Anotherloverholenyohead

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“Anotherloverholenyohead”
“Anotherloverholenyohead” cover
U.S. 7" single
Single by Prince
from the album Parade
B-side "Girls & Boys" (U.S.)
"I Wanna Be Your Lover" (UK)
Released 2 July 1986
Format 7" single
12" single
Recorded Washington Avenue Warehouse (Mpls.) and Sunset Sound; 1985
Genre Pop, funk
Length 7" edit: 3:23
Album: 3:58
12 extended version": 7:52
Label Paisley Park Records
Writer(s) Prince
Producer Prince
Prince singles chronology
"Mountains"
(1986)
"Anotherlover-
holenyohead"
(1986)
"Sign “☮” the Times"
(1987)
Prince (UK) singles chronology
"Girls & Boys"
(1986)
"Anotherlover-
holenyohead"
(1986)
"Sign “☮” the Times"
(1987)

"Anotherloverholenyohead" is a 1986 song by Prince and The Revolution, from the album Parade, the soundtrack to the film Under The Cherry Moon. The song is essentially a solo performance by Prince, but with backing vocals from Susannah Melvoin (Prince was romantically linked to Susannah at the time the two had recorded this song about a couple in the midst of relationship problems), and the horn section of Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss. The song also features a string arrangement by Clare Fischer. The song is set in a minor key, and written around a piano chord sequence, although the arrangement emphasizes an upfront guitar synth and a drum machine. The lyrics are about a man trying to reclaim a lover who is intent on leaving him for another. The single received a 12" extended release with intricate piano work and some dance commands from Prince.

The B-side was the LP version of "Girls & Boys" in the U.S., but since that was already released as a single on its own in the UK, the B-side there was "I Wanna Be Your Lover," from 1979's Prince.

However, despite a large amount of publicity provided by its predecessors and the film Under The Cherry Moon, the single stalled on the charts in both the UK and the U.S.

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