Jungle Love (The Time song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Jungle Love

| cover = Time junglelove.jpg

| alt =

| caption = German 12-inch single

| type = single

| artist = the Time

| album = Ice Cream Castle

| B-side = {{ubl|"Tricky" (Europe 12-inch)|"Oh, Baby" (7-inch)}}

| released = 1984

| recorded = March 26, 1983 (basic tracking);
January 15, 1984 (overdubs)

| studio =Sunset Sound

| genre =

| length = 7-inch edit: 3:24
album/12-inch: 5:29

| label = Warner Bros.

| writer = Prince (as Jamie Starr), Morris Day, Jesse Johnson

| producer = Prince

| prev_title = Ice Cream Castles

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = The Bird

| next_year = 1985

| misc =

{{Extra chronology

| artist = Purple Rain singles

| type = soundtrack

| prev_title = "Purple Rain"

| prev_year = 1984

| title = "Jungle Love"

| year = 1984

| next_title = "I Would Die 4 U"

| next_year = 1984

}}

"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.{{cite book|last=Tudahl |first=Duane |date=2018 |title=Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions: 1983 and 1984 |edition=Expanded |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781538116432}}{{cite book|last=Clerc |first=Benoît |date=October 2022 |title=Prince: All the Songs |publisher=Octopus |isbn=9781784728816}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-time-mn0000919812/awards|title=The Time > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums & Singles|website=AllMusic|access-date=September 1, 2023|archive-date=August 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828014151/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-time-mn0000919812/awards|url-status=dead}}

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

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=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" \|+Weekly chart performance for "Jungle Love" !scope="col"\|Chart (1984–1985) !scope="col"\|Peak position
scope="row"\|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite book \|title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 \|last=Whitburn \|first=Joel \|authorlink=Joel Whitburn \|year=2013 \|publisher=Record Research \|page=847}} \|align="center"\|20
scope="row"\|US Billboard Dance/Disco{{cite book \|title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003\|last=Whitburn \|first=Joel \|author-link=Joel Whitburn \|year=2004 \|publisher=Record Research \|page=260}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|9
scope="row"\|US Hot Black Singles (Billboard){{cite book \|title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004\|last=Whitburn \|first=Joel \|authorlink=Joel Whitburn \|year=2004 \|publisher=Record Research \|page=581}} \|align="center"\|6

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|+Weekly chart performance for "Jungle Love"

!scope="col"|Chart (1984–1985)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=847}}

|align="center"|20

scope="row"|US Billboard Dance/Disco{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=260}}

|style="text-align:center;"|9

scope="row"|US Hot Black Singles (Billboard){{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=581}}

|align="center"|6

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" \|+Year-end chart performance for "Jungle Love" ! Chart (1985) ! Rank
scope="row"\|US Top Pop Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine\|date=December 28, 1985 \|title=1985 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles \|page=T-21 \|magazine=Billboard \|volume=97 \|issue=52 }} \| style="text-align:center;"\|91

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+Year-end chart performance for "Jungle Love"

! Chart (1985)

! Rank

scope="row"|US Top Pop Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine|date=December 28, 1985 |title=1985 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles |page=T-21 |magazine=Billboard |volume=97 |issue=52 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|91

Legacy

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

References

Category:The Time (band) songs

Category:1984 singles

Category:Songs written by Prince (musician)

Category:Song recordings produced by Prince (musician)

Category:1984 songs

Category:Warner Records singles

Category:Songs written by Morris Day

Category:Songs written by Jesse Johnson (musician)