I'm talking about covers that Prince had no involvement with whatsoever.

Like:
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
17 Days - Living Colour
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
When Doves Cry - Quindon Tarver

Any other suggestions? Please list ones that are relatively easy to track down. Thanks!

sextonseven said:

"No involvement with whatsoever"?? He wrote the songs!

Anyway, Mel'issa Morgan's "Do Me, Baby" ain't half bad and I actually kinda like "Paisley Park" by some guy named John Goode or something like that. I like what he does with the percussion and guitar. Prince took it a bit further a few years ago in his own revision of the song. Oh, and technically, I'm not sure you can call "Nothing Compares 2 U" a cover since there was no original Prince released version before Sinead's -- so, it'd be more like a cover of The Family's released version of 1985. That probably goes for a lot of Prince songs -- Martika's, Sheena's, Sheila's, etc.

Snap said:

Haha, you know what I mean. I don't want songs that Prince had a hand in producing like Jill Jones' "With You."

I included "Nothing Compares 2 U" because it was a Prince composition that was released before Sinead's version. I might choose Mel'isa Morgan's "Do Me Baby." I also might go for "Kiss" by Tom Jones/The Art Of Noise or the other one by Age Of Chance. What do people think are the best ones?

sextonseven said:

Darling Nicki - The Foo Fighters

I love Tegan and Saras version of When you were mine.

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319 said:

Tegan and Sara did "When You Were Mine"? Was that ever released? I may have to get that one.

I would go for Patti Smith's version of When Doves Cry from her compilation album Land. Just sublime. I'm sure there was a cover of Sometimes It Snows In April by a band from London whose name escapes me. It was pretty good. Avoid Simple Minds Sign Of The Times tho. Awful!