|region=United States\|type=single\|artist=Prince\|title=I Wanna Be Your Lover\|award=Gold\|relyear=1979\|certyear=1980}}
	{{Certification Table Bottom}}		{{Certification Table Bottom\|streaming=true}}

	==Cover versions==
	{{unreferenced section\|date=April 2018}}
	*In 1991, hip hop artist ] sampled this song in his single "Are U Wid It?".
	*In 1994, ] covered the song, which was entitled "Wanna Be Your Lover". It peaked at number 62 on the UK Singles Chart.
	*In 2009, ] did a cover of the song in a RollingStone.com exclusive video.
	*] also covered the track, changing the opening line to "I've got plenty of money..."
	*] covered the song on her 1985 album ''Arrival''.
	*Rapper ] added his own verse to the song, dubbing the resulting song "Your Favorite".
	* In 2010, Japanese pop band ] released a cover version.
	*In 2011, ] released a cover of the song on her '']''
	*In 2011, Guga Neiva released a cover as lead single on debut album, ''17''.
	*In 2011, ] put out a version that sounds like it was recorded lower and slower and then sped up to achieve a falsetto effect on the lead vocal.
	*In 2012, the song was performed as part of a ] medley on the reality singing contest ] by the judges (], ], ] and ]), with ] performing his solo part on this song.
	*Singer ] has performed "I Wanna Be Your Lover" numerous times in her live shows, later stating in an interview that she felt the song was "incredible." A video of her performance was posted on her official ] channel, but was later taken down for copyright reasons, which has happened numerous times with videos featuring ]'s compositions.
	*In 2013 on the ], pop rock band ] performed the song regularly as a part of their set.

	==See also==		==See also==
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For the song by the Italian disco band, see La Bionda. For the song by the Spice Girls, see Wannabe. Not to be confused with Wanna B Ur Lover, the "Weird Al" Yankovic song. 1979 single by Prince

"I Wanna Be Your Lover"

U.S. 7-inch vinyl single

Single by Prince

from the album Prince

B-side

"My Love Is Forever"/"Sexy Dancer" (US)
"Just as Long as We're Together"/"Sexy Dancer" (UK)
"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" (GER)

Released

August 24, 1979

Recorded

April–June 1979

Studio

Alpha Studios, Burbank, California

Genre

Length

2:57 (7" Edit)
5:47 (12" Album Version)

Prince

Prince

Prince singles chronology

"Just as Long as We're Together"
(1978)

"I Wanna Be Your Lover"
(1979)

"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
(1980)

"I Wanna Be Your Lover" is a song by American recording artist Prince. It was released on August 24, 1979, as the lead single from his self-titled second album. The song was Prince's first major hit single in the United States, reaching number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 on January 26, 1980, holding the number 11 position for two weeks, and peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart for two weeks.

Composition

"I Wanna Be Your Lover" was written after Warner Bros. requested a follow-up to Prince's debut album For You, which had underperformed commercially. In response, Prince recorded "I Wanna Be Your Lover." Musically, it is a funk song sung exclusively in falsetto, detailing Prince's love for a woman and how he would treat her better than the men she is with, and frustration that she thinks of him as "a child".

The single edit stops after 2:57, but the album version goes off on a jam of keyboards and synthesizers, including a Polymoog, played by Prince.

It was later revealed that the song concerned a crush Prince had at the time on pianist and singer Patrice Rushen.

Promotion

Prince promoted the song by lip-syncing it with his band on The Midnight Special and American Bandstand, where he gave host Dick Clark an awkward interview, answering his questions with one-word answers. Prince claimed to be 19 but was 21 at the time. Clark later said, "That was one of the most difficult interviews I've ever conducted, and I've done 10,000 musician interviews."

The song was also Prince's debut single released in the UK; it was not a hit, only reaching No. 41 on the UK Singles Chart and when Prince tried to promote it with shows in London, he was forced to cancel due to poor attendance.

The song additionally reached No. 2 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart and No. 2 in New Zealand.

Prince included a sample of this song in the opening of his 1992 hit single "My Name Is Prince".

Music video

There are two versions of the music video of the hit single. The main version has Prince in an unbuttoned leopard shirt and jeans singing alone in a black background with only a mic, notably with straight/wavy hair and a departure from his afro from a year before. Various shots show him playing the instruments by himself.

