If Prince was goin to release another greatest hits collection and u got 2 pick the 39 songs that would fetaure on the 3 disc set what would they be? (plz note that this also includes b-sides and material from any album including the more recent ones ok)well heres my choices in no paticular
order....

1.Lets Go Crazy,2.TMBGW,3.Call My Name,4.The Holy River,5.Little Red Corvette,6.Now,7.Sometimes It Snows In April,8.1999,9.When You Were Mine,10.17 Days,11.Adore12.Cream,13.I Would Die 4 U,14.Kiss,15.Partyman,16.Sign Of The Times,17.7,18.The Love We Make,19.Raspberry Beret,20.When Doves Cry,21.How Come You Dont Call Me Anymore,22.I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man,23.Controversey,24.Dirty Mind,25.Purple Rain,26.Thunder,27.Dolphin,29.A Million Days,30.The Ladder,31.The Beautiful Ones,32,Starfish and Coffee,33.Nothing Compares 2 U,34.Damn u,35.Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?36.Endorphinemachine,37.Somewhere Here On Earth,38.Willing and Able,39.My Name is Prince

The "Hits" according to what charted, vs. "The Hits" in the heart of a Prince fan could make a lot of substitutions from your list, only because "The Hits" that exist include most of the songs you have mentioned. If the cd was somewhat duplicated, you have made good choices out of the thousand songs that Prince has, although I would disagree with "Endorphinmachine" being on there....

I would probably keep a handful of known songs, such as, "Do Me Baby" "Adore" "Little Red Corvette" "Purple Rain" and "I wanna be your Lover"
And fill the rest of the cd...with songs that we as fans love...such as, "Starfish and Coffee" "Just as long as were together" "Musicology" Black Sweat" and "Somewhere Here on Earth."
You have listed, "Partyman" "I could never take the place of your man" "Call my name" "A million days" "7" "Damn U" "A Million Days" and "The most beautiful girl in the world." To which I agree should be there...

In addition....I would choose...."Dark" "Reflection" "International Lover" "Mountains" "Same December" "Emale" "She loves me for me" "One kiss at a time" "Spirit" "Love 2 the 9's" "It's about that walk" "Paisley Park" "The morning papers" "The Greatest Romance that's ever been sold" "Sweet baby" "Strollin" "Live 4 Love" "Satisfied" "Trust" "Planet Earth" "Future Baby Mama" "The Ride" and "The Rainbow Children" Whew!

Tame said:

Thanks 4 ur reply mate i just thought it would be intresting in what fellow fans(like urself)thought should be featured cuz im sure we will all hav differin thoughts and views,once again thanks very much

Well,I guess every P-fan has made at least one persoal
Hits/fav songs cd...I know I made a few through the years.

2 be sure I don't forget some songs I'll start from
the early years untill now,and then replace them with some newer songs.
Not that this is the best way 2 listen 2 them!

1.Controversy
2.Gold
3.1999
4.Love
5.When doves cry
6.I would die 4 U
7.Take me with U
8.Purple Rain
9.17 days
10.Erotic City
11.How come U don't call me anymore?
12.Raspberry beret
13.Pop life
14.She's always in my hair
15.Hello
16.Pink Cashmere
17.America
18.Condition of the heart
19.Kiss
20.Mountains
21.Girls & Boys
22.She gave her angels
23.Sometimes it snows...
24.Anotherloverholenyohead
25.Sign O'Times
26.I could never take the place...
27.Housequake
28.La,la,la,he,he,hee
29.Lovesexy
30.Alphabet St.
31.Glam Slam
32.Dolphin
33.I wish U heaven
34.Batdance
35.Partyman
36.319

I think this man deserves a 4 disc-set

37.Electric Chair
38.The Future
39.Thieves in the temple
40.Joy in repetition
41.Question of U
42.New Power Generation
43.Get Off
44.Cream
45.Money don't matter
46.My name is Prince
47.Sexy mf
48.Damn U
49.A million days

Paisley4u said:

indeed he does deserve a 4 disc set but i thought even askin 4 39 songs was pushin my luck a bit lol,but thanks 4 takin the time with ur reply and addin another 10 songs - Peace

Yeah why not, but how about a post 93 onwards collection. All of the commercially available hits collections of prince (3 albums) stop at 92 or 93. We would buy them again if the had gems like The Most Beautiful Girl and Black sweat. Also its too soon. Ultimate Prince was only 16 months ago

In the liner notes for 'The Hits/The B-Sides' collection in '93, Alan Leeds wrote "...our wildest imaginations couldn't conjure up what a collection like this might contain in another 15 years.' Hard as it is for me to believe, that 15 years has passed, and Alan was right...none of us could have imagined where his career was going to go. Obviously Prince hasn't had as many hits in the last 15 years, but there's still an interesting body of work to be examined. I'm going to expand your request for 39 songs to 56 optimus, the number of tracks on the original 'Hits/B-Sides.' So, including everything that was a "hit" since '93, here is what that collection might look like 15 years later. I've loosely divided it into 'clean disc'/'dirty disc'/'b-sides disc,' like the original 'Hits/B-Sides' was. While there aren't as many b-sides as there were in '93, there have been lots of rare digital releases and compilation songs, so I've included those. I imagine it would go something like this:

