Jungle Love (The Time song)

"Jungle Love"
"Jungle Love"
	German 12-inch single
Single by the Time
from the album Ice Cream Castle
B-side	"Tricky" (Europe 12-inch); "Oh, Baby" (7-inch);
Released	1984
Recorded	March 26, 1983 (basic tracking);; January 15, 1984 (overdubs)
Studio	Sunset Sound
Length	7-inch edit: 3:24; album/12-inch: 5:29
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Prince (as Jamie Starr), Morris Day, Jesse Johnson
Producer(s)	Prince
The Time singles chronology
Purple Rain singles chronology

"Jungle Love" is a song from the Time's third album, Ice Cream Castle.

Background

"Jungle Love" was recorded in late March 1983 during Prince's 1999 tour.

The track was also one of the first Time tracks to involve other members of the band in the creation of the song. Morris Day and Jesse Johnson both contributed to writing the song. Day provided lead vocals and programmed the Linn LM-1 drum machine, and Johnson played guitar, while Prince played all the other instruments.^[1]^[2]

Impact

The song's elements, combined with the Purple Rain momentum, propelled the song to the Time's second-highest position thus far on the pop charts peaking at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their highest-charting song was "Jerk Out", which peaked at number 9.^[3]

Live versions of the song have been released on two DVDs, including one of the band performing the song on Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. A live recording from 1998 was also included on the Morris Day release, It's About Time (released in 2004).

Personnel

Information sourced from Duane Tudahl and Benoît Clerc^[1]^[2]

Morris Day – lead and backing vocals, Linn LM-1
Jesse Johnson – electric guitars, backing vocals
Prince – Oberheim OB-8, percussion, backing vocals
Jill Jones – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Jungle Love"
Chart (1984–1985)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	20
US Billboard Dance/Disco^[5]	9
US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)^[6]	6

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Jungle Love"
Chart (1985)	Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)^[7]	91

Legacy

Prince's original version was released on his posthumous album Originals in 2019.

References

^ ^a ^b Tudahl, Duane (2018). Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions: 1983 and 1984 (Expanded ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538116432.
^ ^a ^b Clerc, Benoît (October 2022). Prince: All the Songs. Octopus. ISBN 9781784728816.
^ "The Time > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums & Singles". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 28, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 847.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 260.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 581.
^ "1985 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 52. December 28, 1985. p. T-21.

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[Tudahl-1] Tudahl, Duane (2018). Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions: 1983 and 1984 (Expanded ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538116432.

[Clerc-2] Clerc, Benoît (October 2022). Prince: All the Songs. Octopus. ISBN 9781784728816.

[3] "The Time > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums & Singles". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 28, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2023.

[4] Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 847.

[5] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 260.

[6] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 581.

[7] "1985 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 52. December 28, 1985. p. T-21.

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