Damn I Wish I was Your Lover - wikipedia Damn I Wish I was Your Lover `` Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover '' Single by Sophie B. Hawkins from the album Tongues and Tails B - side `` Do n't Stop Swaying '' Released March 31, 1992 Format CD single, CD maxi 7 '' single, 12 '' maxi Recorded 1991 Genre Pop rock Length 5 : 23 ( Album Version ) 4 : 08 ( Radio Edit ) Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Sophie B. Hawkins ( lyricist and composer ) Producer ( s ) Rick Chertoff, Ralph Schuckett Sophie B. Hawkins singles chronology `` Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover '' ( 1992 ) `` California Here I Come '' ( 1992 ) `` Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover '' ( 1992 ) `` California Here I Come '' ( 1992 ) `` Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover '' is a song written, composed, recorded, and released by singer - songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins. Released in 1992 from her debut album Tongues and Tails, it achieved success in many countries worldwide ; in the United States alone, it reached No. 5 on Billboard Magazine 's Hot 100 charts. Contents 1 Song information 2 Track listings 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 Cover versions 6 In popular culture 7 References 8 External links Song information The drumbeat of the song is sampled from `` When the Levee Breaks '' by Led Zeppelin. The original music video for the song featured Sophie lying on her back in a flowing white outfit while singing the song, interspersed with scenes of dancers and Sophie wearing a very skimpy outfit, kneeling and moving erotically. While the video would probably be considered acceptable by modern standards, the television network MTV banned the original version for its excessive erotic content ; moreover, Sony Music Entertainment ( SME ) was still repeatedly banning it from YouTube `` on copyright grounds '' as of late June of 2017. A new video was shot, after the MTV ban, that showed Sophie in a complete non-erotic flannel shirt and jeans outfit, performing the song on a stage. Both versions of the video were in black and white, with some color used for artistic highlighting in the original. A portion of this original video is featured in the documentary The Cream Will Rise. Both video versions used the shorter single version. Track listings CD maxi `` Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover '' ( radio edit ) -- 4 : 08 `` Do n't Stop Swaying '' -- 5 : 32 `` Listen '' -- 3 : 32 CD single `` Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover '' -- 5 : 21 `` Do n't Stop Swaying '' -- 5 : 32 7 '' single `` Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover '' ( radio edit ) -- 4 : 08 `` Do n't Stop Swaying '' -- 5 : 32 12 '' maxi `` Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover '' ( radio version ) -- 4 : 08 `` Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover '' ( long version ) -- 5 : 22 `` Listen '' -- 3 : 31 `` Do n't Stop Swaying '' -- 5 : 32 Personnel Mixed by David Leonard and Steve Churchyard Produced by Ralph Schuckett and Rick Chertoff Charts Chart ( 1992 - 93 ) Peak position Australian ARIA Singles Chart 7 French SNEP Singles Chart 45 German Singles Chart 15 Irish Singles Chart 17 Norwegian Singles Chart Sweden Singles Chart 12 Swiss Singles Chart 11 UK Singles Chart 14 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 5 End of year chart ( 1992 ) Position Australian Singles Chart 18 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 34 Cover versions Black Kids covered it on their `` I 'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You '' single. Elephant Micah covered it on their 2004 Home of Astronauts EP. Matt Palmer covered is on his 2010 album Let Go. Spin Aqua covered it as a B - side on their `` Mermaid '' single. Former Pussycat Doll J Sutta covered it on her first album Feline Resurrection. Halestorm covered it on their Reanimate 3.0 EP, released in 2017. In popular culture The song appeared in the season 3 episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 titled `` Shooting Star / American In Paris. '' The song is prominently featured in the season 4 episode of Community titled `` Herstory of Dance. '' The song appeared in the season 4 episode of The Blacklist titled `` Requiem. '' References Jump up ^ Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover by Sophie B. Hawkins ( Single, Pop Rock ) : Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list - Rate Your Music Jump up ^ Fitzharris, Dustin ( July 10, 2008 ). `` An Interview With Sophie B. Hawkins ''. GO Magazine. Retrieved July 14, 2012... she burst onto the scene with her debut album Tongues and Tails 15 years ago and released `` Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover '' with an erotically charged music video that was banned by MTV... Jump up ^ Creme de la Creme by Todd Martinez - Padilla Simmons ( 1 ) ( Retrieved March 6, 2008 ) ^ Jump up to : `` Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover '' in various singles charts Lescharts.com ( Retrieved January 5, 2008 ) Jump up ^ Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived 2009 - 06 - 03 at WebCite ( Retrieved November 18, 2008 ) Jump up ^ `` Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover '', UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com ( Retrieved November 18, 2008 ) Jump up ^ Sophie B. Hawkins ' singles, Billboard Allmusic.com ( Retrieved November 18, 2008 ) Jump up ^ 1992 Australian Singles Chart aria.com Archived September 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. ( Retrieved November 18, 2008 ) Jump up ^ `` Billboard Top 100 - 1992 ''. Archived from the original on 2010 - 01 - 17. Retrieved 2010 - 07 - 30. Jump up ^ CD Baby Online Music Store `` http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mattpalmer2 '' External links Full lyrics at official website Clips from The Cream Will Rise, including a clip describing Hawkins ' feelings about the banned `` Damn '' video YouTube - Original video Sophie B. Hawkins Studio albums Tongues and Tails ( 1992 ) Whaler ( 1994 ) Timbre ( 1999 ) Wilderness ( 2004 ) Compilation albums The Best of Sophie B. Hawkins ( European edition ) ( 2002 ) The Best of Sophie B. Hawkins ( US edition ) ( 2003 ) Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover ( 2003 ) Live album Live : Bad Kitty Board Mix ( 2006 ) Singles `` Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover '' `` I Want You '' `` Right Beside You '' `` As I Lay Me Down '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Damn_I_Wish_I_Was_Your_Lover&oldid=801488022 '' Categories : 1992 singles Sophie B. Hawkins songs Columbia Records singles Debut singles Pop ballads Rock ballads 1990s ballads 1992 songs Song recordings produced by Rick Chertoff Black - and - white music videos Songs written by Sophie B. Hawkins Hidden categories : Webarchive template webcite links Webarchive template wayback links Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March 2008 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 19 September 2017, at 23 : 43. About Wikipedia

Question: who sings damn wish i was your lover
Answer: singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins