ronnwinter said:

Oooooo. Man, I hadn't even thought of that. That's probably the winner IMO. This is the song that could have made a lot of people remember that Prince could still rock it. If they edited out the bridge I think it could have been a top 10 for sure.

Wildboy said:

Automatic was released as a single in Australia

Wildboy said:

Trust very almost was a single. Remixes were even made ready for the 12".

SoulAlive said:

It was in the uk...it's a sad turning point in his career for me...a slapdash single with Live 4 Love (!!!???) as the bside

Pussy control...the word Pussy alone would have got it near number 1 in the uk...the public went apeshit for sexy mf just cuz of the swearing

ronnwinter said:

It was being considered for a single release. But Prince wanted to move on to
Around the World in a Day instead.


Was also being considered as a single. Ended up being used as the B-Side to
The Future instead in the end though.


This was intended to be released as a single. Remixes were made ready for the
12" as well.


If the Gold Experience hadn't been caught up in the whole WB/Slave debacle,
this would definitely been released as a single as intended. Other singles
planned were Dolphin and P Control.

purpledoveuk said:

Yup, am now aware of The Morning Papers being a single in the UK, didn't even reach the top 40 (#52 I believe), strange lapse in my Prince fanaticism that, I was probably too engrossed in girls and grunge rock around then. For shame, I know. I do remember hanging around an amusement arcade where they played MTV on the screens and "My Name Is Prince" was being played and I got very vocal to a group of pool players who were ridiculing The Purple One. So I couldn't have been that detached.....

Must look around for any throwaway copies, or if you still have yours Purpledove and are still disappointed in it, you can always send it my way, I'll certainly appreciate the baby!

I kid off course.....
[Edited 4/14/10 9:41am]

BorisFishpaw said:

Wow..sounds like i was on the same brainwave as the big executives!

7 as the FIRST single instead of "My Name is Prince"

"Gold" as the FIRST single of "The Gold Experience"

20 other songs besides "Betcha By Golly Wow" for "Emancipation"

"So Far So Pleased" instead of "TGRES"

GottaLetitgo said:

Yup yup!

TGRES is probably considered the biggest hit chart wise, but So Far So Pleased is the best song on that album.

GottaLetitgo said:

sexy MF was the first single, and it was a great one.

dawntreader said:

True enough. 7 should have been the second single. Sexy MF wasn't released for charts but to create a buzz, which it did which My Name is Prince subsequently killed.

endorphine machine for sure
i like it there-in the UK at least
lovesign-perfect radio tune and a good message
race-always one of my faves
the return of the bump squad-when i did hear it on radio-boy it sounded great

off the top of my head

Definitely Pussy Control - it's still played at dance clubs everywhere, and everybody knows the chorus. Such a shame that one of his best music eras (Come/Gold/Exodus) was shunted by the WB feud.

polkadotbliss said:

Return of the Bumpsquad woulda been a great, albiet heavily edited down single. Another NPG song I love, but may not have made a great single is Johnny.

The Continental

BorisFishpaw said:

Really, I had never heard about this before. Are these tracks by any chance circulating?

soul sanctuary

Wildboy said:

no, but there is a list of them that was going around, along with some unreleased remixes of I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man. i think they were by Shep Pettibone and he had them on the discography of his site (or somewhere), but they aren't circulating. at least widely.

Gangstaglam said:

I don't know Blank but I'd go with your other choices except to the 9s.
Aha, I see the blank is 'blank". Sorry, so many new songs lately, I thought it was a song.
[Edited 4/14/10 13:02pm]

I think if he released Endorphinemachine as a single, he would have really gotten the Hard Rock market, though it was pretty much dead by '95 Still, would have been nice to hear Rock & Metal artists comment on the song which is one of my favorites!

I notice in these threads, most people confuse number 1's with the best songs. They are rarely the same thing.

(D')

Dreamer
Love
Dance for Me
Empty Room (if he ever officially released it)
Beautiful Strange (on the RnB charts only)
Ellectric Intercourse (RnB charts and if it was officially released)

missjay23 said:

Choco Box
$
FB, FG, FW
Black Sweat (could of been absolutely huge)
Million Days
Lolita
Call My Name

As some recent ones.

Many overall though....too many.

However, just about anything can hit number 1 if pushed in a brain washing fashion ala Beyonce or GaGa

dartluv5 said:

"Dance 4 Me" was a single in France.

Somebody's Somebody
Forever in My Life
Baby Knows
Lolita
Valentina
The Continental
D.M.S.R.
She's Always in My Hair

kingrock said:

It was a dual single on a 2-CD single set for The Holy River. It had two remixes, one of which trumps the album version (live studio mix).

ernestsewell said:

I love the live studio mix! I wish he would let more of his songs come alive on record like this.

GottaLetitgo said:

'7' was actually originally scheduled as the follow-up to 'Sexy MF'. This was then
changed to 'My Name Is Prince' for some reason quite late on. This pushed '7' back
to being the 3rd single, which was originally intended to be 'The Continental'.
Other intended singles from the album were 'The Max' and 'Blue Light'.

"Automatic" was released as a video and 7" single in Australia