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25 Prince 1999 Jan 1983
4 Prince When Doves Cry Jun 1984
8 Prince & The Revolution Purple Rain Sep 1984
2 Prince 1999 / Little Red Corvette (re-issue) Jan 1985
7 Prince & The Revolution Let's Go Crazy / Take Me With You Feb 1985
18 Prince & The Revolution Paisley Park May 1985
25 Prince & The Revolution Raspberry Beret Jul 1985
6 Prince & The Revolution Kiss Mar 1986 11 Prince & The Revolution Girls And Boys Aug 1986
36 Prince & The Revolution Anotherloverholenyohead Nov 1986
10 Prince Sign O' The Times Mar 1987
20 Prince If I Was Your Girlfriend Jun 1987
11 Prince U Got The Look Aug 1987
29 Prince I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man Nov 1987
9 Prince Alphabet Street May 1988
29 Prince Glam Slam Jul 1988
24 Prince I Wish U Heaven Nov 1988
2 Prince Batdance Jun 1989
14 Prince Partyman Sep 1989
27 Prince with Sheena Easton The Arms Of Orion Nov 1989
7 Prince Thieves In The Temple Aug 1990
26 Prince New Power Generation Nov 1990
4 Prince & The New Power Generation Gett Off Aug 1991
15 Prince & The New Power Generation Cream Sep 1991
25 Prince & The New Power Generation Diamonds And Pearls Dec 1991
19 Prince & The New Power Generation Money Don't Matter 2 Night Mar 1992
28 Prince & The New Power Generation Thunder Jun 1992
4 Prince & The New Power Generation Sexy MF / Strollin' Jul 1992
7 Prince & The New Power Generation My Name Is Prince Oct 1992
27 Prince & The New Power Generation 7 Dec 1992
14 Prince Peach Oct 1993
5 Prince Controversy Dec 1993
30 Prince Letitgo Sep 1994
33 Prince Purple Medley Mar 1995
10 Prince 1999 (re-issue) Jan 1999
40 Prince 1999 (re-issue) (re-entry) Jan 2000
1 Artist Formerly Known As Prince The Most Beautiful Girl In The World Apr 1994
18 Artist Formerly Known As Prince The Beautiful Experience Jun 1994
20 Artist Formerly Known As Prince Eye Hate U Sep 1995
10 Artist Formerly Known As Prince Gold Dec 1995
36 Artist Formerly Known As Prince Dinner With Delores Aug 1996
11 Artist Formerly Known As Prince Betcha By Golly Wow Dec 1996
19 Artist Formerly Known As Prince The Holy River Mar 1997

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Ice9sFine said:

They are UK (or england)

Ha, i had no idea "sexy mf" did so well in UK? It was too much for the US

its strange, in england the songs you would have thought would have done well, like diamonds and pearls and rasberry beret (to name but two)only got top 30, whereas songs like my name is prince and gold got high in the charts!

Interesting to see it re-arranged with Prince's UK hits in order of chart position:

1 The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 1994
2 1999 / Little Red Corvette (re-issue) 1985
2 Batdance 1989
4 When Doves Cry 1984
4 Gett Off 1991
4 Sexy MF 1992
5 Controversy 1993
6 Kiss 1986
7 Let's Go Crazy / Take Me With You 1985
7 Thieves In The Temple 1990
7 My Name Is Prince 1992
8 Purple Rain 1984
9 Alphabet Street 1988
10 Sign O' The Times 1987
10 1999 (re-issue) 1999
10 Gold 1995
11 Girls And Boys 1986
11 U Got The Look 1987
11 Betcha By Golly Wow 1996
14 Peach 1993
14 Partyman Sep 1989
15 Cream 1991
18 Paisley Park 1985
18 The Beautiful Experience 1994
19 Money Don't Matter 2 Night 1992
19 The Holy River 1997
20 If I Was Your Girlfriend 1987
20 Eye Hate U 1995
24 I Wish U Heaven 1988
25 1999 1983
25 Raspberry Beret 1985
25 Diamonds And Pearls 1991
26 New Power Generation 1990
27 The Arms Of Orion 1989
27 7 1992
28 Thunder 1992
29 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 1987
29 Glam Slam 1988
30 Letitgo 1994
33 Purple Medley 1995
36 Anotherloverholenyohead 1986
36 Dinner With Delores 1996
40 1999 (re-issue) (re-entry) 2000

holy river should have been no.1. i only started listening to that on friday 12th, it blew me away, the fuitar solo is so good, i love the way the song builds up, ive had emancipation since 1998 or 99 but never listened to the 2nd disc

cinnamon girl #43 2004 in uk

RumAndRaisin said:

It's okay, but I wouldn't say it was worthy of number 1. There are a few singles that you would have expected to do better - but without knowing the competition at the time and level of promotion, it can give a bit of a false image. Batdance was prevented from reaching number 1 by something I think.

