We all know this will never happen , but if it did here is my track listing starting where 1 & 2 left off in 1993 :

The Hits vol. 3

1. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
2. Letitgo
3. Get Wild
4. Space
5. Loose
6. Lovesign
7. I Hate U
8. Shhh!
9. P Control
10.319
11.Days of Wild
12.I Like it There
13.Same December
14.Betcha by Golly Wow
15.Somebody's Somebody
16.Holy River
17.The Truth


The Hits vol. 4

1. The One
2. Come On
3. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
4. Hot with U
5. The Work pt.1
6. Musicology
7. Call my Name
8. Cinnamon Girl
9. Song of the Heart
10.Black Sweat
11.Fury (SNL version)
12.The Dance
13.Guitar
14.Future Baby Mama
15.The One U Wanna C
16.Dreamer
17.Dance 4 Me

Since Prince owns the masters to all of these songs he could release this on any label he wanted.This set would be good for those who remember these songs , but had no clue what album they came from. One day Prince will break down and give the fans every remastered cd/greatest hits compilation he can come up with , but that day is not now.

Prince doesn't want to earn money from his records.
Yet he want to be `number 1 at the bank` via other means. Expensive books, tickets, 21 nights, etc.

He doesn't market his music for full financial effect (except certain one-off exceptions) in a consistent manner. Since he left WB stuff has been somewhat different...

I like it!

They're not all hits.
Maybe not even singles.
So maybe wait a few years?

The Hits 3, should really be the best of , 1993-2000. PLENTY of hits and good stuff there, including some NPG stuff. The Hits 4 won't be due for another few years and even then it'd be a stretch to find songs for it. Although Hits 4 would probably be a bunch of NPGMC schlock.

wreckasto said:

i like this a lot. lots of people post threads like this but their versions
of the hits 3 and/or 4 are usually very inconsistent.

you've made a good selection there of most tracks that were either singles,
videos or otherwise had special attention focussed on them during the promo
of the album they came from.

the only possible changes you could make would be to include "dolphin" and
"dinner with delores" on disc one instead of "loose" and "same december"
since the first two were official releases (video and single resp) and the
latter two weren't. i'd also choose "gold" (a top 10 charting single) over
319 or P control.

on disc two, perhaps "the dance", "future baby mama" and "dreamer" could
be replaced with "te amo corazon" and "crimson and clover" and "chocolate
box" since they were all singled out as singles/videos.

however, i also agree with you that in some cases an obscure album track
would fit better than a mediocre single. "dreamer" would find much more
of a favorable response with a large public than "choc box" etc.

anywho. i'm just saying change this and that but in the meantime i'm gonna
track this on an mp3 disc to play in my car. good selection.

not a bad selection but if we are going to call it 'the hits' then it really should have been at least a single release or promo release..
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the most beautiful girl in the world .....uk no.1/us no.3
lovesign .....(promo)
letitgo..... uk/us top 40 hit
space.....single
i hate u.....uk/us top 20 hit
gold.....uk top 10 hit
get wild.....uk top 20 hit
the good life.....uk top 20 hit
dinner with delores.....uk top 40 hit
betcha by golly wow.....uk top 20 hit
the holy river.....uk top 20 hit
somebody's somebody .....(promo)
the truth .....(promo)
the one .....(single)
come on .....uk chart hit
greatest romance thats ever been sold.....uk/us chart hit
the work.....(promo)
musicology .....(promo)
call my name.....us chart hit
cinnamon girl.....uk chart hit
black sweat.....us chart hit
fury.....(promo)
guitar.....(promo)
future baby mama.....(promo)
the one you wanna c.....(promo)
crimson and clover.....(promo)

I'd prefer the name "Best of 3 & 4" since there are not that many "hits" on it.

