If Tracks Are Good, Let's Get 2 Pollin - PRINCE TRACKS POLL RESULTS

Yeah, I would've never pegged "Alphabet St." landing above "If I Was Your Girlfriend."

Or "I Would Die 4 U" (!!)

But it is the most fun!

A whole lot of my picks showing up! Go fans! "Dorothy Parker" made it in (hi 5)

last two for today, top ten coming tomorrow

12. Pop Life (from Around The World In A Day, 1985) - 354 points, 15 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROg_9rPpPQo&feature=related

11. U Got The Look (from Sign O' The Times, 1987) - 360 points, 14 votes, 1 first place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp7z0jADNpM&feature=related

rundown so far:

50. Uptown (from Dirty Mind, 1980) - 103 points, 4 votes
49. Hot Thing (from Sign O' The Times, 1987) - 108 points, 5 votes
48. 7 (from Love Symbol, 1992) - 108 points, 6 votes
47. Let's Pretend We're Married (from 1999, 1993) - 113 points, 5 votes
46. Cream (from Diamonds And Pearls, 1991) - 113 points, 6 votes
45. The Cross (from Sign O' The Times, 1987) - 123 points, 6 votes
44. Black Sweat (from 3121, 2006) - 128 points, 7 votes
43. Money Don't Matter 2 Night (from Diamonds And Pearls, 1992) - 130 points, 7 votes
42. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (from The Gold Experience, 1995) - 133 points, 7
votes
41. Gett Off (from Diamonds And Pearls, 1992) - 138 points, 7 votes
40. Condition Of The Heart (from Around The World In A Day, 1985) - 141 points, 5 votes
39. Nothing Compares 2 U (Sinead O Connor, 1990) - 142 points, 6 votes
38. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? (from Prince, 1979) - 146 points, 5 votes
37. Starfish And Coffee (from Sign O' The Times, 1987) - 147 points, 7 votes
36. The Glamorous Life (Shiela E, 1984) - 154 points, 7 votes
35. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore (B-Side to 1999, 1982) - 155 points, 6 votes
34. Sexy MF (from Love Symbol, 1992) - 158 points, 7 votes
33. She's Always In My Hair (B-side to Paisley Park, 1985) - 170 points, 7 votes
32. Head (from Dirty Mind, 1980) - 175 points, 7 votes
31. Strange Relationship (from Sign O' The Times, 1987) - 184 points, 8 votes
30. 17 Days (the rain will come down, then U will have 2 choose. If U believe, look 2 the dawn and U shall never lose.) (B-side to When Doves Cry. 1984) - 185 points, 8 votes
29. I Feel For You (Chaka Khan, 1984) - 194 points, 8 votes
28. Purple Rain (from Purple Rain, 1984) - 201 points, 8 votes
27. Lady Cab Driver (from 1999, 1982) - 217 points, 10 votes
26. Take Me With U (from Purple Rain, 1984) - 231 points, 10 votes
25. Adore (from Sign O' The Times, 1987) - 237 points, 9 votes, 2 first place
24. Something In The Water (Does Not Computer) (from 1999, 1982) - 251 points, 10 votes
23. Uptown (from Dirty Mind, 1980) - 260 points, 12 votes
22. Mountains (from Parade, 1986) - 274 point, 12 votes
21. Let's Go Crazy (from Purple Rain, 1984) - 274 points, 13 votes
20. Sometimes It Snows In April (from Parade, 1986) - 288 points, 12 votes, 2 first place
19. Sign O' The Times (from Sign O' The Times, 1987) - 292 points, 12 points, 2 first place
18. Dirty Mind (from Dirty Mind, 1980) - 299 points, 13 votes, 1 first place
17. If I Was Your Girlfriend (from Sign O' The Times, 1987) - 309 points, 13 votes
16. I Would Die 4 U (from Purple Rain, 1984) - 317 points, 12 votes, 1 first place
15. 1999 (from 1999, 1982) - 321 points, 15 votes
14. The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker (from Sign O' The Times, 1987) - 324 points, 14 votes, 1 first place
13. Alphabet St. (from Lovesexy, 1988) - 327 points, 14 votes
12. Pop Life (from Around The World In A Day, 1985) - 354 points, 15 votes
11. U Got The Look (from Sign O' The Times, 1987) - 360 points, 14 votes, 1 first place

never really rated U Got the Look, Pop Life also seems a bit high imho

Glad "Pop Life" is as high as it is. Feel it's, if anything, underrated by Prince fans.