The other version, which has not aired and was not featured on The Hits Collection compilation shows Prince and his band members performing the song in a painted room. The video was pulled due to skimpy clothing and a sexually suggestive theme (Prince was clad in blue stockings and a tan shirt).

Track listings

7" single

A. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" (edit) – 2:57
B. "My Love Is Forever" – 4:08

7" single (UK)

A. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" (edit) – 2:57
B. "Just as Long as We're Together" (edit) – 3:25

7" single (DEU)

A. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" (edit) – 2:57
B. "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" – 3:49

12" single (UK)

A. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" – 5:47
B. "Just as Long as We're Together" – 6:24

12" promo

A. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" (edit) – 2:57
B. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" – 5:57

Personnel

Information taken from Benoît Clerc and Guitarcloud.

Prince – lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, clavinet, Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano, Oberheim 4-Voice, Polymoog, Minimoog, ARP String Ensemble, bass guitar, drums

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979–1980)	Peak position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	3
UK Singles (OCC)	41
US Billboard Hot 100	11
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)	2
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)	1

Chart (2016)	Peak position
France (SNEP)	25

Year-end charts

Chart (1980)	Rank
US Billboard Hot 100	95

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)	Gold	10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	Silver	200,000
United States (RIAA)	Gold	1,000,000
Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "The Clinton Administration: Funk". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2016). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 13, 2022. ...a Hail Mary that not only put Prince on the pop map, but let him start redrawing it.
Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2022). "Prince - "When Doves Cry". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 161.
Molanphy, Chris (October 30, 2017). "Le Petty Prince Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
"All 85 Prince singles, ranked 4 u from worst 2 best". Los Angeles Times. 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
I Wanna Be Your Lover by Prince - Track Info | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-10-25
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v t e Prince singles
1970s	"Soft and Wet" "Just as Long as We're Together" "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
1980s	"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" "Still Waiting" "Sexy Dancer" "Uptown" "Dirty Mind" "Do It All Night" "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" "Controversy" "Let's Work" "Do Me, Baby" "1999" "Little Red Corvette" "Delirious" "Let's Pretend We're Married" "When Doves Cry" "Let's Go Crazy" "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U" "Take Me with U" "Paisley Park" "Raspberry Beret" "Pop Life" "America" "Kiss" "Mountains" "Anotherloverholenyohead" "Girls & Boys" "Sign "O" the Times" "If I Was Your Girlfriend" "U Got the Look" "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" "Alphabet St." "Glam Slam" "I Wish U Heaven" "Batdance" "Partyman" "The Arms of Orion" "Scandalous!"
1990s	"The Future" "Thieves in the Temple" "New Power Generation" "Gett Off" "Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls" "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Insatiable" "Thunder" "Sexy MF" "My Name Is Prince" "7" "Damn U" "The Morning Papers" "Pink Cashmere" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Peach" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "Letitgo" "Space" "Purple Medley" "I Hate U" "Gold" "Dinner with Delores" "Betcha by Golly Wow!" "The Holy River" "The Truth" "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"
2000s	"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) "When Will We B Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild) "Supercute" "The Work, pt. 1" "Days of Wild" "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" "Musicology" "Cinnamon Girl" "S.S.T." "Te Amo Corazón" "Black Sweat" "Fury" "Guitar" "F.U.N.K." "Dance 4 Me"
2010s	"Rocknroll Loveaffair" "Breakfast Can Wait" "Fallinlove2nite" "Breakdown" "This Could B Us" "Free Urself"
Promotional singles	"When You Were Mine" "Erotic City" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) "Somebody's Somebody" "It's About That Walk" "Call My Name" "The Song of the Heart"
Internet downloads	"Guitar (original "demo" version)"
New Power Generation	"Get Wild" "The War" "Come On"
EPs	The Beautiful Experience NYC 1999: The New Master
Other songs	"I Feel for You" "Partyup" "Private Joy" "International Lover" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "The Beautiful Ones" "Computer Blue" "Darling Nikki" "Baby I'm a Star" "17 Days" "Around the World in a Day" "Sometimes It Snows in April" "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" "Starfish and Coffee" "Adore" "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" "I Can't Make U Love Me" "La, La, La Means I Love U" "One of Us" "Everyday Is a Winding Road" "A Case of U" "Crimson and Clover" "Moonbeam Levels"

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