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| Released = August 24, 1979 | Format = | Recorded = Alpha Studios, Burbank, California, April–June 1979 | Genre = | Length = | Label = Warner Bros. | Writer = Prince | Producer = Prince | Certification = Gold – March 18, 1980 | Last single = "Just as Long as We're Together" (1978) | This single = "I Wanna Be Your Lover" (1979) | Next single = "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" (1980) | Misc = }} "I Wanna Be Your Lover" is a song by American recording artist Prince. It was recorded in 1979 as part of a group of songs Prince hastily wrote and recorded when Warner Bros. asked for a follow-up to his debut album, ''For You'', which did not fare well on the pop charts (peaking at No. 163) and did not contain a hit single. In response, Prince recorded "I Wanna Be Your Lover." (The song was also written with R&B songstress Patrice Rushen in mind, as Prince had a huge crush on her.) It turned out to be his first successful single and first top 40 hit, scoring two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in December 1979 and peaking at number eleven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" was released on August 24, 1979 as the lead single from his second album, ''Prince''. Prince promoted the song by appearing on Dick Clark's popular show American Bandstand, where he raised controversy for refusing to speak and using only his hands to communicate. The song was also Prince's debut single released in the UK; it was successful, reaching No. 41 on the UK Singles Chart. However, when Prince tried to promote it with shows in London, he was forced to cancel due to poor attendance. It wouldn't be until ''Purple Rain'' (1984) that Prince would break big in Europe. The song additionally reached No. 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart and No. 2 in New Zealand. Musically, it is a disco-pop 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 tirade of keyboards and synthesizers, played by Prince. 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, and frequently throughout the performance kisses his female keyboardist). The video is widely sought after by collectors. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I Wanna Be Your Lover」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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