This song is fucking amazing.

I really listen to it for the first time this morning while walking to school,I just love the intro.

Is there a longer version?

Was this song all over the radio?

It was a single that seemed really serious in comparison to other things on the radio like "La Isla bonita" or "Venus"...

I do not think it was a hit. The video is... I think it is just words on a screen. Like Ufoclub said it was a bit too serious for radio.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

The song was number #2 or #3 on the charts!

JarviusLovesexy said:

Really? the song? cool.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

#1 on the US R&B chart
#3 on the US chart
#2 on the US Dance chart
and was in the top 10 in other countries.

ernestsewell said:

wow! I am proud of people! and that was with that weak video, Was it a lead up single?


I checked it was a lead up single
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OnlyNDaUsa said:

WOW! You did not know that?

I hear there are some bootleg copies of this out there that have some awesome stuff on it.....
even some parts when it as recorded but it doesn't mean they really Xist

Also said this whole album was wrote in a day

lilJ said:

I doubt it,Adore must have took time.

lilJ said:

luv4u said:

I agree but i said I HEARD I didnt' say it is actually out there....I hear stuff lol

Love it...The Video is cool too.

JarviusLovesexy said:

I probably did. But the bourbon forgot.

lilJ said:

I think the story was: he wrote and recorded the song one Sunday morning.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

they were actually songs scrapped from yet 3 albums .....from 86 Dream Factory, Camille and Crystal Ball
Adore was wrote..... after being inspired by Patti LaBelle's The Winner in U and Luther Vandross' Give me the Reason enjoy
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The live in Paris version with the insane distorted guitar intro and funky bass is my favorite version

The song was a hit on pop and r&b charts... and all over black and R&B radio for sure... if it had a video probably would have been even bigger

Love that song.. I remember how much fun we had trying to figure out if the person holding that heart was Prince or not.

The cover art of the single was typical provocative Prince

Clearly he felt the song serious enough that a video and/or remix was unecessary.

Its his journey ya'll

I alos really loved the font.... man its almost as funky as the song
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Yeah - got to No 8 in the UK and I remember it being all over radio here.

IIWYG, the second single, stalled in the US at no 67 (got to 20 in the UK), whereas U Got the Look fared much better in the US, peaking at no 2!

its a great song i love it!

love the tone of his guitar on the song

OnlyNDaUsa said:

That "weak" video was pretty cutting edge when it was released. It got people talking, very early CGI type. "did you see that cool new prince video?"
It was huge in europe.

Rorywan said:

Was it cutting edge or just fricking lazy... like "when 2 R in Love"

JarviusLovesexy said:

U should see the video it's fantastic

The song was massive and quite mind-blowing.

The vid also had impact - quite daring, actually, if you think about it.

roseberet said:

I seen it.

JarviusLovesexy said:

I have read it

JarviusLovesexy said:

Young dude, Diggin Prince, Cool and Amazing!!!

I still remember the first time I heard the song. I had just seen "Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors" and we were on the way home and the song came on the radio. My friend was like"That's the new Prince song" and I was like "no way" because I didn't think it sounded like Prince at all. I considered myself the biggest Prince fan in the world at the time and my friend had heard the new song first. It pissed me off.

Anyhoo, the song was a hit and as I recall the video never actually was played at the time because P. didn't want to do a video for a song. My recollection, and correct me if I'm wrong, is that he was pissed at MTV for not playing a Jill Jones video for "Mia Boca" and decided he wasn't going to do the video. WB must have made the thing with the words but I don't remember it getting airplay.

I think the song still has weight and sounds almost timeless. At the time it was shocking, a song that mentioned crack, heroin, and AIDS. So far ahead of its time it was like a punch to the gut everytime you heard it. Still pound for pound one of his best moments on wax.