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| <sup>6</sup> Written by [[Prince]], rap written by [[Tony M.]]<br> | | <sup>6</sup> Written by [[Prince]], rap written by [[Tony M.]]<br> |
| <sup>7</sup> Written by [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]); co-written by Lowell Fulsom and Jimmy McCracklin<br> | | <sup>7</sup> Written by [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]); co-written by Lowell Fulsom and Jimmy McCracklin<br> |
− | <sup>8</sup> String interlude composed by [[Lisa Coleman]] and [[Wendy Melvoin]] | + | <sup>8</sup> String interlude composed by [[Lisa Coleman]] and [[Wendy Melvoin]]<br> |
| <sup>†</sup> Listed as "edit", but in fact same in length as earlier versions | | <sup>†</sup> Listed as "edit", but in fact same in length as earlier versions |
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Album details
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Released:
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22 November 2016 (USA)
25 November 2016 (Europe)
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Length:
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76:51; 78:14
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Label(s):
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NPG Records and Warner Bros.
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Studio(s):
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Alpha Studios, Burbank, CA, USA; North Arm Drive Home Studio, Orono, MN, USA; Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA; The Warehouse, St. Louis Park, MN, USA; First Avenue (in Record Plant Remote - Mobile Truck (from New York, NY in Minneapolis, MN USA)); Washington Avenue Warehouse, Edina, MN, USA; Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Warner Pioneer Studios, Tokyo, Japan
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Charts, Certifications & Awards
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Charts
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iTunes
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Country: Chart
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Entry Date
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Peak Position
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Weeks in Chart
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USA:
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22 Nov. 2016
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8
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12 (days)
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Canada:
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22 Nov. 2016
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85
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4 (days)
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Australia:
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24 Nov. 2016
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30
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9 (days)
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UK:
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25 Nov. 2016
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18
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38 (days)
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Germany:
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25 Nov. 2016
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98
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2 (days)
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France:
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22 Nov. 2016
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16
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10 (days)
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Spain:
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22 Nov. 2016
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27
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9 (days)
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Italy:
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25 Nov. 2016
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51
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3 (days)
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America
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Country: Chart
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Entry Date
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Peak Position
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Weeks in Chart
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USA: The Billboard 200
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10 Dec. 2016
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33
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26
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USA: Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
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10 Dec. 2016
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4
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17
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USA: Billboard R&B Albums
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10 Dec. 2016
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3
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25
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USA: Billboard R&B Album Sales
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10 Dec. 2016
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3
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92
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USA: Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Album Sales
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10 Dec. 2016
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4
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85
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USA: Billboard Top Album Sales
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10 Dec. 2016
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26
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23
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USA: Billboard Tastemaker Albums
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10 Dec. 2016
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11
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3
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USA: Billboard Internet Albums
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10 Dec. 2016
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10
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3
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USA: Billboard Vinyl Albums
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7 Oct. 2017
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20
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1
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Canada: Billboard Canadian Albums 100
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10 Dec. 2016
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4
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36
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Europe
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Country: Chart
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Entry Date
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Peak Position
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Weeks in Chart
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Austria: Alben Top 100
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9 Dec. 2016
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64
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1
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Belgium: Ultratop Flanders
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3 Dec. 2016
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11
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13
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Belgium: Ultratop Wallonia
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3 Dec. 2016
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46
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13
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France: SNEP Top Albums
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25 Nov. 2016
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46
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8
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France: SNEP Top Albums Physiques
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25 Nov. 2016
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39
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21
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France: SNEP Top Albums Téléchargés
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25 Nov. 2016
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24
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10
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Germany: Offizielle Deutsche Top Albums
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3 Dec. 2016
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87
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1
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Greece: IFPI Top-75 Albums Sales
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Week 46
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34
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3
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Ireland: IRMA ChartTrack Top 100 Albums
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2 Dec. 2016
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22
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31 (R)
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Italy: FIMI Classifiche Album 100
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1 Dec. 2016
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64
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1
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The Netherlands: Album Top 100
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3 Dec. 2016
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10
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9
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Portugal: AFP Portugal Albums Top 30
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Week 48/2016
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29
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7
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Spain: ProMusicae Top 100 Albumes
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4 Dec. 2016
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64
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4
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Switzerland: Schweizer Hitparade
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4 Dec. 2016
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21
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3
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U.K.: UK Albums Chart
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8 Dec. 2016
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21
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16 (R)
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Asia
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Country: Chart
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Entry Date
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Peak Position
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Weeks in Chart
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Japan: ORICON CD アルバム Albums
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Week 3, Nov. 2016
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22
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12
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Japan: ORICON 洋楽アルバム World Albums
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Week 3, Nov. 2016
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3
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3
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Pacific
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Country: Chart
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Entry Date
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Peak Position
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Weeks in Chart
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Australia: ARIA Top 50 Albums
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11 Dec. 2016
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36
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1
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Certifications
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This album has not received any certifications in the USA
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Awards
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This album has not received any awards in the USA
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Prince 4ever is the sixth compilation album of Prince’s Warner Bros. studio work, and the first official posthumous release, announced six months to the day after Prince’s death, and released seven months after, in November 2016 (more than ten years after the previous compilation album, Ultimate).
