mmmmm....not quite. imho, as strong of a role the song played within purple rain, on its own it more than likely woulda fallen flat.

Best song on the album IMO.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

You really think that? I don't see why. The song Purple Rain (my fav of ALL TIME) kicked ass on the charts, so I see no reason why a haunting, epic sounding ballad like this wouldn't have (it happens to be my second fav of all time).
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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

It would have done better than Take Me With U but not number one. Prince was,of course, still huge but by that time since everybody had Purple Rain,people were a little burnt out. It didn't matter what the 4th single was,the public as well as Prince were ready for some new music.Still, it is a great song reguardless.

He could've released anything off the album and it would've probably done well.

PurpleKnight said:

i just have a hunch that it wouldnt've done well, is all.

Let's Go Crazy was a mistake to release as a single IMO, and easily the weakest song on the album. Take Me With U kicks ass.
I heard Mariah Carey and Dru Hill's rendition on Mariah Carey's Butterfly CD and nearly laughed. So yes, other artists reall respect this song.
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doctamario said:

Uhh, Let's Go Crazy is a #1 hit.

doctamario said:

but it was one fuck of an opening number. you gotta give it that.

that shit made me wanna hurt somebody.

PurpleKnight said:

It's still the weakest song on the album. I mean, didn't most of the fans back then roll their eyes at Let's Go Crazy because it was an obvious attempt to reach out to the pop community with something so uncreative? Even at his weakest, he's always been far beyond making stuff like that. So what if it's #1. Britney Spears is the most popular female entertainer these days, but she sucks ass.

doctamario said:

d00d...that made absolutely no sense. if it were uncreative, it wouldnt've been a #1 single.

Definitely, it's my pick for best song on Purple Rain, with sizeable competition from When Doves Cry and Computer Blue.

Easily one of my very favorite Prince tunes, it would've made a killer single... way, way more effective than Take Me With U.

As for Let's Go Crazy, it's a gleefully unabashed pop-rock tune.. just because it's blatantly commercial doesn't negate its lyrical and musical cleverness.
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I'm sorry, is someone actually disrespecting one of Prince's greatest songs of all time (Let's go Crazy). Yes, I am a bit tired of the song because it was a MONSTER of a hit, but c'mon-even the non-Prince fans know that song is fierce. And as far as it not being creative? The fuckin' thing starts off with a sermon--it's not like anything before it really.

Everyone is forgetting Darling Nikki.

RazzBeret said:

Strange that a song like that was too controversial for radio back then and in recent years became a hit for the Foo Fighter.

That is my favorite Prince song of all time!!!!!

Naw. Kinda like IIWYGF, it's an absolute classic song, but not a great radio single. The Beautiful One's almost too "haunting" for its own good as a single. Take me With U was an easy choice, catchy melody with broad based appeal. You hear it on the radio and its easy/breezy sing along to the chorus.

But TBO, you kinda gotta be in a certain mood to hear an introspective, haunting, heart-wrenching ballad. Overall Purple Rain seemed to do just fine without it being released as a single anyway, so it really doesn't matter at this point.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I LOVE Let's Go Crazy...esp the long version...it's the song that got me HOOKED on the guy's music. How can you argue that it shouldn't have been a single if it went to #1? I don't get that. I love Beautiful Ones too...not sure the general public was ready for it tho back in 84/85.

Universaluv said:

The difference is that The Beautiful Ones is easy to understand and relate to for the average guy, whereas IIWYGF sounded like some weird gay thing to the average guy.

IMO Purple Rain was a huge hit, and Beautiful Ones fits the mold nicely of an epic sounding ballad with a hot ending and a built-in video.

Plus, "She's Out Of My Life" was a hit for MJ, so it proves the public could accept a heart-wrenching ballad from a pop star.

I totally agree. That screaming at the end was pretty revolutionary, too, so it had an edge.

doctamario said:

crack is whack, dude...


I swear some of ya'll were born in 1990.

PurpleKnight,

Much like "Adore", which was also not a single, The Beautiful Ones is a cult classic, despite having never been a single, because the album itself was so successful. In other words? It didn't NEED to be a single.

SquarePeg said:

i still can't believe that he said that...but alas, he is but an org newbie.

SquarePeg said:

Yeah, but it'd be even more well-known had it been released as one. Would've sold yet even more copies of Purple Rain too, which never hurts.

PurpleKnight said:

Not necessarily. That song is very very well known. No matter where Prince plays today, when the band opens with those first few chords from "beautiful"..the crowd erupts, cuz they know what it is.