International Lover

"International Lover"

Song by Prince from the album 1999

Published

October 27, 1982

Recorded

January 1982

Length

6:37

Writer

Prince

Language

English

Producer

Prince

1999 track listing

"All the Critics Love U in New York"
(10)

"International Lover"
(11)

"International Lover" is a song by American musician Prince from the album 1999. It was the song for which he received his first Grammy Award nomination.

Details

"International Lover" was the final song on the 1999 double album. According to Princevault.com, which is sourced to "The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince" (ISBN 91-631-5482-X), Prince wrote, performed all vocals and instruments and produced this song, which was likely recorded in January 1982 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio (the first recording for the album 1999). More precisely, he wrote, produced and performed all of 1999 except for noted exceptions.^[1] "International Lover" is associated with Prince as a descriptor of his personage.^[2]

"International Lover" is one of the earliest examples of Prince performing a song for a lover who is the subject of the song.^[3] The song's lyrics are seductive^[4]^[5] and considered to be metaphorical with sex being compared to air travel and Prince serving as the captain.^[6] Don Kaplan of the Daily News describes the song as "a sexy number where he invites a woman to board a plane dubbed the Seduction 747, which is 'fully-equipped with anything your body desires.'"^[7]

It is considered to be one of the songs that vaulted him to stardom and a good example of his vocal range from bass to falsetto.^[8]^[9] The song is also considered to be one of the best examples of Prince's screaming vocal machinations.^[10] Prince received his first Grammy Award nomination (at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards in the Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male category) for "International Lover".^[11]

Notes

↑ "1999". Princevault.com. 2016-02-27. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
↑ France, Lisa Respers (2016-04-22). "The women Prince loved". CNN. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
↑ Sweetman, Simon (2013-06-24). "Prince's great Controversy". Stuff New Zealand. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
↑ Dukes, Howard (2016-04-24). "The night Purple reigned in Michael Jackson's town". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
↑ Gonzales, Michael A. (2014-06-25). "‘Purple Rain’ Turns 30!". Ebony. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
↑ Runnells, Charles (2016-04-21). "Runnells: My top 10 Prince songs". The News-Press. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
↑ Kaplan, Don (2016-04-21). "Prince was a one-man sexual revolution whose gender-conscious style made him an undeniable icon". Daily News. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
↑ Dillingham, Maud (2016-04-22). "In Prince, an icon who defied easy categorization". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
↑ Gray, Madison J. (2016-04-21). "Prince, the Musical Visionary of a Generation, Dead at 57". Ebony. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
↑ Schonfeld, Zach (2015-06-07). "Prince's 30 Best Screams, Ranked". Newsweek. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
↑ Weiss, Shari (2016-04-21). "Grammys Mourn Prince – See Statement From Grammy Awards Recording Academy". Gossipcop.com. Retrieved 2016-04-24.

Prince singles

1970s	"Soft and Wet" "Just as Long as We're Together" "I Wanna Be Your Lover"

1980s	"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" "Still Waiting" "Sexy Dancer" "Bambi" "Uptown" "Dirty Mind" "Do It All Night" "Controversy" "Let's Work" "Do Me, Baby" "Sexuality" "1999" "Little Red Corvette" "D.M.S.R." "Delirious" "Automatic" "Let's Pretend We're Married" "When Doves Cry" "Let's Go Crazy" "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U" "Take Me with U" "Paisley Park" "Raspberry Beret" "Pop Life" "America" "Kiss" "Mountains" "Anotherloverholenyohead" "Girls & Boys" "Sign "O" the Times" "If I Was Your Girlfriend" "U Got the Look" "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" "Alphabet St." "Glam Slam" "I Wish U Heaven" "Batdance" "Partyman" "The Arms of Orion" "Scandalous!"

1990s	"The Future" "Thieves in the Temple" "New Power Generation" "Gett Off" "Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls" "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Insatiable" "Thunder" "Sexy MF" "My Name Is Prince" "7" "Damn U" "The Morning Papers" "Pink Cashmere" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Peach" "Pope" (remix) "Come" "Letitgo" "Space" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "P Control" "Dolphin" "Endorphinmachine" "I Hate U" "Gold" "Dinner with Delores" "Betcha by Golly Wow!" "The Holy River" "Somebody's Somebody" "Face Down" "The Truth" "Extraordinary" "The Rest of My Life" "5 Women" "It's About That Walk" "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"

2000s	"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) "When Will We Be Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild) "Supercute" "The Work, pt. 1" "Days of Wild" "Musicology" "Cinnamon Girl" "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" "S.S.T." "Te Amo Corazón" "Black Sweat" "Fury" "Guitar" "F.U.N.K." "Dance 4 Me"

2010s	"Extraloveable" "Rock and Roll Love Affair" "Screwdriver" "Fixurlifeup" "Breakfast Can Wait" "Pretzelbodylogic" "Fallinlove2nite" "Breakdown" "Clouds" "Baltimore" "Hardrocklover" "This Could B Us" "Free Urself"

Promotional singles	"When You Were Mine" "D.M.S.R." "Another Lonely Christmas" "Erotic City" "Hot Thing" "Trust" "Willing and Able" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Pope" "Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) "Come" "P. Control" "Dolphin" "Endorphinmachine" "Slave" "Somebody's Somebody" "Face Down" "Extraordinary" "The Rest of My Life" "5 Women" "It's About That Walk" "Baby Knows" "Man'O'War" "She Loves Me 4 Me" "Last December" "One Nite Alone... Live EP" "Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas" "Call My Name" "The Song of the Heart" "Beautiful, Loved & Blessed" (with Tamar Davis) "Chelsea Rodgers" "Future Baby Mama" "The One U Wanna C" "U're Gonna C Me"

Airplay-only songs	"International Lover" "Shhh" "Satisfied" "Better with Time"

Internet downloads	"One Song" "Cybersingle" "Bataclan" "Glass Cutter" "Live from Paisley Park" "Strange Relationship" (Live in Minneapolis) "Guitar" (original "demo" version) "Love" (acoustic version) "Rock and Roll Love Affair" (Remix 7) "Screwdriver" (Remix) "Boyfriend" (Demo) "That Girl Thang" "Live Out Loud" "Ain't Gonna Miss U When U're Gone" "Extraloveable Reloaded" "Menstrual Cycle" "Octopus Heart" "Groovy Potential" "The Sweeter She Is" "Something in the Water" (Paisley Park Rehearsal) "Da Bourgeoisie" "What If" "The X's Face"

Streams	"U're Still the One" "Xylophone" "In a Large Room with No Light" "Purple and Gold" "Cause and Effect" "Hot Summer" "Rich Friends" "Same Page Different Book" "Stare"

EP's	The Scandalous Sex Suite EP New Power Generation Remixes Gett Off Remix EP Cream Remixes' My Name Is Prince Remixes 7 Remixes The Beautiful Experience Letitgo Remixes Space Remixes I Hate U Remixes 1999: The New Master The Greatest Romance Ever Sold Remixes Breakfast Can Wait

Other songs	"I Feel for You" "When You Were Mine" "Head" "Private Joy" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "17 Days" "The Beautiful Ones" "Computer Blue" "Darling Nikki" "Baby I'm a Star" "4 the Tears in Your Eyes" "Housequake" "Starfish and Coffee" "Adore" "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" "I Can't Make U Love Me" "La, La, La Means I Love U" "One of Us" "Everyday Is a Winding Road" "A Case of U"

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