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best stuff written and/or played by prince but not released under his name

1. Sinead - Nothing Compares 2 You

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:08 (twenty-two years ago)

2. Madonna - Act Of Contrition

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:08 (twenty-two years ago)

3. The Bangles - Manic Monday

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

4. Sheila E - The Glamourous Life

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

5. Sheena Easton - Sugar Walls

― James Blount (James Blount), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

6. Vanity 6 - Nasty Girl

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

7. Shiela E. - A Love Bizarre

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

8. The Time - Do The Bird

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

8. Tevin Campbell - "Round and Round"

― James Blount (James Blount), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

10. Apollonia Six - Sex Shooter

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Uh 11, no...

9. Vanity 6 "Nasty Girl"

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Uh, whoops, 9. Vanity 6, "Vibrator"

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

there were 2 # eights so Vibrator should be 11

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

12. Phil Collins, "Sussudio"

― Douglas (Douglas), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

13. Andre Cymone - "Dance Electric"

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

act of contrition ??!!!!
no way ! never knew that.

12 dance electric - andre

― piscesboy, Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

13. When U Were Mine -- Cyndi Lauper

― JesseFox (JesseFox), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Most of "The Family" album .

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I wish Joni Mitchell had recorded that song he wrote for her. I think it was called "U R My Emotional Pump" or something like that.

― JesseFox (JesseFox), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"Sussudio"?!! That was just Uncle Phil rippin' him off.

"When U Were Mine" is on CONTROVERSY (I think?). Or PRINCE. It's on one of the early records...

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

oops ! hey that's what you call a coincidence.

right erm...

can't think of another.

was 'jerk out' by the time by him ?

― piscesboy, Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

"when you were mine" is on dirty mind isn't it? it was also covered by BOB SEGER!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Yep, it's on Dirty Mind. Do covers not count? (Actually, he recorded "Nothing Compares 2 U" too.)

Also -- Kate Bush, "Why Should I Love You?" (And why is it not called "Why Should I Love U?")

― JesseFox (JesseFox), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

the family recorded "nothing compares 2 u", prince didn't get around to recording it til post sinead

― James Blount (James Blount), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, and that was live...

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

...which doesn't really count.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

If Phil Collins goes on the list then so does TLC - "Waterfalls".

I was going to list a George Clinton collaboration but I just listened to "The Big Pump" from Hey Man ... Smell My Finger, and god is it shit!

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm all for ripoffs counting, but wasn't "Sussudio" more of a Jam/Lewis rip than a Prince one?

Sly Fox, "Let's Go All the Way"
Ready For the World, "Oh Sheila!"

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

ok so help me out - what exactly should count here? I was initially thinking strictly prince-sanctioned protege stuff & collaborations but maybe we should open it up to covers and rip-offs to keep it interesting.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

(btw, I was about to start a thread like this, so yay!)

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)

fuck if we're gonna bust open the fake prince songs cherry

Ready For The World - "Oh Sheila"
Shalamar - "Dancing in the Sheets"
Nine Inch Nails - "Closer"
Outkast - "Toilet Tisha"
Elvis Costello - "Blue Chair"

― James Blount (James Blount), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)

aargh xpost!

― James Blount (James Blount), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)

D'angelo - "How Does It Feel"

― James Blount (James Blount), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Morris Day, "Oak Tree" (well...)

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

lenny kravitz' first record seemed pretty "around the world in a day" influenced to me, maybe it's just a similar beatles + sly ideal behind em...I know it's uncool, but I loved "Let Love Rule" when it came out. Does the Cody Chestnutt record sound like this? I will buy it if it does.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

sort of but it's hidden behind lotsa 4-track murk; also his lyrics are better than Kravitz's (whose aren't?)

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Beck, "Debra"

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Best trying-to-be-Prince album? How about Gold Experience??

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 22 May 2003 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

"it was also covered by BOB SEGER!"

Mitch Ryder also did it on his comeback LP, the one John Mellencamp produced.

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 22 May 2003 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)

fake prince:

Rori - "Wild Girls"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 22 May 2003 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

shit, charles is right ... i think i got mitch ryder and bob seger mixed up.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 22 May 2003 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Karl Wallinger did some not-very-good fake Prince stuff, in between his fake Lennon and fake Kinks things.

― JesseFox (JesseFox), Thursday, 22 May 2003 20:06 (twenty-two years ago)

we get 40 posts into the thread w/o mentioning Chaka Khan's cover of "I Feel For You"??

― M Specktor (M Specktor), Thursday, 22 May 2003 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

No Doubt, "Waiting Room". He takes over the track with just his backing vocals.

― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 22 May 2003 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry,were manic monday and waterfalls by prince?

