Dang.. spend some time tonight.. compiling a list of songs on Singles Prince has released in one form or another.. There's 250 or so...

Prince Soft & Wet

Prince Just As Long As We'reTogether

Prince I Wanna Be Your Lover

Prince Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?

Prince Still Waiting

Prince Sexy Dancer

Prince Uptown

Prince Bambi

Prince Head

Prince When You Were Mine

Prince Dirty Mind

Prince Do It All Nigh

tPrince Gotta Stop (Messin' About)

The Time Get It Up

The Time Coo

lPrince Controversy

Prince Let's Work

The Time Girl

Prince Sexuality

Prince Do Me, Baby

The Time 777-9311*

Vanity 6 Nasty G

irlPrince 1999*

Vanity 6 Bite The Beat

The Time The Walk

Vanity 6 He's So Dull

The Time Gigolos Get Lonely Too

Vanity 6 Drive Me Wild

Prince Little Red Corvette

Stevie Nicks Stand Back

Prince Automatic

Prince Delirious

Prince Let's Pretend We're Married

Sheila E The Glamorous Life

Prince & The Revolution When Doves Cry

The Time Ice Cream Castles

Prince & The Revolution Let's Go Crazy

Apollonia 6 Sex Shooter

Prince & The Revolution Purple Rain

Chaka Khan I Feel For You

Prince & The Revolution I Would Die 4 U

Sheila E The Belle Of St. Mark

The Time Jungle Love

Sheena Easton Sugar Walls

Sheila E Oliver's House

The Time The Bird

Prince & The Revolution Take Me With U

Apollonia 6 Blue Limosine

Prince & The Revolution Raspberry Beret

Prince & The Revolution Paisley Park

Prince & The Revolution Pop Life

Andre Cymone The Dance Electric

The Family The Screams Of Passion

Sheila E Sister Fate

Sheila E Bedtime Story

The Family High Fashion

Prince & The Revolution America

Sheila E A Love Bizarre

Bangles Manic Monday

Prince & The Revolution Kiss

Mazarati Player's Ball

Prince & The Revolution Mountains

Mazarati 100 MPH

Prince & The Revolution Anotherloverholenyohead

Sheila E Holly Rock

Prince & The Revolution Girls & Boys

Sheila E Love On A Blue Train

Madhouse 6*

Prince Sign O' The Times

Jill Jones Mia Bocca

Prince If I Was Your Girlfriend

Sheila E Koo Koo

Prince U Got The Look

Nona Hendrix Baby Go Go

Jill Jones G-Spot

Sheena Easton Eternity

Madhouse 10*

Prince I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

Jill Jones For Love

Deborah Allen Telepathy

Taja Sevelle Wouldn't You Love To Love Me

Madhouse 13*

Prince Alphabet St.

Prince Glam Slam

Prince I Wish U Heaven

Three O'Clock Neon Telephone

Madonna Like A Prayer

Wendy & Lisa Loly Loly

Prince Batdance

Sheena Easton 101*

Brown Mark Bang Bang

Prince Partyman

Aretha Franklin & James Brown Gimme Your Love

Patti LaBella Yo Mister

Prince The Arms Of Orion

Prince Scandalous

George Clinton Tweakin'

Mavis Staples Jaguar

Sinead O'Conner Nothing Compares 2 U

Mavis Staples Time Waits For No One

Kid Creole & The Coconuts The Sex Of It

Prince The Future

The Time Jerk Out

Prince Thieves In The Temple

Tevin Campbell Round & Round

The Time Chocolate

Elisa Fiorillo On The Way Up

Prince New Power Generation

Mavis Staples Melody Cool

Prince Can't Stop This Feeling I Got

The Time Shake!

Mica Paris If I Love U 2 Nite

Elisa Fiorillo Ooh This I Need

Prince & The NPG Gett Off

Martika Love... Thy Will Be Done

Ingrid Chavez Elephant Box

Prince & The NPG Cream

Prince & The NPG Insatiable

Prince & The NPG Diamonds & Pearls

Eric Leeds Little Rock

Eric Leeds The Dopamine Rush

T.C. Ellis Miss Thang

Martika Martika's Kitchen

Prince & The NPG Money Don't Matter 2 Night

Ingrid Chavez Hippy Blood

Lois Lane Qualified

Prince & The NPG Thunder

Carmen Electra Go Go Dancer

Prince & The NPG Sexy MF

Prince & The NPG My Name Is Prince

Prince & The NPG 7*

Prince & The NPG Damn U

Ingrid Chavez Heaven Must Be Near

Martika Spirit

Carmen Electra Everybody Get On Up

Monie Love Born 2 B.R.E.E.D.

