Create a 17-track "Greatest Hits" of the last 21 years of Prince's music, broken up into 7 year increments. Anything that he has touched and has a studio release should be considered! NPG, Bria, Mayte, VanGogh, etc. Studio boots are welcome too, but songs should be categorized by date of recording or relation to an album release.

As a bonus, each 17 track set should come with 4 Live Tracks performed during that time span. 2010 had Prince playing an awesome Bass Medley set with The Stick, 777-9311, etc.

You don't have to have a track from every year! If you want 17 tracks from Emancipation, and 4 tracks from the Love4OneAnother tour as a set, that's your call!

Here's a template to help get people going:

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

4 Bonus Live Tracks

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

4 Bonus Live Tracks

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994

1993

1992

4 Bonus Live Tracks

what?

those rules are complicated,

Why don't you start Dauphin (you are serious about this, you are not joking...?)

From a former thread,

My take on a Prince Hits compilation in a chronologic order,

however no live tracks are included:

The Hits 1: (1978-1985)

1. "Soft and Wet" – 3:03
2. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" – 2:58 (single edit)
3. "I Feel for You" – 3:25
4. "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" – 3:48
5. "Uptown" – 4:09 (single edit)

6. "Dirty Mind" – 3:49 (single edit)
7. "Head" – 4:43
8. "When You Were Mine" – 3:43
9. "Controversy" – 3:35 (single edit)
10. "Do Me, Baby" – 3:57 (single edit)
11. "1999" – 3:37 (single edit)
12. "Little Red Corvette" – 4:56

13. "Delirious" – 2:39 (single edit)

14. "When Doves Cry" – 3:48 (single edit)
15. "Let's Go Crazy" – 4:39
16. "I Would Die 4 U" – 2:57 (single edit)
17. "Purple Rain" – 8:40

18. "Raspberry Beret" – 3:32
19. "Pop Life" – 3:42

The Hits 2: (1985-1992)

1. "Nothing Compares 2 U" – 4:58 (live)

2. "Kiss" – 3:46 (single edit)
3. "Mountains" - 3:58

4. "Girls And Boys" - 5:29

5. "Anotherloverholenyohead" - 3:58

6. "Sign "☮" the Times" – 3:43 (single edit)
7. "U Got the Look" – 3:47
8. "If I Was Your Girlfriend" – 3:46 (single edit)
9. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" – 3:40 (single edit)
10. "Adore" – 4:41

11. "Alphabet St." – 5:39
12. "I Wish U Heaven" 2:43

13. "Thieves in the Temple" – 3:20
14. "Gett Off" – 4:30
15. "Cream" – 4:13
16. "Diamonds and Pearls" – 4:20 (single edit)
17. "Sexy MF" – 5:26
18. "My Name Is Prince" - 4:05 (7" edit)
19. "7" – 5:09

Outtake: Pink Cashmere & Peach

The Hits 3: (1994-2001)

1. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
2. Letitgo
3. Space
4. Love Sign (with Nona Gaye)
5. Get Wild
6. I Hate U (Album version)
7. Dolphin
8. Gold (Album version)
9. Dinner With Delores
10. Betcha By Golly Wow
11. The Holy River
12. Somebody's Somebody
13. The One
14. Come On
15. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
16. The Work part 1
17. She Loves Me 4 Me


The Hits 4: (2004-2010)

1. Musicology
2. Call My Name
3. Cinnamon Girl
4. A Million Days
5. Te Amo Corazon
6. Black Sweat
7. Fury
8. Song Of The Heart
9. Guitar
10. The One U Wanna C
11. Future Baby Mama
12. Somewhere Here On Earth
13. Dreamer
14. Crimson & Clover
15. Dance 4 Me
16. Beginning Endlessly
17. Sticky Like Glue

18. Future Soul Song

^ most of these are released singles.

Not necessary the best Prince songs.

.

[Edited 6/27/12 8:31am]

Nice list!

