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Reply #30 posted 06/07/16 6:08am

FUNKYNESS	What makes it so great is that it proved that Prince was still cutting edge and ahead of everyone else at that point in his career when people where trying to write him off. Save America - Stop Illegal Immigration. God bless America. PEACE
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Reply #31 posted 06/07/16 6:22am

Bunsterdk	That video is enough to work up a white sweat too, lemme tell ya.. Someone asked when he was the sexiest. I still go with Montreux 2013, absolutely love that outfit on him and everything about in particular him doing The Love We Make. But this video.. Oh dear..
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Reply #32 posted 06/07/16 6:59am

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I thought the video was great but I never liked the chorus of the song at all. Liked the verses though.

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Reply #33 posted 06/07/16 7:34am

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As with all Prince songs, apart from the old commercial hits, black sweat wasn't played once on the radio here in Ireland. Absolutely love this track, slick,funky and Sexy.

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Reply #34 posted 06/07/16 9:52am

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As an old fan rediscovering "newer" releases, I love this one! It absolutely should have been a hit.

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Reply #35 posted 06/07/16 9:55am

feeluupp	carlluv said: It should have been a hit, but when was the last time a Prince record got played on top 40 radio. back in 93 with tmbgitw. Betcha By Golly Wow was the last song to break the TOP 40 in 1996 reaching #31
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Reply #36 posted 06/07/16 10:01am

CROWNS1	I love this song and the video. Can't imagine why it wasn't more popular. I wonder, if Prince was just starting out today with the same music, would he have been as popular? Am I just getting too old and don't see that music has taken turns that make his songs not as desirable in the mainstream as they once were?
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Reply #37 posted 06/07/16 10:12am

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MTV2 used to play it a lot. I remember being able to see it almost every single day right when I came home from school. As good as a song as it was even if it was a bigger hit it wouldn't have lasted with the Beyonce mania that happened that year.

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Reply #38 posted 06/07/16 10:16am

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I sure wish it would have been a bigger hit but even I felt that this song was lacking and just chasing trends at the time of its release. Plus the loud screeching synth throughout the song made it hard to listen to IMO

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Reply #39 posted 06/07/16 10:32am

emesem

Great tune.

Should have been a hit but he ruined it himself with the high-pitch sinewave sound. Its really painful if you are under 50 or otherwise still have your high frequency receptors intact.

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Reply #40 posted 06/07/16 10:41am

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Absolutely. His most hitworthy track since TGE.

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Reply #41 posted 06/07/16 11:55am

newpower99

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This was Prince's last hot 100 hit (not counting the recharging on songs a few weeks ago)

It spent one week at #60 due to initial digital sales.

One of my favs from that decade.

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Reply #42 posted 06/07/16 12:42pm

Camille2016	Always liked this song from an album I didn't pay enough attention to back in the day. I didn't get to see the official video until April 25th this year. Superb video. I note it was also nominated for a Grammy.
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Reply #43 posted 06/07/16 12:52pm

MadamGoodnight Two	A definite banger! It goes hard He's in the Big White Mansion. RIP Prince
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Reply #44 posted 06/07/16 4:29pm

SPYZFAN1	.."Tell 'em what you 'bout to do boy".....my favorite line.
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Reply #45 posted 06/07/16 5:07pm

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I remember hardly hearing this song on even the adult R&B stations. It had so much hit potential, but poor promotion. One of my top Prince songs of the 00's

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Reply #46 posted 06/08/16 3:28am

Adorecream

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Adorecream said:

I agreeable, irresistable pop hook, lusty sexualised lyrix and a cool video to boot. This was Kiss reloaded, a perfect song and where did it get like number 90 or something. I mean its a million time better than the shit hop and white boy douche bag rock groups like Maroon 5 and One Republic dominating the charts then along with the skanky Shakira type ho singers.

But, how do you really feel?

Like it should have been a number one hit cool

Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name

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Reply #47 posted 06/08/16 3:31am

murph

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What are you guys talking about?! 3121 went to No. 1 in the US! …in fact it was the only Prince album ever to debut at number one on the Billboard charts. I always recall it being his big comeback album of the 2000s era, building on the momentum generated by the Musicology album. Sure, Black Sweat oddly showed no momentum on the charts but 2006 was a weird time for 'singles'… people weren't buying CD singles anymore and digital sales didn't have the numbers they do now. …maybe the album went to No. 1 on the strength of Black Sweat anyway? No doubt it is a KILLER track!

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Reply #48 posted 06/08/16 3:48am

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newpower99 said:
This was Prince's last hot 100 hit (not counting the recharging on songs a few weeks ago) It spent one week at #60 due to initial digital sales. One of my favs from that decade.

No, initial PHYSICAL sales. It wasn't eligible in I tunes. And it still isn't

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Reply #49 posted 06/08/16 3:48am

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