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

DID vote for I Wanna Be Your Lover, so...YAY!

"Pop Life" > "Raspberry Beret"

Very much so!

I mean, I like "Beret" fine, but I'm not feeling it as a top 10'er.

that's most of mine taken care of, i doubt 'a love bizarre' 'computer blue' 'all the critics love u in new york' 'forever in my life' or 'manic monday' will make it now. guessing 'when doves cry' 'little red corvette' 'do me, baby' 'when you were mine' and, um, 'diamonds and pearls'? am i missing something?

I'm guessing "Kiss" for real.

Yeah, there's no way Kiss isn't on this poll. The fact it's in the top 5 really isn't surprising.

Julia Roberts ruined that song for me.

xp. oh yeah, i'm an idiot.

5. Kiss (from Parade, 1986) - 520 points, 23 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76RhkQSjj_k

ha. sorry i'll stop guessing and ruining the build up now.

maybe i would know what was so filthy and great about Dirty Mind if the lyrics were remotely as audible as they are on pretty much every other Prince album

part of the appeal imo

From wedding-DJ experiences I can vouch that Raspberry Beret is the only failsafe Prince tune

i really think i've heard 'i wanna be your lover' at more weddings than 'raspberry beret', with 'kiss' close behind

If "Do Me Baby" is really in the top 4, I'm a bit floored.

would just like to interject that while Prince didn't have anything to do with them, the first two Andre Cymone solo albums are really good

now this will surprise and for a while it looked like it would win it

4. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (from Sign O' The Times, 1987) - 527 points, 22 votes, 2 first place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twA4_cUKfgg

xp These are British weddings if that makes any difference. No Prince single charted in the UK before 1999 (the song not the year) so I Wanna Be Your Lover doesn't have much traction here, great though it is.

Surprised that Girls & Boys (unless it's coming up instead of Do Me, Baby) and Anotherlover… did so badly.

I was on holiday and didn't vote, but can I just say this is great. I would have had Ballad of Dorothy Parker at 1. Erotic City 2. Lady Cab Driver 3. All the Critics Love U in New York should have made it!

I've never really got into Prince ballads.

Trufact from one of the criminally out of touch -- when I first started listening to Prince back catalogue stuff for this ballot, I played "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and my first thought was "wait, this is Prince?! I remember this from high school." I thought I'd never heard anything by him from before Controversy.

3. Little Red Corvette (from 1999, 1982) - 537 points, 20 votes, 2 first place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS70tCPP-_4

xpost Yeah, def a shock on that one.

wd rather "When You Were Mine" wins over "Doves" tbh.

(Despite always thinking that song was kinda overrated.)

kinda surprised at the Never Take the Place of Your Man placing... I like the song and it's one of his best hooks but man, the middle really drags

One of the LRC #1 votes was me.

^^^ without Prince's solos the song goes nowhere. I hear the song as a gesture of irony. He could never take the place of her man? No? Even with these singing and guitar skills?

xpost to Shakes.

2. Wedding Feast (from The Rainbow Children, 2005) - 1999 points, 17 votes, 7 first place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAhduV5Weck

One of the LRC #1 votes was me.

I was the other one.

okay then here we go

2. When Doves Cry (from Purple Rain, 1984) - 567 points, 22 votes, 2 first place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09alPYUmxxM

1. When U Were Mine (from Dirty Mind, 1980) - 597 points, 23 votes, 2 first place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vndmVlx9pI0

full rundown

50. Private Joy (from Controversy, 1981) - 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
10. The Beautiful Ones (from Purple Rain, 1984) - 390 points, 14 votes, 4 first place
9. Controversy (from Controversy, 1981) - 443 points, 20 votes, 1 first place
8. Erotic City (b-side to Let's Go Crazy, 1984) - 484 points, 18 votes, 3 first place
7. Raspberry Beret (from Around The World In A Day, 1985) - 485 points, 21 votes, 1 first place
6. I Wanna Be Your Lover (from Prince, 1979) - 493 points, 20 votes, 3 first place
5. Kiss (from Parade, 1986) - 520 points, 23 votes
4. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (from Sign O' The Times, 1987) - 527 points, 22 votes, 2 first place
3. Little Red Corvette (from 1999, 1982) - 537 points, 20 votes, 2 first place
2. When Doves Cry (from Purple Rain, 1984) - 567 points, 22 votes, 2 first place
1. When U Were Mine (from Dirty Mind, 1980) - 597 points, 23 votes, 2 first place

wow!

i had no idea so many people loved 'when u were mine' that much (i do, but i think it was in the middle of my ballot).

'when doves cry' may be overplayed, but it's got everything. also, maybe there isn't a proper tonal bassline, but there IS bass on that tune - that descending eighth note lick that sounds like it came from a drum machine.

Great finish!!!

Darling Nikki didn't place!

Nor did "Computer Blue"!

man none of my picks made it :(

1. Jughead
2. Billy Jack Bitch
3. Pope
4. 2045: Radical Man
5. Emale
6. Family Name
7. Cybersingle
8. East
9. Cloreen Bacon Skin
10. 18 & Over
11. Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance
12. Return Of The Bump Squad
13. Digital Garden
14. Dolphin
15. Future Baby Mama
16. Hypnoparadise
17. Hallucination Rain
18. Gangster Glam
19. Poompoom
20. Acknowledge Me

so pissed I left off that Vikings song

Shakey, that's half a great least, yuks aside.

that is a.... weird choice for #1.

highest of yours was Billy Jack Bitch at 79 (with one other vote)

I count 2, maybe 3 not horrible songs.

these ones just missed out:

51. Sister
52. Bob George
53. Another Lonely Christmas
54. Delirious
55. Tambourine
56. I Wish U Heaven
57. Pink Cashmere
58. Nasty Girl (Vanity 6)
59. Bambi
60. Anotherloveholenyohead

58. Nasty Girl (Vanity 6)

You dropped the ball on this one, ILM.

We need anotherpollapollapollapollinyohead

was i the only one honest enough to vote for 'let's go crazy'?

oh nevermind, didn't see it at #21 there

Normally I hate it when something unknown to me wins but not here, well done you lot.

When You Were Mine is unknown to you? O_O

58. Nasty Girl (Vanity 6)
60. Anotherloveholenyohead

I did my part to get these in the top 50, but alas it was not meant to be.