It's been a long time since we've had a legit discussion thread about this.

Which released song of his pre-1990 doesn't get as much love as it should?

I'm gonna start with Do Me Baby, one of my all-time favorite songs.

Gonna Be Lonely

"Private Joy" this really should have been a single

"Do Me, Baby"? On YouTube Official Prince Channel it has 3.1 million views, make it his highest-viewed album cut bar none and highest viewed non-music video... it's even higher than a lot of official music videos... As a means of comparison, the official video for "Partyman" only has 2.4 million views.

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I vote for one of the great, butchered B-Sides. The extended versions of "Girl", or "La la la, he he he", which aren't officially released on anything other than vinyl, and are only known by most people by their edited - and kind of meh - Hits/B-Sides versions.

WhisperingDandelions said:

"Do Me, Baby"? On YouTube Official Prince Channel it has 3.1 million views, make it his highest-viewed album cut bar none and highest viewed non-music video... it's even higher than a lot of official music videos... As a means of comparison, the official video for "Partyman" only has 2.4 million views.

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Very true, however in terms of mainstream popularity Do Me is basically nonexistent.

Not on the Top 20 in the UK.

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/princes-top-20-biggest-hits-on-the-official-chart__23714/


Never charted in the US or many other countries, which is shocking to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_singles_discography


Not included in most Greatest Singles lists.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/12/prince-50-greatest-singles-ranked


I think at the very least it should be considered among his 20 best songs ever.

Pokeno4Money said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

"Do Me, Baby"? On YouTube Official Prince Channel it has 3.1 million views, make it his highest-viewed album cut bar none and highest viewed non-music video... it's even higher than a lot of official music videos... As a means of comparison, the official video for "Partyman" only has 2.4 million views.

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Very true, however in terms of mainstream popularity Do Me is basically nonexistent.

Not on the Top 20 in the UK.

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/princes-top-20-biggest-hits-on-the-official-chart__23714/


Never charted in the US or many other countries, which is shocking to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_singles_discography


Not included in most Greatest Singles lists.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/12/prince-50-greatest-singles-ranked


I think at the very least it should be considered among his 20 best songs ever.

But it wasn't a single. It's not eligible for any of those lists.

WhisperingDandelions said:

But it wasn't a single. It's not eligible for any of those lists.

Huh?

https://en.wikipedia.org/...o_Me,_Baby

"Do Me, Baby" is a 1981 ballad performed by Prince, from his fourth album, Controversy. It was released as the third and final US single from the album.

Shockadelica

Ripopgodezippa ... nobody seems to ever talk about it, but I LOVE the song!!

A lot of people here seem to dislike Dance On a lot... like, Jughead-level dislike. I just don't get that. I mean, you don't have to love it like I do, but what's to hate?

eyewishuheaven said:

A lot of people here seem to dislike Dance On a lot... like, Jughead-level dislike. I just don't get that. I mean, you don't have to love it like I do, but what's to hate?

I don't dislike it .... I think it's just okay. The first half sounds lilke a drum solo.

donnyenglish said:

Gonna Be Lonely

there are two pairs of songs that flow together that i feel are underrated:

- I will/Into the light

- Marrying Kind/If I was the man if your life

Shocakedlica and Private Joy are some of them.

Days of Wild, love that song.

We should have a thread called "Song titles that so-called Prince fans are most likely to misspell or misremember".

emesem said:

there are two pairs of songs that flow together that i feel are underrated:

- I will/Into the light

- Marrying Kind/If I was the man if your life

80's from the 80's... but you're right about the first. I Will is specially beautiful.

Pokeno4Money said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

But it wasn't a single. It's not eligible for any of those lists.

Huh?

https://en.wikipedia.org/...o_Me,_Baby

"Do Me, Baby" is a 1981 ballad performed by Prince, from his fourth album, Controversy. It was released as the third and final US single from the album.

