When You Were Mine (Prince song)
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| "When You Were Mine" | |
|---|---|
| Promotional single by Prince | |
| from the album Dirty Mind | |
| B-side | "Gotta Broken Heart Again" "Uptown" |
| Released | October 8, 1980 |
| Recorded | May-June 1980 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:47 |
| Label | Warner Bros. |
| Songwriter(s) | Prince |
| Producer(s) | Prince |
"When You Were Mine" is a song written and released by Prince on his 1980 album, Dirty Mind.[6] Though not released as a single, the song received a promotional 12" release (which included "Gotta Broken Heart Again" and "Uptown"). "When You Were Mine" was later the B-side for Prince's "Controversy" single in 1981.
A live recording was included on his 2002 live album, One Nite Alone... Live! The original studio version was also included on The Hits/The B-Sides in 1993. Prince said he was inspired to write the rock song while listening to John Lennon. The track includes a Farfisa-inspired organ sound played on an Oberheim OB-X.
Personnel[edit]
Credits from Benoît Clerc and Guitarcloud[7][8]
- Prince – lead and backing vocals, Oberheim OB-X, ARP Omni, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums
Cyndi Lauper version[edit]
| "When You Were Mine" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Cyndi Lauper | ||||
| from the album She's So Unusual | ||||
| B-side | "Yeah Yeah" "I'll Kiss You" | |||
| Released | January 31, 1985 | |||
| Recorded | July 1983 | |||
| Studio | The Record Plant (New York City, New York) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 5:06 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Prince | |||
| Producer(s) | Rick Chertoff | |||
| Cyndi Lauper singles chronology | ||||
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Cyndi Lauper's mid-tempo ballad cover version of "When You Were Mine" is also synthesizer-based for her 1983 debut album, She's So Unusual.[6] She performed the single at the 1985 American Music Awards. It was released exclusively as a promotional single in the United States and received a commercial release in Canada and Japan.
The song was used as the theme song to the second season of the American true crime anthology television series, "Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story". In Peru's premier radio station, Radio Panamericana, it was in the year end chart for 1986, in the Top 20.
Track listing[edit]
Canada 7" single
- "When You Were Mine" (single version) – 4:00
- "Yeah Yeah" – 3:17
Japan 7" single
- "When You Were Mine"
- "I'll Kiss You"
Charts[edit]
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Singles Chart | 62 |
References[edit]
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dirty Mind – Prince". AllMusic. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ Partridge, Kenneth (October 8, 2015). "Prince's 'Dirty Mind' at 35: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
- ^ Shoup, Brad (April 21, 2017). "Prince Albums Ranked". Stereogum. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
- ^ "The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s". Pitchfork. August 24, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ Molanphy, Chris (October 30, 2017). "Le Petty Prince Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ a b Grow, Kory (April 21, 2016). "Prince Dead at 57". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ Clerc, Benoît (October 2022). Prince: All the Songs. Octopus. ISBN 9781784728816.
- ^ "Dirty Mind". guitarcloud.org. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ^ 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. 170.
- ^ Evans, Paul (2004). "Cyndi Lauper". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 476. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
