<P> "Little Red Corvette" is written in the key of D ♭ major and moves at a tempo of 123 beats per minute in common time . Prince's vocals span from A ♭ to A ♭ in the song . The lyrics use car imagery as a double entendre for sex also making use of horse - related imagery for similar purposes . Slate has noted that the song is about "ambivalence, vulnerability, and fear" of casual sex . With the site also noting that the lyrics possess post disco themes, stating "Disco lived by the myth that Saturday night never ends . "Little Red Corvette' not only insists that it does, it reminds us that a lot of what took place in the darkened corners of clubs and alleys was shadowy, fumbling, detached, or often worse ." </P> <P> "Little Red Corvette" (directed by Bryan Greenberg and released in February 1983) was Prince's second music video played on MTV . The first was "1999" the previous year before Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" and after Musical Youth's "Pass the Dutchie". </P> <P> Prince got the idea for the song when he dozed off in band member Lisa Coleman's pink Mercury Montclair Marauder after an exhausting all - night recording session . The lyrics came to him in bits and pieces during this and other catnaps . Eventually, he was able to finish it without sleeping . </P> <Ul> <Li> Rolling Stone ranked the song #108 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . </Li> <Li> The guitar solo, played by band member Dez Dickerson, was ranked #64 by the readers of Guitar World as one of the 100 best guitar solos of all time . </Li> <Li> The song is currently ranked as the 153rd greatest song of all time as well as the third best song of 1982, by Acclaimed Music . </Li> </Ul>

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