My version (in chronological order of original official release for now, the tracklist probably needs some work):

Best of 3

1) TMBGITW
2) Dolphin
3) I hate u
4) Gold
5) Get Wild
6) Dinner with Delores
7) Chaos and Disorder
8) Betcha by golly wow
9) The Holy River
10) One of us
11) The Ride
12) Days of Wild
13) Circle of Amour
14) The One
15) Come on
16) TGRES
17) Baby knows
18) I love u but I don't trust u anymore

Best of 4

1) U make my sun shine
2) The Rainbow Children
3) The Work
4) She loves me for me
5) A case of u
6) Empty Room
7) Musicology
8) Call my name
9) Cinnamon girl
10) Te amo corazon
11) Black sweat
12) Fury (SNL version)
13) Guitar
14) Planet Earth
15) Crimson and Clover
16) Colonized Mind
17) Chocolate Box
18) Dance 4 me

You need to put the songs in an order that doesn't make sense to anyone in order for it to be like The Hits vol.1 & 2.

i like this a lot. lots of people post threads like this but their versions
of the hits 3 and/or 4 are usually very inconsistent.

you've made a good selection there of most tracks that were either singles,
videos or otherwise had special attention focussed on them during the promo
of the album they came from.

the only possible changes you could make would be to include "dolphin" and
"dinner with delores" on disc one instead of "loose" and "same december"
since the first two were official releases (video and single resp) and the
latter two weren't. i'd also choose "gold" (a top 10 charting single) over
319 or P control.

on disc two, perhaps "the dance", "future baby mama" and "dreamer" could
be replaced with "te amo corazon" and "crimson and clover" and "chocolate
box" since they were all singled out as singles/videos.

however, i also agree with you that in some cases an obscure album track
would fit better than a mediocre single. "dreamer" would find much more
of a favorable response with a large public than "choc box" etc.

anywho. i'm just saying change this and that but in the meantime i'm gonna
track this on an mp3 disc to play in my car. good selection.[/quote]

[/quote]
I agree with Isten

I've posted this may times. It's part of a set I made that spans his whole career but I'll just post the parts that represent the years after the original hits/B-sides. It's in three parts, singles, B-sides and rarities, alternate mixes. Enjoy!

Singles 7 (Singles discs 1-6 and tracks 1-5 on this disc are from the hits years).

6 The most beautiful girl in the world
7 Staxowax
8 Mustang mix
9 Beautiful (extended club mix)
10 Shhh
11 Letitgo
12 Space
13 Come

Singles 8

1 Purple medley
2 Get wild-New Power Generation (club mix)
3 The good life-New Power Generation
4 Count the days-New Power Generation
5 When 2 r in love
6 I hate u (extended remix)
7 Gold
8 P control
9 Endorphinmachine
10 Dolphin
11 Girl 6-New Power Generation
12 Dinner with Delores
13 Had u
14 Come on-New Power Generation

Singles 9

1 The one-New Power Generation
2 Push it up-New Power Generation
3 Betcha by golly wow
4 The holy river
5 Somebody’s somebody
6 Face down (x-tended rap money mix)
7 Jam of the year (NYC live)
8 I can’t make u love me
9 Slave
10 The truth
11 Extraordinary
12 5 women
13 It’s about that walk
14 The rest of my life
15 The greatest romance ever sold (extended remix)

Singles 10

1 Man o’ war
2 Baby knows
3 1999 the new master
4 One song
5 Cybersingle
6 U make my sun shine (with Angie Stone)
7 She loves me 4 me
8 The work-part 1
9 Last December
10 Xenophobia
11 Days of wild (concert mix)
12 Supercute
13 Daisy chain

Singles 11

1 Peace
2 Pop life (live at Las Vegas)
3 Musicology
4 Cinnamon girl
5 Call my name
6 The war
7 NPG in this funky house / All the critics love u in Paris
8 Controversy (live in Hawaii)
9 Letitgo (live at Paisley Park)
10 Strange relationship (live)
11 Glasscutter

