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Thread started 11/10/12 11:48am

thebanishedone

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These songs were hits for others but not for Prince

I Feel For U,When U Were Mine ,Nothing Compares, to U,Private Joy are some of the songs that hit the top of the charts in a versions of artists like Chaka and Cindy Lauper but public slept on those jams when Prince released them.Why? Was it because of the marketing? Production? Was a big classy arrangment need to make Nothing Compares T U big?
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Reply #1 posted 11/10/12 2:33pm

TheEnglishGent

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Did Prince release any of them as singles?

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Reply #2 posted 11/10/12 3:59pm

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for whom was Private Joy a hit? I didn't know someone had covered it. but as far as Prince fans in Detroit, Private Joy WAS a hit on the radio here!!

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Reply #3 posted 11/10/12 4:02pm

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datdude said:

for whom was Private Joy a hit? I didn't know someone had covered it. but as far as Prince fans in Detroit, Private Joy WAS a hit on the radio here!!

[An artist name] Cheyne redid Private Joy for the Weird Science soundtrack back in the day. I'm sure it's on youtube somewhere. lol

Oh, & LaToya Jackson redid it too. lol confused

Oh shit, Even rogers did a version too! neutral

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Reply #4 posted 11/10/12 5:40pm

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None of those songs were marketed as singles when Prince did them except for Nothing Compares 2 U. People that bought the albums knew them but the general radio listener probably didn't.

When eye go 2 a Prince concert or related event it's all heart up in the house but when eye log onto this site and the miasma of bitchiness is completely overwhelming!
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Reply #5 posted 11/10/12 5:48pm

datdude

that "ish" didn't CHART though. (none of them did) i watched America's Top 10 in the 80s and I remember the Weird Science flick, i'da noticed if somebody charted with PJ, one of my faves from Controversy!

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Reply #6 posted 11/10/12 6:09pm

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datdude said:

that "ish" didn't CHART though. (none of them did) i watched America's Top 10 in the 80s and I remember the Weird Science flick, i'da noticed if somebody charted with PJ, one of my faves from Controversy!

Hey, don't shoot the messenger lol. I don't even agree with this damn thread anyway, & I agree with you about it being a "hit". Private Joy is one of my favs off Controversy too. nod

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Reply #7 posted 11/10/12 7:44pm

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datdude said:

for whom was Private Joy a hit? I didn't know someone had covered it. but as far as Prince fans in Detroit, Private Joy WAS a hit on the radio here!!



Yes it was and was my Aunt's favorite Prince song because she heard it on the radio here in Metro Detroit area. As for the other songs I don't believe Prince released those songs as singles.
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Reply #8 posted 11/10/12 7:55pm

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HonestMan13 said:

None of those songs were marketed as singles when Prince did them except for Nothing Compares 2 U. People that bought the albums knew them but the general radio listener probably didn't.

Nothing Compares 2 U was only a single for Prince after Sinead had already had a hit with it. It was not a single for The Family. wink

Lauper's cover of When U Were Mine was also not a "hit". I don't think it was even a single, IIRC.

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Reply #9 posted 11/10/12 8:17pm

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Tittypants said:

datdude said:

for whom was Private Joy a hit? I didn't know someone had covered it. but as far as Prince fans in Detroit, Private Joy WAS a hit on the radio here!!

[An artist name] Cheyne redid Private Joy for the Weird Science soundtrack back in the day. I'm sure it's on youtube somewhere. lol

Oh, & LaToya Jackson redid it too. lol confused

Oh shit, Even rogers did a version too! neutral

[Edited 11/10/12 16:07pm]

If you mean Roger Troutman, then that's incorrect.

He has a tune called "Private Lover", from his "Unlimited" lp biggrin

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Reply #10 posted 11/10/12 8:27pm

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HuMpThAnG said:

Tittypants said:

[An artist name] Cheyne redid Private Joy for the Weird Science soundtrack back in the day. I'm sure it's on youtube somewhere. lol

Oh, & LaToya Jackson redid it too. lol confused

Oh shit, Even rogers did a version too! neutral

[Edited 11/10/12 16:07pm]

If you mean Roger Troutman, then that's incorrect.

He has a tune called "Private Lover", from his "Unlimited" lp biggrin

I meant Evan Rogers.....I'm sorry about that. lol

الحيوان النادلة ((((|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|)))) ...AND THAT'S THE WAY THE "TITTY" MILKS IT!
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Reply #11 posted 11/10/12 8:36pm

HuMpThAnG

Tittypants said:

HuMpThAnG said:

If you mean Roger Troutman, then that's incorrect.

He has a tune called "Private Lover", from his "Unlimited" lp biggrin

I meant Evan Rogers.....I'm sorry about that. lol

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