Just like the Hits 1 & 2 was all about the main stream hits , not the cool album fan favorites. I really think Prince should consider putting together a Hits 3 package from 1994 to 2014. There are several songs out there that the main stream heard on the radio back in the day , but have no idea what album they were from or if the album is still available to purchase. These songs deserve more credit than given and are a major reason how and why Prince is still around today. The following 15 songs are songs I think he could package as Hits from the past 20 years :

1 - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

2 - Shhh !

3 - P Control

4 - I hate U

5 - Betcha by Golly Wow !

6 - Somebody's Somebody

7 - I Like it There

8 - The One

9 - The Work Pt. I

10 - Musicology

11 - Call my name

12 - Black Sweat

13 - Guitar

14 - Future Baby Mama

15 - Rock-n-Roll Love Affair

1 - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World - LEGIT HIT

2 - Shhh ! - NOT A SINGLE, NOT A HIT

3 - P Control - NOT A SINGLE, NOT A HIT

4 - I hate U - LEGIT SINGLE, LUKEWARM MAINSTREAM APPROVAL

5 - Betcha by Golly Wow ! - LITTLE RADIO PLAY, NOT A HIT

6 - Somebody's Somebody - LEGIT SINGLE, HAD A VIDEO WITH SOME PLAY

7 - I Like it There - NO SINGLE, NOT A HIT

8 - The One - SINGLE, VIDEO, BUT LITTLE IMPACT OR PLAY

9 - The Work Pt. I - NO PLAY, NOT A HIT

10 - Musicology - LEGIT SINGLE, LEGIT HIT

11 - Call my name - SINGLE, NO TRACTION

12 - Black Sweat - LEGIT SINGLE, VIDEO WITH SOME PLAY

13 - Guitar - SINGLE, NO PLAY

14 - Future Baby Mama - NOT A SINGLE, ISOLATED RADIO PLAY

15 - Rock-n-Roll Love Affair - LEGIT SINGLE, TV PERFORMANCES, LITTLE TRACTION.

I'd say, from your list, only:

The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

I Hate U

Somebody's Somebody

Musicology

Black Sweat

Rock-n-roll Love Affair

would fit on a "Hits 3" CD. I'd put "Te Amo Corazon", "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" on as well.

The rest are great songs, but outside die hard fans, no one's heard them.

You've left out songs that were singles and did have a good amount of exposure, e.g. "Gold" and "The Holy River".

"Call My Name" and "Future Baby Mama" I could see being on a "late-career" compilition, given that they both won a grammy.

ThomasBjj said:

aiden said:

ThomasBjj said:

1 - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World - LEGIT HIT

2 - Shhh ! - NOT A SINGLE, NOT A HIT

3 - P Control - NOT A SINGLE, NOT A HIT

4 - I hate U - LEGIT SINGLE, LUKEWARM MAINSTREAM APPROVAL

5 - Betcha by Golly Wow ! - LITTLE RADIO PLAY, NOT A HIT

6 - Somebody's Somebody - LEGIT SINGLE, HAD A VIDEO WITH SOME PLAY

7 - I Like it There - NO SINGLE, NOT A HIT

8 - The One - SINGLE, VIDEO, BUT LITTLE IMPACT OR PLAY

9 - The Work Pt. I - NO PLAY, NOT A HIT

10 - Musicology - LEGIT SINGLE, LEGIT HIT

11 - Call my name - SINGLE, NO TRACTION

12 - Black Sweat - LEGIT SINGLE, VIDEO WITH SOME PLAY

13 - Guitar - SINGLE, NO PLAY

14 - Future Baby Mama - NOT A SINGLE, ISOLATED RADIO PLAY

15 - Rock-n-Roll Love Affair - LEGIT SINGLE, TV PERFORMANCES, LITTLE TRACTION.

I'd say, from your list, only:

The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

I Hate U

Somebody's Somebody

Musicology

Black Sweat

Rock-n-roll Love Affair

would fit on a "Hits 3" CD. I'd put "Te Amo Corazon", "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" on as well.

The rest are great songs, but outside die hard fans, no one's heard them.

