PrinceI Wanna Be Your Lover

Label:

Warner Bros. Records – WBS 49050

Format:

Vinyl , 7", Single, 45 RPM , Winchester Pressing

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Funk / Soul

Style:

Disco

Tracklist

A I Wanna Be Your Lover 2:57
B My Love Is Forever
Executive-ProducerTommy Vicari
Mastered ByBernie Grundman
4:08

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Warner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Published ByEcnirp Music Inc.
  • Mastered AtA&M Mastering Studios
  • Pressed ByCapitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester

Credits

  • Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, PerformerPrince

Notes

This version was pressed by Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester Virginia (identified by ─◁ in runout / dead wax).

Track B: Mastered at A & M.

Track A: From the Warner Bros. Album BSK 3366 "Prince"
Track B: From the Warner Bros. Album BSK 3150 "For You"

Ecnirp Music Inc.-BMI
A: ℗1979 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
B: ℗1978 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
A Warner Communications Company.
Made in U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Label A): XCA8887V1S
  • Matrix / Runout (Label B): VCA7650S
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, etched, variant 1): WBS-49050 XCA-8887VI-S-WW2 ─◁
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, etched, variant 1): WBS-49050 XCA-7650-S-WWI #5 ─◁
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, etched, variant 2): WBS-49050 XCA-8887VI-S-WW2 #2 ─◁
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, etched, variant 2): WBS-49050 XCA-7650-S-WWI #7 ─◁
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, etched, variant 3): WBS-49050 XCA-8887-VI-S-WW3 ─◁
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, etched, variant 3): WBS-49050 XCA-7650-S-WWI #6 ─◁
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, etched, variant 4): WBS-49050 XCA-8887VI-S-WW2 #2 ─◁
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, etched, variant 4): WBS-49050 XCA-7650-S-WWI #6 ─◁

Other Versions (5 of 49)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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I Wanna Be Your Lover (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Promo) Warner Bros. Records PRO-A-832 US 1979
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I Wanna Be Your Lover (12", 45 RPM, Single, Limited Edition, Special Edition, Stereo) Warner Bros. Records K 17537(T), K 26126 UK 1979
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I Wanna Be Your Lover (7", 45 RPM, Single) Warner Bros. Records WB 17537, W 17537 Italy 1979
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I Wanna Be Your Lover (7", 45 RPM, Single, Misprint) Warner Bros. Records WBS 49050 New Zealand 1979
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I Wanna Be Your Lover (7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo) Warner Bros. Records WB 17 537, WB 17537 Netherlands 1979

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  • Yemsky's avatar
    Yemsky
    Prince apparently wrote “I wanna be your lover” in reference to Patrice Rushen who he had a crush on at the time.

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