Songs by other artists that sound like they should've been written by Prince.

I'll start off with some obvious ones:

Waterfall - TLC (is it just me, or does this sound a lot like "Money Don't Matter 2nite")
Slave 4 U - Britney (I said obvious)
Nicotine and Gravy - Beck (plus the rest of the Midnite Vultures album)
Untitled - D'Angelo (obvious, again. And, yes, I know he's an artist in his own right. So's Beck).

& what's sweeettt is that all of these Artist "Love Them Some Prince"

Duran Duran's Skin Trade is sometimes called their "Prince" song...

I think that sheena Easton's "Sugar Walls" sounds like Prince... just kidding!

Shotgun by Duran Duran sounds totally like a Prince jam.

Wow just downloaded Skin trade the other day. Great song. I also loved Beck's last Prince album, I mean... The one that I really liked this year was Maxwell's "Lifetime" The whole album was pretty good, but that song is a great Prince song. How bout the new George Michael? A bit princish.

Oh one more-

HELLA GOOD by No Doubt. That is the funkiest jam I've heard in quite some time. That distorted synth bass is right off the Time's first album. Check it out. Funky!

The first time I heard "This Woman's Work," by Maxwell, I lost a bet that Prince was singing it...

TLC reference is very true, I have always thought that. Basement Jaxx- several songs from their "Rooty" album sound like they have sampled Prince but they haven't. THe Mother Funkers (French group from Montpellier) sound a lot like Prince too. Must sleep, very late!

My Repertoire comes under here lol

I Can't Wait by Jaguar Wright
For You Soul Sista and Slyde by Bilal
Can We Make Love by Somethin' For the People
Love of My Life by Brian McKnight

FLIPPING THE FlOP: Sound like Prince copied "Maggot Brain" to get "Purple Rain"

Savage Garden's B-side - I'll bet he was cool

welcum2thedawn said:

Ah man, how could you lose that one??!! The singing is smooth, but it's not quite Prince!

Virtually all of the last Basement Jaxx cd sounded like below parr versions of Prince B sides/ Camille tracks. I was amazed that BVH raved about it!. I hope they paid P big $.

alexnvrmnd said:

80% of maxwell's song sound like prince. IMO

Peach said:

There was just a Savage Garden "10 of the Best" on VH1 and they played TMBGITW and raved about Prince, saying that SOTT is one of the greatest albums ever.

OTOH, I think Savage Garden suck big time! (even tho I'm originally from Oz).

Why do so many artists inspired by Prince sound so crap? (Maybe that should be a new thread title)
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Songs that sound like Prince....

***"Missing You" by Joi(2002)---It was produced by Dallas Austin,and he's obviuosly a huge Prince fan,so there you go...

***"I Promise You" by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam(1987)

***"Run To Me" by Angela Bofill(1987)

***Almost ANY song on Ready For The World's first two albums

***"I Want Your Sex" by George Michael(1987)

***"Do Anything" by Natural Selection(1991)

oh sheila,wishing well,anything from that jeese johnson album where hes dressed in pink on the cover.

i was on another thread somewhere and i was reminded of the song "do anything for your lovin"-natural selection.....oh man i was like 10yrs old and i remember this shit coming on the radio (flashbacks)

"Gimme" (or Give Me) by Jill Scott. The part/background vocal that says :Give it to me baby." It really sounds like Prince.

actually when I first heard that Natural Selection song, I thought it was Prince! That really really really sounds like a P song, man. Actually, more like Camille.








"give it up for sexual chocolate"

Caught Out There by Kelis (not the music, which is obviously the Neptunes, but the lyrics made me think of Prince)

Waterfalls by TLC (I still speculate a lot about this one, like Prince slipped it to them on the sly...)

Chicken Grease by D'Angelo (or 50% of all songs by D'Angelo for that matter)

Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love

99 Red Balloons

The rhythm track to "Stupid Girl" by Garbage always reminds me of "Cream"

"Oh Sheila"-Ready for the World
"It Aint Over Til' It's Over"
-Lenny Kravitz
"Like A Feather"-Nikka Costa

herbthe4 said:

More like Curtis Mayfield.

"I Swear"- Cherokee. Everything from the vocals, to the guitar solo sounds like Prince. She even does the splits in the video.

"Gone"- NSYNC. Damn, this sounds like a ripoff of HCUDCMA.

"U Got it Bad"- Usher. The guitar solo is Princely, he even uses a Prince line.

"Everybody Got Their Something"- Nikka Costa. The bassline sounds like a Prince bassline. It's got that whole handclapsanfingersnaps thing goin' on.

"Everybody Got Their Something"- Nikka Costa. The bassline sounds like a Prince bassline. It's got that whole handclapsanfingersnaps thing goin' on.[/quote]

I always thought the bassline sounded like "If You Want ME to Stay"-Sly Stone

I bought "What Is A Soul" by Father, Father back in 1990 purely down to the resemblance. It's got that whole vibe going on and is a pretty cool track. If you ever see it, get it - I'm sure you won't be disappointed.