I Would Die 4 U

"I Would Die 4 U"
US 7" single
Single by Prince and The Revolution
from the album Purple Rain
B-side	"Another Lonely Christmas" "Free" (UK 12")
Released	November 28, 1984
Recorded	First Avenue, Minneapolis, August 3, 1983 (live recording) Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, late August-early September, 1983 (overdubs)
Genre	Synth-funk synth-pop
Length	2:51 (album version) 2:57 (single version) 10:15 (12-inch version)
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Prince
Producer(s)	Prince
Prince singles chronology
"Purple Rain" (1984) "I Would Die 4 U" (1984) "Take Me with U" (1985)
Purple Rain singles chronology
"Jungle Love" (1984) "I Would Die 4 U" (1984) "The Bird" (1984)

"I Would Die 4 U" is a song by Prince and the Revolution, the fourth single in the US from their 1984 album, Purple Rain. The up-tempo dance song was a top 10 hit—the final one from the album—in the US, reaching number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Cash Box called the song "a practice in restrained ecstasy" in which "Prince delivers one of his finest and most passionate...vocal performances."^[1] Billboard called it "electrifying", saying that "the nervous excitement zaps like a high-tension wire."^[2]

"I Would Die 4 U" is often played in sequence with "Baby I'm a Star", the track following it, on Purple Rain. As of April 30, 2016, it has sold 561,772 copies in the United States.^[3]