What was the song that made u go to the Purple side? for me it has 2 be purple rain or soft and wet

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The first one I ever heard was "Soft and Wet" but the one that made me realize what a talent he is as "A.U.T.O.Matic". Or basically, the whole "1999" album.

The first song I ever heard of Prince was Little Red Corvette. I was 14 and was look for music that I might like (was having a very hard time with that lol), so my mom recommended that song. At that time I had never heard of Prince (I have no idea why), so I looked it up on the net and converted to the Purple side lol.

1999

probably "Kiss"

or Partyman/Trust while watching Batman in 1990 (VHS tape)

memories...

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Now that I think about it, it probably would have been Partyman from the Batman film, although I was only 5-7 at the time and wasn't a Prince fan for years to come.

It was Take me with U & as a child I was mesmerized by it.

I think it was "I Wanna Be Your Lover". I was in Jr. High and we heard it on the radio.

I wanna be your lover was the first song I heard. From that moment on I was on the Prince train.

Little Red Corvette on the radio. I really liked the song so taped if off the radio and listened it over and over. Always remember it being the the first song on my exclusive mixed compilation cassette tape

I didn't know who he was at the time and didn't care I was so fascinated by the song

1999...presented as show-act during the German show "Wetten daß"...it was back in 1993..and I thought...."what a gay freak"....

His 2nd chance was "When doves cry"....and then it made "booom" in my brain.....

"Cream" is the first Prince song I remember hearing. I must have been eleven then.

"Little Red Corvette" and "Diamonds And Pearls" were the ones that got me hooked about two years later.

Kiss

When Doves Cry

It is impossible for me to say with any certainty but the first Prince song that I remember hearing was "Batdance," specifically the video. I was a major Batman fan at the time and the video was in heavy rotation so I always made sure to watch it when it was playing. At the time I was eight years old so it seems very likely that I had heard Prince before that but if so none of the songs I may have heard made an impression on me.

As much as I loved "Batdance" it took me quite a few more years to become a fan, I didn't buy an album until Chaos and Disorder. After that I was hooked.

rialb said:

It is impossible for me to say with any certainty but the first Prince song that I remember hearing was "Batdance," specifically the video. I was a major Batman fan at the time and the video was in heavy rotation so I always made sure to watch it when it was playing. At the time I was eight years old so it seems very likely that I had heard Prince before that but if so none of the songs I may have heard made an impression on me.

As much as I loved "Batdance" it took me quite a few more years to become a fan, I didn't buy an album until Chaos and Disorder. After that I was hooked.

Hmm. Now that you mention it I must have heard the Batman OST first. My cousin was playing it all the time when it came out.

1. Darling Nikki

2. Controversy

3. Kiss

4. Erotic City

5. Purple Rain

6. 1999

The most beautiful girl in the world...

Got me addicted right away.

probably LRC

The first Prince song I heard on

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First I heard KISS but I hated that back then lol.

The one that got me was Purple Rain. And I like Kiss now too

Kiss and When Doves Cry

Probably When Doves Cry or Purple Rain when i was 10 or 11, in 1984.

I might have heard 1999 or Little Red Corvette before, but i dont really remember. Prince wasn't really that well known in the Netherlands Pre-purple Rain, i think.

What i remember is that me and my little sister where playing along with the Purple Rain-video whenever it was shown on TV... we were mimicking his guitar-soloing.. lol

I Wanna Be Your Lover, when I heard it on the radio for the first time I didn't catch the name of the singer so I thought it was a woman rather than a man singing falsetto.

I Wanna Be Your Lover. Some kids were blasting it from their boombox at my brother's basketball game in 1979. I loved it at first listen.

When Doves cry: aaah ya aaaah ya

I think it was batdance. I must have been 9 or 10

Alphabet St., back in 1988, when I was 11. I became a fan gradually, and when I reached 13 I was already getting all his discography. The first album that was published when I was a huge fan was Diamonds And Pearls.

I was about 6 when I heard my first Prince song. It was 1999 lol. I use to jump around my living room singing that song. Good times, good times... I'm 18 now and I don't think much has changed lol

"I Wanna Be Your Lover", though at the time, I knew nothing about Prince. It took "Delerious", to turn me into a Prince fan!