PURPLE RAIN
LITTLE RED CORVETTE
ANNA STESIA
SOMTIMESITSNOWSINAPRIL
SCANDELOUS
THIEVES IN THE TEMPLE
JOY AND REPETITION
EROTIC CITY
17 DAYS
SHH
DO ME BABY
1999
DIAMONDS AND PEARLS
GET OFF
GLAM SLAM
GOLD
SHES ALWAYS IN MY HAIR

That reminds me. I gotta go #1.

squirrelgrease said:

you totally missed the can!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I'm a guy.

squirrelgrease said:

i know...thing is, you were nowhere near the bathroom.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I've actually been chased by parking-ramp security for just such a thing.

You don't buy beer, you rent it.

squirrelgrease said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Hey, what's the topic of thread about, anyways?

squirrelgrease said:

uhhh...somethin about some guy, what's-his-ass... i really don't remember now...

squirrelgrease said:

Good thing it wasn't about songs that should have been #2...

squirrelgrease said:

lildragon said:[quote]

PURPLE RAIN - Not really a #1 type of song. People Identify it with him, but it is not a #1 song at all.

LITTLE RED CORVETTE - I agree. It had all of the elements of a #! song

ANNA STESIA - The lyrics are too incoherent for the masses. Definitely too spiritual for #1.

SOMTIMESITSNOWSINAPRIL - The arrangement was too simple and definitely NOT radio friendly.

SCANDELOUS - should have been a #1 r&b hit, but a pop audience definitely couldn't feel this type of jam.

THIEVES IN THE TEMPLE - Song is great, but was too advanced for 1990. I think if it was released in the mid-90s, it might have been a possible #1 hit.

JOY AND REPETITION - LOVE THIS SONG, but not very radio friendly

EROTIC CITY - Well, this really was a #1 hit. It was the flip side of Let's Go Crazy. Come on, do you really think Let's Go Crazy was a hit with the r&b music fans?

17 DAYS - I agree. It did get a lot of airplay though.

SHHH - not very radio friendly

DO ME BABY - too sexy for the masses. Should have been a bigger r&b hit, though.

1999 - I agree

DIAMONDS AND PEARLS - I thought this did hit #1 (I could be wrong).

GETT OFF - Prince claims this as a #1, but I don't think it was. Pop radio wasn't feeling this one too much.

GLAM SLAM - Another hit the masses didn't get.

GOLD - The song is not very radio friendly

SHES ALWAYS IN MY HAIR - I agree with u.

Some more I think should have been #1 include
Adore
Now
P Control (at least a club hit. I know a lot of clubs played)
Let's Work
Lady Cab Driver
Play In The Sunshine (should have been a huge pop hit)
Jam Of The Year (Should have been the 1st single from Emancipation and people would have eaten it up. It was definitely radio friendly and #1 material)
High
Supercute

***Songs That Should HAVE Been #1...


1999
Purple Rain
Raspberry Beret
Mountains (his most underrated song ever in my opinion)
Sign O' The Times
U Got The Look
New Power Generation (not really,it was too funky)
Gett Off
My Name Is PRINCE
Peach
TMBGITW


***Songs that shoulda been singles...


Dolphin
Days of Wild
Zannalee
Soul Sanctuary
Sleep Around
Emancipation
Undisputed
Baby Knows
Silicon
1+1+1=3 (LIVE VERSION)


2 Hell with the 'radio friendly' ballad theory, that's just B.S.

Most of his singles i think.

I think Strange Relationship and Slow Love would have done well as singles. Maybe even Starfish And Coffee?

daPrettyman said:[quote]

lildragon said:

'gold' was an attempt to make another 'purple rain' imo.

it's a cool and very catchy song--absolutely radio friendly.

was a small hit in my country too.

RonnyRon2000 said:

1) TMBGITW was #1 in a billion countries,incl. australia.

2) i thought Dolphin WAS a single?

3) Silicon is,musically,a ripoff of Mj's "2BAD" from the HIStory album.
if not a ripoff... trying 2 sound way 2 much like it.
[This message was edited Sat Aug 30 17:33:58 PDT 2003 by Joshy]

lildragon said:

I agree with nearly all those. I really love "17 Days" and can't believe it was never released as its own single. And I along with most people thought "Purple Rain" was a number one (and that it had a video..it didn't right). I don't think I could picture "Anna Stesia" or "Joy and Repetition" as big hits though.

Nobody's mentioned "Somebody's Somebody". Always loved this one and wondered why it didn't at least become a minor hit. Was it an offical single or did it just have a video?

Shy
When I lay my hands on u.

I think Raspberry Beret should have been if it wasn't and what about ADORE? Definitely Agree with 1999,Purple Rain, Diamonds and Pearls,Little Red Corvette. Other songs weren't really played enough to become number 1. Although in my opinion they are Wonderful and Overlooked. What about LIVE FOR LOVE which Should have been a single or SACRIFICE OF VICTOR or even well DOLPHIN and HOUSEQUAKE? Or maybe WE MARCH? Cause Warners picked and Prince wanted maybe something different or whatever and they gotta pick Radio Friendly Choices. You would hear HOUSEQUAKE and ADORE all over WBLS and KISS and NEITHER was a SINGLE.

1) TMBGITW was #1 in a billion countries,incl. australia


But not wher it counts - the USA, even tho' I live in Oz (and love it), I don't pay attention 2 the charts here, they're boring. Mind u, the USA charts @ the moment, with 50 Cent and co r even worse. Anyway, PRINCE's stuff is years ahead of anything in either U.S. or Oz.



2) i thought Dolphin WAS a single?


Only a promo video.


3) Silicon is,musically,a ripoff of Mj's "2BAD" from the HIStory album.
if not a ripoff... trying 2 sound way 2 much like it.


I'd never thought of it that way, hmmm...I prefer SILICON, even tho', 2bad is cool, SillyCON (as I spell it)is lyrically much more interesting...


Peace,

R.