DISC ONE:
1.Musicology
2.The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
3.The Holy River
4.Call My Name
5.Fury
6.Dolphin
7.The One
8.Te Amo Corazon
9.Guitar
10.Betcha By Golly, Wow!
11.Beautiful, Loved, & Blessed
12.Future Baby Mama
13.She Loves Me For Me
14.Cinnamon Girl
15.The Work, Pt. 1
16.One Night Alone
17.One Of Us
18.Gold

DISC TWO:
1.P Control
2.Black Sweat
3.Eye Hate U
4.The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
5.Love Sign
6.Letitgo
7.1+1+1=3
8.U Make My Sun Shine
9.Hot Wit U
10.Come On
11.I Like It There
12.Face Down
13.Lolita
14.A Million Days
15.Dark
16.319
17.Chelsea Rogers
18.Get On The Boat

DISC THREEE:
1.High
2.The United States Of Division
3.2045: Radical Man
4.Cybersingle
5.Space (Universal Love Remix)
6.Magnificent
7.Purple House
8.All Along The Watchtower/The Best Of U (previously unreleased)
9.A Case Of U
10.S.S.T.
11.Brand New Orleans
12.Silver Tongue
13.Underneath The Cream
14.The Song Of The Heart
15.The Daisy Chain
16.Glasscutter
17.Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful (complete, previously unreleased)
18.When Will We B Paid?
19.Beautiful Strange
20.F.U.N.K.

Not quite as amazing as the '78-'93 output, but a pretty interesting body of work and a good overview of Prince from '93-'08. I left out tracks from N.E.W.S., because they just didn't seem to fit with these songs and they're incredibly long. Anyway, just an idea of what 'The Hits/The B-Sides, vol. II' might look like!

exactly what i requested. if that ever came on the market.

tane1976 said:

intresting but 2 be honest do u think an album thats 93 onwards would sell that well(not that im sayin it wouldnt) but i think music companies think of not just the hardcore fans or enthusiasts,they will b thinkin of ppl who may not hav really bothered listen 2 prince but know a handfull of his classic songs(infamous 1s like purple rain,lets go crazy,1999,little red corvette etc blah blah) and when they would pick the 93 onwards collection as u stated and saw that they r missing,do u think they would bother buyin it? id like 2 think they would and 2 b honest i think they would know only a few songs on there(TMBGW would b best know tho in england anyway) but these companies hav a need 2 make money so i really dought they would not include the older songs(unfortunatley),thats my opinion anyway

tane1976 said:

i would like a post 93 hits collection instead so if i had 2 choose 39 tracks

in no particular order

1. come 2. space 3. race 4. letitgo 5. p control 6. endorphinemachine 7. shhh 8. tmbgitw 9. billy jack bitch 10. gold 11. dinner with delores 12. zannalee 13. i like it there 14. in this bed i scream 15. soul sactuary 16. joint 2 joint 17. the holy river 18. face down 19. style 20. the love we make 21. emancipation 22. don't play me 23. the truth 24. welcome 2 the dawn 25. fascination 26. hide the bone 27. calhoun square 28. 18 and over 29. what's my name 30. hot wit u 31. i love u but i don't trust u anymore 32. the greatest romance ever sold 33. u make my sunshine 34. vavoom 35. sex me sex me not 36. musicology 37. 3121 38. the word 39 get on the boat

renfield said:

i like ur list

optimus said:

i'll say this ..fuck sales ..cause who do u really think would buy a collection of his songs now adays except hardcore and fanatics? the casual fan can kiss my ass when i'm laying face down

L4OATheOriginal said:

good point, im ashamed optimus takes a bow

I would hope there would not be another hits collection.

I sometimes wish that the 1993 collection never happened, it seemed to throw his career off a little. I have always thought the Come/Gold material came out a year too late.

Anyway. I know its fun to speculate hits albums. But I just do not think a hits collections would do the music any justice.

Maybe Prince wants a short hits cd similar to U2's U218 CD.

Musicology
Call My Name
Cinnamon Girl
Reflection

3121
Black Sweat
Beautiful, Loved, and Blessed
Fury

Guitar
Somewhere Here on Earth
Future Baby Mama
The One U Want 2 C
Resolution

Then maybe a new song. SST and Song of the Heart.

That would be one disc based on the last 4 years.

Prince is probably beyond hit albums by now.

Maybe a remastered collection of all the full-length B-sides/Singles would be appealing to me.

I would rather just have to the new music, it keeps getting better.