Prince & The NPG The Morning Papers

Lois Lane Sex

Monie Love In A Word Or 2

Carmen Electra Fantasia Erotica

NPG 2gether

Prince Pink Cashmere

Tevin Campbell Shhh

Prince Nothing Compares 2 U

Prince Peach

George Clinton The Big Pump

Mavis Staples Blood Is Thicker Than Time

Jevetta Steele Hold Me

Mavis Staples The Voice

Prince The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

Earth Wind & Fire Superhero

Prince & Nona Gaye Love Sign

Mayte The Most Beautiful Boy In The World

NPG Superhero

Prince Letitgo

Tevin Campbell The Halls Of Desire

Prince Space

MPLS Minneapolis

Brian Gallagher The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

Margie Cox Standing At The Altar

Prince Purple Medley

NPG Get Wild

NPG The Good Life

Prince I Hate U

Rosie Gaines I Want U

Mayte If I Love U 2nigh

tPrince Gold

Prince P Control

NPG Count The Days

Prince Dolphin

Prince Endorphinmachine

NPG Girl 6

Prince Dinner With Delores

Prince Betcha By Golly Wow!

Mayte House Of Brick

Prince Somebody's Somebody

Prince The Holy River

Prince The Truth

NPG The One

NPG The War

NPG Come On

Chaka Khan Don't Talk 2 Strangers

Chaka Khan Spoon

Graham Central Station U Move Me

Carmen Electra Fun

Prince 1999 The New Master

Prince Extraordinary

Prince The Greatest Romance Ever Sold

Prince The Work Pt 1

Prince & Angie Stone U Make My Sunshine

NPG Peace

NPG The Daisy Chain

Prince Supercute

George Clinton Paradigm

Prince Days Of Wild

Prince Musicology

Prince Call My Name

Prince Cinnamon Girl

Stevie Wonder So What The Fuss

Prince S.T.T.

Prince Te Amo Corazon

Tamar Beautiful Loved & Blessed

Prince Black Sweat

Tamar Holla & Shout

Prince Fury

Prince Song Of The Heart

Prince Guitar

Prince Chelsea Rodgers

Prince The One U Wanna C

Mayte The Rhythm Of Your Heart

Prince F.U.N.K.

Prince Future Baby Mama

Prince Somewhere Here On Earth

Bria Valente Another Boy

Prince Chocolate Box

Prince Crimson & Clover

Prince Dance 4 Me

Prince U're Gonna C Me

Sheila E Leader Of The Band

Prince Extralovable

Bria Valante 2nite

Andy Allo People Pleaser

Prince Rock N Roll Love Affair

Shelby J North Carolina

Prince Screwdriver

"I got too many hits..." ***

***"...and plenty of time but very little interest in playing most of them. Here's 'Play That Funky Music.' Now shut up."

I'll never forget that magical summer when NPG's "Peace" was a worldwide smash. Seems you couldn't go to a Walgreens, shopping mall, or barbecue without someone jamming it - Then to see it pick up 8 Grammy's AND an American Choice Award... lordy, how I miss those days.

/hits

dang, that's a lot of single releases, seeing them all compiled in a list like that

including deep album cuts that fans go crazy about, he's got enough material to

fill endlessly fascinating setlists.

i can understand him being crazy about a song or two, so playing 2 covers on a

tour. but the constantly performed cover versions of the same songs, and also

the number of times he performs them makes no sense.

errant said:

Keep in mind that singles are not necessarily the same as hits.

True, but neither are fan favorites. My favorite Prince song, DMSR, is not a hit. Still worthy of the "too many hits" declaration.

skywalker said:

errant said:

Keep in mind that singles are not necessarily the same as hits.

True, but neither are fan favorites. My favorite Prince song, DMSR, is not a hit. Still worthy of the "too many hits" declaration.

Songs like DMSR and Adore fall in the "hit" category....but they were never singles.

DMSR got radio and club play. So did Automatic and Lady Cab Driver.

daPrettyman said:

skywalker said:

True, but neither are fan favorites. My favorite Prince song, DMSR, is not a hit. Still worthy of the "too many hits" declaration.

Songs like DMSR and Adore fall in the "hit" category....but they were never singles.

DMSR got radio and club play. So did Automatic and Lady Cab Driver.

dannyd5050 said:

daPrettyman said:

Songs like DMSR and Adore fall in the "hit" category....but they were never singles.

DMSR got radio and club play. So did Automatic and Lady Cab Driver.

Every old school r&b station still spins "Adore" on a regular basis. Therefore, it's a "hit."

dannyd5050 said:

daPrettyman said:

Songs like DMSR and Adore fall in the "hit" category....but they were never singles.

