i just had a look at this week's new billboard hot 100 singles chart which shows you numbers 20 thru 100 and no Black Sweat so either its in the top 20 now which i doubt or its gone altogether..not suprising since airplay (espcially clear channel) totally ignores any Prince song but i expected a drop but not a plummet! its a shame for such a good song

Mazerati said:

It's gone from the chart

It's really not that great of a song. It barely breaks a black sweat when played along side the other tracks on 3121 album IMO..

I don't get that how could a song that debuted so high just fall off?!?!?!?

Did you check the R&B charts? Maybe it's still on that chart.

It would be kind of funny if after all this chat about how coming in at #60 meant a guaranteed hit later:

http://www.prince.org/msg/7/179519

it in fact disappeared! Although disappointing at the same time. Where is GoldenGlove? I thought he was keeping a check on these things. It's like he/she has disappeared since the 3121 leak - perhaps it's like, see no evil, hear no evil...

he's probably had a brain hemmorage (sp) after listening to 3121 30 times in a row. quivering on the floor, desperately reaching with one hand towards his computer...must tell...everyone...what i think...*gasp*.

Black Sweat is not hit at all, as several peoplez on this site noted when it came out. I am surprised that so many thought it would be a success. It is simply a Pharell song with weaker arrangements and a weaker chorus (sad but true, and don't tell me that Pharell stole everything from Prince: I agree but this is not at odds with the view that Pharell comes up with much better songs than Prince these days -I mean in this R&B/funk style, of course he's not gonna drop a song like fury)

but im lost off-i may be 32 but was it ever actaully a SINGLE-coz ive gone into hmv/virgin etc and its not there-no ones heard of it etc

jonylawson said:

It was a digital single on iTunes. That's how it debuted so high and then fell completely off. It sold strongly the firs few days, which was enough to enter at number 60. After all the hardcore fans bought it it plunged in digital sales. And, therefore, it plunged off the Hot 100. It may re-enter at the bottom of the chart the week 3121 comes out (singles usually spike when the album is released), but its chart days are over. And, it seems, so are prince's.

Mazerati said:

Mazerati, I don't know if you're a regular chart watcher, if you only watch when Prince is involved, but you can see the top 20 here:
http://billboardradio.com...iojava.jsp

so kids dont buy cd singles anymore?

renfield said:

all of those songs are garbage! I guess if Prince wants a Top 10 hit these days,he would have to stoop to their level and release a bullshit track like "You're Beautiful" or "My Humps".

The sticky is still active: http://www.prince.org/msg/7/179565