DotsofU said:

RODSERLING said:

DotsofU said: Sexy MF only went Gold with the VHS(50k) but was far from the 500k single Gold certif. : Only 117k copies scanned. It was doomed for the hot 100 since it didn't chart in the too 75 AirPlay.

OH! GOT IT! Thanks for the data !

What "data"???

You can't say "MOTHERFUCKER" on public radio

nayroo2002 said:

RODSERLING said:

bwaaatch said:

... and was disappointed with the Prince official edit.

you mean that "clean version" of the album cut with the f-bomb replaced with an "ooaaawaahh!"?

It's impossible to say because even if it flopped it was more because he was out of his prime years, anything around the name change era was t really going anywhere. Emancipation and that time was more about selling a record, times were changing no more physical singles for the most part they existed but it was the 90s the label wanted you to buy the record not a single anymore, that mindset in America at least was gone with the 80s, because you had vinyl 45s and 12" singles which were actually pretty good pay days for the artist too. I saw someone listed take me with you and I think that was more to bring some kind of attention to Apollonia 6 more, maybe even prince suggested it, because to me I would have said go with "the beautiful ones" as the last single.

nayroo2002 said:

DotsofU said:

OH! GOT IT! Thanks for the data !

What "data"???

You can't say "MOTHERFUCKER" on public radio

Where they clarified what going 'gold' on the VHS meant and the physically scanned copies sold

nayroo2002 said:

bwaaatch said:

FrankieCoco1 said:

Two of the singles . . . Sexy MF and TMBGITW were released wayyy too early.

In the case of TMBGITW, the original release wasn't even WB, it was independent.

Otherwise . . . Te Amo Corazon was probably the weakest lead-off single.

I always thought TGRES was a weak leading single, but a great song. For an album full of celebrity co-stars, he didn't release one of those songs first . . .

RODSERLING said:

bwaaatch said:

RODSERLING said:

And what about the edited version specifically made for the US radio ? IIRC it's on the Ultimate Prince.

In the UK, the BBC made their own edit shortly after reviewing the promo. They made a big hype about this song being an exclusive, and how they needed their engineers on standby to make it allowable on air. Their solution was to splice in a guitar lick from Levi’s solo. It remember it being great, and was disappointed with the Prince official edit. So anyway, in the UK we got as the buzz of profanity without the actual act, and it worked well pretty well on the charts. People here all remember that song. [Edited 12/25/23 12:17pm]

I also had a version on Chris Moyles' BBC Radio 1 show (in around 2001) that replaced the offending word with a hilarious 'boing' sound.

FrankieCoco1 said:

SoulAlive said:

*"Glam Slam"---I think this is a decent album track but it didn't stand a chance on pop radio in 1988.I have always felt that the dynamic title track should have been the second single.

*"If I Was Your Girlfriend"---Yes,this song is clearly a fan favorite and it really is a brilliant track.But this is not the type of song that works as a single.The meaning was misunderstood by the masses and the SOTT album started tumbling down the charts when this was the single.

*"Mountains"---It's a good song,but not an outstanding one.Many people have said that "Girls And Boys" should have been the second single and I agree.

*"The Morning Papers"---The Symbol album was filled with so many strong,catchy,potential hit singles.Unfortunately,this wasn't one of them.It's a decent but uneventful track.

Gotta disagree on The Morning Papers. It's a great song and extremely catchy. It deserved better chart success.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

BSonmor said:

Gotta disagree on The Morning Papers. It's a great song and extremely catchy. It deserved better chart success.

Maybe in the 80s that coulda charted by no chance in the 90s. Grunge in one corner, shoegaze in another and Prince is putting out rock material like "The Morning Papers"...

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Lol it sounds odd. But its just a silly song, with or without the f bomb in there As a teenager it had the appeal of using a bad word but as a song it just sounds like someone trying too hard but also not trying hard enough in an era of the chronic and doggystyle.

That was what the gangsta-gun-mic was for.

BSonmor said:

SoulAlive said:

*"Glam Slam"---I think this is a decent album track but it didn't stand a chance on pop radio in 1988.I have always felt that the dynamic title track should have been the second single.

*"If I Was Your Girlfriend"---Yes,this song is clearly a fan favorite and it really is a brilliant track.But this is not the type of song that works as a single.The meaning was misunderstood by the masses and the SOTT album started tumbling down the charts when this was the single.

*"Mountains"---It's a good song,but not an outstanding one.Many people have said that "Girls And Boys" should have been the second single and I agree.

*"The Morning Papers"---The Symbol album was filled with so many strong,catchy,potential hit singles.Unfortunately,this wasn't one of them.It's a decent but uneventful track.

Gotta disagree on The Morning Papers. It's a great song and extremely catchy. It deserved better chart success.

Actually, i remember Michael Bland also stating that he was surprised it wasn't better received.

RJOrion said:

The Morning Papers is a MASTERPIECE

easy, now, RJ!

you typin like that other superfan

nayroo2002 said:

'The Arms Of Orion'

nayroo2002 said:

BSonmor said:

Gotta disagree on The Morning Papers. It's a great song and extremely catchy. It deserved better chart success.

Actually, i remember Michael Bland also stating that he was surprised it wasn't better received.

I feel like...if they wanted to release a slower,mellow single from the album,they should have released the superior "And God Created Woman".That's an extraordinary track.

RJOrion said:

FrankieCoco1 said:

SoulAlive said:

SoulAlive said: