This is supporting proof of princes song writting abilities

Top 40 Hits written by prince for others

Stevie Nicks "Stand Back" (1983) #5 US

Chaka Khan "I Feel For You" (1984)#3 US #1 UK (yr end charts '85 #5 in us)

Sheila E. "The Glamorous life" (1984) #7 US

The Time "The Bird" (1984) #36US

The Time "Jungle love" (1985) #20 US

Sheena Easton "Sugar walls" (1985) #9 US

Sheila E. "The Belle Of St Mark" (1985) #34 US #18 UK

Bangles "Manic Monday" (1986) #2 US (behind "Kiss, at #1), #2 UK

Sheila E. "A Love Bizarre" (1986) #11 US

Art Of Noise featuring Tom Jones "Kiss" (1988) #5 UK

Simple minds "sign o the times" (1989) #18 UK

Elisa Fiorillo "On the way up" (1990) #27 US

Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990) #1 US #1 UK (#1 in yr end charts in us and #2 in uk)(#1 in 21 countries)

Kid Creole & The Coconuts "The Sex Of It" (1990) #29 UK

MC Hammer "Pray" (1990) #2 US #8 UK (sampled)

The Time "Jerk Out" (1991) #9 US

Tevin Campbell "Round and Round" (1991) #11 US

Martika "Love... Thy Will Be Done" (1991) #10 US #9 UK

Martika "Martika's Kitchen " (1991) #17 UK

Monie Love "Born 2 B.R.E.E.D." (1993) #18 UK

Monie Love "In A Word Or 2 / The Power" (1993) #33 UK

New Power Generation "Get Wild" (1995) #19 UK

MoKenStef "He's Mine" (1995) #7 US (sampled "Do Me Baby")

New Power Generation "The Good " (1995) #29 UK

New Power Generation "The Good" (1997) #15 UK (reissue)

Ginuwine "When Doves Cry " (1997) #10 UK

Jordan knight "I could never take the place of your man" (1999) #37 US

Alicia Keys "How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore" (2002) #26 UK

Jay-Z featuring Beyonce "03 Bonnie & Clyde" (2003) #4 US #2 UK (sampled)

Inaya Day "Nasty Girl" (2005) #9 UK

Top 40 R&B Hits only written by Prince

"Meli'sa Morgan" "Do me baby" #1

"TLC "get it up" #14(also #42 on H100)

"Apollonia 6 "Sex Shooter" #19

“Tevin campbell” #8 “shhh(break it down)”

"Sheila E "Sister Fate" #36

"Sheila E "Koo Koo" #35

"The Family "The Screams Of Passion" #9

"The Family "High Fashion" #34

"Patti Labelle "Yo Mister" #6

"Madhouse "6" #5

"Mazarati "100 MPH" #19

"Mavis Staples "Melody Cool" #36

"The Time "Get It Up" #6

"The Time "Cool" #7

"The Time "777-9311" #2

"The Time "The Walk" #24

"The Time "Ice Cream Castles" #11

"Vanity 6 "Nasty Girl" #7

"Andre Cymone "The Dance Electric" #10

Other contibutions

prince songs on top selling albums

Madonna "Like a prayer"( on guitar ) #1 US

madonna “act of contrition” on guitar and love song

celine dione album celine dione “ with this tear”

cyndi lauper “when u were mine”( on her best selling album)

mariah carrie(beautiful ones) album Butterfly.

nodoubt rocksteady “waiting room”

mc hammer best selling album “soft and wet”

TLC best selling album crazy sexy cool “if i was ur GF

paula abdul album spellbound song “you”

tupac best selling album”all eyez on me” “whats ur #’ sampled also on 4 songs

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prince did not write most of the songs .. he played on some .. such as stand back .. co wrote others .. such as do me baby and jungle love .. nothing compares to you was never a hit until sinead reinterpreted it .. great song but often the songwriting itself is not enough to make it a great piece of music .. prince is on par with the best out there .. or WAS on par with the best .. not anymore .. these days he writes the WORST music .. i wouldn't come near it if not for his back catalog and my curiosity .. it is a complete fail that overshadows his golden era .. dylan cohen all wrote late era great songs .. hell even tom petty still churns out great music .. prince cant hang for longevity and without all the help he got may never have come up with great music in the first place .. soft and wet, controversy, do me baby, dirty mind, kiss, scandelous, many many of his best tunes had help .. a lot of help .. the stuff he writes now puts into question how much he flat out stole from friends and bandmates while giving himself all the credit .. his new songs are pathetic

