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Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover

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B-side
  
"Don't Stop Swaying"

Recorded
  
1991

Released
  
March 31, 1992

Genre
  
Pop rock

Format
  
CD single, CD maxi 7" single, 12" maxi

Length
  
5:23 (Album Version) 4:08 (Radio Edit)

"Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" is a hit song in the U.S. (#5) by Sophie B. Hawkins. Released in 1992, it is from her album Tongues and Tails. It achieved success in many countries worldwide.

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Song information

The drumbeat of the song is sampled from "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin.

The television network MTV banned the original music video for the song. A portion of this original video is featured in the documentary The Cream Will Rise.

Track listings

CD maxi
  1. "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" (radio edit) — 4:08
  2. "Don't Stop Swaying" — 5:32
  3. "Listen" — 3:32
CD single
  1. "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" — 5:21
  2. "Don't Stop Swaying" — 5:32
7" single
  1. "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" (radio edit) — 4:08
  2. "Don't Stop Swaying" — 5:32
12" maxi
  1. "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" (radio version) — 4:08
  2. "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" (long version) — 5:22
  3. "Listen" — 3:31
  4. "Don't Stop Swaying" — 5:32

Personnel

  • Mixed by David Leonard and Steve Churchyard
  • Produced by Ralph Schuckett and Rick Chertoff

    • Cover versions

  • Black Kids covered it on their "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You" single.
  • Elephant Micah covered it on their 2004 Home of Astronauts EP.
  • Matt Palmer covered is on his 2010 album Let Go.
  • Spin Aqua covered it as a B-side on their "Mermaid" single.
  • Former Pussycat Doll J Sutta covered it on her first album Feline Resurrection.
  • Halestorm covered it on their Reanimate 3.0 EP, released in 2017.

    • In Pop Culture

  • The song appeared in the season 3 episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 "Shooting Star/American In Paris".
  • The song is prominently featured in the season 4 episode of Community entitled "Herstory of Dance".

    • References

    Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover Wikipedia
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