Prince singles discography
| Prince singles discography | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Singles | 106 |
| Promotional singles | 34 |
| Internet downloads | 23 |
| Airplay-only songs | 3 |
| Streams | 11 |
| Extended plays | 13 |
This article includes the singles discography of Prince. See also The New Power Generation, Madhouse and 94 East discographies for singles released under these monikers. See Prince albums discography for his albums.
Prince released several hundred songs both under his own name and under pseudonyms and/or pen names, as well as writing songs which have been recorded by other artists. Estimates of the actual number of songs written by Prince (released and unreleased) range anywhere from 500 to well over 1,000. He has released 97 singles, 34 promotional singles, 21 internet singles, and eight internet downloads. After signing a contract with Warner Bros. Records in 1977 at age 18, he released his debut album For You the following year. Prince's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 was "Soft and Wet" (1978), which peaked at number 92. The following year, he released "I Wanna Be Your Lover", which became a top-40 hit in several countries and peaked at number 11 in the United States; it topped the Billboard R&B chart in early 1980. The album Prince spawned a top-20 R&B hit single ("Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?") and a top-five dance hit ("Sexy Dancer"). His next two albums, Dirty Mind (1980) and Controversy (1981), furthered his success on the dance/R&B charts, spawning the top-five hits "Dirty Mind", "Uptown", "Head", "Controversy", and "Let's Work". In 1982, Prince released the album 1999, which spawned the Billboard Hot 100 hits "1999", "Little Red Corvette", and "Delirious" throughout 1983, during which time he earned distinction as one of the first black artists to be played on MTV alongside Michael Jackson. Purple Rain (1984) gave Prince two American number one singles ("When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy") while the three other singles, "Purple Rain", "I Would Die 4 U", and "Take Me with U" became worldwide top-10 hits and established him as one of the most popular performers of the decade.[1]
Throughout 1985 and 1986, Prince scored the worldwide top-40 hits "Raspberry Beret", "Pop Life", "Paisley Park", "America", "Girls & Boys", "Mountains", and "Anotherloverholenyohead",[2] as well as the number-one hit "Kiss", from the musically diverse albums Around the World in a Day and Parade. His 1987 double-album Sign o' the Times garnered a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year and spawned the top-20 hits "Sign o' the Times", "If I Was Your Girlfriend", "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" and "U Got the Look". His success in Europe and Asia increased throughout the late-1980s with his 1988 album Lovesexy which crafted the top-40 hits "Alphabet St.", "Glam Slam", and "I Wish U Heaven". Prince closed the 1980s recording the soundtrack to the massively successful 1989 film Batman, which included the worldwide number-one hit "Batdance" as well as the top 20 hits "Partyman", "Scandalous!", "The Future" and "The Arms of Orion". By the end of the decade, he had amassed the most entries on the Hot 100 of any act in the previous 10 years,[3] including six worldwide number-one singles.[2]
Prince entered the 1990s with the soundtrack to Graffiti Bridge; the album spawned the top-10 hit "Thieves in the Temple" and the top-40 hit "New Power Generation". His 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls spawned several hit singles including the title track, the number-one hit "Cream", "Insatiable", "Money Don't Matter 2 Night", "Gett Off", and "Thunder". The 1992 follow-up record, the Love Symbol Album, scored several top-40 hits including "Sexy MF", "My Name is Prince", "7", "Damn U", and "The Morning Papers". Prince's first compilation album, The Hits/The B-Sides (1993) included the top-40 hits "Pink Cashmere" and "Peach", while his 1994 album Come scored the hits "Letitgo" and "Space".[2] That same year, he released a duet with Nona Gaye, "Love Sign" taken from his compilation album 1-800-NEW-FUNK.
