Do I really have to choose?

Averett said:

Ditto. I remember hearing the 12' and it was slammin.

Averett said:

These are two of his finest pop songs alongside "When Doves Cry" and "Little Red Corvette" if you ask me. I'd go for "She's Always In My Hair" - perhaps my favourite of his, alltime.

I can't and i won't choose

...oh go on then. She's Always In My Hair

She's Always In My Hair

Wow, tough choice I think 17 Days just wins for me.

somebody in my house bought the 45 of when doves cry.

i played the b-side.....

.....WHAT THE F**K?

i never heard anything that funky in all my life.(17 days)

yep.that's when 'IT" got "ME".

and i'm not talking about pennywise the dancing clown either!

She's always in my hair for 17 days

The obvious choice has to be: S.A.I.M.H

17 days. Raw and brutal demo version.

17 Days

2 of my faves hard choice very hard but it has got 2 b she's always in my hair love the lyrics

'17 Days'
Very Funky!

Soulchild82 said:

Even better????? What the fuck have you been smokin'??? Better than the original you mean or his cover is even better than Prince's 17 Days? Either one is ludicrous!!!!! Soulchild82 MUST be banished!!!!

Now, to add my vote. Sorry y'all, but it's GOTTA be 17 Days. I absolutely adore the full version of SAIMH (his 3rd best B-side ever, behind Erotic City), but there's just something about the melody & funk of 17 Days that had me absolutely fucking hooked since day ONE and still isn't even close to letting go. When people ask me for my fav Prince song, this is ALWAYS the answer I give 'em.

I love both songs tremendously

But 17days is one of my top three Prince songs period and gets my vote here.

Both. They are perhaps two of his best songs!!! CLASSIC!!!

That's a hard choice but my vote goes to "17 Days". I just wish there was a long version of it.

She's Always in my Hair

17 Days... definitely. She's Always in My Hair kinda gets to me sometimes... Why is she fucking with his hair anyway?? I don't get it!

i constantly put 17 days on repeat, that is a bad ass song!

She's always in my hair. Only cause I've overlistened to 17 Days.

17 days is the best

OOOh! Very hard this one! I still remember discovering them on the flip side and being rooted to the spot. 17 Days has that lovely reggae style underpinning that I have never heard him repeat, and yes I have heard Blue Light. It also has a great down to earth love lyric which again isn't something u can accuse the man of milking. W&L on backing vocals are also a pleasure.

SAIMH on the other hand is such a cool, trippy, rocky number and there is that harmonised 'aaaahhhh' bit that still gives me the horn on so many levels. The yelling on the 12" is also a joy. In fact I love the whole song vocally - u get the sexy deep voice with a few hight pitched oohs, the harmonies and the screaming.

As it is his voice primarily that I have never got enough off I'll have to go with She's Always In My Hair. Does anyone know who they are about?

"17 Days" is ridiculous. It has my vote.

17 Days

Very tough choice but I will have to go with She's Always In My Hair because his vocal phrasing/staggering, the synth line and Prince's jaw dropping guitar solo are unbelievable.

Dun dah.....Dun dah.....dun dun dun
She's always in my hair has one of the best beginnings ever.

I like 17 days live version not the album version. She's Always In My Hair also like the live version that was preform on Rave In2 The Year 2000. I guess since it's for the album version I'll choose She's Always In My Hair.