Thank God you're talking about the song and not the orger!

Seriously, It's a cute track but I've never put it on any of my mixes, never seemed to fit anywhere but on its album.

HonestMan13 said:

I love this song so much, it's actually amongst my most favourite Prince songs of all time. He should play this song live, I'm always listening to the Atlanta 1980 performance. Still, ooh, need someone to hold onto me late at night. If you're out there sugar, please come to me. Ooh, Oooh, Ooooooh, don't you know, Still waiting, waiting on your love. Your sweet, sweet love.

Vict0r said:

Love it! that entire album...i think when i first got into Prince, the other albums closesly surrounding it are just so flashy and exciting that i ignored it for WAY too long.

Can I just say, not to take make slightly off topic comments, but 'Lonely' is insanely good. I thought of the album as a real straight album, but those songs are so much more than just little rnb songs.

Really love it!

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I wish I still had my cassette copy of Prince's self-titled album just for this song. I hate that the first note is cut-off on the CD release. It irritates the hell out of me for some reason.

nursev said:

One of the first Prince ballads that I loved and I still do 30 years later that says a lot about this song-such a timeless ballad. I just love the whole Prince cd/record

Eh, the only ballad on Prince that I dig is "It's Gonna Be Lonely." The other two ("Still Waiting" and "When We're Dancing Close and Slow") are a bit too sappy. Now, the live version of "Still Waiting" I love. He really nails the song live.

IMO. This is a flawless album. It doesn't fall short in any way compared to the highly acclaimed Dirty Mind.

ehhh, no, this is so bland and even amateurish...

it's because of songs like this that I can't fully enjoy his 70s era... With You is even worse...

and I agree with rialb: "It's Gonna Be Lonely" is like 10000000 times better than the rest of the 4U/Prince ballads...

JoeTyler said:

ehhh, no, this is so bland and even amateurish...

it's because of songs like this that I can't fully enjoy his 70s era... With You is even worse...

and I agree with rialb: "It's Gonna Be Lonely" is like 10000000 times better than the rest of the 4U/Prince ballads...

Dang, I forgot all about "With You." So four out of the nine tracks on Prince are ballads, that seems like too many.

One of my favorite songs from my 3rd favorite Prince album. Not as good as It's Gonna Be Lonely but still awesome

Great track, great album.

My sister hipped me to this song....Great song!

I used to think it sounds like a commercial break for Lifetime channel untill I heard his live version with Sue Ann Carwell.

Now THAT performance kicks major ass.

I love this track, but the live performances circulating leave me reeling. He was so different from anyone I'd ever seen or heard back then. He was special. He's still special, but in a different way.