In 1994, he released "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World", the second most successful hit of his career after "When Doves Cry" 10 years earlier; the single reached the top 10 of 20 countries worldwide.[2] The song's album in question, The Gold Experience, was released the following year and hit the top 40 with the singles "I Hate U" (Prince's last original single to reach the United States top 40), "Gold", and "Endorphinmachine" (in Japan), while the promotional single "Purple Medley", a remix of his greatest hits, reached the top 20 worldwide. After scoring the UK Top 40 hit "Dinner with Delores" in 1996, Prince released the triple CD set Emancipation which spawned the top-20 hits "Betcha by Golly, Wow", "The Holy River", and "Somebody's Somebody" throughout 1996 and 1997. A re-release of the hit song "1999" in 1998 brought Prince back to the pop charts. "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold", released in late 1999, became a moderate worldwide success as Prince's single releases became less frequent.
Following the release of 2004's comeback record Musicology, the title track and "Call My Name" reached top 40 positions. In 2006, several compositions including "Black Sweat", "Fury", and "Te Amo Corazon" reached the top 20 of charts throughout Europe and Asia.
Prince has sold over 150 million records worldwide,[4] including 48.9 million certified units in the United States, 4.7 million in France[5] and over 5 million records in the United Kingdom, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time.
He has accumulated five US number-one singles and fifteen worldwide number 1 hits, as well as 8 worldwide number one albums. He was the most successful artist on the Billboard charts from 1980 to 2000, scoring 8 number 1 R&B singles and 7 number 1 Dance singles (tied for second place for male entertainers with Enrique Iglesias and Michael Jackson). He has scored over 50 top 40 hits around the world since 1979. He has been ranked as the 21st most successful sales act of all time,[6] the 26th most successful chart artist worldwide,[7] including 27 overall number-one entries,[8] and being the most successful chart act of the 1980s,[3] as well as the 10th most successful chart act of the 1990s.[9] His most commercial period was from 1982's 1999 to 1996's Emancipation, however, he has maintained a loyal audience since and experienced a commercial resurgence with 2004's Musicology, paving the way for several successful albums to follow including his latest, Art Official Age, released in September 2014 reaching all major Top 40 markets. Prince has scored at least one top-40 hit every year from 1979 until 1999.[2]
Singles
Commercial singles
This section presents all commercial singles released on retail market in a record store, a digital store, or at a Prince concert merchandise stall by Prince, and / or his record companies regardless of format or variant.
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [10] |
US R&B/HH [11] |
US Dance [12] |
AUS [13] |
AUT [14] |
CAN [15] |
GER [16] |
NLD [17] |
NOR [18] |
SWE [19] |
SWI [20] |
UK [21] |
IRE [22] |
NZ [23] | |||
| 1978 | "Soft and Wet" | 92 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | For You |
| "Just as Long as We're Together" | — | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979 | "I Wanna Be Your Lover" | 11 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | 3 | Prince |
| 1980 | "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Still Waiting" | — | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Sexy Dancer" | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Bambi" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Uptown" | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dirty Mind | |
| "Dirty Mind" | — | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Head" (limited release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1981 | "Do It All Night" (UK only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" (UK only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Controversy" | 70 | 3 | 1 | 15 | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Controversy | |
| "Let's Work" | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1982 | "Sexuality" (Germany & Australia only) | — | — | — | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Do Me, Baby" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "1999" | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 6 | 75 | 14 | — | — | — | 2[RI] | 21 | 4 | 1999 | |
| 1983 | "Little Red Corvette" | 6 | 11 | 61 | 8 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 2[RI] | — | 12 | |
| "Delirious" | 8 | 18 | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | ||
| "Let's Pretend We're Married" | 52 | 55 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Automatic" (Australia only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984 | "When Doves Cry" [A] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Purple Rain |
| "Let's Go Crazy" [A] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | 2 | — | 11 | — | — | — | 7 | — | 13 | ||
| "Purple Rain" [A] | 2 | 3 | — | 41 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 [24] | ||
| "I Would Die 4 U" [A] | 8 | 11 | 50 | 96 | — | 12 | — | 7 | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | "Take Me with U" [A] | 25 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | |
| "Raspberry Beret" [A] | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | — | 8 | 35 | 23 | — | — | — | 25 | 24 | 2 | Around the World in a Day | |
| "Paisley Park" [A] (Europe and Australia only) | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | 18 | 11 | 26 | ||
| "Pop Life" [A] | 7 | 8 | 5 | 67 | — | — | 65 | — | — | — | — | 60 | 29 | 44 | ||
| "America" [A] | 46 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986 | "Kiss" [A] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | Parade |
| "Mountains" [A] | 23 | 15 | 11 | 45 | — | — | 32 | 16 | — | — | — | 45 | 15 | 37 | ||
| "Anotherloverholenyohead" [A] | 63 | 18 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | 15 | 36 | ||
| "Girls & Boys" [A] (Europe only) | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | 12 | — | — | — | 11 | 4 | — | |||
| 1987 | "Sign o' the Times" | 3 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | Sign o' the Times |
| "If I Was Your Girlfriend" | 67 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | 15 | 20 | 8 | 48 | ||
| "U Got the Look" (with Sheena Easton) | 2 | 11 | — | 90 | 23 | 22 | 61 | 11 | — | — | — | 11 | 9 | 8 | ||
| "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" | 10 | 14 | 4 | — | — | 33 | — | 30 | — | — | — | 29 | 10 | 9 | ||
| 1988 | "Alphabet St." | 8 | 3 | 22 | 20 | — | 14 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | Lovesexy |
| "Glam Slam" | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 9 | — | — | — | 29 | 11 | 12 | ||
| "I Wish U Heaven" | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | 53 | 20 | — | — | — | 24 | 9 | 24 | ||
| 1989 | "Batdance" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Batman |
| "Partyman" | 18 | 5 | 45 | 38 | — | 31 | 32 | 16 | — | — | 25 | 14 | 6 | 16 | ||
| "The Arms of Orion" (with Sheena Easton) | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | 27 | 5 | 44 | ||
| "Scandalous!" (limited release) | — | 5 | — | 95 | 17 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990 | "The Future" (Europe only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | 9 | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | |
| "Thieves in the Temple" | 6 | 1 | 9 | 16 | — | 5 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5 | Graffiti Bridge | |
| "New Power Generation" | 64 | 27 | — | 91 | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | 26 | 11 | — | ||
| 1991 | "Gett Off" [B] | 21 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | Diamonds and Pearls |
| "Cream" [B] | 1 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 5 | ||
| "Insatiable" [B] (US only; limited release) | 77 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Diamonds and Pearls" [B] | 3 | 1 | — | 13 | 19 | 5 | 28 | 15 | — | 12 | 7 | 25 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 1992 | "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" [B] | 23 | 14 | — | 18 | 23 | 19 | 48 | 9 | — | 34 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 20 | |
| "Thunder" [B] (Europe only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 3 | — | ||
| "Sexy MF" [B] | 66 | 76 | — | 5 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Love Symbol Album | |
| "My Name Is Prince" [B] | 36 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 8 | — | 15 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 7 | ||
| "7" [B] | 7 | 61 | — | 25 | — | 3 | 77 | 34 | — | — | 28 | 27 | — | 12 | ||
| "Damn U" [B] (US only; limited release) | —[A] | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993 | "The Morning Papers" [B] | 44 | 68 | — | 87 | — | 8 | — | 39 | — | — | 31 | 52 | — | — | |
| "Pink Cashmere" | 50 | 14 | — | 87 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Hits/The B-Sides | |
| "Peach" | — | — | — | 28 | 25 | — | 45 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 15 | ||
| "Controversy" (re-issue; UK only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | The Gold Experience |
| "Letitgo" | 31 | 10 | — | 22 | 29 | 20 | 45 | 14 | 7 | — | 21 | 30 | 26 | 24 | Come | |
| "Space" (limited release) | — | — | — | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995 | "Purple Medley" (limited release) | 84 | 74 | — | 40 | — | — | — | 30 | 19 | — | — | 33 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "I Hate U" | 12 | 3 | — | 33 | — | 25 | 62 | 18 | — | — | 31 | 20 | — | 22 | The Gold Experience | |
