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Thread started 02/23/20 3:24pm

wilmer

Which are your 10 favorite Prince-written songs performed by outside artists or proteges?

1. With This Tear (Celine Dion)

2. Get Blue (Louie Louie)

3. Halls Of Desire (Tevin Campbell)

4. Open Book (Jeveetta Steele)

5. Hey Mister (Patti Labelle)

6. Superconductor (Andy Allo)

7. Sugar Walls (Sheena Easton)

8. Shall We Dance (Brownmark)

9. Interesting (Mavis Staple)

10. Standing at the Altar (Margie Cox)
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Reply #1 posted 02/23/20 3:37pm

FullLipsDotNos
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in no particlar order:

1. Here I Come

2. Born to Breed

3. How COme You Don't Call Me Anymore (Alicia Keys)

4. If I Was Your Girlfriend (TLC)

5. Round and Round

dunno

full lips, freckles, and upturned nose
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Reply #2 posted 02/23/20 3:53pm

EmmaMcG
In no particular order

Get It Up
The Bird
Jungle Love
Cool
Gigalos Get Lonely Too
High Fashion
Mutiny
The Screams of Passion
Baby, You're A Trip
101
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Reply #3 posted 02/23/20 4:07pm

donnyenglish

1. Nothing More

2. When Stars Collide

3. Love Thy Will Be Done

4. The Stick

5. Belle of St. Mark

6. Gigolos Get Lonely Too

7. Beautiful Life

8. Nasty Girl

9. Desire

10. Manic Monday

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Reply #4 posted 02/23/20 7:56pm

Phase3
Dont have a top 10 but "So Strong" by Dale Bozzio has always been a favorite of mine
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Reply #5 posted 02/24/20 1:21am

SantanaMaitrey
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Nasty Girl
Cool
The Glamourous Life
The Voice
The Undertaker
Blood Is Thicker Than Time
And How
Well Done
Open Book
Yo Mister
If you take any of this seriously, you're a bigger fool than I am.
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Reply #6 posted 02/24/20 4:19am

RJOrion
1. My Drawers (The Time)
2. Glamorous Life (Sheila E)
3. Nasty Girl (Vanity 6)
4. 100 MPH (Mazarati)
5. Get It Up (The Time)
6. Melody Cool (Mavis Staples)
7. Dance Electric ( Andre Cymone)
8. Mia Bocca (Jill Jones)
9. Manic Monday (The Bangles)
10. Sugarwalls (Sheena Easton)
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Reply #7 posted 02/24/20 4:50am

PennyPurple

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Manic Monday

Gigolos Get Lonely Too.

Glamorous Life

Nothing Compares 2 U

Love Thy Will Be Done

Holly Rock

Jungle Love

How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore


Not 10 but close enough.

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Reply #8 posted 02/24/20 5:45am

bsprout
If i was your girlfriend
I feel for you
101
Yo Mister
Love thy will be done
Gigolos get lonely too
You make my sun shine (not sure if this counts)
Nothing compares to you
How come u don’t call me anymore
Wouldn’t u love to love me
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Reply #9 posted 02/28/20 2:52pm

Wowugotit

Eternity - Sheena Easton

Telepathy - Deborah Allen

Betcha I - Chaka Khan

If I Love U 2 Night - Mayte

Superconductor - Andy Allo

Dear Michaelangelo - Sheila E.

Koo Koo - Sheila E.

Cool Love - Sheena Easton

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Reply #10 posted 03/04/20 6:09am

BlueShakooo

Desire

Get It Up

Cool Love

High Fashion

Shall We Dance

Baby, You're A Trip

Dear Michaelangelo

Ooh She She Wa Wa

Time Waits For No One

Love... Thy Will Be Done

NPG Radio:
https://open.spotify.com/...63VlWY6m1A
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Reply #11 posted 03/04/20 8:15am

datdude

wilmer said:

1. With This Tear (Celine Dion)
2. Get Blue (Louie Louie)
3. Halls Of Desire (Tevin Campbell)
4. Open Book (Jeveetta Steele)
5. Hey Mister (Patti Labelle)
6. Superconductor (Andy Allo)
7. Sugar Walls (Sheena Easton)
8. Shall We Dance (Brownmark)
9. Interesting (Mavis Staple)
10. Standing at the Altar (Margie Cox)

good list, thank u. some uncommon choices i am not familiar with, spotify here i come!

