Part-Time Lover

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“Part-Time Lover” was released as the lead single from Stevie Wonder’s 1985 album In Square Circle. It tells a story of undercover lovers, who hide their infidelity from… Read More

Aug. 24, 19851 viewer89.9K views

Part-Time Lover Lyrics

[Verse 1: Stevie Wonder]
Call up, ring once, hang up the phone
To let me know you made it home
Don't want nothing to be wrong with part-time lover
If she's with me, I'll blink the lights
To let you know tonight's the night
For me and you, my part-time lover

[Chorus]
We are undercover passion on the run
Chasing love up against the sun
We are strangers by day, lovers by night
Knowing it's so wrong, but feeling so right

[Verse 2]
If I'm with friends and we should meet
Just pass me by, don't even speak
Know the word's "discreet" with part-time lovers
But if there's some emergency
Have a male friend to ask for me
So then she won't peek, it's really you, my part-time lover

[Chorus]
We are undercover passion on the run
Chasing love up against the sun
We are strangers by day, lovers by night
Knowing it's so wrong, but feeling so right

[Bridge: Luther Vandross, (Part-Time Lovers)]
Da-da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-pa-da-da-da
(Part-time lovers)
De-hee, da-pa-da-da-da-da, dadadadadadada, pa-da-da-da, pa-pa-da-pa-pa-pa-pa-da-da-da
(Part-time lovers)

[Chorus]
We are undercover passion on the run, yeah
Chasing love up against the sun
We are strangers by day, lovers by night
Knowing it's so wrong, but feeling so right

[Verse 3]
I've got something that I must tell
Last night someone rang our doorbell
And it was not you, my part-time lover
And then a man called our exchange
But didn't want to leave his name
I guess that two can play the game
Of part-time lovers
You and me, part-time lovers
But, she and he, part-time lovers

[Outro]
*Scatting*
(Part-time lovers)
*Scatting*
(Part-time lovers)
*Scatting*
(Part-time lovers)
*Scatting*
(Part-time lovers)
*Scatting*
(Part-time lovers)
*Scatting*
(Part-time lovers)

About

“Part-Time Lover” was released as the lead single from Stevie Wonder’s 1985 album In Square Circle. It tells a story of undercover lovers, who hide their infidelity from their partners, only to find out in the end that their partners have been cheating on them as well.

The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, R&B, Dance and Contemporary Adult charts in late 1985. The song’s simultaneous chart success made him the first artist to score a number-one hit on four different Billboard charts. The song also reached number three on the UK singles chart and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1986.