I Wanna Be Your Lover

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.
"I Wanna Be Your Lover"
U.S. 7-inch vinyl single
Single by Prince
from the album Prince
B-side
ReleasedAugust 24, 1979[1]
RecordedApril–June 1979
StudioAlpha Studios, Burbank, California
Genre
Length2:57 (7" Edit)
5:47 (12" Album Version)
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Prince
Producer(s)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.[9] 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.[10]

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  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
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  10. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 471.