I Hate U question..

I love this song, however, I didn't know that it was as big a hit as it apparently was. Recently, a friend told me that it actually went high into the Billboard Top 40, maybe even into the Top 10. I didn't believe him, so I checked it out on the net - and it appears that he was right. It apparently even peaked at #3 on the R&B charts in 1995. Back then, it didn't get a lot of airplay in the city that I was living in when it was released, so I assumed that it didn't do as well everywhere else. Was it really that big in other cities?

If I remember right, it was HUGE in Canada, especially Toronto. But I never did hear it much in the States, which was really a shame -- it's one of the most beautiful songs he'd ever written -- and personally, I like the single edit much better than the album version -- it's a lot more cohesive.

Snap said:

audience1 said:

I recently "rediscovered" The Gold Experience

and I played I Hate U for some friends (all non-Prince fans) and all

but one of them was like "I remember that song! That was my jam!"

So I'm wondering why I don't remember it

There is a video for it to!

but I didnt have cable back then so natureally
dont remember that

thekidsgirl said:

DorothyParkerWasCool said:

audience1 said:

I love this song, however, I didn't know that it was as big a hit as it apparently was. Recently, a friend told me that it actually went high into the Billboard Top 40, maybe even into the Top 10. I didn't believe him, so I checked it out on the net - and it appears that he was right. It apparently even peaked at #3 on the R&B charts in 1995. Back then, it didn't get a lot of airplay in the city that I was living in when it was released, so I assumed that it didn't do as well everywhere else. Was it really that big in other cities?

They played the HELL out of I Hate U and Shhh on V-103 in Atlanta during that time. That was my freshman year of college and I remember how Melissa Summers would play that song daily on her 10-2 radio show. I went out to find the Gold Experience after hearing those songs on a daily basis and the rest is Prince history...lol. Ironically, present day V-103's playlist would never include anything as creative or guitar driven as the aforementioned tracks.
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The whole song sounds like "Baby",
from Prince's "For You" album....
Seek it out & compare.....
I think Prince started to recycle himself at this time.....
Still a good song though....

"I never thought that you would be the one..."
"Baby, what're we gonna do..."

Yeah, I can see how you can say that -- similar melody line, but "Eye Hate U" is full of so much more -- the contradictory lyrics, the passion, the scorching guitar solo, the spoken words, the vocal range, the instrumentation, etc.

Another question: Can anyone recall him playing it on the Musicology tour? I can't.

Snap said:

funkpill said:

DorothyParkerWasCool said:

They played the HELL out of I Hate U and Shhh on V-103 in Atlanta during that time. That was my freshman year of college and I remember how Melissa Summers would play that song daily on her 10-2 radio show. I went out to find the Gold Experience after hearing those songs on a daily basis and the rest is Prince history...lol. Ironically, present day V-103's playlist would never include anything as creative or guitar driven as the aforementioned tracks.
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Our past has made us into who we will be in the future.

Peaches are sweet!

Hmmm..I never remember hearing it on the radio, I live in Minneapolis btw. I think I may have seen the video on BET or something but certainly not MTV maybe VH1. I hate u is definalty one of my favorite Prince songs. It is brilliant but I wouldn't say it is a very radio friendly song so I am surprised it cracked the Billboard charts too!

have you heard the extended?, he stars sayin something about the feather floatin through the air in Forest Gump

adorable2 said:

funkpill said:

The whole song sounds like "Baby",
from Prince's "For You" album....
Seek it out & compare.....
I think Prince started to recycle himself at this time.....
Still a good song though....

When I was making one of my Prince slow jams cds, I played the two of them back 2 back because of that. I love I Hate U and Baby is definitely one of my favorites.

I Hate U is about Carmen Electra.

rudeboynpg said:

rudeboynpg said:

rudeboynpg said:

A quick breakdown, for the interested, on "I Hate U" on the Billboard charts. It debuted on the Hot 100 at no.56 due to street-date violations for the cd/cassette single. The following week, with a full week of sales, it rocketed to no.13. It entered the sales chart at no.6, fueling that 56-13 leap, but stalled at no.46 on the airplay chart. The next week it inched to no.12, then fell to no.19. Airplay dried up and sales didn't last. In all, it spent only 5 weeks in the top 40 and 10 weeks on the Hot 100. It did receive a lot of R&B airplay, which is why it reached no.3 on that chart and spent 20 weeks on the survey. "I Hate U" broke Prince's streak of having at least one top ten pop single every year, from 1983-1994. It came sooo close...

Similar situation with "TGRES." It reached no.19 on the sales chart, which was good enough for no.63 on the main Hot 100, but zero airplay kept it from making the top 40.

For those who don't know, the Billboard Hot 100 is a combination of sales and airplay. Labels more or less stopped releasing commercial cd singles by the end of the 90s, so it's essentially an airplay chart these days. But the forthcoming inclusion of digital single sales will balance it back out again. So if Prince released an exclusive new song like "Glass Cutter" to i-Tunes, and all of us purple junkies bought it, he could very well be back in the top 40 someday soon.

Krystal666 said:

BlueEyedAngel said:

This song was played in heavy rotation on urban radio in Detroit in 1995. I remember it well.

Krystal666 said:

audience1 said:

dreamfactory313 said:

This song was played in heavy rotation on urban radio in Detroit in 1995. I remember it well.

Yeah I was around 12 or 13 when it came out and I remember it getting a lot of play I can't remeber if it was the video or the radio....well now that I think about it I can vaguely remeber the video he included that court room scence I think...and it was getting its fair share of airplay here in Houston... 1 of my favorite P solos I luv how it just comes out of no where

Also I can remeber a comedian on Comic View joking about the song..can't remeber the exact joke, but he went in2 detail with it doing impressions and everything

PurpleCharm said:

dreamfactory313 said:

This song was played in heavy rotation on urban radio in Detroit in 1995. I remember it well.

I am in Detroit and I totally missed that. I don't even recall it even being played on the radio. I didn't hear about that song until I started visiting the org last year. I must admit that I had stop listening to P around '88-'89. But it is a mystery why I don't remember I Hate U. I was talking to my 22 year old sister about P one day and she mentioned that she used to love I Hate You and she was only in junior high at the time.