 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
| "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US 7" single | ||||
| Single by Prince | ||||
| from the album Sign o' the Times | ||||
| B-side | "Hot Thing" | |||
| Released | November 3, 1987 | |||
| Recorded | Hollywood Sound Recorders (Studio A), May 23, 1979 (Basic tracking of 1979 version)[1] Sunset Sound, July 16, 1986 (Basic tracking of album version) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:13 (1979 version) 3:39 (7" edit) 6:31 (album/12" version) | |||
| Label | Paisley Park, Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Prince | |||
| Producer(s) | Prince | |||
| Prince singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
"I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" is a song written and recorded by American musician Prince. It was released as the final single from his ninth studio album Sign o' the Times (1987), becoming the third top-ten hit off the album. It has since been covered by numerous artists.
- ^ Kreps, Daniel (July 16, 2020). "Hear Prince's Original 1979 Version of 'I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^ "Prince's best songs: the NME edit". NME. June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ^ Perone, James E. (September 7, 2018). Listen to New Wave Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre. ABC-CLIO. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-44085-969-4 – via Google Books.
- ^ Shoup, Brad (April 21, 2017). "Prince Albums Ranked". Stereogum. Retrieved November 29, 2022.