― robin (robin), Thursday, 22 May 2003 23:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Fake Prince in the house world... half of Rooty and Bob Sinclair's "Got to Be Free."

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 22 May 2003 23:45 (twenty-two years ago)

there's no janet on this thread?!

i had no idea about 'manic monday'. god i really love prince.

― minna (minna), Friday, 23 May 2003 00:03 (twenty-two years ago)

no Janet because Jam/Lewis is parallel Prince, not fake. also, The Gold Experience is definitely Prince pastiche but also great. and half of Rooty? try all of it.

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 23 May 2003 00:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd really have to stretch out backwards to think of "Where's Your Head At" as a Prince pasiche. So, we'll go with 9/10ths of Rooty.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 23 May 2003 00:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Nobody answered Robin so I will: yes, "Manic Monday" was written by Prince for the Bangles (under the pseudonym "Christopher"). "Waterfalls" had no Prince involvement, but sounds like it :)

Another facsimile: Pig (80's WaxTrax dude) - "Never For Fun"

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 23 May 2003 00:34 (twenty-two years ago)

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Andre Cymone

― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 22:32 (eleven years ago)

Madhouse

― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 22:37 (eleven years ago)

94 East

― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 22:38 (eleven years ago)

Carmen Electra

― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 22:44 (eleven years ago)

Mayte

― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 22:45 (eleven years ago)

Andre Cymone

^^^underrated

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 23:30 (eleven years ago)

This

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

― 3×5, Thursday, 16 October 2014 00:39 (eleven years ago)

three months pass...

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/611/MI0001611543.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

― 3×5, Sunday, 1 February 2015 07:47 (ten years ago)

No mention of 'The Sex Of It' by Kid Creole?

― pig∞n (dog latin), Monday, 2 February 2015 14:18 (ten years ago)

Or Martika?!? "Love...Thy Will Be Done" is fucking epic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMX27W_1tsQ

― Indiana Jones and the Sphincter of the Sphinx (Old Lunch), Monday, 2 February 2015 14:53 (ten years ago)

On the faux Prince front, I've been into A'Me Loraine's Starring In...Standing in a Monkey Sea lately.

― Indiana Jones and the Sphincter of the Sphinx (Old Lunch), Monday, 2 February 2015 14:56 (ten years ago)

This

http://youtu.be/BO3qlgUINEE

― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Monday, 2 February 2015 16:20 (ten years ago)

can anybody hook a fucker up with the s/t Jill Jones album? I've been looking out for it for years with no luck.

― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Monday, 2 February 2015 17:41 (ten years ago)

I think I have it somewhere? Maybe? I'll take a look when I'm home.

I seriously need to double down on evangelizing that A'Me Lorain album. One of the most underrated pop albums of the '80s (with only a handful of mentions on ILM).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKHDIvC2Uvo

― Indiana Jones and the Sphincter of the Sphinx (Old Lunch), Monday, 2 February 2015 17:45 (ten years ago)

I have that Jill Jones album, it's actually pretty easy to find on vinyl, but the CDs are very hard to come by, as it only had one CD pressing in 1988, and it must've been pretty small considering the market for compact discs back then. Anyway, after years of searching I noticed some Minneapolis record store was selling a couple of new(!) copies online for a reasonable price, so I quickly snatched one.

Anyway, it's a great album, possibly the best non-Prince one he produced, I'll see what I can do about sharing the joy...

― Tuomas, Monday, 2 February 2015 17:56 (ten years ago)

I looove the prince demo of g spot and have long wanted to hear how it plays in it's jj guise

― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Monday, 2 February 2015 17:58 (ten years ago)

The only complaint I have about the album is that it doesn't include the club mix of "Mia Bocca", the best tune Jill Jones ever made. The album version (which segues straight from the intro) of it is really good too, but the club mix is even better.

― Tuomas, Monday, 2 February 2015 18:06 (ten years ago)

Here you go, Jon.

Leonardo Music Journal -- Awesome!!

― Tuomas, Monday, 2 February 2015 18:13 (ten years ago)

Anyway, for stuff that had nothing to do with Prince but sounds like Vanity 6, this is my favourite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34QVPwRLRKU

― Tuomas, Monday, 2 February 2015 18:19 (ten years ago)

leonardo whassssuuppppppp

thx t

― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Monday, 2 February 2015 20:03 (ten years ago)

one year passes...

we need a list of prince knockoffs that prince had nothing to do with, like ready for the world's "oh sheila"

― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 29 April 2016 19:51 (nine years ago)

there are a few such things mentioned on this thread, but most of it is stuff prince actually wrote and/or produced

― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 29 April 2016 19:52 (nine years ago)

would that include music by former bandmembers

― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 April 2016 19:57 (nine years ago)

paula abdul "promise of a new day"

― fact checking cuz, Friday, 29 April 2016 20:00 (nine years ago)

world party "love street"

― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 April 2016 20:04 (nine years ago)

we need a list of prince knockoffs that prince had nothing to do with, like ready for the world's "oh sheila"

Always wonder if "Oh Sheila" is intentionally named after Sheila E. in order to add to the confusion.

