herb4 said:

TrivialPursuit said:

It was on the radio where I lived, for sure, the same way radio picked up "Erotic City".

Alan Leeds said, in the liner notes for The Hits/The B-Sides that "17 Days" was the single always in search of its album. I am glad that he didn't leave it on Apollonia 6's album. Although, with the songs he originally intended for that album, it could have been a much better success. Prince obviously loved the song, too. It was the opening track they played at that birthday gig in 1984 at First Avenue. He played it often on the Parade Tour.

Yep. "17 Days" got a lot of radio play back then, along with "Erotic City", especially on black radio stations. This was back when DJ's could pick their own playlists.

Thanks for that; because I'm sitting her thinking "wait a minute, this wasn't a hit?" I played AND heard this song repeatedly.

EnDoRpHn said:

You might be right. WDC is hypnotic with lyrics vocals so distinctly to the fore and dramatic that another song wouldn't have been able to match. But with regular push and video I think 17 would be a hit but not the monster Doves was.

mediumdry said:

Erotic City was picked up by radio and played a lot in clubs as well. 17 Days I never heard at the time. So people did listen to the b sides at that time, but 17Days simply wasn't interesting enough.

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In summary, no, 17 Days would not have been a hit. It is not even one of the better B sides.

In summary, you're way off because 17 Days was played regularly at clubs and is in the top 5 best Prince B sides of all times.

Aerogram said:

mediumdry said:

Erotic City was picked up by radio and played a lot in clubs as well. 17 Days I never heard at the time. So people did listen to the b sides at that time, but 17Days simply wasn't interesting enough.

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In summary, no, 17 Days would not have been a hit. It is not even one of the better B sides.

In summary, you're way off because 17 Days was played regularly at clubs and is in the top 5 best Prince B sides of all times.

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Never heard it in any club I went to. Erotic City was everywhere though. Also on radio. Of course, I live in the Netherlands, the situation may have been different in other countries.