Although it was officially released as a single in the US (and in Peru according to The Vault ). I wouldn't consider Do Me Baby as a standard single release, but more a last miinute, lets milk this album as much as we can, type release.
More a release for the local radios and jukeboxes than anything else.
Definitely not considered or intended for those charts you quoted.

SoulAlive said:

"Private Joy" this really should have been a single

Great choice.

callimnate said:

Pokeno4Money said:

Huh?

https://en.wikipedia.org/...o_Me,_Baby

"Do Me, Baby" is a 1981 ballad performed by Prince, from his fourth album, Controversy. It was released as the third and final US single from the album.

Although it was officially released as a single in the US (and in Peru according to The Vault ). I wouldn't consider Do Me Baby as a standard single release, but more a last miinute, lets milk this album as much as we can, type release.
More a release for the local radios and jukeboxes than anything else.
Definitely not considered or intended for those charts you quoted.

Peru? are you for real? do they even know Prince in Peru?

Pokeno4Money said:

It's been a long time since we've had a legit discussion thread about this.

Which released song of his pre-1990 doesn't get as much love as it should?

I'm gonna start with Do Me Baby, one of my all-time favorite songs.

Two that are in some way are similar in that it is Prince at his most idealistic/dreamiest, The Ladder and Free. I know these and other songs in a similar vein got slammed by many here, but it is one facet of Prince that I appreciate as it adds another dimension to his music. Only Prince could go from purely sexual to upliftinng in consecutive songs. I agree with those who don't believe Free fit well into 1999, but the songs itself is one I really like.

One song that most people seem to like but not love is Uptown. To me, it is as good as any of his songs on his first 4 albums. It is so funky and fun to sing along well. Who can resist rhyming Puerto Riccan with freakin! I, for one, can't.

gandorb said:

Pokeno4Money said:

It's been a long time since we've had a legit discussion thread about this.

Which released song of his pre-1990 doesn't get as much love as it should?

I'm gonna start with Do Me Baby, one of my all-time favorite songs.

Two that are in some way are similar in that it is Prince at his most idealistic/dreamiest, The Ladder and Free. I know these and other songs in a similar vein got slammed by many here, but it is one facet of Prince that I appreciate as it adds another dimension to his music. Only Prince could go from purely sexual to upliftinng in consecutive songs. I agree with those who don't believe Free fit well into 1999, but the songs itself is one I really like.

One song that most people seem to like but not love is Uptown. To me, it is as good as any of his songs on his first 4 albums. It is so funky and fun to sing along well. Who can resist rhyming Puerto Riccan with freakin! I, for one, can't.

Is one of his very best to me, it's like an anthem.

Private Joy.

gandorb said:

Pokeno4Money said:

It's been a long time since we've had a legit discussion thread about this.

Which released song of his pre-1990 doesn't get as much love as it should?

I'm gonna start with Do Me Baby, one of my all-time favorite songs.

Two that are in some way are similar in that it is Prince at his most idealistic/dreamiest, The Ladder and Free. I know these and other songs in a similar vein got slammed by many here, but it is one facet of Prince that I appreciate as it adds another dimension to his music. Only Prince could go from purely sexual to upliftinng in consecutive songs. I agree with those who don't believe Free fit well into 1999, but the songs itself is one I really like.

One song that most people seem to like but not love is Uptown. To me, it is as good as any of his songs on his first 4 albums. It is so funky and fun to sing along well. Who can resist rhyming Puerto Riccan with freakin! I, for one, can't.

I actually like The Ladder a lot, it's got a great message.

And Free is okay in my book, I've got nothing against it. Same thing with Uptown, and good point on the rhyming.

Phase3 said:

"I'm yours"The guitar playing throughout is extraordinary.I wish he would have performed in concert but I dont think he ever has.

We have a winner! And he did play it, at L.A. Live live back in 2009, on that 3 concerts in one night. The rockcentric club concert.