He should've NEVER touched the '81 version of "Tick, Tick, Bang", that song was perfect.

Spinlight said:

Wedding Feast

Curious Child

Push It Up

Freaks on This Side

I Rock Therefore I Am

Dig U Better Dead

Sticky Like Glue

Jughead

Human Body

Avalanche

Dear Mr. Man

Purple And Gold

Hot Summer

Forgot to add:

Life o the Party

Orgasm

The Daisy Chain

The Ryde Divyne

Your Love Is So Hard

Yes

Feline

Most of Kamasutra, Xpectation, News, and CNOTE

[Edited 7/20/10 11:30am]

There are so many on this list that I LOVE...Ryde Divyne, YES!!, Dig U Better Dead, Dear Mr Man...amazing to me THESE are on your list but Graffiti Bridge and 3 Chains o Gold are not.

Poom Poom
Da Da Da
(There'll Never Be) Another Like Me
Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance
Life O' The Party
Y Should I Do That When I Can Do This
Laydown
Incense & Candles
High
Hot Wit' U

This is 10 of them, you better believe there's more crimes and misdemeanours against music in the back catalogue. And once we get into the top 20, we'd probably be approaching stuff like 'Black Sweat' where 'vomit-inducing' turns more into good ol' fashioned 'coma-inducingly dull'.

Harlepolis said:

He should've NEVER touched the '81 version of "Tick, Tick, Bang", that song was perfect.

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes...yes yes yes! Completely agree.

Avalanche

Jack U Off

Animal Kingdom

Tick, Tick, Bang

Cinnamon Girl

The Sacrifice Of Victor

Daddy Pop

Cream

Mr Happy

Calhoun Square

1. Jughead

2. No More Candy 4 U

3. Chlorine Bacon Skin (which really doesn't belong on the list because Prince never intended it to be on an album)

4. Race (from the COME album)

5. Trust (from Batman)

6. Da Da Da (from Emancipation)

7. Satisfied (from 3121)

8. Call My Name (from Musicology)

9. Do U Lie? (From Parade)

TheVoid said:

1. Jughead

2. No More Candy 4 U

3. Chlorine Bacon Skin (which really doesn't belong on the list because Prince never intended it to be on an album)

4. Race (from the COME album)

5. Trust (from Batman)

6. Da Da Da (from Emancipation)

7. Satisfied (from 3121)

8. Call My Name (from Musicology)

9. Do U Lie? (From Parade)

i agree with you on everything except for "Call My Name"

it's the perfect wedding song.

what's wrong with Race...

I love Come, excellent album - and I love Race....

especially the extended version from the Beautiful Experience tv special.

Everybody Loves Me

Hypnoparadise

Beautiful, Loved, and Blessed

Nagoya

Come

Jughead

Mr. Goodnight

The Rainbow Children (That FUCKING narrorator ruins the whole album)

East

When Eye Lay My Hands On U

[Edited 7/25/10 8:59am]

FunkJam said:

There's plenty of AWFUL songs, but here's just a few I can think of at this moment...

Laydown

Valentina

Incense & Candles

Orgasm!

Hey! I like all of those!

Minus Orgasm. That album was so weird.

Mine which I dont like;

On the couch - Musicology

Dear Mr Man - Musicology

Life O the party - Musicology

Marrying kind - Musicology

Billy jack bitch - Gold Experience

Friend lover sister mother etc etc - Emancipation

Man O war - Rave Un2

Lion of Judah - Planet Earth

Sea of everything - 2010

Orgasm - Come

But I like Arms Of Orion,which got a number of votes I see

My top 5 worst ones are;

Daddy Pop

Sister

Jughead

My name is Prince

She's A Peach

NouveauDance said:

Poom Poom
Da Da Da
(There'll Never Be) Another Like Me
Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance
Life O' The Party
Y Should I Do That When I Can Do This
Laydown
Incense & Candles
High
Hot Wit' U

This is 10 of them, you better believe there's more crimes and misdemeanours against music in the back catalogue. And once we get into the top 20, we'd probably be approaching stuff like 'Black Sweat' where 'vomit-inducing' turns more into good ol' fashioned 'coma-inducingly dull'.

