Teena Marie - Lovergirl

Great! The "dry" (original) 45 mix is also available as a bonus track on
the remastered version of the parent album Starchild. I think it may
be out of print by now, but the digital version is available from the digital
retailers in the US. I have been meaning to buy the remasters of her
Epic catalog for a while.

A couple of additional points about this one... To prevent utter confusion, let's refer to the three obviously different single-length mixes as (A) common hit version with a more "live" sounding drum track, (B) the
less common but original 45 with the dryer mix, and (C) the odd "Single Version" that has popped up in recent years that is sort of similar to mix (B) but has some obvious differences.

• The outlier "third mix" (C), which has popped up as the "Single Version" in recent years (on both the Starchild expanded edition and the Stranger Things 3 soundtrack), seems to be an edit of the
Video Mix. Note that there is a version called '12" Instrumental' on the Starchild expanded edition
that is clearly a part of these same mix sessions. The intro from the "Instrumental" could almost be tacked onto the non-"Single Version" (C) to re-create the full Video mix if not for Teena's spoken word over
the intro of "Instrumental" ("I see you brought your helicopter to pick me up...") Still, this lends credence to the idea that the odd mix (though possibly not the edit) existed in 1984 and would have sounded familiar
to the MTV crowd, although it is sadly not the true 45 mix. (My theory is that there is an unreleased vocal 12" mix from these sessions that was shelved in favor of the "hit" 12" mix, and that is likely where the Video
Mix and non-hit "Single Version" (C) are derived from.)

• Additionally, a new extended version created by John Morales (of '80s-era remixers M+M) has been released in recent years that seems to be built around the
original non-hit 45 mix (mix B). So, the tapes maybe/hopefully still exist somewhere. It drives me a bit mad when I go back to researching this one every once in a while, LOL.

A summary of the various mixes:

- 12" single version (5:46); same mix as LP version but longer
- LP version (4:49); 12" version can be edited down to create LP version
- 45 version of 12" mix (4:20); same mix as 12" and LP but edited further
- 45 version / alternate mix (4:24)
- "neither" version (4:20) labeled as "Single Version" on Starchild reissue and Stranger Things 3; similar drum track to the alternate mix 45 version but instrumentation is at different levels throughout; before the fadeout, the rhythm guitar notes that follow the line "for my love will make you high" are missing on this version
- video mix (on Vevo video from YouTube); mono; intro similar to 12" instrumental; remainder of this version is the right channel only of the LP mix