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Album details Released: 13 September 1993 (UK) 14 September 1993 (USA) Length: 75:49 Label(s): Paisley Park Records / Warner Bros. Studio(s): Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA; Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, USA; Sound Labs, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Alpha Studios, Burbank, CA, USA; Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, USA; The Warehouse, St. Louis Park, MN, USA; Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA Charts, Certifications & Awards Charts America Country: Chart Entry Date Peak Position Weeks in Chart USA: The Billboard 200 2 Oct. 1993 46 20 USA: Billboard Top R&B Albums 2 Oct. 1993 14 21 USA: Billboard Catalog Albums 16 Jan. 1999 3R 1   Europe Country: Chart Entry Date Peak Position Weeks in Chart Austria: Alben Top 75 29 Sep. 1993 7 12 Germany: Musikmarkt Top 100 Albums 27 Sep. 1993 20 11 The Netherlands: Album Top 100 29 Sep. 1993 14 9 Norway: VG-Lista Top 40 Albums Week 38/1993 15 2 Portugal: AFP Portugal Albums Top 30 Week 18/2016 17 3 Sweden: Top 60 Albums 15 Sep. 1993 10 6 Switzerland: Schweizer Hitparade 26 Sep. 1993 22 5 U.K.: UK Albums Chart 25 Sep. 1993 5 27   Pacific Country: Chart Entry Date Peak Position Weeks in Chart Australia: ARIA Top 50 Albums 26 Sep. 1993 19 3 New Zealand: Top 40 Albums 26 Sep. 1993 12 12 Certifications Institution, Country Date Certification RIAA, USA 1 Dec. 1993, Gold (500,000) RIAA, USA 10 Aug. 1995 Platinum (1 million) BPI, UK 1 Sep. 1995 Silver & Gold (100,000) BPI, UK 1 Jun. 1995 Platinum (300,000) ARIA, Australia 17 Dec. 1995 Gold (35,000) Awards This album has not received any awards in the USA Singles released Pink Cashmere b/w Soft And Wet Nothing Compares 2 U (promo only) b/w Nothing Compares 2 U See also The Hits 1 & 2 (Sheet Music) The Hits / The B-Sides (Compilation)