As far as The Holy River, Prince said Warner's wouldn't let him release this sort of single, about god or too religious sounding, so it was his way of showing his freedom. He performed this one on Top of the Pops, ever see that? Great guitar solo.

It's a pretty good chart history really compared to a lot of artists - but for a complete picture, we need to add singles that failed to chart. In the UK if it doesn't get in the top 40 it is said to have failed to chart, so Cinnamon Girl would fall in that category. What about The Greatest Romance? Any others?
[Edited 8/16/05 15:43pm]

well, there is a top 75 i discoverd a few weeks ago, so musicolygy and cinamon girl would of been in that, they wernt in da top 40 cos they no publicity over here, musicolygy (the album) got to no.3 cos there was an advert for it, as for the single musicolygy, the video was totp but nothin else, cinamon girl, nothing at all

RumAndRaisin said:

"The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" is Prince's best known tune in Europe. Not "Purple Rain" or "Kiss". Certainly not "Kiss".

i live in england i think i no, all the songs in da top 30 are known, stuf like i hate u or gold isnt, but purple rain and kiss are

"Best known".

yes "best known", evryone nos kiss and wen doves cry and purple rain

Yes i am from England, those chart positions are correct.

hes been very succsesfull in england,

did you see holy river on totp

I'm surprised Diamonds and Pearls didn't do too well. That's the main tune most non-fans remember from that album(in the states), not Cream.

doctamario said:

Oddly I see that video on all the time. Plus my mates know it and Iam like "how the fuck do u know that song"? They see it alot on vh1 classics too (over in UK)

in the uk prince wrote atleast 3 #1 songs that i know of maybe more

#1 sinead o conners nothing compares to u 1990 also #1 in 21 countries was the biggest song of the year for 1990 in the us

#1 tom jones version of kiss with the art of noise

#1 chaka khan i feel for u 1984

#2 manic monday bangles 1986 also #2 in us but kiss held it from reaching #1 in us

There might be other #1s i really got these over time and not thru any list
[Edited 8/18/05 1:51am]
[Edited 8/18/05 1:57am]

RumAndRaisin said:

Hardly everyone. Prince's two best-known songs are "Purple Rain" and "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" in Europe. I have never heard "When Doves Cry" played on radio, ever. "Nothing Compares 2 U" is well-known, as are some of the hits from "Diamonds & Pearls" (namely "Diamonds & Pearls" and "Cream"). Everyone of my age group remembers "Sexy MF", but that's just because of the profanity value. Some folks still recognize "Batdance". "Kiss" is quite known, but very few non-Prince fans know "Let's Go Crazy", "U Got The Look" or "Little Red Corvette".
[Edited 8/18/05 2:46am]

asg said:

Good point.

There was a documentary about Britney Spears beginnings on the other night - the first song she sung on the Mickey Mouse Club was, to quote the program, 'A cover of Chaka Khan's 'I Feel 4 U''.

Grrrrr....

RumAndRaisin said:

xpsiter said:

Controversy was released in the UK as a single off of The Hits/The B-sides. It was a special collector's edition with 2 CDs. The tracklisting:

CD 1
1. Controversy [3.35]
2. The Future (Remix) [6.25]
3. Glam Slam [5.04]
4. D.M.S.R. [8.15]

CD 2
1. Controversy [3.35]
2. Anotherloverholenyohead [3.58]
3. Paisley Park [4.40]
4. New Power Generation (Part II) [2.57]

batdance was prevented form getting to No.1 by the london store not expecting such sales and totally running out of stock

metalorange said:

tom jones + art of Noise - only went top 10 - not No.1

asg said:

Yes it only reached #5 for tom jones
but i am sure about the rest of the hits

mattosgood said:

floralelephants said:

Okay then that makes sense,...sort of. Thx, floralelephants.