| "Gold" | 88 | 92 | — | 94 | — | 39 | 58 | 25 | — | 19 | — | 10 | 23 | — | ||
| 1996 | "Dinner with Delores" (UK only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | Chaos and Disorder |
| "Betcha by Golly Wow!" | — | — | — | 18 | — | 9 | 62 | 42 | — | — | 27 | 11 | — | 24 | Emancipation | |
| 1997 | "The Holy River" | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 92 | 63 | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | |
| "NYC"[26] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "The Truth"[27] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Truth | |
| 1998 | "1999" (re-issue) | 40 | 45 | — | — | — | — | 86 | 31 | — | — | — | 10 | 18 | — | 1999 |
| 1999 | "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" | 63 | 23 | — | — | — | — | 79 | 71 | — | — | — | 65 | — | — | Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic |
| "1999: The New Master" (1999 re-recording) | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | 1999: The New Master | |
| 2000 | "U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) | — | 108 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Chocolate Invasion |
| "When Will We B Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| 2001 | "Supercute" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Chocolate Invasion |
| "The Work, pt. 1" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Rainbow Children | |
| 2002 | "Days of Wild" (2002 version) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 2004 | "Musicology" | —[B] | 44 | — | 29 | — | — | — | 32 | 19 | — | 27 | — | — | 32 | Musicology |
| "Cinnamon Girl" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | 34 | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | ||
| "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 2005 | "S.S.T." | —[C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Te Amo Corazón" | — | 67 | — | — | 61 | 7 | 58 | — | 11 | 37 | 24 | — | — | — | 3121 | |
| 2006 | "Black Sweat" | 60 | 83 | — | — | — | 2 | 80 | 29 | — | — | 52 | 43 | 41 | — | |
| "Fury" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | — | — | 92 | 60 | 47 | — | ||
| 2007 | "Guitar" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 29 | — | 63 | 81 | — | — | Planet Earth |
| "F.U.N.K." (download-only single) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 2009 | "Dance 4 Me" (download-only single/EP) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | MPLSound |
| 2011 | "Extraloveable" (featuring Andy Allo) (download-only single)[SV] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hit n Run Phase Two |
| 2012 | "Rock and Roll Love Affair" [SV] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 121 | — | — | |
| 2013 | "Screwdriver" [C] (download-only single)[SV] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Fixurlifeup" [C] (download-only single) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Plectrumelectrum | |
| "Breakfast Can Wait" (download-only single) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Art Official Age | |
| 2014 | "Pretzelbodylogic" [C] (download-only single) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90 | — | — | Plectrumelectrum |
| "Fallinlove2nite" (featuring Zooey Deschanel) (download-only single)[28] [SV] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 113 | — | — | Hit n Run Phase One | |
| "Breakdown" (download-only single) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Art Official Age | |
| "Clouds" (download-only single) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015 | "Baltimore" (download-only single)[29] [SV] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hit n Run Phase Two |
| "Hardrocklover"[30] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hit n Run Phase One | |
| "This Could B Us" (download-only single)[31] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Free Urself" (download-only single)[32] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 2018 | "Nothing Compares 2 U" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Originals |
| "Mary Don't You Weep"[33] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Piano and a Microphone 1983 | |
| 2019 | "I Feel for You (acoustic demo)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 2020 | "Sign o' the Times (limited edition 7" vinyl box set" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sign o' the Times Deluxe |
- SV1 2 3 4 5 Single version differs from the album version.
- RI1 2 "1999" and "Little Red Corvette" originally reached #25 and #54 respectively upon their 1983 UK release. Their peak (#2) was as part of a double A-side reissue in early 1985.[34]
Promotional singles
This section includes promotional singles; some that have not been made available as retail releases.
