December 12, 2024Dec 12 Author =46th Partyman Points 16 - Severin (13) Bjork (3) Artist – Prince Released – 1989 Album – Batman UK Chart Peak - #14 AjY8HvpNu6o Back to the Batman soundtrack for a track that accompanied one of the films goofier moments. Partyman continued the late 80s trend where his singles tended to be more successful in the UK than his home country. Partyman was inspired by Prince meeting Jack Nicholson and again features his 'Camille' vocal style and a few lines from Anna Fantastic, who was one of Prince's many muses and the subject of a number of songs - Vicki Waiting, Pink Cashmere and Lemon Crush, to name a few. The video and extended versions feature Candy Dulfer on saxophone. In the video Prince is dressed as Gemini, another character which is half Prince/half Joker.
December 13, 2024Dec 13 The Holy River - I originally gave that one some points but after a few plays I thought I was just being generous because it was newer so bumped it out of my ranking. It was still pretty decent though. Dinner With Delores is nice, I don't listen to it very often because I don't ever really turn to that album but it's definitely worthy of a few points.
December 14, 2024Dec 14 Author 45th Black Sweat Points 17 - Chartjack2 (17) Artist – Prince Released – 2006 Album – 3121 UK Chart Peak - #43 vG-e00c6uT0 This Crunk style Hip Hip track was the second single of his 3121 album. It didn't quite crack the UK Top 40 and peaked no higher than #60 in the US making it something of a commercial disappointment for him. It did however, fair beter in mainland Europe, making the Top 20s of Belgium and Spain. Edited December 14, 2024Dec 14 by Severin
December 14, 2024Dec 14 Author 44th Pop Life Points 19 - Severin (8) HauseofKubrick (6) King Rollo (5) Artist – Prince and the Revolution Released – 1985 Album – Around the World in a Day UK Chart Peak - #60 56Hvoqgdlfk The second entry in our countdown to feature The Revolution, this time from his 7th studio album, the Psychedelic Pop collection known as Around the World in a Day. This song was actually recorded before Purple Rain was completed but held back for the following album. The bizarre audio sample near the end is taken from the film Alone in The Dark and apparently, when asked, even Prince had no recollection of why it appears in the track. Edited December 14, 2024Dec 14 by Severin
December 14, 2024Dec 14 Caught up on this! Pop Life, Anotherloverholeinyohead and Black Sweat are my favourites of what are out so far. I'll try and keep track of this live as it happens more now. ^_^
December 14, 2024Dec 14 Author 43rd The Arms of Orion Points 24 - Bjork (21) King Rollo (3) Artist – Prince Feat. Sheena Easton Released – 1989 Album – Batman UK Chart Peak - #27 ZYS6yJ_csq4 The 3rd song released as a single from the Batman Soundtrack also features Sheena Easton, one of two in the countdown that does. However, this track, unlike U Got the Look, was a co-write with Prince as Sheena provided the lyrics. It is the firt song in our countdown that received over 20pts from a single voter, receiving a healthy 21 from Bjork. Edited December 14, 2024Dec 14 by Severin
December 14, 2024Dec 14 Author =41st Come On Points 25 - JulianT (25) Artist – The New Power Generation Released – 1998 Album – Newpower Soul UK Chart Peak - #65 _ITpmILKap4 The second song to receive over 25, this time a hefty 25 from JulianT. Despite being credited to the New Power Generation, the Newpower Soul album is considered a de facto Prince record as the man himslef is front and centre on every track on the album. This song features the vocal talents of Chaka Khan, who had taken Prince's early single I Feel 4 U to #1 in the UK 14 years earlier. Edited December 14, 2024Dec 14 by Severin
December 14, 2024Dec 14 Author =41st Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? Points 25 - Severin (11) Jimwatts (9) HausofKubrick (5) Artist – Prince Released – 1980 Album – Prince UK Chart Peak - DNC fPaYtVJouYA The second single of Prince’s second album was not a hit either in the US or UK but still managed to pick up enough points here to graze the boundary of our Top 40. Nearly but not quite once again.