TrevorAyer said:

prince did not write most of the songs .. he played on some .. such as stand back .. co wrote others .. such as do me baby and jungle love .. nothing compares to you was never a hit until sinead reinterpreted it .. great song but often the songwriting itself is not enough to make it a great piece of music .. prince is on par with the best out there .. or WAS on par with the best .. not anymore .. these days he writes the WORST music .. i wouldn't come near it if not for his back catalog and my curiosity .. it is a complete fail that overshadows his golden era .. dylan cohen all wrote late era great songs .. hell even tom petty still churns out great music .. prince cant hang for longevity and without all the help he got may never have come up with great music in the first place .. soft and wet, controversy, do me baby, dirty mind, kiss, scandelous, many many of his best tunes had help .. a lot of help .. the stuff he writes now puts into question how much he flat out stole from friends and bandmates while giving himself all the credit .. his new songs are pathetic

we have a list which he didnt write? since u say he didnt write most of them.

soft and wet or scandalous cant really be considered his best work as u claim.

sandalous is such a princely song which has all the prince vibe all over it.

so he didnt write nothing compares to u?

who wrote do me baby? andre doesnt claim he wrote that song if u saw his recent recording

He's currently at #3 - I'm sorry but that is way too high looking at that list. They really shouldn't let rabid fans vote on these things.

Militant said:

NouveauDance said:

NouveauDance said:

He's currently at #3 - I'm sorry but that is way too high looking at that list. They really shouldn't let rabid fans vote on these things.

Prince is a better songwriter than them both? Are you kidding me? Obviously you don’t listen to their music? And you judge Prince as the best song writer? [Flame Removed - Militant]

Militant said:

Prince is a million times a better songwriter than either Lennon or McCartney. Hell, there's two of them. And they still don't have the pure songwriting range than Prince does. He's written fantastic songs in the styles of rock, pop, soul, funk, hip-hop, jazz, new age, electro, rockabilly, new wave, reggae, latin jazz/funk, country.......

double post

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NouveauDance said:

He's currently at #3 - I'm sorry but that is way too high looking at that list. They really shouldn't let rabid fans vote on these things.

Hmm but who has the right to vote then? I am willing to bet there is no one who has actually listened to sufficient amount of the catalogue of each musician listed, who is "able" to analyze the importance of each musician's songwriting ability....it's a bit much, for me that is lol. People who are saying Prince doesn't deserve to be #1 are just as biased in their own ways I think. For me, as a Non-Western person I'm not surprised to see most of the artists are Western musicians, but it's okay.

Dear nay-sayers! I saw some people got Nobel Peace Prize who certainy in my opinion don't deserve them-that I may get irritated with...but Prince being recognized as one of the best songwriter on RANKER.COM? Ranker.com guys, a website you probably have never even heard of till today....Come on, isn't it...ok...?

In conclusion I voted for Prince. If 3rdeyegirl tweeted about it I guess they kind of care. For a feel-good present for Prince...why not lol?

[Edited 5/5/14 19:01pm]

Kobe said:

Prince is a better songwriter than them both? Are you kidding me? Obviously you don’t listen to their music? And you judge Prince as the best song writer? [Flame Removed - Militant]

Militant said:

Prince is a million times a better songwriter than either Lennon or McCartney. Hell, there's two of them. And they still don't have the pure songwriting range than Prince does. He's written fantastic songs in the styles of rock, pop, soul, funk, hip-hop, jazz, new age, electro, rockabilly, new wave, reggae, latin jazz/funk, country.......

Flaming is against the rules of the site. Learn to make your point without insults.

And yes, in my opinion Prince is better than both. As for not knowing what I'm talking about, unluckily for you I'm a professional songwriter signed to a major label. So I think I'm perfectly qualified to "judge" here. You're entitled to disagree with my opinion, and anyone else's, of course. But you're not entitled to flame another user simply because you don't agree with their opinion. This is a formal warning.

