This has become one of my fave songs from him from any decade. Another "should've been a hit" song imo. Totally catchy, and that ending! I really wish there was an extended version!!

Any other lovers of this wonderful tune?? What are others from this time period you want to give a shout to?

I like it and think of it almost as his parting message.

The last song he performed at Paisley. Among his best work.

donnyenglish said:

The last song he performed at Paisley. Among his best work.

AMEN...he knew!

parker said:

I love it as well. Really pure message, and the second half where he breaks it down, and it gets funky makes it for me. My kids age 4 and 7 love it too. I hope he had a finished album with this track in the vault. [Edited 7/1/20 10:30am]

Totally agree, I really like this tune!

Another lover of it here.

I love that song so much, I will never tire of it. Just makes me so cheery, such bubblegum pop craft perfection. I wonder what the history of the song is, whether it was something had lying around for years or not. It really sounds like it came from a time-capsule from his golden era of hit-writing.

There's something about it I couldn never quite put me finger on. Maybe the lyrics "we need your help" and "save a place for me", I might be way off target but it felt unusual for Prince's lyrics to place himself down here on the "third apartment from the sun" with the rest of us fools. I dunno, I just liked it for that.

ian said:

I love the first half of the song! I don't like the second half as much. It's the change in vibe that kills it for me. The first half is so whimsical and lively like 'Good Love'. The second half beat is too damn serious!

I think this one deserves a release (long overdue) as last Statement of Prince.

SantanaMaitreya said:

No one ever thought that "you've got to free yourself" is a contradiction in terms?

Ultimately the only one
That can save U is U
Your God is inside and 4 that God U will do
Whatever it takes
If nothing else is true
The only one that can save U is U, yeah

- Prince on 3rd Eye, from The Truth

SantanaMaitreya said:

No one ever thought that "you've got to free yourself" is a contradiction in terms?

Why do you see that as a contradiction?

benni said:

SantanaMaitreya said:

benni said:

Why do you see that as a contradiction?

"You've got to" means "you must" and that doesn't sound very free. It reminds me of a joke by a Dutch comedian that you won't know (his name is Herman Finkers). He talked about taking his brother to a course to be more assertive. The instructor said: "Never let anybody tell you what to do!" I said: "We'll decide that for ourselves."

Ahh, thank you for the explanation.
But here are the lyrics:


"Free Urself"

"Free Urself" is, essentially, the last "new" Prince single ever. I think it's incredibly fitting, funky, and fun.

benni said:

I absolutely adore this song. It's a wonderful mix of whimsy and poignance, playfulness and hefty funk. It is a very appropriate swansong, too. It's my favorite Prince song of the 2010s, and a contender for a top 10 Prince song ever for me.

Going a step further, since I just made a list of my top songs of the 2010s, I can say that "Free Urself" is my #2 song of the decade.

Fun story about this song, at least for me:

Prince had released the song for Purple Pick of the Week, and later asked fans on twitter if they wanted t-shirts with images related to the song. I sent him a tweet and asked him if he could make the song available for download, telling him that 7 days was not long enough with that song. He retweeted me and later, in true Prince fashion, went back and deleted it. Then he tweeted "Ask and ye shall receive" with a link to be able to purchase the t-shirts. I was a little disappointed that the song wasn't included, but then later he tweeted a 2nd tweet, "Btw.... " with a link to purchase the song. I don't know if he did because of my asking him to release the song, but I'm running with it. So... you're welcome???

benni said:

Fun story about this song, at least for me:

Prince had released the song for Purple Pick of the Week, and later asked fans on twitter if they wanted t-shirts with images related to the song. I sent him a tweet and asked him if he could make the song available for download, telling him that 7 days was not long enough with that song. He retweeted me and later, in true Prince fashion, went back and deleted it. Then he tweeted "Ask and ye shall receive" with a link to be able to purchase the t-shirts. I was a little disappointed that the song wasn't included, but then later he tweeted a 2nd tweet, "Btw.... " with a link to purchase the song. I don't know if he did because of my asking him to release the song, but I'm running with it. So... you're welcome???

That's an awesome story! And yes, thank you very much!

benni said:

donnyenglish said:

The last song he performed at Paisley. Among his best work.

I Loved this song on first listen, and was there to hear Prince's last song. So for me it's bittersweet. At first it gave me hope and encouragement and a feeling of everything is going to be alright. Then in an instant he was gone and how can i ever be free when all of me belongs to P Musical Emotion

Never listened to this song until I read these comments - yes it's a great song. Didn't realise it was his last officially released single - something very fitting about this. Also it does sound to me like maybe an old song he has revisited - the keyboard refrain, the arrangement all remind me of his mid '80's writing.