Not the bird.

While the hit singles may have dried up in some markets (UK & US) our lil fella is still claiming high numbers on the Turkish singles chart.
Since 1996 the following have all made the top 40:

Dec 96

Betcha By Golly Wow #10 (15 weeks on chart)

Dec 99

So Far So Pleased #9 (11 woc)

Jan 00

The Greatest Romance Ever Sold #2 (14 woc)

May 04

Musicology #15 (13 woc)

Jul 04

Cinnamon Girl #4 (25 woc)

Jan 06

Te Amo Corazon #1 (21 woc and counting...)

Now, I dunno if this is sales or airplay only, but it's good, innit.

...does he go good with gravy?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Cloudbuster said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Cloudbuster said:

Blimey, that's some shocking taste.

Betcha by golly wow - a top 10 hit?!

So far, so pleased - a top 10 hit?!

Cinnamon Girl - a top 5 hit?!

Omadon said:

BBGW hit #11 in the UK, man.

Still, I don't think P has made great single choices in the last 10 years, so I guess you've gotta go with what you get given.
And good for him, afterall. At least he's still getting top 10s in some parts of the world.

Cloudbuster said:

you're shitting me - it made #11? Stupid fuckin' country!

good for him, true. And i agree about single choices. Shameful, mostly.

I just realised CG was in their top 40 for about 6 months!!!

Is Prince Turkish?

I heard his mom was.

Omadon said:

I thought he was Italian.

Cloudbuster said:

Nah, his mom is definitely Turkish.

His dad's Italian.

As far as I know, So Far So Pleased was never released as a single. So this must be an airplay chart and not a singles one. So all it means is that Prince gets played on the radio a lot by some DJs.
[Edited 6/6/06 8:05am]

metalorange said:

Dunno, I was as surprised as you when I saw it.
'Tis the reason why I'm wondering if it's an airplay chart.

Damn your edit!

Cloudbuster said:

No, that's good!

It helps us to learn that it takes less than 3 minutes to go from not knowing whether 'so far, so pleased' was released as a single anywhere in the world, to knowing 100% authoritatively that it wasn't.

That's important data.

okay, you can fuck off with that now.

Cloudbuster said:

well i tried to read your post, Cloudbuster, but when i saw the words 'Prince is a Turkey' my eyes just teared up.

i mean really. if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all.

When did he play Istanbul?

Cloudbuster said:

My dad drinks this stuff - its like petrol - he must be crazy -

origmnd said:

He didn´t. They said he did ( on GErman pay TV station Premiere, who were supposed to broadcast it) but he didn´t. The reasons why he didn´t are too complicated so I don´t want to talk about right now, it´s late here.


But it´s definitely a market that he´s neglected for too long...I´m not so sure if he could ever win his fanbase back, if he ever had one in Turkiye.

I have several articles about him from Turkish magazines.




Except for TGRES and Musicology I kinda like those songs mentioined above, including Cinnamon Girl and So Far, So Pleased, Te Amo Corazon and Betcha By Golly Wow ( I like the Stylistics, and I liked Prince´s version, though releasing a cover version wasn´t really the smartest thing to do).

If ever Prince does a concert in Turkey I hope he would play at the Ephesus amphitheatre the acoustics are amazing the amphitheatre is stunning I believe sting sang their once. If he ever does this then he should visit Pamukkale. Turkish people call Pamukkale the eight wonder of the world u stand their in awe well i did

Pamukkale

So is there any way to get definate confirmation on whether So Far So Pleased was actually released over there?

I know it was listed along with Man'O'War as a follow up to TGRES, but I thought neither were released anywhere in the end.

And XxAxX... stop being weird.

Cloudbuster said:

Omadon said:

There was a dearth of potential singles on that album. I actually think that was one of the more obvious choices... bad as it is.