I received gold experience album through the post this morning. ( that must be the most hardest album to get hold of took me ages to find it!) this song is my most fave of princes many many songs i just find it so magicle . i hadnt heard it for many years so when i received it ive just been putting it on repeat. just brings me so much joy and brings tears to my eyes

yeah i love that song!

We are steadily approaching the 13th anniversary of Prince's last Top 10 hit, TMBGITW. Great song that proved, maybe for the only time, that Prince could hit it big without big label promotion. Great marketing campaign initially for the song, with the whole video contest and debuting it at "Miss America" when people still watched the "Miss America". The video kinda sucked though and Prince looked about as rough as he ever has.

The residual downside is that, from virtually every album forth, Prince released as slow jam as first single, often foregoing something upbeat that could have been a bigger hit.

I love the bridge of this song.

Aww I love you too!

"Staxowax"(my personal fave of the mixes) popped on in Shuffle right when I got to this thread...

FruitToAttractBears said:

FruitToAttractBears said:

touche`

I love that song !

Great song!

The single version is amazing. The way the vocals are mixed and Prince's falsetti= amazing sound!

the bit where he singe "so beautiful,beautiful" in that low voice marked the first time where i started taking prince seriously

It was the song that got me in2 Prince. I remember hearing it on the radio in 5th grade...those were the days.

If only the single version was on the Gold Expirience!

GottaLetitgo said:

It had it's own unique charm. Plus it stood out from all of the other videos they were showing at the same time, there was something essentially "classic" about it.

Nobody understood his looks though.

actionthisday said:

The original is the best, but I will disagree with you bro. Those were the start of his shlock rock ballads period.

The multiple remixes and variations (remember 2Morrow from Crystal Ball?) were so lame that P should never be allowed to use a chord or verse from the song again (live or recorded).

Definately do get hold of the single version as its a lot better and different to the version on TGE IMO.

My fave version is on the Beautiful exp maxi single/EP as its just a little longer than the single version but still gets faded out way too early just as hes really hitting those high notes - is there a 12" verion out there??

Its still one of my fave P videos as i remember that period really well and was at college and saw him live that year, the part where the grandma/elderly lady gets up on the podium really hits me - anyone know if shes related to P?

Raajput said:

She was a teacher (I believe) that was recognized in some fashion for impacting kids at her school, so P had her in the video as an exapmle of beauty.

My favourite is the album version but I also love the single version and mustang mix!!!

This song is so uplifting to me!

The Beautiful experience EP was actually realesed years before the Gold experience CD. There were three seperate singles released from the EP. The first being "The most beautiful girl in the world", the EP version is slightly longer than the edited single version. The UK 12" single includes "Beautiful (extended club mix)" and "Beautiful beats" not on the EP. The second single was "Staxowax" and the third was "Mustang mix" both were the same as the EP versions. The US 12" promo and the US CD promo included a version called "Brian's mix". "Brian's mix" was a beautiful instrumental version played on the sax. The last version released was on the Gold experience CD. It's similar but different than the EP version.

I love this song too! It was my favorite back in 5th grade when it first came out and before I was really into Prince

My mom had bought the cassette single and she would play it constantly in the car

GottaLetitgo said:

In my 5th grade class back in 95, I said that I had a crush on Prince and this girl that I once called my friend said "Prince?!...He looks like half a girl and half a rat man! Did you see his video? He's ugly!!"



After that I proceeded to kick her ass on the playgroud

I told my kids (8 & 5) that this is the song Prince wrote about ME. My 5 year old totally believes--every time it plays, she says, "MAMA! This is your song!" My 8 year (boy) just smiles at me, enjoying that he's "in on the joke." Sometimes he tells me, "Mama, you really ARE the most beautiful girl in the world." I've trained that boy right!

djdaffy1227 said:

thanks for the info and thanks also to computerblue 1984.

Ive also got the sax instrumental as a b side on the "Get Wild" cd single by the NPG. Its nice w/Eric leads. anyone heard that?

thekidsgirl said:

thekidsgirl said:

Sounds like she had it coming

Love/hate relationship with this song myself. As prince compositions go, it's so basic it's almost painful. Kinda cheese he could write in his sleep.

but on the right day, it's annoyingly catchy.