7" 45 RPM
photo by Styrous®
Just over 40 years ago, on Monday, February 8, 1983, the single Little Red Corvette by Prince was released on a 7" 45 RPM record. I began collecting 45's in the early 50's and always has had a love for them. I was really happy when it did as that track was, and still is, my favorite cut from the album 1999. It was pre-digital, for me, and I was always aware of record wear.
The story goes that Prince came up with the opening lines - "I guess I should have known, by the way you parked your car sideways, that it wouldn't last" - after falling asleep in the back of a car owned by his keyboard player Lisa Coleman.
Little Red Corvette is one of my all-time favorite dance songs. And the lyrics are pretty hot, even if it's only in my mind.
I guess I should've known
By the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn't last
See, you're the kinda person that believes in makin' out once
Love 'em and leave 'em fast
I guess I must be dumb
'Cause you had a pocket full of horses
Trojan and some of them used
But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right
And you say, "What have I got to lose?"
And honey, I say
Little red Corvette
Baby, you're much too fast, oh
Little red Corvette
You need a love that's gonna last
I guess I should've closed my eyes
When you drove me to the place where your horses run free
'Cause I felt a little ill when I saw all the pictures
Of the jockeys that were there before me
Believe it or not, I started to worry
I wondered if I had enough class
But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right
And you say, "Baby, have you got enough gas?"
Oh, yeah
Little red Corvette
Baby, you're much too fast (yes, you are)
Little red Corvette
You need to find a love that's gonna last (oh, oh)
A body like yours oughta be in jail
'Cause it's on the verge of bein' obscene
Now move over, baby, gimme the keys
I'm gonna try to tame your little red love machine
Little red Corvette
Baby, you're much too fast
Little red Corvette, oh
Need to find a love that's gonna last
Little red Corvette
Honey, you got to slow down (got to slow down)
Little red Corvette ('cause if you don't)
You're gonna run little red Corvette right in the ground
Little red Corvette
Right down to the ground (honey, you got to slow down)
You, I've got to slow down (little red Corvette)
You're movin' much too fast, too fast
Need to find a love that's gonna last
Oh-oh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Girl, you got an ass like I never seen
And the ride
I say, the ride is so smooth
You must be a limousine
Oh, baby, you're much too fast
Little red Corvette
You need a love, you need a love that's, uh, that's gonna last
(Little red Corvette)
Babe, you got to slow down (you got to slow down)
Little red Corvette
'Cause if you don't, 'cause if you don't
You're gonna run your body right to the ground
(Right to the ground) right into the ground
(Right to the ground) right into the ground
(Right to the ground)
Little red Corvette, oh
Songwriter: Prince Rogers Nelson.
By the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn't last
See, you're the kinda person that believes in makin' out once
Love 'em and leave 'em fast
I guess I must be dumb
'Cause you had a pocket full of horses
Trojan and some of them used
But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right
And you say, "What have I got to lose?"
And honey, I say
Little red Corvette
Baby, you're much too fast, oh
Little red Corvette
You need a love that's gonna last
I guess I should've closed my eyes
When you drove me to the place where your horses run free
'Cause I felt a little ill when I saw all the pictures
Of the jockeys that were there before me
Believe it or not, I started to worry
I wondered if I had enough class
But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right
And you say, "Baby, have you got enough gas?"
Oh, yeah
Little red Corvette
Baby, you're much too fast (yes, you are)
Little red Corvette
You need to find a love that's gonna last (oh, oh)
A body like yours oughta be in jail
'Cause it's on the verge of bein' obscene
Now move over, baby, gimme the keys
I'm gonna try to tame your little red love machine
Little red Corvette
Baby, you're much too fast
Little red Corvette, oh
Need to find a love that's gonna last
Little red Corvette
Honey, you got to slow down (got to slow down)
Little red Corvette ('cause if you don't)
You're gonna run little red Corvette right in the ground
Little red Corvette
Right down to the ground (honey, you got to slow down)
You, I've got to slow down (little red Corvette)
You're movin' much too fast, too fast
Need to find a love that's gonna last
Oh-oh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Girl, you got an ass like I never seen
And the ride
I say, the ride is so smooth
You must be a limousine
Oh, baby, you're much too fast
Little red Corvette
You need a love, you need a love that's, uh, that's gonna last
(Little red Corvette)
Babe, you got to slow down (you got to slow down)
Little red Corvette
'Cause if you don't, 'cause if you don't
You're gonna run your body right to the ground
(Right to the ground) right into the ground
(Right to the ground) right into the ground
(Right to the ground)
Little red Corvette, oh
Songwriter: Prince Rogers Nelson.
Tracklist:
Side 1:
A - Little Red Corvette - 3:08
Side 2:
B - All The Critics Love U In New York - 3:15
Companies, etc.
Side 1:
A - Little Red Corvette - 3:08
Side 2:
B - All The Critics Love U In New York - 3:15
Companies, etc.
Published By – Controversy Music
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Credits:
Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Performer – Prince
Notes:
℗ 1982 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S.
Similar editions:
Little Red Corvette (brown labels without stripes, Jacksonville pressing)
Little Red Corvette (ivory, stripe labels, Winchester pressing)
Little Red Corvette (white, stripe labels, SRC pressing) [this release]
Prince - Little Red Corvette (white, stripe labels, ARC pressing)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
℗ 1982 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S.
Similar editions:
Little Red Corvette (brown labels without stripes, Jacksonville pressing)
Little Red Corvette (ivory, stripe labels, Winchester pressing)
Little Red Corvette (white, stripe labels, SRC pressing) [this release]
Prince - Little Red Corvette (white, stripe labels, ARC pressing)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 1): 7-29746-ACA-1897-VI-S-SRI SP
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant): 7-29746 SP I-I ACA-1905 VI S SRI
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 2): 7-29746-ACA-1897-VI-S-SRI SP . : 1-4
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 2): 7-29746 SP ACA-1905 VI S SRI 1-2)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 1): 7-29746-ACA-1897-VI-S-SRI SP
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant): 7-29746 SP I-I ACA-1905 VI S SRI
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 2): 7-29746-ACA-1897-VI-S-SRI SP . : 1-4
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 2): 7-29746 SP ACA-1905 VI S SRI 1-2)
Prince – Little Red Corvette
Label: Warner Bros. Records – 7-29746
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, SRC Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Funk Prince Vault ~ Little Red Corvette
YouTube links:
Little Red Corvette
Label: Warner Bros. Records – 7-29746
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, SRC Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Funk
Viewfinder link:
YouTube links:
Little Red Corvette
Styrous® ~ Monday, February 9, 2026
