How Come U Do n't Call Me Anymore ? - Wikipedia How Come U Do n't Call Me Anymore ? `` How Come U Do n't Call Me Anymore ? '' Single by Prince from the album The Hits / The B - Sides A-side `` 1999 '' ( USA, UK 7 `` ) Re-release : `` 1999 '' `` D.M.S.R. '' ( UK 12 `` ) Released September 24, 1982 ( original ) November 3, 1998 ( re-release ) Format 7 '' single 12 '' single CD single ( re-release ) Recorded Sunset Sound, April 26, 1982 Genre Soul R&B Length 3 : 50 Label Warner Bros. Songwriter ( s ) Prince Producer ( s ) Prince The Hits / The B - Sides track listing `` 17 Days '' ( 15 ) `` How Come U Don ' Call Me Anymore ? '' ( 16 ) `` Another Lonely Christmas '' ( 17 ) `` How Come U Do n't Call Me Anymore ? '' is a song by Prince. It is a ballad of romantic longing with some gospel elements. On his original recording of the song, which was released as the non-album B - side to his 1982 single `` 1999 '', Prince performs most of the song in his falsetto range, with his own bluesy piano playing providing the only instrumental accompaniment. The song 's first album appearance was on his 1993 compilation The Hits / The B - Sides. It was later included on the soundtrack to the 1996 film Girl 6. Prince also performs the song on his 2002 live album One Nite Alone... Live !. Artists who have covered the song include Stephanie Mills ( 1983 ), Joshua Redman ( 1998 ), and Alicia Keys ( 2001 ). Bilal recorded the song which appears on his 2001 single `` Fast Lane ''. Roger Cicero recorded the song with Soulounge for the 2004 album Home ; a live version by Cicero is included on his 2008 single `` Alle Möbel verrückt ''. American Idol season 11 finalist Jessica Sanchez performed the song on the American Idols LIVE ! Tour 2012. Contents 1 Alicia Keys version 1.1 Music video 1.2 Critical reception 1.3 Track listings and formats 1.4 Charts 1.5 Personnel 2 References 3 External links Alicia Keys version `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' Single by Alicia Keys from the album Songs in A Minor Released June 4, 2002 Format Digital download, CD single, 12 '' maxi single Recorded 1998 ; KrucialKeys Studios ( New York City, New York ) Genre R&B, soul Length 3 : 57 ( album version ) 3 : 31 ( radio edit ) Label Songwriter ( s ) Prince Producer ( s ) Alicia Keys, Kerry `` Krucial '' Brothers Alicia Keys singles chronology `` A Woman 's Worth '' ( 2002 ) `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( 2002 ) `` Gangsta Lovin ' '' ( 2002 ) `` A Woman 's Worth '' ( 2002 ) `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( 2002 ) `` Gangsta Lovin ' '' ( 2002 ) Keys recorded a cover of the song -- retitled `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' -- for her debut album, Songs in A Minor ( 2001 ). It was released as the album 's third and final U.S. single and became a moderate chart success, reaching the top thirty in Australia, the United Kingdom, and on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs chart. She told Billboard Magazine, `` I had never heard ( the original ) before. They gave me a copy of the song on tape. I played it every day for three weeks. It is so raw and so truthful -- I was just feeling it. It really came out well. '' An official remix of the song, produced by The Neptunes, was included on the Remixed & Unplugged in A minor reissue, released in 2002. It features vocals from Justin Timberlake towards the end of the track. Keys ' cover of `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' was inspired by a long - term relationship with a partner. Music video The song 's music video, directed by Little X. It contains references to Japanese popular culture such as San - X 's Buru Buru Dog and Cardcaptor Sakura 's Kero - chan, besides Korean character Mashimaro. It starts with Keys waking up in the morning, and following her daily routine throughout the video, ending with a performance on stage. The video ends with a phone call from her supposed `` boyfriend '' making an excuse about why he has n't called her, and she hangs up on him, laughing. The ' boyfriend ' is played by actor - comedian Mike Epps. Critical reception Mark Anthony Neal of PopMatters felt that the song was credible, but fell short from the original or Stephanie Mills 's 1983 cover. Track listings and formats Some of this section 's listed sources may not be reliable. Please help this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. ( July 2015 ) Maxi - single `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( Original Radio Version ) -- 3 : 57 `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( Neptunes Remix ) -- 4 : 23 `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( Live Version ) -- 5 : 18 `` Butterflyz '' ( Roger 's Release Mix ) -- 9 : 11 `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' -- Video Promo CD Single `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( Radio Edit ) -- 3 : 31 `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( Instrumental ) -- 3 : 59 `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( Call Out Hook ) -- 0 : 10 12 '' Promo A `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( Neptunes Remix ) B1 `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( Album Version ) B2 `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( Album Instrumental ) 12 '' Promo A1 `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( Neptunes Remix ) -- 4 : 23 A2 `` Troubles '' ( Jay - J & Chris Lum Moulton Mix ) -- 8 : 59 B1 `` Butterflyz '' ( Roger Sanchez Club Mix ) -- 9 : 11 B2 `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( Live Version ) -- 3 : 10 12 '' Vinyl A `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( Neptunes Remix -- Main ) -- 4 : 21 B `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( Neptunes Remix -- Instrumental ) -- 4 : 21 Charts Chart ( 2002 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 29 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 9 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia ) Germany ( Media Control Charts ) 80 Hungary ( Mahasz ) Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 73 Romania ( Romanian Top 100 ) 97 Switzerland ( Swiss Music Charts ) 60 U.K ( UK Singles Chart ) 26 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 59 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs 30 U.S. Billboard Pop Songs 34 Personnel Alicia Keys -- producer, lead vocals, backing vocals, all other instruments Kerry `` Krucial '' Brothers -- producer, drum programming Russ Elevado -- mixer References Jump up ^ Nilsen & Mattheij 2004, p. 37 Jump up ^ `` Billboard June 2, 2001 - Google Pages ''. Retrieved November 27, 2016. Jump up ^ `` The Maestro ''. Vibe. Vibe Media Group. 9 ( 10 ). October 2001. ISSN 1070 - 4701. Retrieved July 9, 2011. Jump up ^ Neal, Mark Anthony. `` Alicia Keys : Songs in A Minor ''. PopMatters. Retrieved May 2, 2009. Jump up ^ `` Alicia Keys -- How Come You Do n't Call Me ( CD ) at Discogs ''. Discogs.com. 2002 - 07 - 08. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Alicia Keys -- How You Do n't Call Me ( CD ) at Discogs ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Alicia Keys -- How Come You Do n't Call Me ( Vinyl ) at Discogs ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Alicia Keys -- How Come You Do n't Call Me ( Vinyl ) at Discogs ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Alicia Keys -- How Come You Do n't Call Me ( Vinyl ) at Discogs ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 22. ^ Jump up to : `` Alicia Keys -- How Come You Do n't Call Me -- swisscharts.com ''. SwissCharts.com. Retrieved 2008 - 04 - 09. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Alicia Keys -- How Come You Do n't Call Me ''. Retrieved June 6, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Alicia Keys -- How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( in French ). Retrieved June 6, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Musicline.de -- Alicia Keys -- How Come You Do n't Call Me ''. Musicline.de ( in German ). Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Single ( track ) Top 10 lista -- 2002. 27. hét ''. Mahasz ( in Hungarian ). Retrieved 2008 - 04 - 09. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- Alicia Keys -- How Come You Do n't Call Me '' ( in Dutch ). Retrieved June 6, 2011. Jump up ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20050216164505/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10038.html Jump up ^ `` Chart Stats -- Alicia Keys -- How Come You Do n't Call Me ''. Chart Stats. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 21. ^ Jump up to : `` Songs in A Minor > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 2008 - 02 - 22. Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/278600/alicia+keys/chart?f=381 External links How Come You Do n't Call Me at Discogs Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Prince singles 1970s `` Soft and Wet '' `` Just as Long as We 're Together '' `` I Wanna Be Your Lover '' 1980s `` Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad ? '' `` Still Waiting '' `` Sexy Dancer '' `` Bambi '' `` Uptown '' `` Dirty Mind '' `` Do It All Night '' `` Controversy '' `` Let 's Work '' `` Do Me, Baby '' `` Sexuality '' `` 1999 '' `` Little Red Corvette '' `` D.M.S.R. '' `` Delirious '' `` Automatic '' `` Let 's Pretend We 're Married '' `` When Doves Cry '' `` Let 's Go Crazy '' `` Purple Rain '' `` I Would Die 4 U '' `` Take Me with U '' `` Paisley Park '' `` Raspberry Beret '' `` Pop Life '' `` America '' `` Kiss '' `` Mountains '' `` Anotherloverholenyohead '' `` Girls & Boys '' `` Sign `` O '' the Times '' `` If I Was Your Girlfriend '' `` U Got the Look '' `` I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man '' `` Alphabet St. '' `` Glam Slam '' `` I Wish U Heaven '' `` Batdance '' `` Partyman '' `` The Arms of Orion '' `` Scandalous ! '' 1990s `` The Future '' `` Thieves in the Temple '' `` New Power Generation '' `` Gett Off '' `` Cream '' `` Diamonds and Pearls '' `` Money Do n't Matter 2 Night '' `` Insatiable '' `` Thunder '' `` Sexy MF '' `` My Name Is Prince '' `` 7 '' `` Damn U '' `` The Morning Papers '' `` Pink Cashmere '' `` Nothing Compares 2 U '' `` Peach '' `` Pope '' ( remix ) `` Come '' `` Letitgo '' `` Space '' `` The Most Beautiful Girl in the World '' `` P Control '' `` Dolphin '' `` Endorphinmachine '' `` I Hate U '' `` Gold '' `` Dinner with Delores '' `` Betcha by Golly Wow ! '' `` The Holy River '' `` Somebody 's Somebody '' `` Face Down '' `` The Truth '' `` Extraordinary '' `` The Greatest Romance Ever Sold '' 2000s `` U Make My Sun Shine '' ( with Angie Stone ) `` When Will We B Paid ? '' ( with Audio Stepchild ) `` Supercute '' `` The Work, pt. 1 '' `` Days of Wild '' `` Musicology '' `` Cinnamon Girl '' `` Controversy ( Live in Hawaii ) '' `` S.S.T. '' `` Te Amo Corazón '' `` Black Sweat '' `` Fury '' `` Guitar '' `` F.U.N.K. '' `` Dance 4 Me '' 2010s `` Extraloveable '' `` Rock and Roll Love Affair '' `` Screwdriver '' `` Fixurlifeup '' `` Breakfast Can Wait '' `` Pretzelbodylogic '' `` Fallinlove2nite '' `` Breakdown '' `` Clouds '' `` Baltimore '' `` Hardrocklover '' `` This Could B Us '' `` Free Urself '' Promotional singles `` When You Were Mine '' `` D.M.S.R. '' `` Another Lonely Christmas '' `` Erotic City '' `` Hot Thing '' `` Trust '' `` Willing and Able '' `` Nothing Compares 2 U '' `` Pope '' `` Love Sign '' ( with Nona Gaye ) `` Come '' `` P. Control '' `` Dolphin '' `` Endorphinmachine '' `` Slave '' `` Somebody 's Somebody '' `` Face Down '' `` The Rest of My Life '' `` 5 Women '' `` It 's About That Walk '' `` Baby Knows '' `` Man'O'War '' `` She Loves Me 4 Me '' `` Last December '' `` One Nite Alone... Live EP '' `` Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas '' `` Call My Name '' `` The Song of the Heart '' `` Beautiful, Loved & Blessed '' ( with Tamar Davis ) `` Chelsea Rodgers '' `` Future Baby Mama '' `` The One U Wanna C '' `` U 're Gonna C Me '' Airplay - only songs `` International Lover '' `` Shhh '' `` Satisfied '' `` Better with Time '' Internet downloads `` One Song '' `` Cybersingle '' `` Bataclan '' `` Glass Cutter '' `` Live from Paisley Park '' `` Strange Relationship '' ( Live in Minneapolis ) `` Guitar ( original `` demo '' version ) '' `` Love '' ( acoustic version ) `` Rock and Roll Love Affair '' ( Remix 7 ) `` Screwdriver '' ( Remix ) `` Boyfriend '' ( Demo ) `` That Girl Thang '' `` Live Out Loud '' `` Ai n't Gonna Miss U When U 're Gone '' `` Extraloveable Reloaded '' `` Menstrual Cycle '' `` Octopus Heart '' `` Groovy Potential '' `` The Sweeter She Is '' `` Something in the Water '' ( Paisley Park Rehearsal ) `` Da Bourgeoisie '' `` What If '' `` The X 's Face '' Streams `` U 're Still the One '' `` Xylophone '' `` In a Large Room with No Light '' `` Purple and Gold '' `` Cause and Effect '' `` Hot Summer '' `` Rich Friends '' `` Same Page Different Book '' `` Stare '' EPs The Beautiful Experience 1999 : The New Master Other songs `` I Feel for You '' `` When You Were Mine '' `` Private Joy '' `` How Come U Do n't Call Me Anymore ? '' `` 17 Days '' `` The Beautiful Ones '' `` Computer Blue '' `` Darling Nikki '' `` Baby I 'm a Star '' `` 4 the Tears in Your Eyes '' `` Sometimes It Snows in April '' `` Adore '' `` Do n't Talk 2 Strangers '' `` I Ca n't Make U Love Me '' `` La, La, La Means I Love U '' `` One of Us '' `` Everyday Is a Winding Road '' `` A Case of U '' Stephanie Mills Studio albums Movin ' in the Right Direction For the First Time What Cha ' Gonna Do with My Lovin ' Sweet Sensation Stephanie Tantalizingly Hot Love Has Lifted Me Merciless I 've Got the Cure Stephanie Mills If I Were Your Woman Home Christmas Something Real Personal Inspirations Born for This ! Singles `` What Cha ' Gonna Do with My Lovin '' `` You Ca n't Get Over '' `` Put Your Body in It '' `` Sweet Sensation '' `` Never Knew Love Like This Before '' `` Two Hearts '' `` Last Night '' `` Keep Away Girls '' `` Pilot Error '' `` How Come U Do n't Call Me Anymore ? '' `` The Medicine Song '' `` King Holiday '' `` Stand Back '' `` I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love '' `` Rising Desire '' `` I Feel Good All Over '' `` ( You 're Puttin ' ) A Rush on Me '' `` Secret Lady '' `` If I Were Your Woman '' `` Where Is the Love '' `` Something in the Way ( You Make Me Feel ) '' `` Home '' `` Comfort of a Man '' `` All Day, All Night '' `` Never Do You Wrong '' Related topics Discography Maggie Flynn The Wiz Book : Stephanie Mills Alicia Keys songs Discography Songs in A Minor `` Fallin ' '' `` A Woman 's Worth '' `` How Come You Do n't Call Me '' `` Girlfriend '' The Diary of Alicia Keys `` You Do n't Know My Name '' `` If I Ai n't Got You '' `` Diary '' `` Karma '' `` If I Was Your Woman / Walk on By '' Unplugged `` Unbreakable '' `` Every Little Bit Hurts '' `` Wild Horses '' `` Love It or Leave It Alone / Welcome To Jamrock '' As I Am `` No One '' `` Like You 'll Never See Me Again '' `` Teenage Love Affair '' `` Superwoman '' The Element of Freedom `` Does n't Mean Anything '' `` Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart '' `` Empire State of Mind ( Part II ) Broken Down '' `` Un-Thinkable ( I 'm Ready ) '' `` Put It in a Love Song '' `` Wait Til You See My Smile '' `` We 're Almost There '' Girl on Fire `` Not Even the King '' `` Girl on Fire '' `` Brand New Me '' `` New Day '' `` Fire We Make '' `` Tears Always Win '' Here `` In Common '' `` Blended Family ( What You Do for Love ) '' As featured artist `` All of the Lights '' `` Brotha Part II '' `` Empire State of Mind '' `` Fireworks '' `` Gangsta Lovin ' '' `` Ghetto Story Chapter 2 '' `` I Will Pray ( Pregherò ) '' `` International Party '' `` Looking for Paradise '' `` New Day '' `` Say It 's So '' `` What 's Going On '' Other songs `` 28 Thousand Days '' `` America The Beautiful '' `` Another Way to Die '' `` Back to Life '' `` Die Without You '' `` Do n't Give Up ( Africa ) '' `` Everybody Hurts '' `` If This World Were Mine '' `` It 's On Again '' `` Little Drummer Girl '' `` My Boo '' `` People Get Ready '' `` Rapture '' `` Someday We 'll All Be Free '' `` Speechless '' `` We Are Here '' `` We Gotta Pray '' Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=How_Come_U_Don%27t_Call_Me_Anymore%3F&oldid=786236832 '' Categories : 1980s ballads 1982 songs 2002 singles Prince ( musician ) songs Stephanie Mills songs Alicia Keys songs Songs written by Prince ( musician ) Music videos directed by Director X Rhythm and blues ballads Songs written for films Song recordings produced by Prince ( musician ) Hidden categories : CS1 French - language sources ( fr ) CS1 German - language sources ( de ) CS1 Hungarian - language sources ( hu ) CS1 Dutch - language sources ( nl ) Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Articles lacking reliable references from July 2015 All articles lacking reliable references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Magyar Nederlands Português Română ไทย 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 18 June 2017, at 04 : 42. 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Question: who wrote how come you don't call me anymore
Answer: Prince