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"Little Red Corvette" is written in the key of D ♭ major and moves at a tempo of 123 beats per minute in common time. Prince's vocals span from A ♭ 2 to D ♭ 7 in the song. The lyrics use car imagery as a double entendre for sex, also making use of horse-related imagery for similar purposes.
Little Red Corvette by Prince song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position.
Prince’s lyrics paint a vivid picture of a seductive encounter. He compares the woman to a “little red Corvette,” representing her allure, speed, and excitement. The car symbolizes both the physical and emotional intensity of the encounter.
Apr 21, 2016 · “Little Red Corvette” is the story of someone who finally got Sally to slow her mustang down, but now all he can do is wonder if she’ll still love him tomorrow. Car songs...
Feb 9, 2023 · Like many songs in a long lineage of rock and pop tunes in which automobiles provide a metaphor for sex, Little Red Corvette was inspired by an actual car – though it wasn’t red, and neither was it a Corvette, as Prince’s then keyboardist Lisa Coleman revealed to the BBC in 2019.
Apr 21, 2020 · But it’s not a red Corvette, it’s a pink Mercury!” ‘Little Pink Mercury’ doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as ‘Little Red Corvette’ so Prince made the executive decision to falsify the car branding.
The song uses cars as a metaphor for the woman in the song’s lack of sexual sincerity, with lines like “I guess I should’ve known by the way you parked your car sideways / That it wouldn’t last”.