Da Da Da is unbelievingly bad! Almost like it was a crime to compose it

toejam said:

thedance said:

you guys forgets all about:

PURPLE & GOLD

I also have to agree with those listing "We Gets Up". I can't stand that mofo screamin' "Yeeeeaaaahhh Enn, Pee, Gee! New power soul!!!" ... I start dry-reaching when I hear that crap

EroticDreamer said:

Jack U Off

BLASPHEMY !!

ksujithkarun said:

Mine which I dont like;

On the couch - Musicology

Dear Mr Man - Musicology

Life O the party - Musicology

Marrying kind - Musicology

Billy jack bitch - Gold Experience

Friend lover sister mother etc etc - Emancipation

Man O war - Rave Un2

Lion of Judah - Planet Earth

Sea of everything - 2010

Orgasm - Come

But I like Arms Of Orion,which got a number of votes I see

dude seriously Man O War

that was a revenge song against HER

and friend lover sister mother that was his wedding vows

it was a pretty statement of his love for HER

but the others i agree with

BILLY JACK BITCH is just scary

I Rock Therefore I Am, Cybersingle, Tick, Tick Bang, We Gets Up, Poom Poom, Arms Of Orion, Animal Kingdom and Jughead are very good. Life O' The Party is the only song on Musicology I couldn't listen to every single day without being in the mood for it.

NouveauDance said:

Great. Now I can't stop listening to Jughead. We love it really.

owen said:

I compiled this a few years ago.....

Underneath The Cream - The Worst of Prince:

I'm Yours (from For You - 1978)

Let's cut him some slack - it was his first album, and the song is not entirely dire.

But it has to be said, on a predominantly soul based debut, this hard-rocker sticks out

like a sore thumb. Ultimately, one of the most forgettable Prince album closers of all time.

Has he EVER performed it live?

Graffiti Bridge (from Graffiti Bridge - 1990)

For me, Prince didn't put a foot wrong in the '80's. Yes you could argue Ronnie Talk To Russia

and Jack U Off were not exactly on the same level as Sign O' The Times or The Beautiful Ones.

But at least they came with a tongue-in-cheek-"I'm doing this shit because I can" sort of attitude.

By 1990 however, things were looking a little ropey.Surely there's no excusing the overtly syrupy

sentiments of this Christmas-sounding musical turkey.

Jughead (from Diamonds And Pearls - 1991)

Roll on a year and Prince is pondering, "is it possible to release a fantastically successful album

that contains my worst album track thus far?".
Indeed it was. Although, all hardcore Prince fans secretly adore it.


3 Chains O' Gold (from O+> - 1992)

I reckon some fans would disagree with this being one of his worst songs. And to some extent,

I can see why. In many ways, there's more going on in this than on the last three Prince albums.

But that's exactly the problem: overblown, overwrought, overambitious - over the top - and then

some..


I Rock Therefore I Am (from Chaos And Disorder - 1996)

Considering how much energy is exerted during these six minutes, not a lot seems to be

accomplished, and it remains one of my least favourite Prince songs. Before release, Chaos And

Disorder was being billed as a return to the stripped down sound of Dirty Mind. I got really excited.

Then I heard this. "NPG to the maximum?" I think not.


We Gets Up (from Emancipation - 1996)

Emancipation was a fairly ambitious project. Sifted down to a single album, it would no doubt have

been Prince's strongest album of the '90's.
Unlike the original Crystal Ball album which thoroughly deserved to be released in its entirety,

some quality control would have helped Prince along here. And my first rejected track would easily

have been We Gets Up. The only redeeming feature is the final 50-second guitar freakout.

In fact, played from that point, it's actually quite a fun little track!


