Stand Back and Little Red Corvette

[Macfan4life]

We know the story that supposedly Stevie wrote Stand Back on her wedding day when she heard Little Red Corvette on the radio in late January 1983. Stand Back was a late addition to The Wild Heart. What I did not realize is that both Little Red Corvette and Stand Back were in the top 40 together for a week or two. On June 18, 1983 Little Corvette fell to #26 while Stand Back was racing up the charts at #36. Pretty amazing for a song inspired by Little Red Corvette would also be in the top 40 with the song for at least a week.
Stevie attended Prince shows in late 1982 in Texas as the Mirage tour was ending. He performed Little Red Corvette at those shows. This is why I believe Stevie got so excited hearing it on the radio. The way Prince did the song on that tour sounds much more like Stand Back than the studio version.
Pretty rare event. I doubt there is another song that was inspired by another song to be in the top 40 at the same time for at least one week.

Just another bit of useless information from the 1980s