Just as Long as We're Together

"Just as Long as We're Together"
"Just as Long as We're Together"
Single by Prince
from the album For You
B-side	"In Love"; "Soft And Wet (Disco Mix)" (12");
Released	November 21, 1978
Recorded	October–December 1977
Genre	Disco ; funk ;
Length	3:25 (7" edit); 6:24 (album version)
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Prince
Producer(s)	Prince
Prince singles chronology

Last updated September 02, 2025

"Just as Long as We're Together" is Prince's second single released from his 1978 debut album For You . The coda is an instrumental track originally called "Jelly Jam" that was added to the main track, and modified over time to blend into it.

Reception

While receiving little press upon its release, "Just as Long as We're Together" has retroactively collected acclaim among some critics, who praised the disco influence and blend of musical styles in the song.^[3]^[4]

Track listings

7-inch single

A. "Just as Long as We're Together" (edit) – 3:25
B. "In Love" – 3:38

7-inch promo

A. "Just as Long as We're Together" (mono edit) – 3:25
B. "Just as Long as We're Together" (stereo edit) – 3:25

12-inch promo^[5]

A. "Just as Long as We're Together" (disco mix) – 6:29
B. "Soft and Wet" (disco mix) – 3:02

Personnel

Prince – lead and backing vocals, electric guitars, clavinet, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Minimoog, ARP String Ensemble, ARP Pro Soloist, bass guitar, fuzz bass, drums, bongos, handclaps, fingersnaps
Patrice Rushen – synth programming (uncredited)

Chart performance

Chart performance for "Just as Long as We're Together"
Chart (1978)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles ^[2]	91

References

1 2 Wood, Mikael (April 21, 2021). "All 85 Prince singles, ranked 4 u from worst 2 best". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved February 3, 2025.
1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 471.
↑ "Prince Goes Full-Tilt Disco on 'Just As Long As We're Together': 365 Prince Songs in a Year". Diffuser.fm. 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
↑ "Prince's best songs reviewed". Goldies Parade. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
↑ Sleevographia: Just As Long As We're Together - Promotional 12" • USA • PRO-A-741

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[LA_Times_2021-1] 1 2 Wood, Mikael (April 21, 2021). "All 85 Prince singles, ranked 4 u from worst 2 best". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[R&B-2] 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 471.

[3] "Prince Goes Full-Tilt Disco on 'Just As Long As We're Together': 365 Prince Songs in a Year". Diffuser.fm. 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2025-08-31.

[4] "Prince's best songs reviewed". Goldies Parade. Retrieved 2025-08-31.

[5] Sleevographia: Just As Long As We're Together - Promotional 12" • USA • PRO-A-741

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1970s	"Soft and Wet" "Just as Long as We're Together" "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
1980s	"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" "Still Waiting" "Sexy Dancer" "Uptown" "Dirty Mind" "Do It All Night" "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" "Controversy" "Let's Work" "Do Me, Baby" "1999" "Little Red Corvette" "Delirious" "Let's Pretend We're Married" "When Doves Cry" "Let's Go Crazy" "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U" "Take Me with U" "Paisley Park" "Raspberry Beret" "Pop Life" "America" "Kiss" "Mountains" "Anotherloverholenyohead" "Girls & Boys" "Sign "O" the Times" "If I Was Your Girlfriend" "U Got the Look" "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" "Alphabet St." "Glam Slam" "I Wish U Heaven" "Batdance" "Partyman" "The Arms of Orion" "Scandalous!"
1990s	"The Future" "Thieves in the Temple" "New Power Generation" "Gett Off" "Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls" "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Insatiable" "Thunder" "Sexy MF" "My Name Is Prince" "7" "Damn U" "The Morning Papers" "Pink Cashmere" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Peach" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "Letitgo" "Space" "Purple Medley" "I Hate U" "Gold" "Dinner with Delores" "Betcha by Golly Wow!" "The Holy River" "The Truth" "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"
2000s	"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) "When Will We B Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild) "Supercute" "The Work, pt. 1" "Days of Wild" "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" "Musicology" "Cinnamon Girl" "S.S.T." "Te Amo Corazón" "Black Sweat" "Fury" "Guitar" "F.U.N.K." "Dance 4 Me"
2010s	"Rocknroll Loveaffair" "Breakfast Can Wait" "Fallinlove2nite" "Breakdown" "This Could B Us" "Free Urself"
Promotional singles	"When You Were Mine" "Erotic City" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) "Somebody's Somebody" "It's About That Walk" "Call My Name" "The Song of the Heart"
Internet downloads	"Guitar (original "demo" version)"
New Power Generation	"Get Wild" "The War" "Come On"
EPs	The Beautiful Experience NYC 1999: The New Master
Other songs	"I Feel for You" "Partyup" "Private Joy" "International Lover" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "The Beautiful Ones" "Computer Blue" "Darling Nikki" "Baby I'm a Star" "17 Days" "Around the World in a Day" "Sometimes It Snows in April" "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" "Starfish and Coffee" "Adore" "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" "I Can't Make U Love Me" "La, La, La Means I Love U" "One of Us" "Everyday Is a Winding Road" "A Case of U" "Crimson and Clover" "Moonbeam Levels"