Sorry man - Prince LYRICS kill his cred imo on many occasions - not always, but frequently enough. Nice tunes, but all kinds of awkward lyrics if you are simply judging songwriting. As FINISHED pieces I like a lot of songs that might not be great writing. Lennon and McCartney - heck either one alone has far deeper skills than Prince lyrically in the big picture. McCartney - at 71 - dropped a great album this year. GREAT. I cannot say that for anything Prince has written in some time. Ok, decent, very good. Sure. But not great.
Being a songwriter gives you no more cedibility when it comes to an opinion than anyone else. That means you have a skillset, but your opinion is just that.

hmmm...I don't know. It's just a matter of opinion. Hell, I would rank Nirvana's Kurt Cobain up there, so what do I know. lol

Scarfo said:

hmmm...I don't know. It's just a matter of opinion. Hell, I would rank Nirvana's Kurt Cobain up there, so what do I know. lol

Kurt was an absolutely fantastic songwriter, totally agree.

Zannaloaf said:

Sorry man - Prince LYRICS kill his cred imo on many occasions - not always, but frequently enough. Nice tunes, but all kinds of awkward lyrics if you are simply judging songwriting. As FINISHED pieces I like a lot of songs that might not be great writing. Lennon and McCartney - heck either one alone has far deeper skills than Prince lyrically in the big picture. McCartney - at 71 - dropped a great album this year. GREAT. I cannot say that for anything Prince has written in some time. Ok, decent, very good. Sure. But not great.
Being a songwriter gives you no more cedibility when it comes to an opinion than anyone else. That means you have a skillset, but your opinion is just that.

Prince is a great sng writer but his biggest problem has always been quality control. The problem is he is surrounded by his band who can't be subjective and critical of his work and be just be yes men.

This was quite different in the early 80s when the relationship with his band was quite different and they provided him with a real feedback and his best work

This thread deserves best read on the interent!!

HILARIOUS!!




Where is Led Zepplin on that list? (I bet youd all thought id say George Michael) But seriously...

I need a huge glass of water. After seeing all this fan thirst

Sexy Motherfucker is a genius lyrically.

SEXY Motherfucker shakin that ass, shakin that ass, shakin that ass.

Edited version is even more genius!

sexy mother AHH!!! shaking that ass, shakin that ass, shakin ass

Sexy mother AHH!! shaking that ass

Who knows, this thread might get Militant into a private show or something. Maybe Prince loves an ego stroker. No doubt someones boat is floated. Meh. Prince might be in the top 40 best songwriters, but number one via a begging thread? Fuck that noise.

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No flaming there, just derision.

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Gunsnhalen said:

Sexy Motherfucker is a genius lyrically.

SEXY Motherfucker shakin that ass, shakin that ass, shakin that ass.

Edited version is even more genius!

sexy mother AHH!!! shaking that ass, shakin that ass, shakin ass

Sexy mother AHH!! shaking that ass

I voted for Lennon/McCartney/ No regrets.

TrevorAyer said:

prince did not write most of the songs .. he played on some .. such as stand back .. co wrote others .. such as do me baby and jungle love .. nothing compares to you was never a hit until sinead reinterpreted it .. great song but often the songwriting itself is not enough to make it a great piece of music .. prince is on par with the best out there .. or WAS on par with the best .. not anymore .. these days he writes the WORST music .. i wouldn't come near it if not for his back catalog and my curiosity .. it is a complete fail that overshadows his golden era .. dylan cohen all wrote late era great songs .. hell even tom petty still churns out great music .. prince cant hang for longevity and without all the help he got may never have come up with great music in the first place .. soft and wet, controversy, do me baby, dirty mind, kiss, scandelous, many many of his best tunes had help .. a lot of help .. the stuff he writes now puts into question how much he flat out stole from friends and bandmates while giving himself all the credit .. his new songs are pathetic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1qx7bgvOp8

doctor fink interview he says prince did 90% of the stuff and he worked nearly 24/7 with minimal sleep.

his adjusted rank is #3 (the subtract the thumbs down) which is higher than he deserves.

in 96 or so I voted Prince up to #1 in some eary website poll.... but they found out and took them off!

Why is everyone thinking soley about lyrics? Songwriting includes both music and lyrics, not one or the other. Take away Dylan's lyrics and his music is utterly bland shit. However, take away Stevie Wonder's or Prince's lyrics and their songs are still killer.

However, personally I believe Lennon/McCartney deserve the top spot. Their genius and influence borders on incomprehensible. The Beatles ARE the greatest band of all time (this is fact, I dont care what anyone says)