Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?

"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
Single by Prince
from the album Prince
B-side	"Baby" (US); "Bambi" (NZ);
Released	January 23, 1980
Recorded	April–May 1979
Studio	Alpha Studios, Burbank, California
Genre	Funk rock; R&B;
Length	3:49
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Prince
Producer(s)	Prince
Prince singles chronology

"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" is the US follow-up single to Prince's first big hit, "I Wanna Be Your Lover". It is also Prince's first rock and roll-inspired single release. It did not make the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 charts, although it did reach #13 on the R&B Singles charts. The lyrics explore a relationship with a cruel lover. The song prominently features guitar and bass, with the keyboard featured in a less prominent role. A highlight of the song is a soaring guitar solo at the end, played by Prince himself.

The song was played live on Prince's first three tours, always being the second number. The extended lyrics on the live version continue the main theme, although, later on the Dirty Mind tour, these were replaced by screaming "bitch!" and following this with a blazing guitar solo. The B-side of the song was "Baby" (from For You) in the US and "Bambi" in New Zealand.

In 1987, the song was covered by American actress turned singer Tuesday Knight's self-titled debut album.

In September 2009, Prince released a recording of a live performance of the song at Paisley Park Studios on the Internet.^[3]

Personnel

Information taken from Benoît Clerc and Guitarcloud.^[4]^[5]

Prince – lead and backing vocals, electric guitars, clavinet, Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano, Oberheim 4-Voice, ARP String Ensemble, bass guitar, drums
André Cymone – backing vocals

Charts

Chart performance for "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles^[6]	13

References

↑ "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?". Prince Vault.
↑ Ro, Ronin (2011). Prince: Inside the Music and the Masks. St. Martin's Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-312-38300-8.
↑ "Exclusive: Prince Rehearsal Track! Listen Now!". Drfunkenberry.com. 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
↑ Clerc, Benoît (October 2022). Prince: All the Songs. Octopus. ISBN 9781784728816.
↑ "Prince". guitarcloud.org. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
↑ "Prince Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

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[1] "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?". Prince Vault.

[2] Ro, Ronin (2011). Prince: Inside the Music and the Masks. St. Martin's Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-312-38300-8.

[3] "Exclusive: Prince Rehearsal Track! Listen Now!". Drfunkenberry.com. 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2012-01-12.

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

[5] "Prince". guitarcloud.org. Retrieved 2023-04-30.

[6] "Prince Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

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Prince singles
1970s	"Soft and Wet" "Just as Long as We're Together" "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
1980s	"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" "Still Waiting" "Sexy Dancer" "Uptown" "Dirty Mind" "Do It All Night" "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" "Controversy" "Let's Work" "Do Me, Baby" "1999" "Little Red Corvette" "Delirious" "Let's Pretend We're Married" "When Doves Cry" "Let's Go Crazy" "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U" "Take Me with U" "Paisley Park" "Raspberry Beret" "Pop Life" "America" "Kiss" "Mountains" "Anotherloverholenyohead" "Girls & Boys" "Sign "O" the Times" "If I Was Your Girlfriend" "U Got the Look" "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" "Alphabet St." "Glam Slam" "I Wish U Heaven" "Batdance" "Partyman" "The Arms of Orion" "Scandalous!"
1990s	"The Future" "Thieves in the Temple" "New Power Generation" "Gett Off" "Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls" "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Insatiable" "Thunder" "Sexy MF" "My Name Is Prince" "7" "Damn U" "The Morning Papers" "Pink Cashmere" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Peach" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "Letitgo" "Space" "Purple Medley" "I Hate U" "Gold" "Dinner with Delores" "Betcha by Golly Wow!" "The Holy River" "The Truth" "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"
2000s	"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) "When Will We B Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild) "Supercute" "The Work, pt. 1" "Days of Wild" "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" "Musicology" "Cinnamon Girl" "S.S.T." "Te Amo Corazón" "Black Sweat" "Fury" "Guitar" "F.U.N.K." "Dance 4 Me"
2010s	"Rocknroll Loveaffair" "Breakfast Can Wait" "Fallinlove2nite" "Breakdown" "This Could B Us" "Free Urself"
Promotional singles	"When You Were Mine" "Erotic City" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) "Somebody's Somebody" "It's About That Walk" "Call My Name" "The Song of the Heart"
Internet downloads	"Guitar (original "demo" version)"
New Power Generation	"Get Wild" "The War" "Come On"
EPs	The Beautiful Experience NYC 1999: The New Master
Other songs	"I Feel for You" "Partyup" "Private Joy" "International Lover" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "The Beautiful Ones" "Computer Blue" "Darling Nikki" "Baby I'm a Star" "17 Days" "Around the World in a Day" "Sometimes It Snows in April" "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" "Starfish and Coffee" "Adore" "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" "I Can't Make U Love Me" "La, La, La Means I Love U" "One of Us" "Everyday Is a Winding Road" "A Case of U" "Crimson and Clover" "Moonbeam Levels"