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Reply #12 posted 03/04/20 9:58am

jaawwnn

For no reason whatsoever here's my top 10 Prince-written songs performed by non protegé's. Some are just covers, others have heavy Prince involvement.


1) 101 (Uptown version) - Sheena Easton
2) Jack U Off (Robyn)
3) LMLYP (Ween)
4) Paradigm (P-Funk All Stars)
5) Paisley Park (Richard Swift)
6) 1999 (Dump)
7) Sign O'the Times (Nina Simone)
8) I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (eels)
9) Bang Bang (BrownMark - eh, I suppose he's a protegé? oh well)
10) Kiss (Joan as PoliceWoman)

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Reply #13 posted 03/04/20 2:34pm

ChickenMcNugge
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Order no particular in...

Sex Shooter (both the Vanity and Apollonia versions)

If I Love U 2night (Mayte)

My Drawers (The Time)

Mia Bocca (Jill Jones)

Shhh (Tevin Campbell)

Call the Law (New Power Generation)

Givin Em What They Love (Janelle Monae)

10 (Madhouse)

Sugar Walls (Sheena Easton)

2together (New Power Generation)

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Reply #14 posted 03/04/20 2:58pm

WhisperingDand
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101
777-9311
The Screams of Passion

Everytime

Ain't No Place Like U
Waiting Room
Heaven Must Be Near

Make-Up

Mia Bocca

The Single Most Amazing

[Edited 3/4/20 15:01pm]

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Reply #15 posted 03/05/20 10:03am

Aethelherring

1) Drive Me Wild (Extended Version) - Vanity 6
2) The Dance Electric (Extended Version) - Andre Cymone
3) Screams of Passion - The Family
4) The Latest Fashion (Remix) - The Time
5) For Love (4-Play Remix) - Jill Jones : Bonus - 4 Lust
6) A Love Bizarre, Parts I and II - Sheila E : Bonus - The Glamorous Life

7) Love... Thy Will Be Done - Martika
8) We Can Funk - George Clinton : Bonus - Paradigm
9) Live Out Loud - 3rd Eye Girl
10) Holla & Shout - Tamar

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Reply #16 posted 03/05/20 4:24pm

SquirrelMeat

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1. Time Waits For No One (Mavis Staples)

2. Noon Rendezvous (Sheila E)

3. Girl (The Time)

4. Open Book (Javetta Steele)

5. Nothing Compares 2 U (The Family)

6. Standing At The Altar (Margie Cox)

7. Once Upon A Time (Eric Leeds)

8. Nasty Girl (Vanity 6)

9. The Dance Electric (Andre Cymone)

10. One Day (Sheila E)

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Reply #17 posted 03/08/20 8:53am

PeggyO

After Prince died, I thought that the Dixie Chicks (Natalie Maines) and Chris Cornell sang beautiful renditions of Nothing Compares 2 U.

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Reply #18 posted 03/08/20 11:51am

lion88
  1. Love thy will be done – Martika
  2. Nothing compares 2 u – The family
  3. The Screams of Passion – The Family
  4. G Spot – Jill Jones
  5. Sugar Walls – Sheena Easton
  6. Jungle Love – The Time
  7. The Bird – The Time
  8. Manic Monday – The Bangles
  9. The Glamorous Life – Sheila E
  10. A Love Bizarre – Sheila E
  11. Nasty Girl - Vanity 6 ( I can not limit to 10 songs smile

[Edited 3/8/20 12:00pm]

[Edited 3/8/20 12:01pm]

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