When You Were Mine (Prince song)

"When You Were Mine" is a song written and released by Prince on his 1980 album, Dirty Mind.^[1] 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.

Prince has performed the song many times in concert, and a live version 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.

Cyndi Lauper version

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.^[1] Lauper recorded the song with the original lyrics, casually indicating and accepting the bisexuality of the ex-partner being sung about. 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.

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Canadian Singles Chart	62

Cover versions

Iain Matthews and David Surkamp's Seattle-based band Hi-Fi were the first to record a cover version of the song, for their 1981 album Moods for Mallards. The version features Matthews on lead vocals. It was released on cd in 2006 by Blue Rose Records on the compilation, Hi-Fi: Complete Works.

In 1983, Mitch Ryder released his cover of "When You Were Mine" as a single. It was also a track on his album Never Kick a Sleeping Dog. The single featured production work by John Mellencamp and was released on his record label, Riva Records. The track received some airplay in the United States and charted on the Billboard Hot 100. The video starred Kitten Natividad. Ryder's version also appeared in the 1984 film Hot Dog... The Movie.

Other cover versions

Bette Bright and The Illuminations released a 7" single on the Korova label in 1981, and on the 1981 album Rhythm Breaks the Ice.
New York No Wave singer Cristina for her 1984 album, Sleep It Off.
The Blue Rubies (Susan Maunu and Mitzi Johnson) performed a version accompanied only by a lute. It can be heard on the 1989 compilation, Legacy: A Collection of New Folk Music.
Swiss band Züri West released a Swiss German version, "I ha di gärn gha", on their 1994 album Züri West.
Stop (Spice Girls song) uses the verse melody with slightly altered phrasing.
Australian singer Penny Flanagan released an acoustic version on her 1996 album, Seven Flights Up.
Japanese rock band The Pillows on the B-side of their 1996 single, "Swanky Street".
Japanese rock band Coaltar of the Deepers on the White ep. & Sinking slowly.
Ani DiFranco performed the song with Maceo Parker as an encore live performance in Minnesota in 1999. DiFranco and Parker often collaborated with Prince.
Crooked Fingers on their 2002 EP, Reservoir Songs.
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone on their 2005 single, "Young Shields".
Boyracer on their 2007 release, Jukebox Volume One.
Australian alternative rock band Grinspoon recorded a cover for radio station Triple J's popular Like a Version segment, and it appears on the 2010 album, Like a Version: Volume Six.
Tegan and Sara
Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele
Heidi Mortenson from the free double album Run For Covers (2010)
Mitch Ryder on his 1983 album "Never Kick A Sleeping Dog"
Good Luck cover the song on their "Demonstration 2010" EP.^[2]
Roxy Music song "Avalon" from 1982, the saxophone part is a slower version of the original Prince song.
Lake Street Dive performed their cover on the October 15, 2016 episode of Prairie Home Companion.

References

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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 Greatest Romance Ever Sold"

2000s	"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) "When Will We B 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" "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" "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" "Sometimes It Snows in April" "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"

Cyndi Lauper singles

She's So Unusual	"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" "Time After Time" "She Bop" "All Through the Night" "Money Changes Everything" "When You Were Mine"

True Colors	"True Colors" "Change of Heart" "What's Going On" "Boy Blue" "Maybe He'll Know"

A Night to Remember	"I Drove All Night" "My First Night Without You" "A Night to Remember" "Heading West" "Primitive" "Unconditional Love"

Hat Full of Stars	"Who Let In the Rain" "That's What I Think" "Sally's Pigeons" "Hat Full of Stars"

Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some	"(Hey Now) Girls Just Want to Have Fun" "I'm Gonna Be Strong" "Come on Home"

Sisters of Avalon	"You Don't Know" "Sisters of Avalon" "Ballad of Cleo and Joe"

Merry Christmas... Have a Nice Life	"Early Christmas Morning"

Shine	"Shine"

At Last	"At Last" "Walk On By"

The Body Acoustic	"Time After Time"

Bring Ya to the Brink	"Set Your Heart" "Same Ol' Story" "Into the Nightlife"

Memphis Blues	"Just Your Fool"

Detour	"Hard Candy Christmas" "Funnel of Love"

Other singles	"You Make Loving Fun" "We Are the World" "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" "Another Brick in the Wall" "The World Is Stone" "Disco Inferno" "A Christmas Duel" "Girls Just Wanna Set Your Heart"

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