"International Lover" was originally issued as the eleventh and final track on Prince's fifth studio album, 1999. In 1983, the song was also used as a b-side on selected editions of the "Little Red Corvette" single, the second single released from the album. Prior to the release of this full studio performance, a brief solo piano rehearsal of the song had appeared on the 2018 posthumous release Piano & A Microphone 1983. The composition was initially intended for The Time's s