metalorange said:

you're right.

SoulAlive said:

I don't deny that there's some truth to the idea that in hindsight he could have made some better choices regarding singles. I just think that in hindsight, everyone is the next Clive Davis and noone admits to being the record executives who thought WDC was a bad idea for a single.

In theory we could all make better choices than he did. In reality that's questionable, imho.

And the Lovesexy title track wasn't radio friendly at all, imho. It's fun, but it's also long, meandering, and average as Prince dance songs go. At that point R&B radio wasn't too far gone to pick up on a non-single Prince track and play it anyway and they had zero interest in Lovesexy.

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I also wonder if he decides on the final radio edit.The radio edit of Beautiful Loved and Blessed was terrible but i love the album version
theres been a few like that i find.

I think 3121 would have done much better if "Fury" was the lead single, followed by "Black Sweat" and "Incense and Candles" (I think "Incense and Candles" was the most pop-sounding song on the album)

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

William Orbit/Mark Moore (from S' Express) remixes.

The Shiiit!

And still brilliant BTW.

My only complaints for lead singles have been Betcha By Golly Wow and Te Amo Corazon.

I thought The Greatest Romance was a good choice for Rave, but if the previous album had lead off with a rocker, this would've been a change. But it was just more of the same.

The next CD should most definitely lead off with a hard rocker.

ElCapitan said:

but at least this is a better discussion then the usual fare in this forum...

i agree with the complaints about all the slow song leads since Beautiful Girl...

however, i never really noticed a "bad lead"/single trend until Emancipation and Betchy By Golly Wow..

damn was that horrible...


and i will go to my grave swearing that Sleep Around would have put Prince back on top if it were released...that song is screaming "hit"...

and screw what mental games prince is playing with his choices of singles...releasing singles is commerce/marketing...if it wasnt he could have just released the albums and allowed those who have an interest to enjoy.
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sosgemini said:

Top tune.

Instead of the greatest romance as the first single, it should have been so far so pleased


Slow song that should of been released off of musicology is reflection and not call my name.

kpowers said:

didnt Call My Name win him a Grammy?

Helps to have a good album first.

Why wasn't Lolita a single? Makes no sense.

2freaky4church1 said:

I love that song

It seems that most of you are completely missing what set this guy name Prince so far apart from all others that came before.....

The fact that he would release the singles that he wanted to in spite of its commercial validity is exactly what makes him so very valuable. The music industry as whole seeks out people with unique talent and the puts them into a machine that robs them of developing themselves and the minds/souls of those who hear them. With each weird single Prince released he was impacting those few fortunate individuals who were enlightened by the untraditional and non conformity of the use of his gifts. He might not have made it to the top of a chart but the people and musicians/artist that were inspired to stretch by those quirky songs have since made remarkable contributions to music as a whole. In about 50 more years we who are alive at the time will find out who those people are.



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1234rave said:

urban myth.

Prince's fails at picking a lot of things, as far as I'm concerned but hey he's human, nobody's perfect. We still love him.

while I think that different singles could have done better, I doubt ANY of them would have purported his career in any way. People were thrown off by his wierdness.

I do think that things MAY have been slightly different if certain albums had come out instead of the ones that did. But I still think he'd be where he is today regardless. The only thing that would have put him in a different place is if he had not had his differences with the WB and made such a public stink about them.

muirdo said:

But did Call my name exploded on the music charts??? Not really. Hey if reflection would of been release it would have gotten the grammy

kpowers said:

I disagree. I didn't really like "Reflection" and I thought "Call My Name" was fantastic...gorgeous vocals.

I love the org.....so many opinions, way cool.





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shockadelicaa said:

agree to disagree

Se7en said:

Yup. All three of these were his worst single choices EVER.

kpowers said:

Call My Name was definitely a big R&B hit, stuck around on the charts for a very long time.

That is prince's biggest flaw

metalorange said:

- take it from someone who was around, buying the records (saw the fabled 10'' white dics of Mountains and passed it by for the 12'' and regreted it ever since) that the order of single releases in the Uk from Parade were: Kiss (6), Mountains, Girls & Boys (11), Anotherloverholeinyourhead - so sorry you are not quite right.

Mountains flopped and thus only charted at the lower reachs of the chart i.e not top 40 but if you doubt my word it is detailed Guinness book that tracks UK hit singles and release dates
cheers
Matt

i loved 3121 the song, but he didn't release it. i think he chooses songs that he can make a hella funky video along to.
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ElCapitan said:

I think "Lovesexy" (the song) is the most obvious "hit" on the album.Most of the other songs on the album are not commercial or radio-friendly at all."Lovesexy" is fast and funky with an incredible bassline.I see no reason why it couldn't have been a big hit in the summer of 1988.Of course,they would have had to release a single edit.The dirty talk with Cat would have been edited out,as it's unlikely that a radio station would play a song with lines like "You got me drippin all over the floor",lol.

btw,did you know that Prince was actually planning to release this song as a single? Remixes were made,too.But he changed his mind at the last minute
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Cloudbuster said:

I agree,"Sleep Around" should have been the first single from 'Emancipation'.Instead he chooses a Stylistics remake??

mattosgood said:

Imo,these should have been the three singles from Parade:

"Kiss"
"Girls and Boys"
"Anotherloverholenyohead"

I didn't see the point in releasing "Mountains".I like it,but it doesn't sound like a "single" to me.

mattosgood said:

Yep, no, fair enough, I got it wrong. Since it didn't get into the Top 40 I'd never seen it mentioned as a single in single lists. I do find it bizarre that it couldn't reach the top 40, you would have thought it would have been carried along by the success of Kiss at the very least - I mean it's a great song in it's own right, so what went wrong with the marketing? Probably the film came out and was regarded as so bad it derailed the album momentarily! I mean, Mountains maybe the only single that didn't chart for Prince from mid-80s upto the mid-90s, for the quality of the song that seems bizarre.

SOTT was a good choice,it was a hit but it should have been followed by U got the look and Strange Relationship(non P-fans liked the song whenever I played it 4 them).
The Future reached the top 10(nr 7,I think) in The Netherlands and was in the charts in Belgium,the remix got a lot of airplay.
Wasn't this one released in the US?

The Question of U should have been a single IMO,radiostations already played it but maybe an edit would have been better.