Betcha by golly wow! Went to number 3 in the UK and was being played all over the place so yes it's a hit

call my name and future baby mama were both grammy winners for best r&b song

I'd do this:

1. Musicology

2. Black sweat

3. Fury

4. Guitar

5. Chelsea Rogers

6. Letitgo

7. The greatest romance ever sold

8. Betcha by golly wow

9. Dinner with Delores

10. The Holy River

11. Somebody’s Somebody

12. Te Amo Corazon

13. She loves me for me

14. Call my name

15. Future baby mama

16. Cinnamon girl

17. Gold

18. The most beautiful girl in the world

ThomasBjj said:

1 - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World - LEGIT HIT

2 - Shhh ! - NOT A SINGLE, NOT A HIT

3 - P Control - NOT A SINGLE, NOT A HIT

4 - I hate U - LEGIT SINGLE, LUKEWARM MAINSTREAM APPROVAL

5 - Betcha by Golly Wow ! - LITTLE RADIO PLAY, NOT A HIT

6 - Somebody's Somebody - LEGIT SINGLE, HAD A VIDEO WITH SOME PLAY

7 - I Like it There - NO SINGLE, NOT A HIT

8 - The One - SINGLE, VIDEO, BUT LITTLE IMPACT OR PLAY

9 - The Work Pt. I - NO PLAY, NOT A HIT

10 - Musicology - LEGIT SINGLE, LEGIT HIT

11 - Call my name - SINGLE, NO TRACTION

12 - Black Sweat - LEGIT SINGLE, VIDEO WITH SOME PLAY

13 - Guitar - SINGLE, NO PLAY

14 - Future Baby Mama - NOT A SINGLE, ISOLATED RADIO PLAY

15 - Rock-n-Roll Love Affair - LEGIT SINGLE, TV PERFORMANCES, LITTLE TRACTION.

I'd say, from your list, only:

The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

I Hate U

Somebody's Somebody

Musicology

Black Sweat

Rock-n-roll Love Affair

would fit on a "Hits 3" CD. I'd put "Te Amo Corazon", "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" on as well.

The rest are great songs, but outside die hard fans, no one's heard them.

Betcha By Golly Wow was Top 20 in the UK...counts as a hit in my book!

Ah, in the U.S. Betcha By Golly Wow got ZERO attention. I wasn't aware it was well received in the U.K.

Grammy nominations for the other two mentioned would definitely qualify them.

Forgot about the Holy River , and Gold being singles. Gold got a little play here in the states, I never heard The Holy River even once on anything but my own CD player (no slam on the song, its one of my favorites).

Dinner with delores got zero attention here, same with Letitgo and Space. Zero radio play, no video play, no promotion (aside from Dinner w/ Delores played on Letterman show).

Firstly - are the WB releases useable for Prince? I suppose he could 're-master' them if he had any legal restrictions in their regard.

I think someone would need to look at all 'legit' singles across all markets and come up with some sort of graph to decide which songs should make it onto a hits 3 package. It's easy for us to throw titles out there, but very few of us know the true 'success' of such singles.

some of the NPG singles seemed successful, would we accept Get Wild or Good Life (Dance Remix)?

Letitgo seemed to get good airplay back in the day, but that's just my perception.

Prince's videos got played a lot on the video channels still in the mid-90s even if they might have not been radio hits at the time. He was still, after all, "the second most successful black male solo artist after Michael Jackson". If Prince released a new video it ended up being shown several times a day on channels like MTV Europe - and when they stopped playing it, he'd just release the next one pretty soon! That seemed to be his strategy at the time, to be in your face constantly, even if he wasn't getting the promotional push by WB anymore.

I like the idea of including songs like "P Control" on a compilation like this, because original The Hits collections had also some non-single tracks that "raised attention" with their risky themes. However, "Gold" and "The Holy River" definitely should be there.

Please no. He barely puts out an album now if we lobby for another hits package he will milk that as his release for another 3 to 4 years so we could have a 6 to 8 year gap between studio albums. I don't want that. Its bad enough now that it takes him 4 years and counting to put out an album.

trax said:

Kind of incredible to realize his last proper worldwide hit was 20 years ago...

that's why not many kids under 20 even know who he is!

^Yeah I know... They probably heard Kiss or Cream at a shopping mall and that's about it...

1. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
2. LetItGo
3. I Hate U
4. Gold
5. Chaos and Disorder
6. I Like it There
7. Dinner with Delores
8. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
9. Musicology
10. Cinnamon Girl
11. Te Amo Corazon
12. Black Sweat
13. Fury
14. Guitar
15. Chelsea Rodgers
16. The One U Wanna C
17. Dance4Me
18. Crimson and Clover
19. Dreamer

I dont know about a hits 3, but a "best of" of the more current music would for me have to include "Te Amo Corazon" the most timeless Prince track in the longest time. I love it.

Te Amo Corazon, Black Sweat, Dreamer, Colonized Mind, Back To The Lotus,

Trashcat said:

1. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
2. LetItGo
3. I Hate U
4. Gold
5. Chaos and Disorder
6. I Like it There
7. Dinner with Delores
8. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
9. Musicology
10. Cinnamon Girl
11. Te Amo Corazon
12. Black Sweat
13. Fury
14. Guitar
15. Chelsea Rodgers
16. The One U Wanna C
17. Dance4Me
18. Crimson and Clover
19. Dreamer

Yeah, you gotta have Gold! It was a decent hit, thought I was never personally a huge fan of it