"I Would Die 4 U" is a song by Prince and the Revolution, the fourth single in the US from their 1984 album, Purple Rain. The up-tempo dance song was a top 10 hit—the final one from the album—in the US, reaching number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The B-side, "Another Lonely Christmas", is a melancholy account of a man mourning his lover, who had died from pneumonia on a previous Christmas Day. Prince recorded "Another Lonely Christmas" in February 1984.[5] Although during that period of his life Prince was socially very solitary, he insisted that "Another Lonely Christmas" was a fictional story.[5][6] The song has been compared to the song "Sometimes It Snows in April," from the 1986 album Parade.[5] He performed "Another Lonely Christmas" live only one time, on the day after Christmas, December 26, 1984, at the St. Paul Civic Center in Minnesota.[6][5]
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Track listing:
All tracks are written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, except where noted.
Position | Title | Duration |
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A | I Would Die 4 U (Extended Version) | 10:00 |
B | Another Lonely Christmas | 6:47 |