― Radio Free European Son (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 April 2016 20:15 (nine years ago)

Lol, Wikipedia:

The song is commonly misattributed to Prince, due to similarity to his vocal and musical style, as well as the belief that the song's lyrics allude to frequent Prince collaborator Sheila E.[2][3] Ready for the World's Melvin Riley denied any connection with the two artists, stating that the subject of the song was a fictional character. However, the song's backbeat was inspired by the Prince song "Lady Cab Driver."

― Radio Free European Son (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 April 2016 20:18 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2liD7pahHN4&feature=youtu.be

― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 29 April 2016 20:24 (nine years ago)

However, the song's backbeat was inspired by the Prince song "Lady Cab Driver."

if by "backbeat" they mean "everything in the song"

― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 29 April 2016 20:44 (nine years ago)

Teena Marie to thread

― Radio Free European Son (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 April 2016 20:45 (nine years ago)

Nine Inch Nails - "Closer"

this seems kind of challopsy... or does it?

― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 29 April 2016 20:47 (nine years ago)

The entirety 'o' the Gary Numan album Metal Rhythm.

― 2rrican (Turrican), Friday, 29 April 2016 20:51 (nine years ago)

I think I mentioned them upthread, but Klymaxx's two mid-80s albums (Meeting in the Ladies' Room and Klymaxx) certainly remind me of Prince/Minneapolis style synth funk.

― Tuomas, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 09:27 (nine years ago)

feel like the title track off Herbie's "Future Shock" fits here

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 20:22 (nine years ago)

The entirety 'o' the Gary Numan album /Metal Rhythm/.

The entirety 'o' the Gary Wilson album You Think You Really Know Me.

― The WLS National Batdance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 23:18 (nine years ago)

6.4

― Mark G, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 23:46 (nine years ago)

B-52's "Dry County" has a bit of a Prince vibe

― Stoner Gabbneb & the Cocoon of Cluelessness (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 23:50 (nine years ago)

Clare Fischer strings and all. Sandra St. Victor co-wrote "Soul Sanctuary" with Prince ("Emancipation")https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUDr7ClxLIo

― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 5 May 2016 00:25 (nine years ago)

And this one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8DLerhocZk

― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 5 May 2016 00:28 (nine years ago)

I was just wondering today if there was a thread like this and now I see that I've already stumped for A'me Lorain & The Family Affair upthread but I'm going to do it again because I love that album so much.

― Your Ass Is Grass And I Will Mow It With My Face (Old Lunch), Thursday, 5 May 2016 01:50 (nine years ago)

Always thought of this one as a Prince homage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmZexg8sxyk

― goodoldneon, Sunday, 8 May 2016 22:55 (nine years ago)

OK, I'll add mine here, since I don't think I saw them:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjLC9HBoEYU

― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 8 May 2016 23:39 (nine years ago)

Does all the sub-Jam & Lewis boogie count?

Tara - Fresh Flesh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX3S9LU-NMM

― Abandon hype all ye who enter here (Sanpaku), Monday, 9 May 2016 01:08 (nine years ago)

Wait is that one of the Carmen Electra records?

― Old Familiar Toonces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 May 2016 01:25 (nine years ago)

Not sure.

Ryuchi Sakamoto borrows Prince protege Jill Jones, and possibly the purple LinnDrum:

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

― Abandon hype all ye who enter here (Sanpaku), Monday, 9 May 2016 02:23 (nine years ago)

two weeks pass...

Did you guys know about this? http://www.mixonline.com/news/profiles/classic-tracks-fine-young-cannibals-she-drives-me-crazy/375247

― Why You Wanna Treeship Borad? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 May 2016 00:35 (nine years ago)

Was listening to Talking Heads' "Making Flippy Floppy," from 1983, the other day and thinking that the chorus (and the synth hook in particular) is kind of Prince-like. But maybe that's just because it's Bernie Worrell, and he influenced Prince's keyboard style?

― goodoldneon, Sunday, 29 May 2016 04:46 (nine years ago)

jill jones s/t is awesome

― clouds, Sunday, 29 May 2016 06:21 (nine years ago)

^^^

― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Monday, 30 May 2016 01:46 (nine years ago)

vocal doesn't sound at all like Prince, but everything else about this song gives me a real 80s-synth-Prince vibe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-rfX1W38q0

― Οὖτις, Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:39 (nine years ago)

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