I am planning on doing this myself. Every June 7th, I have a ritual of listening to as much "purple" music as possible. I usually end up getting back on a Prince-kick for a few weeks. This time, I've been listening to a lot of the 80's music. I've decided I should give the post Diamonds and Pearls era a fair shot. I was listening to 777-9311 at the time, and decided I'd break it down into 3 7 year intervals. I wanted to have some live cuts too. The 17 tracks per set is a homage to 17 Days, and the 4 bonus tracks totals 21 tracks per set, which matches the total amount of years the sets would cover.

thedance said:

From a former thread,

My take on a Prince Hits compilation in a chronologic order,

however no live tracks are included:

The Hits 1: (1978-1985)

1. "Soft and Wet" – 3:03
2. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" – 2:58 (single edit)
3. "I Feel for You" – 3:25
4. "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" – 3:48
5. "Uptown" – 4:09 (single edit)

6. "Dirty Mind" – 3:49 (single edit)
7. "Head" – 4:43
8. "When You Were Mine" – 3:43
9. "Controversy" – 3:35 (single edit)
10. "Do Me, Baby" – 3:57 (single edit)
11. "1999" – 3:37 (single edit)
12. "Little Red Corvette" – 4:56

13. "Delirious" – 2:39 (single edit)

14. "When Doves Cry" – 3:48 (single edit)
15. "Let's Go Crazy" – 4:39
16. "I Would Die 4 U" – 2:57 (single edit)
17. "Purple Rain" – 8:40

18. "Raspberry Beret" – 3:32
19. "Pop Life" – 3:42

The Hits 2: (1985-1992)

1. "Nothing Compares 2 U" – 4:58 (live)

2. "Kiss" – 3:46 (single edit)
3. "Mountains" - 3:58

4. "Girls And Boys" - 5:29

5. "Anotherloverholenyohead" - 3:58

6. "Sign "☮" the Times" – 3:43 (single edit)
7. "U Got the Look" – 3:47
8. "If I Was Your Girlfriend" – 3:46 (single edit)
9. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" – 3:40 (single edit)
10. "Adore" – 4:41

11. "Alphabet St." – 5:39
12. "I Wish U Heaven" 2:43

13. "Thieves in the Temple" – 3:20
14. "Gett Off" – 4:30
15. "Cream" – 4:13
16. "Diamonds and Pearls" – 4:20 (single edit)
17. "Sexy MF" – 5:26
18. "My Name Is Prince" - 4:05 (7" edit)
19. "7" – 5:09

Outtake: Pink Cashmere & Peach

The Hits 3: (1994-2001)

1. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
2. Letitgo
3. Space
4. Love Sign (with Nona Gaye)
5. Get Wild
6. I Hate U (Album version)
7. Dolphin
8. Gold (Album version)
9. Dinner With Delores
10. Betcha By Golly Wow
11. The Holy River
12. Somebody's Somebody
13. The One
14. Come On
15. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
16. The Work part 1
17. She Loves Me 4 Me


The Hits 4: (2004-2010)

1. Musicology
2. Call My Name
3. Cinnamon Girl
4. A Million Days
5. Te Amo Corazon
6. Black Sweat
7. Fury
8. Song Of The Heart
9. Guitar
10. The One U Wanna C
11. Future Baby Mama
12. Somewhere Here On Earth
13. Dreamer
14. Crimson & Clover
15. Dance 4 Me
16. Beginning Endlessly
17. Sticky Like Glue

18. Future Soul Song

^ most of these are released singles.

Not necessary the best Prince songs.

.

[Edited 6/27/12 8:31am]

Nice job!

I can't think of any songs let alone worthy songs for 2011 or 2012. Instead I will have a 1 song each year from 1977 to 2010

1. Games

2. In Love

3. I wanna be your lover

4. Partyup

5. Controversy

6. Lust u always

7. Horny Toad

8. 17 Days

9. Temptation

10. Last Heart

11. Adore

12. Anna Stesia

13. S.E.X. (Short version of scandalous not as good as the Suite)

14. Still Would stand all time

15. Violet the Organ Grinder

16. Sexy MF

17. Zannalee (Undertaker version)

18. Interactive or Lovesign

19. Endorphinmachine

20. I like it there

21. Animal Kingdom

22. Come On

23. The sun, moon and stars

24. Supercute

25. Last December

26. Underneath the Cream

27. Silicon

28. Call my name

29. SST

30. Black Sweat

31. Lion of Judah

32. FUNK

33. Dreamer

34. Lavaux

In process - editing:

1998 Crystal Ball, Dream Factory, Hide the Bone*, Calhoun Square, What's My Name, Good Love, Last Heart, Goodbye

8

1997

0

1996 Into the Light, I Will, Dig U Better Dead, Had U, Courtin Time, In this Bed Eye Scream, Soul Sanctuary, Dreamin' About U, The Holy River, Slave, The Human Body
11

1995 P. Control, Dolphin, 319, Billy Jack Bitch
4

1994 Race, Space
2

1993 Pink Cashmere,
1

1992 Sexy MF, Blue Light, The Morning Papers, 7

4

4 Bonus Live Tracks Somebody's Somebody (Livemix),