Singles 12

1 S.S.T.
2 Te amo Corazon
3 Black sweat
4 Beautiful loved and blessed (with Tamar)
5 Fury
6 Satisfied
7 The song of the heart
8 Guitar
9 Chelsea Rodgers
10 The one u wanna c
11 Future baby mama
12 Somewhere here on Earth
13 Crimson and Clover
14 Chocolate box (with Q-Tip)

B-sides and rarities 4 (CD's 1-3 and tracks 1-12 on this one are from the hits years)

13 Interactive (CD-ROM version)
14 Love sign-Nona Gaye (extended version)
15 MPLS-MPLS (12" remix)
16 The ryde divine-MPLS
17 Superhero-New Power Generation

B-sides and Rarities 5

1 Kirk J’s B-sides remix
2 Free the music-New Power Generation
3 Rock N Roll is alive (and it lives in Minneapolis)
4 On sale now
5 When will we b paid
6 Underneath the cream
7 Gamilah
8 2045 radical man
9 Magnificent
10 United States of Division
11 Silver tongue
12 Purple house
13 Brand New Orleans
14 PFUnk
15 The morning after

B-sides and Rarities 6 (the live B-sides)

1 Face down (NYC live)
2 1+1+1=3 (live)
3 Gotta broken heart again (live at Las Vegas)
4 Strange relationship (live at Las Vegas)
5 Sometimes it snows in April (live at Las Vegas)
6 Dear Mr man (live at Webster Hall)
7 Vicki waiting (live at Paisley Park)
8 We march (live at Paisley Park)
9 Te amo Corazon / Fury (recorded live at the 2006 Brit awards)
10 Just my imagination
11 Blues in C (if I had a harem)
12 While my guitar gently weeps (at the 2004 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony) (with Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison, Steve Winwood and others)

(I admit, I added the last 3 because I really like them, every good set needs "new" songs )

Alternate mixes 6 (Discs 1-5 and track 1-13 on this disc are from the hits years)

12 Flutestramental
13 Sexy staxaphone and guitar
14 Mustang instrumental
15 Brian’s mix

Alternate mixes 7

1 Beautiful girl
2 Beautiful beats
3 Letitgo (Caviar radio edit)
4 Letitgo (Cavi’s street edit)
5 Letitgo (instrumental)
6 Letitgo (on the cool out tip radio edit)
7 Letitgo (Sherm stick edit)
8 Letitgo ((-) Sherm stick edit)
9 Space (universal love mix)
10 Space (funky stuff remix)
11 Space (acoustic remix)
12 Space (funky stuff dub)
13 Come (poem)
14 Come (alternate version)
15 Get wild-New Power Generation (money maker)

Alternate mixes 8

1 Get wild-New Power Generation (in the house)
2 Get wild-New Power Generation (Kirk J’s)
3 Get wild-New Power Generation (money maker funky jazz mix)
4 The good life-New Power Generation (bullets go bang mix)
5 The good life-New Power Generation (big city remix)
6 The good life-New Power Generation (platinum people mix)
7 The good life-New Power Generation (dancing divaz mix)
8 Count the days-New Power Generation (edit)
9 I hate u (quiet night mix by Eric Leeds)
10 P control (Miami B mix)
11 Come on-New Power Generation (Doug E Fresh mix)
12 Come on-New Power Generation (remix)

Alternate mixes 9

1 Come on-New Power Generation (hypermix)
2 Come on-New Power Generation (latenitemix)
3 Come on-New Power Generation (a capella)
4 The one-New Power Generation (rain mix)
5 The one-New Power Generation (remix)
6 Somebody’s somebody (ultrafantasy edit)
7 Somebody’s somebody (live studio mix)
8 Face down (instrumental money mix)
9 Face down (a cappella)
10 The greatest romance ever sold (Adam and Eve remix featuring Eve)
11 The greatest romance ever sold (Jason Nevins romance beats)
12 The greatest romance ever sold (Neptunes extended remix featuring Q-Tip)
13 The greatest romance ever sold (Jason Nevins extended remix)
14 The greatest romance ever sold (Jason Nevins dub)
15 The greatest romance ever sold (Jason Nevins instrumental)