DMSR got radio and club play. So did Automatic and Lady Cab Driver.

Also it was on the Risky Business soundrack....If it crosses over to a soundrack...that should count!

Please ignore the top of the list, play some of the material down tthe bottom of the list...

Just realised that it's a little 'l' in the Time's Girl, and the OP didn't list a song called 'Gin'

He does seem to mention it a lot now, at my concert "Go and ask your friends, how many hits Prince got, I got so many hits" he said as he sat atop that hideous light up piano thing.

Being more accurate, we need to define what a "hit" is, because a lot of those songs charted poorly or missed the chart altogether.

He has had 5 solo number ones and 1 other number1 song recorded by another artist (Sinead O Connor) in the US. I think Manic Monday satlled at 2 and I feel 4 u at #3 by Chaka Khan.

If we include Top 10 hits, we have a few more, about 30 or so if you include the ones by other artists (The glamorous life got to #8 etc).

It climbs to 40 or so at Top 20 (He's had a lot of songs stiff at 11 or 12 like Lover and Love Bizarre)

And maybe about 60 in the Top 40

So that leaves 190 songs that were flops, as to me anything that fails top 40 is a pop flop, no matter how well it does on the Black or dance charts. Even a song that spends like 2 weeks at number 37 is not really a "hit" in my book.

"I got more hits than Madonna's got kids",he once bragged at a concert

Adorecream said:

Even a song that spends like 2 weeks at number 37 is not really a "hit" in my book.

It's called being anti-cool.

But we gonna sang Everyday People for ya.....

skywalker said:

errant said:

Keep in mind that singles are not necessarily the same as hits.

True, but neither are fan favorites. My favorite Prince song, DMSR, is not a hit. Still worthy of the "too many hits" declaration.

Amen! And while I like "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," which was a "hit," there are so many other songs that weren't "hits" that are more worthy of the "too many hits" declaration than "TMBGITW." And regardless of whether he plays them or not, the declaration is still true. He's got more hits/jams than time will allow for one concert.

1725topp said:

skywalker said:

True, but neither are fan favorites. My favorite Prince song, DMSR, is not a hit. Still worthy of the "too many hits" declaration.

Amen! And while I like "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," which was a "hit," there are so many other songs that weren't "hits" that are more worthy of the "too many hits" declaration than "TMBGITW." And regardless of whether he plays them or not, the declaration is still true. He's got more hits/jams than time will allow for one concert.

That's a very weak paradigm.

Imagine a small tour where he palys all 250-300 hits spread over 10-20 shows.

He plays all songs fully, no medleys, but can alter the arrangements slightly. He picks the order. No duplicates allowed.

Such a tour I would do.

Same thing as playing more `recent` songs (less than 10 years old) each show.

rdhull said:

But we gonna sang Everyday People for ya.....

SchlomoThaHomo said:

"I got too many hits..." ***

***"...and plenty of time but very little interest in playing most of them. Here's 'Play That Funky Music.' Now shut up."

The gist of it, yes.

udo said:

1725topp said:

Amen! And while I like "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," which was a "hit," there are so many other songs that weren't "hits" that are more worthy of the "too many hits" declaration than "TMBGITW." And regardless of whether he plays them or not, the declaration is still true. He's got more hits/jams than time will allow for one concert.

That's a very weak paradigm.

Imagine a small tour where he palys all 250-300 hits spread over 10-20 shows.

He plays all songs fully, no medleys, but can alter the arrangements slightly. He picks the order. No duplicates allowed.

Such a tour I would do.

Same thing as playing more `recent` songs (less than 10 years old) each show.

It is never a weak paradigm to explain to someone like you who is obviously splitting hairs that a term, such as "hits," as most terms, has a denotative and connotative meaning. In this case, some of us are merely making it plain that when Prince is saying "hits" it seems that he is using it in a connotative sense, meaning well-crafted and popular songs either with the masses or with the Prince faithful even if they never charted in the top whatever. So, when Prince is saying "hits," he is clearly meaning or referring to--as any fool would recognize--a wider array of songs than just "chart topers."

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Now, with all that said, the covers don't bother me nearly as much as they bother others, but I would much rather hear post-2000 songs in their place. Yet, while I would much rather hear new songs because I'm one of those in the minority of this site that love much of the post-2000 production, I've also said many times that it's hypocritical for the majority of members of this site to spend the past thirteen years bitching about the post-2000 production and then bitch that he only plays "chart topers" and covers. I will add that for the past thirteen years Prince has played more of his post-2000 songs than many on this site will lead us to believe, and if the Dakota shows are any signal then the upcoming tour may feature post-2000 songs as about thirty percent of the set list.