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