Difference between revisions of "Single: Sign O' The Times"
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|single name = Sign O' The Times | |single name = Sign O' The Times | ||
|single image = [[Image:Signothetimes single.jpg]] | |single image = [[Image:Signothetimes single.jpg]] | ||
− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 18|18 February 1987]] (US release)<br>[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_2|2 March 1987]] (UK release) | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 18|18 February 1987]] (US release)<br> |
+ | [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_2|2 March 1987]] (UK release) | ||
|album = [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] | |album = [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] | ||
|label = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] / [[Paisley Park Records]] | |label = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] / [[Paisley Park Records]] | ||
− | |tracks = [[La, La, La, He, He, Hee]] <small>(3:21)</small><br>[[La, La, La, He, He, Hee]] (Highly Explosive) <small>(10:32)</small><br>[[Sign O' The Times]] (Edit) <small>(3:42)</small> | + | |tracks = [[La, La, La, He, He, Hee]] <small>(3:21)</small><br> |
+ | [[La, La, La, He, He, Hee]] (Highly Explosive) <small>(10:32)</small><br> | ||
+ | [[Sign O' The Times]] (Edit) <small>(3:42)</small> | ||
<!------ SINGLE CHRONOLOGY --------> | <!------ SINGLE CHRONOLOGY --------> | ||
|previous year = 1986 | |previous year = 1986 | ||
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<!-------ALBUM PROMOTION --> | <!-------ALBUM PROMOTION --> | ||
|album promotion = Billboard issued a special on [[Prince]] and the Minneapolis Scene on 25 April 1987 (Vol. 99 N°17). | |album promotion = Billboard issued a special on [[Prince]] and the Minneapolis Scene on 25 April 1987 (Vol. 99 N°17). | ||
− | * UK press advert published in Smash Hits:<br>[[File:1987_Sign_O_The_Times_UK_press_advert-SmashHits-PV.jpg|x200px|border]] | + | * UK press advert published in Smash Hits:<br> |
+ | [[File:1987_Sign_O_The_Times_UK_press_advert-SmashHits-PV.jpg|x200px|border]] | ||
|trivia = Warner Bros. Records filed a suit on 12 March 1987 against US radio KIIS-L.A. for playing the single earlier than the scheduled airplay date provided with the advance copy of the single, asking $1 million in punitive damages. (Billboard Vol. 99 No.13 - 28 March 1987). | |trivia = Warner Bros. Records filed a suit on 12 March 1987 against US radio KIIS-L.A. for playing the single earlier than the scheduled airplay date provided with the advance copy of the single, asking $1 million in punitive damages. (Billboard Vol. 99 No.13 - 28 March 1987). | ||
* The single remained 11 weeks in the Billboard Hot Black Single Top 40 Chart and 7 weeks in the Gallup Top 40 UK chart. | * The single remained 11 weeks in the Billboard Hot Black Single Top 40 Chart and 7 weeks in the Gallup Top 40 UK chart. | ||
+ | * When [[Single: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] entered the Top Ten of the Billboard Black Chart on 28 March 1987 (number 9), two other singles released by [[Paisley Park Records]] were also on the top ten of that same chart : ''Hold Me'' by [[Sheila E.]] (number 3) and [[Single: 6|6]] by [[Madhouse]] (number 5). Three others songs written and produced by former [[Prince]] associates were also highly charted at the same time: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Watley Jody Watley]’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_for_a_New_Love Looking For A New Love] ([[Andre Cymone]] co-wrote the track with Jody Watley produced it with [[David Z.]]) topped the Billboard Black Chart, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Wait_Awhile Let’s Wait Awhile] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Jackson Janet Jackson] and ''Keep Your Eye On Me'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Alpert Herb Alpert], both co-written and produced by former [[The Time]] members [[Jimmy Jam]] and [[Terry Lewis]] were at the 7th and 8th spot respectively. | ||
|alternative = | |alternative = | ||
<!-------REFERENCES -------> | <!-------REFERENCES -------> | ||
− | |references = [[Book:_The_Vault|'''The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince''']] ''by Per Nilsen & | + | |references = [[Book:_The_Vault|'''The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince''']] ''by Per Nilsen & jooZt Mattheij, with the UPTOWN Staff'' (Uptown, 2004) |
*<b>Chart(s):</b> | *<b>Chart(s):</b> | ||
:Billboard Vol. 99 N° 10 (7 March 1987), No.13 (28 March 1987); The Billboard Book Of Top 40 R&B and Hip-Hop Hits by Joel Whitburn (ISBN 0-8230-8283-0); Top R&B Singles 1942 - 1999 by Joel Whitburn (ISBN 0-89820-136-5); Billboard Hot 100 Charts - The Eighties by Joel Whitburn (ISBN 0-89820-079-2); Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003 ''by Joel Withburn'' (ISBN 0-89820-156-X); British Hit Singles by Martin Roach (ISBN 978-0-7535-1537-2); [http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/prince/ The Official UK Charts Company / Prince] | :Billboard Vol. 99 N° 10 (7 March 1987), No.13 (28 March 1987); The Billboard Book Of Top 40 R&B and Hip-Hop Hits by Joel Whitburn (ISBN 0-8230-8283-0); Top R&B Singles 1942 - 1999 by Joel Whitburn (ISBN 0-89820-136-5); Billboard Hot 100 Charts - The Eighties by Joel Whitburn (ISBN 0-89820-079-2); Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003 ''by Joel Withburn'' (ISBN 0-89820-156-X); British Hit Singles by Martin Roach (ISBN 978-0-7535-1537-2); [http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/prince/ The Official UK Charts Company / Prince] |
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