It comprises only Warner Bros.-era recordings under the name Prince from 14 studio albums, released originally between 1978 and 1993, as well as the standalone single track Gotta Stop (Messin’ About) and two songs which previously debuted on The Hits 1 and The Hits 2 (Nothing Compares 2 U and Peach respectively). The compilation includes one previously-unreleased track, Moonbeam Levels.
In contrast with the tracks on The Hits 1 and The Hits 2, most songs on this compilation are in edit form as they originally appeared on 7" singles. Most notably Little Red Corvette, Let’s Go Crazy and Alphabet St. which were not officially released on commercially available cds in the edit-form they appear in on this release.
Of the 40 tracks on the compilation, Take Me With U, Paisley Park, Batdance, Mountains, Girls & Boys, Glam Slam and the previously-unreleased Moonbeam Levels had not appeared on a previous studio compilation album in any form.
Promotion
A press release for the compilation (also announcing a remastered deluxe version of Purple Rain for early 2017) was put out on 21 October 2016, six months to the day after Prince’s death.
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Track listing
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CD
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Digital
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The compact disc version is the original issue.
- 1999 (Edit) (3:39)
- Little Red Corvette (Edit) (3:09)
- When Doves Cry (Edit) (3:48)
- Let’s Go Crazy (Edit) (3:50) 1
- Raspberry Beret (3:35) 1
- I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit) (3:00)
- Soft And Wet (Edit) (3:05) 2 †
- Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? (3:51)
- Uptown (Edit) (4:11)
- When You Were Mine (3:46)
- Head (4:46)
- Gotta Stop (Messin’ About) (Edit) (2:57) †
- Controversy (Edit) (3:38)
- Let’s Work (Edit) (3:02)
- Delirious (Edit) (2:41)
- I Would Die 4 U (Single Version) (2:59) 1
- Take Me With U (Edit) (3:44) 1
- Paisley Park (4:44) 1
- Pop Life (3:45) 1,8
- Purple Rain(8:41) 1
- Kiss (Single Version) (3:46) 1
- Sign O’ The Times (Edit) (3:44)
- Alphabet St. (Edit) (2:25)
- Batdance (Edit) (4:07)
- Thieves In The Temple (3:21)
- Cream(4:13) 3
- Mountains (3:58) 4
- Girls & Boys (Edit) (3:28) 1
- If I Was Your Girlfriend (Edit) (3:46)
- U Got The Look (3:48)
- I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Edit/fade) (3:41)
- Glam Slam (Edit) (3:31)
- Moonbeam Levels (4:06)
- Diamonds And Pearls (Edit) (4:20) 3
- Gett Off (UK Single Remix) (4:00) 3
- Sexy M.F. (5:26) 5
- My Name Is Prince (Edit) (4:04) 6
- 7 (Album Edit) (4:23) 7
- Peach (3:48)
- Nothing Compares 2 U (4:19)
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The digital version was released at same time as the CD.