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [10] |
US R&B/HH [11] |
US Dance [12] |
UK [21] | |||
| 1980 | "When You Were Mine" | — | — | — | — | Dirty Mind |
| 1983 | "D.M.S.R." | — | — | — | — | 1999 |
| 1984 | "Another Lonely Christmas" | — | — | — | — | "I Would Die 4 U" single |
| "Erotic City" | — | — | 1 | — | "Let's Go Crazy" single | |
| 1987 | "Hot Thing" | 63 | 14 | 4 | — | Sign o' the Times |
| 1989 | "Trust" | — | — | — | — | Batman |
| 1992 | "Willing and Able" | — | — | — | — | Diamonds and Pearls |
| 1993 | "Nothing Compares 2 U" | —[D] | 62 | — | — | The Hits/The B-Sides |
| 1994 | "Pope" | — | — | — | — | |
| "Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) | * | 32 | — | — | 1-800-NEW-FUNK | |
| "Come" | — | — | — | — | Come | |
| 1995 | "Pussy Control"[35] | — | — | — | — | The Gold Experience |
| "Dolphin" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Endorphinmachine" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996 | "Slave" | — | — | — | — | Emancipation |
| 1997 | "Somebody's Somebody" | — | 15 | — | 19 | |
| "Face Down" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999 | "Extraordinary" | — | — | — | — | The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale |
| "The Rest of My Life" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "5 Women" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "It's About That Walk" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Baby Knows" | — | — | — | — | Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic | |
| 2000 | "Man'O'War" | — | — | — | — | |
| 2001 | "She Loves Me 4 Me" | — | — | — | — | The Rainbow Children |
| 2002 | "Last December" | — | — | — | — | |
| One Nite Alone... Live EP | — | — | — | — | One Nite Alone... Live! | |
| 2003 | Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas | — | — | — | — | Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas DVD |
| 2004 | "Call My Name" | 75 | 27 | — | — | Musicology |
| 2006 | "The Song of the Heart" | — | — | — | — | Happy Feet |
| "Beautiful, Loved & Blessed" (with Támar Davis) | — | — | — | — | 3121 | |
| 2007 | "Chelsea Rodgers" | — | — | — | — | Planet Earth |
| "Future Baby Mama" | — | 39 | — | — | ||
| "The One U Wanna C" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009 | "U're Gonna C Me" | — | — | — | — | MPLSound |
* Charted at number 72 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart instead of the main Hot 100.
Airplay-only songs
This section includes songs that were not released as commercial or promotional singles, but charted in the US due to airplay by radio stations.
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B/HH [11] | |||
| 1995 | "Shhh" | 62 | The Gold Experience |
| 2007 | "Satisfied" | 70 | 3121 |
| 2009 | "Better with Time" | 78 | MPLSound |
Internet downloads
In this section all full songs are listed that have only been made available for download on the internet.
| Year | Song | Website |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "One Song" | Love4OneAnother.com |
| "Cybersingle" | NPGOnlineLtd.com | |
| 2004 | "Bataclan" | NPGMusicClub.com |
| 2005 | "Glasscutter" | |
| "Live from Paisley Park" | ||
| "Strange Relationship" (Live in Minneapolis) | ||
| 2007 | "Guitar" (original "demo" version) | 3121.com |
| "Love" (acoustic version) | ||
| 2013 | "Rock and Roll Love Affair" (Remix 7) | 3rdeyegirl.com |
| "Screwdriver" (Remix) [C] | ||
| "Boyfriend" (Demo) [C] | ||
| "That Girl Thang" [C] | ||
| "Live Out Loud" [C] | ||
| "Ain't Gonna Miss U When U're Gone" (featuring Ledisi) | ||
| "Extraloveable Reloaded" | ||
| "Menstrual Cycle" [C] | ||
| "Octopus Heart" [C] | ||
| "Groovy Potential" | ||
| "The Sweeter She Is" [C] | ||
| "Something in the Water" (Paisley Park Rehearsal) [C] | ||
| "Da Bourgeoisie" | ||
| 2015 | "What If" [C] | Live Nation email download |
| "The X's Face" |
"Extraloveable Reloaded" and "Groovy Potential" were finally included on the album HITnRUN Phase Two (2015). "The X's Face" was later included on the album HITnRUN Phase One (2015).