Animal Kingdom (from The Truth - 1998)

Oh dear. If anyone has any doubts about this belonging on this list, allow me to refresh your

memories with some choice lyrics:

"So I don't eat no red meat or white fish

Or funky, funky blue cheese,
We're all members of the animal kingdom
Leave your brothers and sisters in the sea"

I remember that this song drew the first ever comparisons with the band Oasis upon release.

I rest my case.

Silly Game (from Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 1999)

Ok, so, not really an awful song. Quite pleasant sounding in fact. But oh, so so boring!

Actually, I'm struggling to think of a more tedious Prince song.

Admit it, you'd forgotten this song existed hadn't you?


Young and Beautiful (from One Nite Alone - 2002)

Cheese beyond cheese. Cliché, cliché, cliché. Granted, this was never intended as a top-draw

piece of songwriting but I'm honestly lost for words. It's probably the LAST song I'd ever give a

mate who wanted to know what Prince's music was all about. How on earth do you go from

'How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore' to this?

Play them back to back, if you dare.


A Million Days (from Musicology - 2004)

This is probably the best song on the list, but remains one of my least favourite Prince songs.

You'd like to think that Prince wasn't really trying very hard on this song.

I simply HAVE to believe he's capable of writing a more original lyric.

Obviously, he's no Dylan (and has never professed to be), but there's no excusing the poetic

laziness on display here. Interestingly enough, listening to it now, it sounds very similar

to his performance of Foo Fighter's Best of You at Superbowl 2007.

However, that performance had such great intensity, and a blisteringly LOUD guitar solo.

Neither are present here.

Although the list is now a few years old, it would be pretty much the same if I re-did it.

Maybe I'm Yours deserves a bit more praise, it's not that bad. Animal Kingdom could easily be

replaced by Fascination off the same album. Obvioiusly, a list like this will always be purely

subjective but I reckon most people's Worst Prince Songs will contain at least some of these

songs...

O+>

I never understood why people hated Jughead so much!

I think people just jumped on that "I hate Tony M." bandwagon.

The music is FUNKY AS CAN BE, and I don't mind the lyrics. There SO MANY songs he's done that are far inferior to this tune.

And actually, the only song that I'm not crazy about on this list is We Gets Up. Everything else, I'm actually fine with... and I've always liked Animal Kingdom.

Different strokes for Different folks!

EroticDreamer said:

Avalanche

Jack U Off

Animal Kingdom

Tick, Tick, Bang

Cinnamon Girl

The Sacrifice Of Victor

Daddy Pop

Cream

Mr Happy

Calhoun Square

I LOVE Calhoun Square!

With regards to Daddy Pop... when he first performed this song on Arsenio, I LOVED it! The album version didn't live up to how great I thought this song would be.

And let's not discuss the dance routine he did during this song on Arsenio. I'm still embarrassed for him. Men shouldn't be dancing like that with other men... lol... unless they're... oh... nevermind.

who cares about the order, these songs stink

pussy control

pope

illusion, coma, pimp, circumstance

everyday is a winding road

we march

arrogance

the latest fashion

life o' the party

dig u better dead

had u

It's hard to pick the 10 worst, since there are 14 songs on Rainbow Children.

DamonDicksonFanClub said:

Ones that I am impartial to or just can't stand:

Jughead

Graffiti Bridge

Push

The Continental

Kirky J's B-side sh*t crap

I Rock Therefore I Am

The Plan

Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife

Tick, Tick, Bang (GB version, the original is one of my faves)

Shake! (technically his even if The Time is credited)

4ever

Better With Time

The Marrying Kind

Mad Sex

The beginning of Family Name

And as for the original list, Poom Poom is the shiznit!

but how,how,how can u not like "friend,lover,siter,mother/wife"? it is one of my absolute ,all-time fave.granted it makes me sad because it's so full of a love that didn't last.

