"Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" is a hit song in the U.S. (#5) by Sophie B. Hawkins

Sophie B. Hawkins

Sophie Ballantine Hawkins is an American singer, songwriter, musician and painter. Her biggest hits are "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover", "Right Beside You", and "As I Lay Me Down".- Career :...

. Released in 1992, it is from her album Tongues and Tails

Tongues and Tails

Tongues and Tails is the first album by American singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 1992 . The title is presumably derived from Act II, Scene i, Line 214 of The Taming of the Shrew, in which Petruchio asks Kate, "What, with my tongue in your tail?"-Track listing:all songs written by...

. It achieved success in many countries such as Norway and Australia where it was a top ten hit.

Song information

A portion of this original video is featured in the documentary The Cream Will Rise.

The song features a sample of Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

's When the Levee Breaks

When the Levee Breaks

"When the Levee Breaks" is a blues song written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The song is in reaction to the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927....

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Track listings

CD maxi

1. "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" (radio edit) — 4:08
2. "Don't Stop Swaying" — 5:32
3. "Listen" — 3:32

CD single

1. "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" — 5:21
2. "Don't Stop Swaying" — 5:32

7" single

1. "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" (radio edit) — 4:08
2. "Don't Stop Swaying" — 5:32

12" maxi

1. "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" (radio version) — 4:08
2. "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" (long version) — 5:22
3. "Listen" — 3:31
4. "Don't Stop Swaying" — 5:32

Personnel

• Mixed by David Leonard and Steve Churchyard
• Produced by Ralph Schuckett and Rick Chertoff

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian ARIA ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...  Singles Chart	7
French SNEP Singles Chart	45
German Singles Chart	15
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	17
Norwegian Singles Chart	3
Sweden Singles Chart	12
Swiss Singles Chart	11
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	14
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	5

End of year chart (1992)	Position
Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	18
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	34

Cover versions

• Spin Aqua
  Spin Aqua
  Spin Aqua were a short-lived indies musical project between the model Anna Tsuchiya and the former Oblivion Dust guitarist K.A.Z. The duo performed music together for a year and seven months; releasing music for less than a year under the indies label Ki/oon Records.-Information:The band debuted...
  
   covered it on their "Mermaid" single,
• Elephant Micah
  Elephant Micah
  Elephant Micah is a musical band or stage name of southern Indiana songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joseph O'Connell. Recording mostly at home, O’Connell has produced an eclectic body of work since beginning the project in 2000...
  
   covered it on their 2004 Home of Astronauts
  Home of Astronauts
  A 7" vinyl-only covers EP released by Indiana lo-fi/indie songster Elephant Micah. It was released in October 2004 on Third Uncle Records. Early copies of the EP came with a burned CD of the record, along with eight live tracks, including versions of "Big Star", "Nobody Knows, Rosie", and...
  
  EP
  Extended play
  An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
  
  
• Black Kids
  Black Kids
  Black Kids is an American indie pop band from Jacksonville, Florida. The band's debut EP, Wizard of Ahhhs, received favorable critical response in 2007, and was followed by the Partie Traumatic album, which debuted at #5 on the UK Albums Chart in July 2008.-History:Black Kids formed in Jacksonville...
  
   covered it on their "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You
  I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You
  "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You" is a song from American indie rock band Black Kids, taken from their debut album Partie Traumatic. It was released as the band's debut single by Almost Gold Recordings on April 7, 2008 in the UK, and by Columbia Records on May 27, 2008 in...
  
  " single
• R&B singer Matt Palmer covered the song on his 2010 album "Let Go"

External links

• Clips from The Cream Will Rise, including a clip describing Hawkins' feelings about the banned "Damn" video
• YouTube - Original video