Is International Lover his sexiest song ever? Yeah, it's old school and he's done some fantastic ballads since, but for pure sexuality and raw sensuality, I think International Lover tops them all.

I think it's his best song ever.

I would say yes it is. Topped off by his performance of the song in concert during the 1982/83 time frame with the bed on stage! lol

YES! Right after Do Me Baby

CNickyD said:

Is International Lover his sexiest song ever? Yeah, it's old school and he's done some fantastic ballads since, but for pure sexuality and raw sensuality, I think International Lover tops them all.

Sure is one of the top ones on my list...

CNickyD said:

Is International Lover his sexiest song ever? Yeah, it's old school and he's done some fantastic ballads since, but for pure sexuality and raw sensuality, I think International Lover tops them all.

i heard that the plan was for morris to sing that one.

Its truly creative and one of those songs that when none Prince fans hear it they even instantly know its him

CalhounSq said:

Umm, no I love it, but it's more kitsch than sexy, he's got many songs that are sexier imo...

CNickyD said:

CalhounSq said:

Umm, no I love it, but it's more kitsch than sexy, he's got many songs that are sexier imo...

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I've been waiting for someone to disagree! Kitsch?? I don't get that at all. Maybe because I was a young, starry-eyed teenager when it came out, I still get goosebumps listening to it.

CalhounSq said:

CNickyD said:

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I've been waiting for someone to disagree! Kitsch?? I don't get that at all. Maybe because I was a young, starry-eyed teenager when it came out, I still get goosebumps listening to it.

Don't get me wrong, I love it! Had it on repeat a few weeks ago, the lyrics & all his little squeals crack me up but it's like a joke that he turned into a ballad - it's sexy in a funny way, but it doesn't make the clit throb at all. It's like his musical version of a sexual circus - fun, playful & over the top, I dig it for what it is.

If not THE sexiest, it's definitely top 5. I absolutely love how the track really takes me for a ride everytime I listen. "If there's a loss in cabin pressure I will automatically drop down to apply more" is simply genius wordplay.

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Erotic City or Head may be sexier in more of a sheer physical way. But International Lover takes the cake when it comes to more of a burning-desire-for-sexual-satisfaction sort of way. Although Do Me Baby gives INTL lover a run for its money on that one too.

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Yes, or at least in the top three! So many memories with this song as the soundtrack. Sigh.

2020 said:

YES! Right after Do Me Baby

agreed.

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DO ME BABY pulls no puches. it's all right there.

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on the table. on the floor. on the bed.

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where ever "there" is supposed to be.

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I do love "international lover" because I've done a fair amount of flying..

only Prince could make a "love song" using "metaphors" about flying in a plane!

very clever. quite "tongue-in-cheek". very seductive.

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this song ought to be in the "top 5" of any Prince fan's favorite "Prince slow jams".

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it's definitely in mine.

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"Do Me Baby" is definately the sexiest of songs.

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The first time I heard "International Lover" I felt like someone had just told me a really funny dirty joke.

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Maybe Prince was a member of the "Mile High Club".

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PeteSilas said:

mechanicalemotion17 said:

PeteSilas said:

i heard that the plan was for morris to sing that one.

Wow...ok. I can see(hear)that. Of course Morris couldn't have held a candle to what prince did to it, but he would have probably done it justice. Some of those old classics from The Time had me convinced that it was really Prince and not Morris anyway.

toure was saying that prince tended to be more submissive in his ballads and then he said except for International Lover which he didn't really intend to sing. He was right about that. Prince tended to reverse the sex roles, the woman was the aggressor and he was the one being passive.

LBrent said:

Yaaaaaaas... Many a nekkid slippery clandestine teenaged/young adult naughtiness was accompanied by this song, a scented candle and warm baby oil. I feel so dirty. I need a shower. [Edited 8/1/16 5:34am]