A more legitimate answer to this question for me would be:

10. I Rock Therefore I Am: This is the first song on a Prince album that I just flat disliked. There had always been ones I didn't like as much as others, but this is the first one that really just got on my nerves. It made me realize that he had certain types of songs that he did over and over, and that the "Look how badass I am" funk numbers were wearing really thin. This type of song stopped being cool after "Now" from Gold. Maybe after "My Name Is Prince."

9. One Kiss At A Time: This song isn't awful, but it's the next example of Prince wearing out the welcome of a type of song he's done before and better. Further iterations on this motif became irrelevant after "Slow Love." It will never get any better than that.

8. Betcha By Golly Wow: I was thrilled when Prince let his ego down a little and allowed himself to start doing covers. This one, however, is awful. Just awful and irritating and horrible in every way.

7. Every Day Is A Winding Road: Ditto.

6. Dear Mr. Man: The "the world is so awful these days let me tell you what's happening" song is another one that's worn out its welcome with me. It will never be better than "Sign O The Times" and hasn't been interesting since "Chaos & Disorder."

5. Animal Kingdom: Really. Dude. What the fuck?

4. Lion of Judah: The "dogmatic religious propaganda thinly disguised as funk" has never been good. Never. The spirituality of Lovesexy etc. is a whole other thing. It's the post JW preachiness that has never set well with me and just pisses me off. I'm ignoring the existence of The Rainbow Children because I don't want to focus on it exclusively. I'll say on its behalf that the jazz experimentation was kind of cool and could have been good with decent lyrics. Also, I do like the song "Mellow" okay, it being the one song on the album that isn't JW BS.

3. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold: I don't like this song. It's hard to put my finger on why. I just don't like it and certainly find it a poor choice for a single.

2. 2045 Radical Man: Also never cool is the "song about the music business and how they've done me wrong." Save it for Oprah, dude. I'm sure you're getting a bad deal and I respect the integrity of your art and all. Sure, the artist shouldd reap the profits of his craft more-so than some talentless executives, but I don't want to shell out portions of my $10 per hour income to listen to a dude in Versace cry about how he's getting screwed over by the record labels.

1. I Hate U (Album Version): This is just me being picky because I can't think of another one I really dislike. The extended version w/o the stupid courtroom sequence is 1,000,000 times better. I just hate that part.

I labelled these countdown style but it was obvious to me very quickly that it wasn't an appropriate way to do it. This definitely isn't in any real order.

MOST OF THE SONGS LISTED I LIKE,HECK SOME I ABSOLUTELY LOVE.THER ARE A COUPLE I HAVEN'T HEARD THOUGH,BUT I CAN GUARANTEE I WON'T HATE THEM!! THERE ARE HONESTLY NO PRINCE SONGS I HATE.I JUST LIKE THEM IN VARYING DEGREES ,SUCH AS:LIKE ,LIKE MORE,LIKE EVEN BETTER,LOVE,ABSOLUTELY LOVE ,AND ABSOLUTELY ADORE!!!!

LMAO....surprised to see Life O The Party here....that's the song that go me into Prince.

Yikes, I didn;t know there was so much hate for "We Gets Up." I've always like it.

"The Arms Of Orion" always stood out as a weak song to me. I would like to hear a solo piano version of it. That might save the song.

[Edited 7/27/10 16:36pm]

smoothcriminal12 said:

LMAO....surprised to see Life O The Party here....that's the song that go me into Prince.

So you heard "Life o the Party" somewhere a month ago?? Who even plays that song, its terrible.

There's only several mentions of Purple and Gold so far which amazes me! To throw my 10 in the mix they'd be (in nor particular order)....

Purple and Gold (it's just a bit rubbish really isn't it...)

Da Da Da

Jughead

Tick Tick Bang (GB version - I agree with previous posters the original 81 version kicks ass compared to this)

One Song (the full 8 minutes and 55 seconds of it)

Hot Wit U

Hypnoparadise

Golden Parachute

Orgasm

My Little Pill