Ok just busy at work checking out some old threads and came across this one.

I noticed that 1 of my favourite Prince penned tunes is not there so here is my favourite song prince has written for someone else...
Taja Seville 'Love is Contagious'
xx

zoerh said:

Oooh! Great song. I was just listening to the extended version of this last night.

I also like the song he did for Jill Jones "For Love". The 12" mix is killer!!

101

MUTINY

I didnt realise he wrote that song "love is contagious". U learn something new every day!!! I have to say I always liked Manic Monday....

IRISHFAN said:

He wrote that???, I love that tune, are we talking about the same song that R Kelly and the guy from the Isley brothers also sang??
Love is Contagious that is
[Edited 10/17/07 11:51am]

Love Thy Will B Done by Martika.

sexxydancer said:

The Dance Electric is right up there as well!
Open Book could have been a huge hit too in my opinion!

DifferentPsuedenum said:

Hey,I 4got The Dance Electric!

Love thy will be done.

royalbadness said:

AAArgh - I still cannot insert pictures!!!

Anyway here is a link....
http://www.myspace.com/tajasevelle

I'm pretty sure Prince DID NOT write Love Is Contagious. I think the only Prince penned song on her first album was Wouldn't You Love To Love Me. But I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

One of my favourites written for other artists has to be Manic Monday.
[Edited 10/18/07 5:37am]

Agree with Manic Monday, always a delight to hear on the radio

Ha - just checking on who wrote the song and came across this...
http://www.tajasevelle.com/

mmmmm -

g-spot

All Day, All night
Nasty Girl
777-9311


(though I'm not exactly sure of the extent of his writing credits)

thekidsgirl said:

Wasnt Nasty Girl out again there a few years ago?? A dancier version??

In no particular order:

The Family - screams of Passion:
A really brilliant arrangement (beat, psychedelic synthsounds, baroque strings) and some poetic lyrics overshine the fact that Paul and Susannah arent really great singers.

Jill Jones - Mia Bocca:
In terms of the arrangement, i think this is still the best thing Prince (with the help of Clare Fisher and Jill Jones of course) has ever put on record.
The combination of the dry, hard electrofunkbeat, the orchestra (moving from strings to woodwinds and topping it off with 'the copper') and Jills almost Nina Hagenesque' vocals works brilliantly.

Chaka Kahn - Sticky Wicked
An overlooked gem in my opinion. The arrangement echoes the sober productionstyle Prince used on many songs from Sign of the Times, while some surprising breaks and bridges point forward to the sound of the Lovesexy album. The almost 'abstract' trumpetplaying by Miles Davis is the icing on the cake.

"Eternity" - Sheena Easton / Chaka Khan

"Telepathy" - Deborah Allen

"Manic Monday" - The Bangles

"G-Spot" - Jill Jones

"Sugar Walls" - Sheena Easton

"Nasty Girl" - Vanity

"101" - Sheena Easton
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Sheila's "Love on a Blue Train" is so much fun. It fits in so well with the joyousness of the whole Lovesexy era.

zoerh said:

He didn't write that.

IRISHFAN said:

Yeah, some Eupo-dance artist whose name I can't think of

Manic Monday, always seems to come on at work at the right time. Fits almost all the time to my mood. Also Shhh. I am not sure about that one, got the impression it was written for or given to Tevin Campbell back in the day, great song.

thekidsgirl said:

Not really that euro pop - Inaya Day - who is amazing - saw her at Southport and she was great!!

"I Feel For You" - Chaka Kahn - that has to be one of the most funkiest song P has ever written

trc1 said:

He wrote it for himself, though. She just covered it.

Mia Bocca and Love, Thy Will Be Done are incredible.

movie star maybe?....anyone?

etifaim said:

good point....love bizzare

love...thy will be done
if love u 2nite
the sex of it
sugar walls
a love bizarre
mutiny



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[Edited 10/23/07 10:29am]