Just copped the Emancipation album, and this song really stood out to me. Yes, I know its a cover, but damn, Prince puts his mark on it, with his scream at the end of the second verse, the adlibs "Don't you let them tell you otherwise" Not sure if the spoken part is his or not, but its pretty awesome nevertheless. Masterful

I love this song. Have u seen the video?

Its an ok cover but the original version is much better..think its by the Stylistics

lovely song in itself - great original by the Stylistics - and a GREAT cover by Prince !! We had this as our 1st dance on our wedding day !

I usually prefer originals but here I think P outdoes the original - mainly down to his voice/singing/phrasing - just brilliant !! P's version is more dramatic (both in the vocals and also the music), whereas the Stylistics version is more chilled. Given the title of the song, I think the added drama is more apt !

Yes, CoolTarik1, the spoken part is P's own work !
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Well, this is going to be a pretty short thread.

I love P's version and BOTH videos.

I love his version of Betcha By Golly Wow!. His version made me listen to the original with new ears and it made me love the The Stylistics version too. That's just a great song period.

Sorry but I thought his vocals were a bit off on this one, compared to the original it sounds a tad painful to hear.

They still play it occasionally on Smooth Radio in the UK though.

I like it, a beautiful LOVE song....

I guess Prince really was trying to show emotions to Mayte with this song:

and it's a "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" kind of song - part II.

I tend to favor "La La Means I Love You" a bit more, but I do enjoy "Betcha By Golly Wow". I love that he really dug and found an OLD OLD song to cover (same with "La La"). I'm happy, if for no other reason, that he brought a couple of old, and sometimes forgotten songs, to the spotlight a bit. I also dug that he used an original drum fill in "La La".

Both songs are not really my 'style' (a bit too sugarsweet for me), but i really dig the backing vocals on them. They sound gorgeous.

I LOVE the Stylistics version. The Stylistics are one of my all time favorite R&B groups and should be in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Prince's version isn't bad at all.
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Not one of my fav covers from him, but he did it justice.

The thing I dislike the most is that he held back on this one.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Yeah I thought it could have been better

love this song...the video is cute also:)

Beautiful song.

Nice song.

I do love it, even if it's rediculously cheesy!

I like the way Prince did that cover

Great song...some of his best vocals

True enough the Stylistics did this full justice, however, Prince's cover isn't shoddy at all. I winder if he will ever sing it again since it was in honor of Mayte's pregnancy?