Just heard her say on tv that he wrote her a song for her second albumn.

If I Love U Tonight

KeithyT said:

Thanks.

he didn't write it for her, he wrote and recorded it in 1980 and met mica paris at the camdem aftershow in 88 and she recorded her own version. prince had also rerecorded it and that demo was leaked on some promo 12"s. mayte later rerecorded it on her album

unique said:

Mica Paris's version was on the rare 'Stand for love' EP. Prince's version of 'If I love U 2night' recorded in 1987/88 is, according to me, the best one. And it remains unreleased.

Sophianestesia said:

that's right, and on her second studio album contribution, released late 1990. i have an autographed copy. nelle hooper from soul 2 soul and wild bunch did remixes. there were 2 x 12"s and a cd single with different mixes, but of course prince had no involvement in her version, but his rerecorded vocal demo is on the rare stand for love promotional EP, which was supposedly a pressing error

mayte also released it as a single, and there is a couple of cd singles with remixes, plus a promo 12" with some officially unreleased remixes
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I see.

unique said:

If I Love You Tonight is actually from 1979. Intended for the Rebels project. Lead vocals by Gayle Chapman.

Her 1988 hit "My One Temptation" definitely caught Prince's ear -- beautiful song.

Rinluv said:

First version ever. Nice song. The Rebels was indeed a great project, good rock songs.
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Snap said:

See? I always thought the Prince/Mica connection was that song, My one Temptation. I had that cassette single and wore it out. Then years later I buy Prince's CD and hear God Created Woman... and it definitely sound like Mica's song.. especially the horn riff.

I absolutely love the video clip where Prince notices her in the audience and gets her to sing....oh if only if only ) '....well it was just my imagination....' ah running away with me...LOL cant even sing and he certainly wouldnt notice me but hey its good to dream...
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