What would people have on a CD comprising of the best songs that were written for or recorded by others. Mine is something like this.

Nasty Girl (Vanity 6)
I Feel For You (Chaka)
777-9311 (The Time)
The Belle Of St Mark (Sheila E)
Jungle Love (The Time)
High Fashion (The Family)
Mutiny
The Screams Of Passion
Nothing Compares 2 U
River Runs Dry
Manic Monday (The Bangles)
A Love Bizarre (Shelia E)
Martikas Kitchen (Martika)
If I Love U 2Nite (Mica Paris)
Love The Will Be Done (The NPG)
Don't Talk To Strangers (Chaka)

Ive not heard everything hes given away, but Im constantly amazed at the quality of some of it. The Family album was a really good album, as good as Around the World in A Day IMO.

I haven't heard most of them either. I don't want to buy a cd just because it has one song written by Prince. But it would be cool to have them all on one cd (or however many it would take).

The best song he ever gave away was, Baby, You're A Trip, by Jill Jones. Why would Prince give such an obvious classic away to some non-singing harpie like her? This song is too soulful to be fucked up by a white girl with no soul. The Gospel underpinnings are pure Prince, and his bootlet version almost made me cum once.

Then there's Girl O' My Dreams, which is a funky, fun outtake by Prince. Then he does the greatest fuckup in music history and gives the song to a no-talent rapper like (I forgot his name, lol.)

2freaky4church1 said:

AGREED. Baby, You're a Trip is awesome. I really like FOR LOVE, also.

and DESIRE!!! The whole Family CD is great, but that song is a classic IMHO.


Does TRAIN count? His version of Train is freakin' incredible. I believe that Mavis Staples recorded it...

Ive just this minute downloaded the whole jill jones album. Its not as good as the family but its actually pretty good as an album. Baby You're A Trip is good and Mia Bocca as well.

But G-Spots the jam.

Years ago (before I had a PC) I compiled a tape of songs written by Prince (or with him), but performed by Women. I called it 'Girlsongs' (after the ASCAP writers credit he usually used for such material), here's the tracklist;


SIDE 1:
Heaven Must Be Near - Ingrid Chavez
On The Way Up - Elisa Fiorillo
Love...Thy Will Be Done - Martika
Standing At The Altar - Margie Cox
Baby Go-Go - Nona Hendryx
So Strong - Dale Bozzio
Wouldn't U Love 2 Love Me - Taja Sevelle
Sex Shooter - Apollonia 6
101 - Sheena Easton
For Love - Jill Jones
Sticky Wicked - Chaka Khan
If I Love U 2night - Mica Paris
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor

SIDE 2:
Manic Monday - Bangles
The Rhythm Of Your Heart - Mayte
Love Song - Madonna
A Love Bizarre - Sheila E.
U - Paula Abdul
Go Go Dancer - Carmen Electra
Nasty Girl - Vanity 6
Bliss - Kahoru Kohiruimaki
Yo Mister - Patti LaBelle
Born 2 B.R.E.E.D. - Monie Love
House In Order - Mavis Staples
My Tender Heart - Rosie Gaines
Hold Me - Jevetta Steele
With This Tear - Celine Dion
.

Some of my faves:
G-Spot
All Day All Night
Train
Mutiny
The Stick
Noon Rendezvous (his live version on the Neon Rendezvous rehearsal bootleg,which is gorgeous and nothing like the throwaway version Sheila E did)

CrozzaUK said:

"River Run Dry" was written by Bobby Z. He also re-recorded it and put it on his self-titled album "Bobby Z".

Love 89 by Patti LaBelle

I can't believe nobody has mentioned "Suger Walls"

101 ofcourse but what else?

the glamoures live
a love bizarre
baby ur a trip
all day all night
for love
g spot
train
love thy will be done
5 women
cool love
sugar walls

about: baby ur a trip...its true another classic hidden..just like so many others like nothing compares 2 u

Don't forget about "Open Book"!!!

Let's see...101, G-Spot, The Dance Electric, Open Book, and Nothing Compares 2 U (studio). I could go on and on but I figured it best I didn't go overboard on my first posting.

2freaky4church1 said:

So true...BYAT should've been part of a
truly funky gospel album.

Girl O' My Dreams was remade by TC Ellis on his True Confession album.

jtgillia said:

I was going to include Open Book as I love that song, but I wasn't sure whether it was actually released by Martika or not. It would have definitely been a good inclusion on D & P, as would Love,Thy will be done...that would have been an excellent album, remove Jughead and Push and put those two on.

Open Book was released by Jevetta Steele on her 1993 album "Here it is".

Can't believe he gave it away!

"I Hear Your Voice" - Patti Labelle (a VERY original ballad, in my opinion)

"Come Home" - Mavis Staples (captures old school "soul" vibe very well)

"Time Waits for No One" - Mavis Staples (love the colorful chords and the subtle yet powerful guitar solo - am I the only one who remembers the video for this song?)

"Love... thy will be done" - Martika (a deeper glimpse into Prince's spiritual side)