Alternate mixes 10

1 Man o’ war (remix)
2 Undisputed (moneyopolis mix)
3 Hot wit u (nasty girl remix)
4 Tangerine (extended version)
5 Baby knows (extended version)
6 Pretty man (extended version)
7 1999 the new master (Rosario)
8 1999 the new master (the inevitable mix)
9 1999 the new master (keep steppin’)
10 1999 the new master (Rosie Doug E deep house)
11 1999 the new master (a cappella)
12 Love (acoustic)
13 Guitar (original download version)

(tracks 14-15 are 94 East singles and Alternate Discs 11 and 12 have medleys on them, mostly from the hits era)
[Edited 5/22/09 9:44am]

That list deserves a response... wow! u were willing to do the work!

wreckasto said:

What does "SNL" stand for?

scififilmnerd said:

Saturday Night Live

wreckasto said:

Well, I don't quite agree with your selection, so I selected and sequenced this:

The BEST of PRINCE 2000-2009
1. Peace (5:34)
2. Vavoom (4:37)
3. U Make My Sun Shine (5:57)
4. Days Of Wild (Single Edit) (4:08)
5. Musicology (4:25)
6. Call My Name (5:15)
7. Cinnamon Girl (3:56)
8. Te Amo Corazón (3:35)
9. Black Sweat (3:11)
10. Love (5:45)
11. Fury (4:02)
12. Guitar (3:45)
13. The One U Wanna C (4:29)
14. Chelsea Rodgers (5:41)
15. Crimson & Clover (Radio Version) (3:53)
16. $ (3:57)
17. Dance 4 Me (4:58)

That's only 7 tracks our compilations have in common, but surely you must agree that my selection is better and more in tune with what was released as singles.

there is nothing from the rainbow children!

I'll post my ideas on here on a track list. I posted up one on housequake over a year or so ago. Tha list is still here somewhere. I'll pull it up soon.

unity225 said:

Of course there isn't. There wasn't a single good song on that evil creation.

EmancipationLover said:

Add last December and Animal Kingdom and I may consider it

Sorry, evil or not - The Rainbow Children is too good to be ignorred:

here's my try....


The BEST of PRINCE 2000-2009

1. The Work (Pt. 1) (4:28)
2. The Everlasting Now (8:18)
3. She Loves Me 4 Me (2:49)
4. U Make My Sun Shine (5:57)
5. Musicology (4:25)
6. Call My Name (5:15)
7. Cinnamon Girl (3:56)
8. Te Amo Corazón (3:35)
9. Black Sweat (3:11)
10. Fury (4:02)
11. Guitar (3:45)
12. The One U Wanna C (4:29)
13. Future Baby Mama (4:47)
14. Turn Me Loose (?)
15. Crimson & Clover (Radio Version) (3:53)
16. Dreamer (5:30)
17. Ol Skool Company (7:30)

I took off the crap tracks "Peace", "Vavoom"

and "Days Of Wild" doesn't belong there, imo.

and I added "the good" tracks from Lotusflower
[Edited 5/24/09 4:22am]

thedance said:

Well, it's better than Wreckasto's, but still not as good as mine.

thedance said:[quote]Sorry, evil or not - The Rainbow Children is too good to be ignorred:


I couldn't agree more, for years I have been bashing that album, and now in the past two months I have started listening to it and actually beginning to like it, and realising its place in the Prince catalogue. Songs like Last December, She loves me for me, 1+1+1 = 3 and The Everlasting Now could go on any greatest hits listing.

Most of us wouldn't need a greatest hits carry on set anuway, we have ipod shuffle. Its Prince Salad is on my ipod all the time. Last 5 songs I listened to in that order.
Last December
I wanna be your lover
Animal Kingdom
Chocolate Box
Play in the Sunshine (As chosen by my Ipod)