Streams
This section lists full songs that have only been made available to stream over the internet by Prince or a third-party affiliated to Prince, or to which Prince delivered a song for streaming purposes like music streaming services.
| Year | Song | Website/Streaming service |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "U're Still the One" | Love4OneAnother.com |
| 2003 | "Xylophone" | NPGMusicClub.com |
| 2009 | "In a Large Room with No Light" | Montreuxjazz.com |
| 2010 | "Purple and Gold"[36] | Vikings.com |
| "Cause and Effect"[37] | 89.3 The Current website | |
| "Hot Summer"[38] | ||
| "Rich Friends"[39] | KTU.com | |
| 2013 | "Same Page Different Book" [C] | 3rdeyegirl.com |
| 2015 | "Stare" | Spotify, Tidal |
| "Pretzelbodylogic Reloaded" | Tidal | |
| "If Eye Could Get Ur Attention" | ||
| 2019 | "Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive (And It Lives In Minneapolis)" | Spotify, Tidal |
Extended plays
| Year | EP details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [40] |
AUS [13] |
AUT [14] |
GER [16] |
NZ [23] |
SWI [20] |
UK [21] | ||
| 1989 | The Scandalous Sex Suite EP (featuring Kim Basinger)
|
— | — | 25 | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | New Power Generation Remixes
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | Gett Off Remix EP [B]
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 33 |
Cream Remixes [B]
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | My Name Is Prince Remixes [B]
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 51 |
7 Remixes [B]
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | The Beautiful Experience
|
92 | 14 | 16 | 29 | 47 | 4 | 18 |
Letitgo Remixes
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Space Remixes
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1995 | I Hate U Remixes
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 1999: The New Master [A] [B]
|
150 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
The Greatest Romance Ever Sold Remixes
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2013 | The Breakfast Experience[42][43][44][45]
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Certifications
| Year | Single | US[46] | UK[47] | AUS[48] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | "I Wanna Be Your Lover" | Gold (1,000,000) |
||
| 1984 | "When Doves Cry" [A] | Platinum (2,000,000) |
Gold (400,000) |
|
| "Let's Go Crazy" [A] | Gold (1,000,000) |
|||
| "Purple Rain" [A] | Gold (1,000,000) |
Platinum (600,000) |
||
| 1985 | "1999" | Silver (200,000) |
||
| 1986 | "Kiss" [A] | Gold (1,000,000) |
Gold (400,000) |
|
| 1989 | "Batdance" | Platinum (1,000,000) |
Silver (200,000) |
Gold (35,000) |
| "Partyman" | Gold (500,000) |
|||
| 1990 | "Thieves in the Temple" | Gold (500,000) |
||
| 1991 | "Round and Round" | Gold (500,000) |
||
| "Gett Off" [B] | Gold (500,000) |
|||
| 1992 | "Cream" [B] | Gold (500,000) |
Platinum (70,000) | |
| 1993 | "7" [B] | Gold (500,000) |
||
| 1994 | "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" | Gold (500,000) |
Silver (200,000) |
Platinum (70,000) |
| 2018 | "Raspberry Beret" [A] | Silver (200,000) |
- A^ With The Revolution
- B^ With The New Power Generation
- C^ With 3rd Eye Girl
See also
Notes
- ^ "Damn U" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[25]
- ^ "Musicology" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 20 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[25]
- ^ "S.S.T." did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[25]
- ^ "Nothing Compares 2 U" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[25]
References
- ^ 1980s in music
- ^ a b c d e "Song artist 16 - Prince". tsort.info.
