A Love Bizarre" is a song written by Prince for Sheila E.. The song is a duet between Sheila E. and Prince and it appears on Sheila E.'s 1985 album Romance 1600. It clocks in at 12:16, but the single version is 3:46 in duration.

The song was Sheila E.'s last major hit and her second biggest behind her debut single "The Glamorous Life". The song was performed in the film Krush Groove which Sheila E. also had a major supporting role in. The song was a major hit and reached #1 in Urban radio airplay & Dance/Club play, #2 on the U.S. R&B charts and #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 & Pop radio airplay. The German 12" single release is backed by the B-Side "Save The People" that also served as the B-Side for her previous single "Sister Fate"

Save the people
Type of Work:Musical work
Registration Number / Date:PA0000291926 / 1986-06-16

Date of Publication:July 24, 1985
Date of Creation:1985

Title:Save the people / produced, written, and arr. by Sheila E.

Description:on side 2 of 1 sound disc : 45 rpm ; 12 in.

Publisher Number:WB Records 0-20359
Copyright Claimant:Sheila Escovedo d.b.a. Sister Fate Music & Chocheat Music

Notes:(With Sister Fate).
Authorship on Application:music: Sheila Escovedo p.k.a. Sheila E., & Benjamin Rietveld.

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Classic song. Still sounds great. Prince should have dropped the long end portion of Temptation and put the single version of this on ATWIAD. And made Tamborine a b-side and replace it with She's Always in My Hair

A Love Bizarre

B-side:A Love Bizarre (Part II) Save the People
Released December 26, 1985 (U.K.) February 8, 1986 (U.S.)

A B, A B C D

The moon up above, it shines down upon our skin
Whispering words that scream of outrageous sin
We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest dreams
It gets kinda rough in the back of our limousine

CHORUS:
That's what we are, we all want a love bizarre
That's what we are, we all want a love bizarre

A strawberry mind, a body that's built 4 2
A kiss on the spine, we do things we never do
Come swallow the pride and joy of the ivory tower
We'll dance on the roof, make love on a bed of flowers

CHORUS

The moon up above, it shines down upon our skin
(It shines down... on... our... skin)
Whispering words that scream of outrageous sin
(Whispering words that scream of... scream of sin)
We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest dreams
(We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest... wildest dreams, yeah)
It gets kinda rough in the back of our limousine

CHORUS

That's what we are, we all want a love bizarre
(A strawberry mind, a body that's built 4 2, me and U)
That's what we are, we all want a love bizarre
(A kiss on the spine, we do things we never do)

(Yeah)

CHORUS {x4}

What we are, what we are, a love bizarre {x2}
What we are (What we are), what we are (what we are)
A love bizarre (A love bizarre)

CHORUS {repeated ‘til end}

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

Ah yeah! {x3}

NoVideo said:

Classic song. Still sounds great. Prince should have dropped the long end portion of Temptation and put the single version of this on ATWIAD. And made Tamborine a b-side and replace it with She's Always in My Hair

This was definately the Erotic City of the ATWIAD era

outside of Prince Sheila E & Eddie M. I wonder who else may have performed on this track

Love Bizarre is the third track on Sheila E.'s second album Romance 1600, and, three months after the album's release, A Love Bizarre was released as the album's second single. While Prince was heavily involved in the album, this is is the only track to be credited as "produced, written and arranged by Sheila E. and Prince" - in fact, while Sheila E. sings on the track and plays percussion, all other vocals and instruments (other than saxophone by Eddie M.) are played by Prince. In 2001, a 1986 live version by Prince and the Revolution from the Parade Tour was included (along with other live tracks from the same show) in the NPG Ahdio Show 4 download from the NPG Music Club.

Basic tracks were recorded by Prince and Sheila E. in the first week of January, 1985 at the Cheshire Studio, Atlanta, GA, USA, while in town for five dates on the Purple Rain Tour. The full-length track, at 12:18, was edited into sections for its single release, with the b-side, A Love Bizarre (Part II), simply an additional edited portion of the full-length track.-PrinceVault

OldFriends4Sale said:

NoVideo said:

Classic song. Still sounds great. Prince should have dropped the long end portion of Temptation and put the single version of this on ATWIAD. And made Tamborine a b-side and replace it with She's Always in My Hair

This was definately the Erotic City of the ATWIAD era

outside of Prince Sheila E & Eddie M. I wonder who else may have performed on this track

Yor kind of answered that in your following post.

"while Sheila E. sings on the track and plays percussion, all other vocals and instruments (other than saxophone by Eddie M.) are played by Prince"

still jamming to this song to this day they made some nice jams together. I still say Prince should've married Sheila E. He missed the boat on that one

NoVideo said:

Classic song. Still sounds great. Prince should have dropped the long end portion of Temptation and put the single version of this on ATWIAD. And made Tamborine a b-side and replace it with She's Always in My Hair

Eye always felt this was just a straight up Prince track! That he should have saved 4 his album. Its just Sheila added on doing back vocals on Prince's lead. Prince was very generous giving this song to Sheila! It was the only thing that saved that "Romance 1600" album. Because it was nothing else even close to as good as this song on it! But clocking in at 12:16 enough 4 three songs! Prince knew it was the highlight of that album and would be a major hit. Sheila worked it 4 all its worth & still does.....

Absolutely nothing says 'A Love Bizarre - by Prince and Sheila E' quite like the videos of their live performances of it. But alas...it's 2014 and we STILL can't post those videos on the Org.

Warfield Theatre, San Francisco : 8th March 1986 (w/ Sheila E)

The live concert from San Francisco showcases Sheila's skill as a performer, percussionist and singer. The show kicks into high gear showing Sheila rock the stage with "Sister Fate" and "Erotic City". Prince makes a cameo w/the Revolution at the end for a show-stopping performance with Sheila on 'A Love Bizzare). Sheila also jams to "Holly Rock" and "The Glamorous Life".

Intro
Sister Fate
Erotic City
Toy Box
S CAR Go
Holly Rock
Merci For The Speed Of A Mad Clown In Summer
The Glamorous Life
A Love Bizarre (Live video recording)
- ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT - HOLLY ROCK
KISS

Romance 1600

It's a pity that Sheila E., Prince's only indepently creative female artist, needs a twelve-minute collaboration with the Small one to make her second LP worth purchasing. "A Love Bizarre" is a simple funk singalong in which Sly Stone horns and wah-wahs are expanded and liquefied in homage to Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up." Prince's bass and guitar are also the most inspired performances on Romance 1600, a competently executed record with nothing to say.

Two pretty songs, "Bedtime Story" and the title track, actually sound as if they were written. The rest are slight ideas that are elongated, but not enlivened, by the committed playing that makes funk funk. Witness the stupid interpolations — circus music in the percussion piece "Merci" and Prince's ill-considered insertion of "Frère Jacques" in "A Love Bizarre." These are the kinds of ideas that intelligent musicians generally edit out on a second take (unlike the courtly turn of Eddie Minnifield's sax solo on "Dear Michaelangelo," a piece of genuine inspiration).

The fault may lie in Sheila's decision to build the record up in overdubs, playing most of the parts herself. The intimacy of this approach may do a service to more evolved compositions, but most of these songs could use all the help they could get from a full band's rehearsal and performance.

http://prince.org/msg/5/404152?pg=1 Romance 1600 era discussion