This list includes:

"The Holy River"
"Glam Slam"
"New Power Generation"
"The Morning Papers"

Y'all?

I Hate U
If I Was Your Girlfriend
The Greatest Romance That's Ever Been Sold

GottaLetitgo said:

I Hate U was a Top 20 hit on the both side of the Atlantic!

sro100 said:

disaggree on all

GottaLetitgo said:

I agree with greatest romance, so far so pleased should have been released instead

If I Was Your Girlfriend - if it had ti be released it should have been the last single on SOTT, Housequake should have been the 2nd single

Glam Slam - should have been Lovesexy

I Wish U Heaven - should have been When 2 R In Love

Betcha By Golly Wow - should have been Sleep Around as the 1st single

The Holy River - should have been Soul Sanctuary

The Greatest Romance...- shouldn't have been the 1st single, So Far So Pleased should have been the 1st.
[Edited 9/26/05 0:53am]

sro100 said:

ok u just picked 2 of my favorite Prince singles Glam Slam and Holy River

if u want to talk about a single that shouldn't have been released its If I Was Your Girlfriend..i like the song but it set back the Sign O The Times album back a couple months and it lost some chart momentum b4 U Got The Look Was Released

Cheek said:

Cheek

The Greatest Romance That's Ever Been Sold

"Glam Slam"---this is a good album track,but it is simply not 'hit single' material.The song is too dull for radio and it bombed big time.The logical choice for a second single is the vibrant title track.

"If I Was Your Girlfriend"---A very intriguing song,no doubt.But it was perhaps a little too weird for radio listeners who obviously didn't "get it".

"The Morning Papers"---another song that works better as an album track as opposed to a single.

"Betcha By Golly Wow"---he releases a 3-CD set with all those great new songs,and he chooses a cover song as the first single?! Truthfully,it's not even a good cover version.

"The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"---again,here is another song that was simply too boring for radio.Although 'Rave' isn't one of his best albums,there are several songs that would have made great singles.

DavidEye said:

I liked TGRS...and all the remixes. I think it should have been pushed on r&b radio. I know of non-prince fans that have the remixes of this song.

Cheek said:

Based on sales...airplay was weak and the song, after hitting number 12 plummeted off the chart in the US. Set a bad precident for follow-up singles. Gold would have been ideal first single.

My Name is Prince is another one...7 was the OBVIOUS first single.

Judging by how boring all the songs were by other artists in the year 1999, this song seemed to fit in well with them and be just as boring. Never in my wildest dreams in 1982 when the "1999" album came out, did I imagine that music as a whole from the actual year 1999 would be so boring, even from Prince. Hell, I envisioned songs with a futuristic vibe like "Planet Rock", "Pack Jam", "Cars", "Whip It", and "Automatic".
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Betcha By Golly Wow-Lovely song, lovely remake but with all those other cuts to choose from...?

Arms of Orion

ConsciousContact said:

That was good for it's time no?

Betcha by Golly Wow

I loved it, and so did R&B radio stations in my area, as I remember, but
there were more catchy, and just plain better singles he coulda released
like In this Bed I Scream, Sleep Around, Face Down, Someboby's Somebody etc...

sro100 said:

I agree with "Holy River" ..... Friend,lover,sister,mother,wife .... would have been awesome

thekidsgirl said:

Agree 100% with you. This was a horrid choice for a single, period, let alone for the lead single.

Raine said:

Raine

If I was your girlfriend
Glam Slam
Scandalous, The Arms of Orion
America
The One
Greatest Romance