- ^ a b "Who were the most successful artists of each decade?". tsort.info.
- ^ "Newspaper gives away Prince CDs". BBC News Online. 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ^ "Infodisc, Prince". Archived from the original on November 5, 2013.
- ^ "Who was the world's biggest music act of all time?". tsort.info.
- ^ "The greatest number of hits". tsort.info.
- ^ "Who had the most number 1s?". tsort.info.
- ^ "Songs from the 1990s". tsort.info.
- ^ a b "Prince Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ a b c "Prince Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ a b "Prince Chart History: Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ a b Peak chart positions for Prince singles in Australia:
- Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to June 12, 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 239. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA from mid-1983 until June 12, 1988.
- "Alphabet St.": "Australian (ARIA) Top 50 Singles Chart Week Ending 19th June, 1988". ARIA. Retrieved 2015-11-29 – via Imgur.com. N.B. "Alphabet St." peaked on the Kent Report chart in the week before ARIA commenced producing their own chart. However, it is listed as peaking at No. 17 in David Kent's book (after the ARIA chart became Australia's official chart), and as No. 26 on the australian-charts.com reference, which only contains data from when ARIA produced the chart in-house.
- Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from June 13, 1988: "australian-charts.com > Prince discography". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 225.
- "Pink Cashmere" (ARIA) peak: "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart - Week Ending 16 Jan 1994". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-04-22 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
- "Space" (ARIA) peak: "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 08 Jan 1995". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-04-22 – via Imgur.com.
- "Gold" (ARIA) peak: "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 24 Dec 1995". ARIA. Retrieved 2017-07-20 – via Imgur.com.
- ^ a b "Prince discography". Austrian charts (in German). Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ^ Lwin, Nanda. Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide 2000
- ^ a b "Prince discography". German charts (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "Prince discography". Dutch charts (in German). Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ^ "Prince discography". Norwegian charts. Archived from the original on 2008-12-27. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ^ "Prince discography". Swedish charts. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ^ a b "Swiss Music Charts". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ^ a b c "Official Charts > Prince". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
- ^ "Irish chart positions". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
- ^ a b "New Zealand Charts". New Zealand charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
- ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.
- ^ a b c d "Prince Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ Sold directly from Prince's 1-800-new-funk phone service and 1800newfunk.com in February, 1997.
- ^ Sold directly from Prince's 1-800-new-funk phone service in January, 1997.
- ^ "Urban/UAC Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 2014-03-16.
- ^ "Baltimore". itunes.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Hardrocklover". itunes.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "This Could B Us". itunes.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Free Urself". itunes.com. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ "Mary Don't You Weep". Prince. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ British Hit Singles & Albums (18 ed.). Guinness World Records Ltd. 2005. p. 402. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
- ^ "Prince Pussy Control US Promo CD single (CD5 / 5") (120041)". eil.com. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ "Prince's Vikings Song – Purple and Gold". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ^ "Prince – Cause And Effect". Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ^ "Prince – Hot Summer". Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ^ "Prince – Rich Friends". Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ^ "Prince Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ Uptown, 2004, p.162
- ^ Ad for The Breakfast Experience on 3rdEyeGirl's YouTube Channel
- ^ The Breakfast Experience on iTunes
- ^ Promotional party announcement at okayplayer.com
- ^ Boardman, Madeline (6 February 2013). "'Breakfast Can Wait': Prince Releases A New Track". Huffington Post. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "American single certifications – Prince". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- ^ "British single certifications – Prince". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2012-07-07. Select singles in the Format field. Type Prince in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ "Accreditation Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Australian Fun Countdowns. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
- Uptown: The Vault – The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince: Nilsen Publishing 2004, ISBN 91-631-5482-X
External links
- Review of Prince's albums
- Prince singles discography discography at Discogs
- The Digital Garden List of unofficial Prince recordings
- Princevault The Prince and Prince related encyclopedia