Alright... here's my thing.

I just bought the Parade Album/CD for maybe the 3rd or 4th time. I was watching Under the Cherry Moon for maybe the 65th time (yes, 65 times I've seen that movie), and I'm stuck on this song. This little ditty.

Obviously, the whole CD is completely different from Purple Rain... and is a "distant cousin" of Around the World in a Day sound-wise, and a "crosstown neighbor" of SOTT, but New Position is an interesting little piece.

The Carribean bells, the stick and shoebox drumming... and the groovy bass just blow me away everytime I listen to it.

The lyrics are simple, and rather tame for a Prince song about "wanting to do someone", but the music is art.

This has been said time and time again, but the tunes that this man came up with, primarily during this era, were REDICULOUSLY amazing!

I can't help but to wish we knew all of his inspirations. I've never heard Prince perform this song live in concert, but I think it would kick some serious ass live!

GREAT tune!

I agree...what a fun song.

Me likes it

I've always wanted a long, extended funked out version of this track...defin8ly way too short on the album...1 of my all-time faves from P.

majissty said:

I always wonderd the same thing

MantuaPharoah said:

classic prince

I appreciate this song

P.U.S.S.Y.

it's a fine song but slows down 2 much @ the end.. i always found that the song loses momentum somewhere towards the 2nd verse

I listen to it all the time.

Funk at it's best. Even Biz Markie sampled that groove.

good song . i think my favorite take on it is from the rehearsal boot soul psychodelicide . parade is one of my faves

MantuaPharoah said:

This song was actually written during the Controvery years and then revamped for the Parade album...

LOL, if you think the lyrics are tame, you need to listen a little closer. Prince literally spells out what the song is about.

RodeoSchro said:

Yes he does. I discovered that a few years ago and I went . It's a fantastic song from a fantastic album.

purplecam said:

I only discovered that a few years ago myself. I was also way late to the "can't nobody fuck with us" part of "Beautiful Night." I must've listened to all those songs a thousand times and still missed those things.

rusty1 said:

That's because it segues into my favorite song on the album...I wonder U! Parade is my favorite album EVER.
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I picked out the spelling "p.u.s.s.y." a LOOONG time ago. But it's still tame compared to what Prince has done and sung.

I'd love to see Prince do this song in concert. He could have 2 fans come up on stage. One person can play the sticks, and the other can play the cowbell, and he could play the base... or just provide the lyrics.

That would be SO HOT if he did this and let fans do the music. It's simple enough, and it would be alot of fun to see if fans could pull it off for the short length of the song. I'm sure the crowd would love it!!!

Love this song!!!!