Prince's Forty Biggest Billboard Hot 100 hits

'Purple Rain', barely, over 'Pop Life'.
God I love that keyboard track that lends 'Pop Life' an almost haunted feel.

Only problem with the compilation is the lack of Parade b-sides. And the lack of stuff like "Mountains" and "Money Don't Matter 2 Night"

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well, looking back now maybe I didn't realize what he included were 7" versions of album tracks, but I remember some of the songs being drastically cut down from their album versions. Anyway, it bugged me and I put it away, I'll try it again

I like the 7-inch outro of "Kiss" just as much as having it run into "Anotherlover," and those were the versions I grew up on (owning the singles separately but not having a copy of Parade until 10+ years later).

However I suppose the "I Would Die 4 U" outro really needs "Baby I'm a Star."

the only edits on that comp i take issue with are on the b-sides disc

Which ones? afaik they're all the same versions that were the 7-inches (except for the We Are The World song).

"She's Always in My Hair" was the b-side to ..."Paisley Park?" That was a single? Anyway, "Hair" is incredible.

In my top 5 for sure, and it's on "Raspberry Beret."

shoulda used blockquotes whoops

truly bizarre that "mountains" is not on the 1993 comp…

Yeah I am kinda offended by that, I adore mountains and it warranted a video...

The strategy worked for me. I bought Parade because of the singles that weren't on Hits 1 & 2.

Forgot about "Delirious" - one of the best.

"Mountains" peaked at #23.

Mountains had a video! Prince directed it.

Xp

and it's marvelous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx2x5vb9P8E

Yes I was saying, it was worth him doing a video so it's weird that he didn't include it in the 3cd

there is extra song at the end of that video.

Oh yeah also it says on wikipedia that Warner Brothers paid Prince to limit his involvement in Hits 1&2/B-Sides so exclusions were probably determined by some suits or whatever.

"Batdance" should be on every Prince greatest hits comp since it was a #1.

Xpost that is I think the 12" version of mountains or at least v similar to it

someone zip up the polled songs and post a link plz, thank you in advance

I was familiar with all of the BIG hits growing up, but I don't think I ever heard 'Pop Life' or 'Alphabet Street' until I sought out the albums many years after the fact.

Yep. I never heard them on the radio

"pop life" got a lot of airplay in the northeast, at least.

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YES! \o/

wau @ the "Pop Life" votes

Eye honestly thought 'When Doves Cry' was going 2 take this.

Today is the third straight day I woke up with 'Pop Life' in my head, it truly is mesmerizing.

well, everybody needs a thrill!

Pop Life really is such an eery song. that organ, and the verse about doing coke

Voted for I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man, never expected it to win.

Too bad Delirious got no votes. Poor Delirious, such a slinky monster of a pop song.

What kind of "wau" is that, Alfred?

will there be a #21-40 version?

the kind of "wau" as big as my shoe size

will there be a #21-40 version?

― billstevejim,

sure!

I was the sole voter for "Thieves in the Temple", but I voted without having listened to it in years... And after relistening to the single I realized what I really was voting for was Junior Vasquez' "Thieves in the House Mix". The original is great too (particularly the 12" version with the crazy "who got the party who?" ending), but that remix is sublime. Many of his 90s tunes had pretty good house remixes... The William Orbit/Mark Moore remix of "The Future" is also better than original, it's the best single from the Batman soundtrack IMO.

If we did a "sick of" poll, I would hazard a guess that "The most beautiful girl" would probably win, I would be tempted to vote for "U got the look" possibly due to overexposure at the time.

probably would have voted Pop Life in this, but am sick of more than a few Prince mega hits. Listening to 1999, usually skip the first two songs, and listen to Purple Rain the least of any of the full lengths

"Thieves in the Temple" = first Prince cassingle I bought

Prince is so great he wrote the only song about being a star that doesn't suck. so I voted 'Pop Life'.

"Mountains" video has gone off the web because of youtube, but the associated Making of... is right here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UopzMEHmUDQ