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“If I Was Your Girlfriend” by Prince
From the album Sign “☮︎” the Times (1987)
“If I Was Your Girlfriend” by Prince appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1987. It was first released in 1987 on the album Sign “☮︎” the Times. Its best result is #19 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #194 alternative song of 1987.
"If I Was Your Girlfriend" went out in 1987 as the second single from Sign o' the Times, Prince's ninth album, though he first cut it for Camille, a record he meant to credit to his alter ego of that name. The voice is pitched up and androgynous, a man telling a woman how much closer they could be if he were her platonic girlfriend. It's believed to stem from his jealousy of the bond between his then-fiancée, Susannah Melvoin, and her twin sister Wendy.
Prince produced, arranged and played it all: sparse bass and drum machine pierced by a keyboard line, after an opening collage of an orchestra tuning, a salesman and Mendelssohn's "Wedding March". A rare slip by engineer Susan Rogers distorted a few words, and Prince loved it enough to keep it. Trouser Press counted it among the album's highlights.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 19 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1987 | 29 |
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