"Nasty Girl" | ||||
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Single by Vanity 6 | ||||
from the album Vanity 6 | ||||
B-side | "Drive Me Wild" | |||
Released | September 24, 1982[1] | |||
Recorded | Late March 1982[2] | |||
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Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Prince[5] | |||
Producer(s) | Prince (as the Starr Company) | |||
Vanity 6 singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
Vanity 6 – "Nasty Girl" (1982) on YouTube | ||||
Alternative release | ||||
![]() Side A of US 7-inch single |
"Nasty Girl" is a song written and composed by American musician Prince. The song was first recorded by his protégée girl group Vanity 6 in 1982, who charted at number one on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart with their version. Prince gave the songwriting credit to lead singer Vanity, although he was the writer and composer.[5] Inaya Day released a hit cover version of the song in 2005 that reached number nine in the UK Singles Chart. There have also been several other versions of this song.
A hyper-sexual disco ode to the aphrodisiac powers of limousine floors and drum machines.