The Hits 1 is the first compilation album by Prince. It was released simultaneously with The Hits 2, The Hits / The B-Sides and The Hits Collection home video in September 1993, and the disc itself was also included as the first disc of The Hits / The B-Sides. Content In conjunction with The Hits 2, the album contains most of Prince’s most well-known songs from 13 studio albums, released originally between 1978 and 1993 (Batman being the only album not represented). With the exception of Soft And Wet, the more explicit material was saved for The Hits 2 to avoid a "Parental Advisory" label on The Hits 1. The album also contained two songs which were previously-unreleased by Prince: Nothing Compares 2 U (which had initially been released by The Family, but was made famous worldwide by Irish singer Sinead O’Connor) and Pink Cashmere. Adore, which had not been released as a single, was included in a previously-unavailable edited form. The previously-unreleased tracks were recorded at different points in Prince’s career. Nothing Compares 2 U is included here as a January 1992, live version, although Prince’s original unreleased studio version was recorded in July 1984. Pink Cashmere was recorded in June 1988. Early project Warner Bros. had initially considered releasing a larger 4-5 disc box set, but this was quickly rejected as the retail price was considered to be prohibitive. Prince contributed six previously-unreleased songs to the whole set, and at one point wanted to be more involved in the release, but Warner Bros. were already behind schedule on the set, and in the end paid Prince not to be involved. Promotion Pink Cashmere was released as a single two weeks before the album’s release, and Nothing Compares 2 U was also available as a promotional release in the USA two months later. The album reached number 46 on The Billboard 200 Chart, and number 14 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums Chart. The album has sold well since its release, and was certified platinum (1,000,000 copies shipped) in 1995. Track listing CD LP The compact disc version is the original issue. When Doves Cry (3:47) Pop Life (3:41) Soft And Wet (3:02) 1  I Feel For You (3:24) Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? (3:48) When You Were Mine (3:43) Uptown (4:09) Let’s Go Crazy (4:39) 1999 (3:36) I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (3:38) Nothing Compares 2 U (4:57) Adore (4:39) Pink Cashmere (6:13) Alphabet St. (5:38) Sign O’ The Times (3:42) Thieves In The Temple (3:19) Diamonds And Pearls (4:19) 2  7 (5:09) 3  The vinyl long play format was release at same time as the CD. Side 1: When Doves Cry (3:47) Pop Life (3:41) 1  Soft And Wet (3:02) I Feel For You (3:24) Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? (3:48) Side 2: When You Were Mine (3:43) Uptown (4:09) Let’s Go Crazy (4:39) 1999 (3:36) I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (3:38) Side 3: Nothing Compares 2 U (4:57) Adore (4:39) Pink Cashmere (6:13) Alphabet St. (5:38) Side 4: Sign O’ The Times (3:42) Thieves In The Temple (3:19) Diamonds And Pearls (4:19) 2  7 (5:09) 3  Cassette A-Side: When Doves Cry (3:47) Pop Life (3:41) 1  Soft And Wet (3:02) I Feel For You (3:24) Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? (3:48) When You Were Mine (3:43) Uptown (4:09) Let’s Go Crazy (4:39) 1999 (3:36) I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (3:38) B-Side: Nothing Compares 2 U (4:57) Adore (4:39) Pink Cashmere (6:13) Alphabet St. (5:38) Sign O’ The Times (3:42) Thieves In The Temple (3:19) Diamonds And Pearls (4:19) 2  7 (5:09) 3  All songs written by Prince, except where noted. 1  Music by Prince, lyrics by Prince and Chris Moon 2  Written by Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation) 3  Written by Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation). Contains sample of Tramp, by Lowell Fulson (written by Lowell Fulson and Jimmy McCracklin, from Tramp 1967) Personnel Musicians Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Wendy Melvoin - guitars and background vocals on Pop Life and Let’s Go Crazy Lisa Coleman - keyboards and background vocals on Pop Life and Let’s Go Crazy, co-lead vocals on 1999 Brown Mark - bass guitar and background vocals on Pop Life and Let’s Go Crazy Dr. Fink - keyboards on Pop Life and Let’s Go Crazy Sheila E. - drums on Pop Life and Alphabet St., synth drum fills on Diamonds And Pearls (uncredited) Jonathan Melvoin - tamborine on Pop Life André Cymone - vocal harmony on Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? (uncredited) Bobby Z. - drums and percussion on Let’s Go Crazy Jill Jones - co-lead vocals on 1999 Dez Dickerson - co-lead vocals on 1999 Jesse Johnson - background vocals on 1999 (uncredited) Rosie Gaines - co-lead vocals and keyboards on Nothing Compares 2 U, co-lead vocals on Diamonds And Pearls Michael B. - drums on Nothing Compares 2 U and Diamonds And Pearls Sonny T. - bass guitar on Nothing Compares 2 U and Diamonds And Pearls Levi Seacer, Jr. - guitar on Nothing Compares 2 U and Diamonds And Pearls Tommy Barbarella - keyboards on Nothing Compares 2 U and Diamonds And Pearls Michael Nelson - trombone on Nothing Compares 2 U Brian Gallagher - tenor saxophone on Nothing Compares 2 U Kathy Jensen - baritone saxophone on Nothing Compares 2 U Dave Jensen - trumpet on Nothing Compares 2 U Steve Strand - trumpet on Nothing Compares 2 U Eric Leeds - saxophone on Adore and Alphabet St. Atlanta Bliss - trumpet on Adore and Alphabet St. Clare Fischer - string orchestration on Pink Cashmere Cat - vocals on Alphabet St. Boni Boyer - vocals on Alphabet St. Ingrid Chavez - vocals on Alphabet St. Lester Chambers - harmonica on Thieves In The Temple (sampled from I Can’t Stand It by The Chambers Brothers, uncredited) Michael Koppelman - guitar on Diamonds And Pearls (uncredited) Chuck Thomas - drums (uncredited, sampled loop from Tramp by Lowell Fulson) on 7 Production Prince – production and arrangement; engineer on When You Were Mine and Uptown (as Jamie Starr) Tommy Vicari – executive producer, engineer and remixer on Soft And Wet Clare Fischer – string orchestrator on Pink Cashmere Bob Mockler – remixer on I Feel For You, When You Were Mine and Uptown Mic Guzauski – remixer on When You Were Mine and Uptown Keith "K.C." Cohen – mixer on 7 Bob Rosa – mixer on 7 Steve Beltram – mixer on 7 Ron Garrett – assistant remixer on When You Were Mine and Uptown Peggy McCreary – engineer on When Doves Cry, Pop Life and 1999 (as "Peggy Mac") Susan Rogers – engineer on Pop Life, Let’s Go Crazy, I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man, Adore and Sign O’ The Times David Leonard – engineer on When Doves Cry, Pop Life and Let’s Go Crazy David Tickle – engineer on Pop Life Gary Brandt – engineer on I Feel For You and Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? Coke Johnson – engineer on I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man, Adore and Sign O’ The Times Michael Koppelman – engineer on Thieves In The Temple, engineer and mixer on Diamonds And Pearls and 7 Steve Noonan – engineer and mixer on 7 Dave Friedlander – engineer on 7 Ray Hahnfeldt – engineer on 7 Brian Poer – engineer on 7 Tom Garneau – engineer on Pink Cashmere, Thieves In The Temple and mixer on 7 Eddie Miller – engineer on Pink Cashmere and Alphabet St. Joe Blaney – engineer on Alphabet St. Steve Fontano – assistant engineer on Soft And Wet Dave Roeder – assistant engineer on Soft And Wet Mark Ettel – assistant engineer on I Feel For You and Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? Don Batts – assistant engineer on 1999 Tim Penn – assistant engineer on Diamonds And Pearls Thanks none.

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Additional Information Promotion (at time of release) Trivia The disc was also included as the first disc of the 3CD set The Hits / The B-Sides, released on the same day. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Copyright: There is no "Sound Recording" (SR) ref. in the US Copyright Office for this record but a "Recorded Document" (V) ref. exists: V3579D648 / 2009-06-04 (Entire Copyright Document: V3579 D640-676 P1-802) Certifications: RIAA database; BPI database; ARIA Monthly Certifications 1990-Present by Nelson (Australian-charts.com: 5 Nov. 2013) Charts: The Official UK Charts / Prince, www.billboard.com / The Hits 1, austriancharts.at, swedishcharts.com, charts.org.nz, dutchcharts.nl, norwegiancharts.com, australian-charts.com and hitparade.ch

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