December 14, 2024Dec 14 oh surprised at the lack of love for The Arms of Orion, it's another great duet with Sheena Easton
December 14, 2024Dec 14 Author I'm not a fan of the Batman stuff either. I like Patyman as a throwaway piece of silliness but the rest leaves me cold. I love the film but I would never listen to the album out of choice
December 15, 2024Dec 15 Author =39th Sexy MF Points 26 - Bjork (16) King Rollo (10) Artist – Prince and the New Power Generation Released – 1992 Album – LoveSymbol UK Chart Peak - #4 bfHsF6FKgb4 As we enter the Top 40 we have one of Prince's bigger '90s hits, the unsurprisingly controversially titled, Sexy MF. Prince had insisted this was the opening single despite label reservations, the upshot of which was that the track Strollin', from Diamonds & Pearls was added to the release as a double A-side. Radio stations in the UK however, preferred to play the censored version of the newer song meaning it reached that chart position on its own merits.
December 15, 2024Dec 15 Author =39th Dirty Mind Points 26 - Chartjack2 (12) Jimwatts (7) HausofKubrick (7) Artist – Prince Released – 1980 Album – Dirty Mind UK Chart Peak – DNC c3GPPnVz1fw Dirty Mind is the title track and second single from Prince’s third album. The song is a notable departure from the smooth R&B sound of his first two albums towards a more US New Wave style and features a distinctive synth riff throughout, Eddie van Halen later admitted to having copied this part for his own song Jump.
December 15, 2024Dec 15 Author =37th Girls & Boys Points 29 - Chartjack2 (16) JulianT (11) Severin (2) Artist – Prince and the Revolution Released – 1986 Album – Parade UK Chart Peak – #11 gQcKgAsQHzs Released as the second single from Parade in the UK but not chosen in the US, with Mountains being preferred there. The Revolution's drummer Bobby Z suggest this decision was an odd one an contributed to a lower than expected level of success for the album. He may have had a point as when Mountains did get a single release in the UK, it performed poorly, not breaking the Top 40 at all.
December 15, 2024Dec 15 Author =37th Mountains Points 29 - JulianT (20) Jimwatts (8) Popchartfreak (1) Artist – Prince and the Revolution Released – 1986 Album – Parade UK Chart Peak – #45 _WmPeLOLDnA And in a bizarre quirk Mountains scores exactly the same number of points as Girls & Boys, perhaps suggesting that maybe the decision to pick this over that was the right one - at least in terms of fan reaction, if not chart sales.
December 15, 2024Dec 15 Author 36th Glam Slam Points 31 - King Rollo (14) Bjork (12) Severin (5) Artist – Prince Released – 1988 Album – Lovesexy UK Chart Peak – #31 n-qK5MNSwoE The second single from the Lovesexy album highlights the albums themes of sex and God over a complex arrangement that includes a string coda and Funk breakdown. In 1991 Prince re-recorded the song, although it remains unreleased. The lyrics were changed and after he messed around with the arrangement some more it later became known as Gett Off.
December 15, 2024Dec 15 Author 35th Delirious Points 32 - JulianT (24) Jimwatts (5) HausofKubrick (2) dandy* (1) Artist – Prince Released – 1983 Album - 1999 UK Chart peak – DNC Fyms8opV8LQ Only the second song to receive marks from four voters, this earned a large amount of its total from JulianT who entered it as his wildcard. Prince’s second straight US top ten hit following the success of Little Red Corvette. It was not released as single in the UK. Similar in lyrical content to Little Red Corvette it again uses cars and racing as a sexual innuendo over a Rockabilly inspired bassline. Prince would later perform it live with a brass section, giving it a more Swing based style.
December 15, 2024Dec 15 Author 34th I Wanna Be Your Lover Points 40 - HausofKubrick (23) Jimwatts (10) Chartjack2 (6) Severin (1) Artist - Prince Released - 1979 Album – Prince UK Chart Peak - #41 Rp8WL621uGM A bit of a jump in points now as the songs begin to have more voters, four again this time. This also marks the second and final song in the countdown from the 1970s. All the rest are from the '80s, '90s and '10s. Black Sweat was the highest from the '00s. Prince’s first UK charting single and the first release from his second album. The subject of the song is the singer Patrice Rushen who iPrince had become enamoured with. She is most famous in the UK for her 1982 top ten hit Forget me Nots, which was later used as inspiration by both Will Smith and George Michael. To promote the song Prince announced shows in London but they were cancelled due to poor ticket sales. Edited December 15, 2024Dec 15 by Severin
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