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Thread started 09/25/05 11:51am

AlphabetST1977

Prince tunes that should have been number 1

Not really so much ur favourites BUT obvious classics that in hindsight should have got 2 the top spot


For the record Prince's US & UK 1's are

US

When doves Cry
Lets go crazy
Kiss
Batdance
Cream


UK

The most beautiful girl in the world


In the UK i wanna know how

1999(2)
when doves cry(4)
Purple Rain(8)
kiss(6)
Sign of the times(10)

didnt get 2 number 1 in the Uk


& how

Purple Rain & Sign of the times & Raspberry beret didnt get 2 number 1 in the US
confused
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Reply #1 posted 09/25/05 12:05pm

GoldenGlove

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AlphabetST1977 said:


In the UK i wanna know how

1999(2)
when doves cry(4)
Purple Rain(8)
kiss(6)
Sign of the times(10)

didnt get 2 number 1 in the Uk


& how

Purple Rain & Sign of the times & Raspberry beret didnt get 2 number 1 in the US
confused


They didn't sell enough copies... boxed
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Reply #2 posted 09/25/05 12:26pm

AlphabetST1977

AlphabetST1977 said:

Not really so much ur favourites BUT obvious classics that in hindsight should have got 2 the top spot


For the record Prince's US & UK 1's are

US

When doves Cry
Lets go crazy
Kiss
Batdance
Cream


UK

The most beautiful girl in the world


In the UK i wanna know how

1999(2)
when doves cry(4)
Purple Rain(8)
kiss(6)
Sign of the times(10)

didnt get 2 number 1 in the Uk


& how

Purple Rain & Sign of the times & Raspberry beret didnt get 2 number 1 in the US
confused

lol U know what i meant
Live4Love

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Reply #3 posted 09/25/05 3:00pm

GoldTimer

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When Doves Cry is the biggest miss in the UK. It was all over the radio but somehow missed out on the top spot.
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Reply #4 posted 09/25/05 3:04pm

purplecam

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All the songs that hit #2 should have hit #1. U Got The Look hit #2 too. Even Diamonds and Pearls and The Most Beautiful Girl in The World, both of them hit #3, should have gone to #1. I'll never understand how Purple Rain never hit #1 yet it's his most popular song. Boggles my mind I tell you.
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I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that
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Reply #5 posted 09/25/05 3:09pm

Snap

when you were mine
eye hate u

btw, purple rain was #2
and not on the radio as much as his #1s
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Reply #6 posted 09/25/05 3:24pm

thekidsgirl

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Lil Red Corvette
Rasberry Beret
Alphabet St.
Gett Off
Most Beautiful Girl..
If you will, so will I
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Reply #7 posted 09/25/05 3:38pm

AlphabetST1977

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when you were mine
eye hate u

btw, purple rain was #2
and not on the radio as much as his #1s

I'm in London & Purple Rain was number 8 here in the uk ..... i assume u r in the states ? wink
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Reply #8 posted 09/25/05 7:21pm

murph

purplecam said:

All the songs that hit #2 should have hit #1. U Got The Look hit #2 too. Even Diamonds and Pearls and The Most Beautiful Girl in The World, both of them hit #3, should have gone to #1. I'll never understand how Purple Rain never hit #1 yet it's his most popular song. Boggles my mind I tell you.
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In all honesty, the Brits have never been that much into Prince...The music critics love the man; the everyday public thinks he's Michael Jackson...
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Reply #9 posted 09/25/05 7:26pm

purplecam

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murph said:

purplecam said:

All the songs that hit #2 should have hit #1. U Got The Look hit #2 too. Even Diamonds and Pearls and The Most Beautiful Girl in The World, both of them hit #3, should have gone to #1. I'll never understand how Purple Rain never hit #1 yet it's his most popular song. Boggles my mind I tell you.
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In all honesty, the Brits have never been that much into Prince...The music critics love the man; the everyday public thinks he's Michael Jackson...

That's disgraceful right there.
I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that
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Reply #10 posted 09/25/05 7:51pm

kygermo

"Alphabet Street" should have absolutely been a number one hit in the US.
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Reply #11 posted 09/26/05 9:16am

sitruk7

purplecam said:

All the songs that hit #2 should have hit #1. U Got The Look hit #2 too. Even Diamonds and Pearls and The Most Beautiful Girl in The World, both of them hit #3, should have gone to #1. I'll never understand how Purple Rain never hit #1 yet it's his most popular song. Boggles my mind I tell you.
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[Edited 9/25/05 15:06pm]

Agreed with those and Raspberry Beret. I believe that "only" reached number 2 or 3 on the US pop charts.

There is no doubt that Adore would have gone to number one on the R&B charts!
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Reply #12 posted 09/26/05 9:18am

Snap

kygermo said:

"Alphabet Street" should have absolutely been a number one hit in the US.


I called a Top 40 radio station when "Alphabet Street" was a single and I kept asking them to play it, and they never would -- so one time I asked them why they won't play the song and they said, "Prince isn't very popular anymore," and I told them, "But it's a Top 10 single, idiots!!" Yeah, it shoulda been #1 but for some reason radio wasn't very friendly to him at the time.

btw, "nothing compares 2 u (sinead's version)" was another #1 hit for Prince, and "Manic Monday (Bangles' version)" was a #2 hit for Prince. I'm not sure about Chaka's version of "I Feel For You" -- but it was a huge hit and won a Grammy for Prince as songwriter.
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