When You Were Mine better be in the top ten, you freaks

V happy to see the Dorothy Parker love. My #1.

never really rated U Got the Look

O_o

man dont you give me any more shit for my dabney coleman revelation now

i think the 12-inch mix of "raspberry beret" would have been my no. 1 if i'd remembered to vote

I know this is self-evident, but looking at this and the Beatles poll as they relate to my own ballots, they reinforce for me the idea that the more you love an artist's work, the less you'll be in line with everyone else's perception of that work. I love the Beatles, and my ballot wasn't even close to the final results; I'm a casual Prince fan, and my ballot is very much in line with the final results.

I'm not crazy about "Alphabet Street" but it's never exactly set radio programmers on fire, which means it's basically an underrated Prince single.

I remember taping the Alphabet St video so that I could freeze frame it for hidden messages

"I'm sorry about the Black Album" iirc

lol strongo U Got the Look is fine, I don't think it's bad I just don't think it's better than, say, Let's Go Crazy or 1999 or Uptown or pretty much half the things that beat it out, really

hoping at least one Tony M cut makes the top ten

the other 5 songs from purple rain + ...

Prediction: #4 will be "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold."

man if "diamonds and pearls" shows up here i'm gonna plotz

"Alphabet St." is his worst '80s single, it makes me wanna spit to think of the songs it placed above

over the weekend i tried to draw up my prediction of the top 20 -- got everything so far except "Dorothy Parker," but now i only feel really confident about 8 of the top 10 and really am not sure at all what the other 2 will be

if "purple rain" isn't #1 can we just pretend like the poll didn't happen

uh

28. Purple Rain (from Purple Rain, 1984) - 201 points, 8 votes

"Purple Rain" is never anybody's #1

damn

"do me, baby" has to be in the top ten right

right

I've decided that you can pinpoint Prince's decline by the changes in his facial hair - once he got rid of the mustach/goatee combo, things started to go downhill. clean-shaven Prince is a terrible look imho

it's not like the 5 o'clock shadow era in the early '90s was better than the era with less facial hair that preceded it

I want you all to play very close attention to his costume and hair on Rave U2 the Fantastic's cover. "Fatigues" is right.

10. Kiss (from Mario Paint, 1992) - 355 points, 16 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAOyvqwRy-4

so there's like no chance of "sexy dancer" making the top 10 is there

i prob should've voted

::folds arms with silent disappointed stare::

my number 1 'u got the look' vote wasn't wasted then i suppose, nearly top 10 though. then again, i've heard '17 days' now.

so i'm always curious with these polls; any non fans/Prince-curious people out there discovered any tracks they really love so far?

― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Friday, July 29, 2011 8:26 PM (3 days ago)

loving the whole thing. Learning a lot. Thanks!

so i'm always curious with these polls; any non fans/Prince-curious people out there discovered any tracks they really love so far?

― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP)

yeah, been a fan for years but never really went deep into his/their catalog before and this has made me begin with that and i've been LOVING every damn minute. u got the look & lady cab driver are the only ones i voted for that made the list so far. guess i can rule out "sister" (my no. 1 or 2 iirc) placing since "when you were mine" hasn't surfaced yet, eh

y'know what? i concede that i simply don't get Dirty Mind as an album like other people do, but i really really don't think "Dirty Mind" is a great song, really not top 20 material. my only consolation is that "Controversy" is destined for the top 10.

I enjoy it as an album track: that slow, steady synth throb.

it's got a couple of my favorite songs he ever wrote. it's also got some filler vamps. but even the filler's got an energy to it that i love.

plus it's fucking filthy.

Dirty Mind was my #2. There is nothing I don't love about that song.

there's nothing I love about that song that I don't love about "Controversy" more

I think loving one and not the other is a little odd. Sometimes I want to hear one more than other, but I agree with Soto that "Dirty Mind" has a pretty great, warm, throbbing pulse.

"Controversy" is so present and so hooky, "Dirty Mind" is a little slip of a song by comparison

"Dirty Mind" is a little more "Minneapolis sound" too, I think, so I'm biased.