- 1999 (Edit) (3:39)
- Little Red Corvette (Edit) (3:09)
- When Doves Cry (Edit) (3:48)
- Let’s Go Crazy (Edit) (3:50) 1
- Raspberry Beret (3:35) 1
- I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit) (3:00)
- Soft And Wet (Edit) (3:05) 2 †
- Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? (3:51)
- Uptown (Edit) (4:11)
- When You Were Mine (3:46)
- Head (4:46)
- Gotta Stop (Messin’ About) (Edit) (2:57) †
- Controversy (Edit) (3:38)
- Let’s Work (Edit) (3:02)
- Delirious (Edit) (2:41)
- I Would Die 4 U (Single Version) (2:59) 1
- Take Me With U (Edit) (3:44) 1
- Paisley Park (4:44) 1
- Pop Life (3:45) 1,8
- Purple Rain(8:41) 1
- Kiss (Single Version) (3:46) 1
- Sign O’ The Times (Edit) (3:44)
- Alphabet St. (Edit) (2:25)
- Batdance (Edit) (4:07)
- Thieves In The Temple (3:21)
- Cream(4:13) 3
- Mountains (3:58) 4
- Girls & Boys (Edit) (3:28) 1
- If I Was Your Girlfriend (Edit) (3:46)
- U Got The Look (3:48)
- I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Edit/fade) (3:41)
- Glam Slam (Edit) (3:31)
- Moonbeam Levels (4:06)
- Diamonds And Pearls (Edit) (4:20) 3
- Gett Off (UK Single Remix) (4:00) 3
- Sexy M.F. (5:26) 5
- My Name Is Prince (Edit) (4:04) 6
- 7 (Album Edit) (4:23) 7
- Peach (3:48)
- Nothing Compares 2 U (4:19)
4-LP
- 1999 (Edit) (3:39)
- Little Red Corvette (Edit) (3:09)
- When Doves Cry (Edit) (3:48)
- Let’s Go Crazy (Edit) (3:50) 1
- Raspberry Beret (3:35) 1
- I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit) (3:00)
- Soft And Wet (Edit) (3:05) 2 †
- Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? (3:51)
- Uptown (Edit) (4:11)
- When You Were Mine (3:46)
- Head (4:46)
- Gotta Stop (Messin’ About) (Edit) (2:57) †
- Controversy (Edit) (3:38)
- Let’s Work (Edit) (3:02)
- Delirious (Edit) (2:41)
- I Would Die 4 U (Single Version) (2:59) 1
- Take Me With U (Edit) (3:44) 1
- Paisley Park (4:44) 1
- Pop Life (3:45) 1,8
- Purple Rain(8:41) 1
- Kiss (Single Version) (3:46) 1
- Sign O’ The Times (Edit) (3:44)
- Alphabet St. (Edit) (2:25)
- Batdance (Edit) (4:07)
- Thieves In The Temple (3:21)
- Cream(4:13) 3
- Mountains (3:58) 4
- Girls & Boys (Edit) (3:28) 1
- If I Was Your Girlfriend (Edit) (3:46)
- U Got The Look (3:48)
- I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Edit/fade) (3:41)
- Glam Slam (Edit) (3:31)
- Moonbeam Levels (4:06)
- Diamonds And Pearls (Edit) (4:20) 3
- Gett Off (UK Single Remix) (4:00) 3
- Sexy M.F. (5:26) 5
- My Name Is Prince (Edit) (4:04) 6
- 7 (Album Edit) (4:23) 7
- Peach (3:48)
- Nothing Compares 2 U (4:19)
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All songs written by Prince, except where noted.
1 Written by Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
2 Music by Prince, lyrics by Prince and Chris Moon
3 Written by Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
4 Written by Prince (lyrics), Wendy Melvoin (music) and Lisa Coleman (music) (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
5 Written by Prince, Tony M. and Levi Seacer, Jr.
6 Written by Prince, rap written by Tony M.
7 Written by Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation); co-written by Lowell Fulsom and Jimmy McCracklin
8 String interlude composed by Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin
† Listed as "edit", but in fact same in length as earlier versions
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Personnel
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Musicians
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- See individual tracks for credits.
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Production
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- See individual tracks for credits.
The Revolution
Lisa Coleman - keyboards and voice
Wendy Melvoin - guitar and voice
Bobby Z. - percussion
Brown Mark - bass and voice
Matt Fink - keyboards and voice
The New Power Generation
Levi Seacer - Rhythm guitar and backing vox
Tony M. - Lead raps and backing vox
Tommy Barbarella - Purpleaxxe™ sampler, other various keys and sex symbol
Kirk Johnson - backing vox and percussion
Damon Dickson - backing vox and percussion
Sonny T. - bass and backing vox
Michael B. - drums
Rosie Gaines - Co-lead and backing vox, Purpleaxxe™ sampler and organ
And introducing - Mayte
Art direction & design - Alex Tenta
Front cover photo - Justine Walpole
Inside panel photo - Madison Dubé
All other photos - Herb Ritts/Trunk Archive
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Thanks
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- Special thanks to the Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson
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