 Genius Lyrics
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Prince – Sign O' the Times
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“Sign O' the Times” (stylized as “Sign “☮” the Times”) was the lead single from Prince’s 1987 album of the same name. The moody, stripped-down track expresses his bleak view of the
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Prince and the New Power Generation – Cream
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Prince’s fifth and last number-one song in his lifetime, was the lead single of Diamonds and Pearls released in September of 1991, and went all the way to number-one later that
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Prince – Little Red Corvette
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“Little Red Corvette” is arguably the greatest song about a one night stand in history. He compares this woman to an exciting ride in a powerful sports car.
It was the second
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Prince and the Revolution – America
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On “America,” the final single from his sixth studio album Around The World In A Day, Prince critiques mid-1980s United States and worries about a nuclear war, which were always
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Prince – Guitar
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[Intro] / (Oh Yeah) / Yeah / Uh uh / [Verse 1] / Getting dirty at the club again / I'm usually 'round your waist like a chain but then / I got that call / So I jumped in my car / [
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Prince and the Revolution – Pop Life
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“Pop Life” was recorded in February 1984, before Purple Rain was completed, and the same day as the melancholy “Another Lonely Christmas.” It was another successful song from The
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Prince and the Revolution – Computer Blue ("Hallway Speech" Version)
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[Spoken Intro: Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin] / Wendy? / Yes, Lisa? / Is the water warm enough? / Yes, Lisa / Shall we begin? / Yes, Lisa / [Verse 1: Prince] / Where is my love
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Deftones – Prince
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The 6th track on Diamond Eyes
This song seems to be about being worshiped by die-hard fans represented in a more exaggerated sinister manner.
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Prince – Sexuality
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[Verse 1] / Stand up, everybody, this is your life / Let me take you to another world, let me take you tonight / You don't need no money, you don't need no clothes / The Second
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Prince – Endorphinmachine
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[Intro] / Ow! / Come on! / Yeah! / C-c-c-c-c-come on! / [Verse 1] / Would you please look at this mother next to me / Fronting more booty than Peru got keys / Damn, if I don't get
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Prince – Head
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One of Prince’s most well known and controversial songs, this track is about the Purple One and a bride-to-be performing oral sex on each other. This song caused quite a stir in
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Prince and the New Power Generation – My Name is Prince
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After the success of Prince’s debut album with the New Power Generation, Diamonds And Pearls, which bought him back to the top of the charts, by 1992 Prince was once again an
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Prince – Batdance
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When Warner Bros Films was working on the 1989 film Batman and wanted a ‘superstar artist’ do to the music, the realization that the Joker’s clothing and cars were purple led them
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Talk Fine (Ft. Al Fallick, Brian Rosenthal, Joey Richter, Joseph Walker, Lauren Lopez, Mary Kate Wiles & Tessa Netting) – We Love The Prince
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Borschtit: / What a wonderful night / What a fabulous sight / I hope you’re enjoying your evening / There’s glitz, there’s glamour / There’s oodles of swagger / Flip-diggity! / I’m
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Will Smith – Prince Ali
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“Prince Ali” is the sixth song in the 2019 live action remake but is actually the fourth song to be sung in the movie.
When Aladdin makes his first wish to be a prince to impress
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Prince – If I Was Your Girlfriend
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“If I Was Your Girlfriend” is the second single off Prince’s 1987 critically acclaimed album Sign “☮” The Times.
It is believed that “If I Was Your Girlfriend” deals with the
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Prince – Annie Christian
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“Annie Christian” is the seventh track on Prince’s fourth album Controversy. While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place in Spring and Summer 1981
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Prince and the Revolution – Raspberry Beret
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“Raspberry Beret” was the first single released from Prince’s seventh album, Around the World in a Day.
Originally demoed in 1982, the track was greatly reworked by the time it
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Prince and the New Power Generation – Gett Off
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“Gett Off” was the first single from Prince’s 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls. It was also the first release credited to Prince and the New Power Generation.
“Gett Off” (double T
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Rufus Wainwright – Rebel Prince
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Where is my master the rebel prince / Who will shut all of these windows / It's these windows all around me / It's these windows who are tellin' me / To rid my dirty mind of all of
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Placebo – My Sweet Prince
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“My Sweet Prince” is the 9th track on Placebo’s second album, and a live staple during this era, with performances often prompting Molko in emotional outbursts. Although Brian
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Prince – Soft and Wet
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[Verse 1] / Hey, lover, I got a sugarcane / That I want to lose in you, baby, can you stand the pain? / Hey, lover, sugar, don't you see? / There's so many things that you do to me
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Keane – The Frog Prince
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The final track of Under The Iron Sea.
Richard has said: “It’s a reaction to a certain singer who seemed to make it his mission to slag us off at every point, but really didn’t
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Metallica – The Prince
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This cover of Diamond Head’s “The Prince” first appeared as the b-side to Metallica’s “One” cassette single. It was also included on the European “Harvester of Sorrow” 12" single
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Prince – Trust
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“Trust” is an upbeat pop-funk number written and recorded by Prince specifically for Tim Burton’s Batman (1989).
Burton had originally placed Prince’s “Baby, I’m a Star” as a temp
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William Prince – Breathless
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[Verse 1] / Takes so much to be marvelled / In this day and age / Every road has been followed / Every mistake's been made / [Pre-Chorus] / But there's a lot to be desired and I
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Original Broadway Cast of Aladdin (Ft. Brandon O'Neill, Brian Gonzales, James Monroe Iglehart & Jonathan Schwartz) – Prince Ali
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[KASSIM] / Hail, your attention I crave / Oh ye people of Agrabah / This is your lucky day / [OMAR] / Hail, high and low, great and small / Lucky people of Agrabah / Someone's
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Prince – Letitgo
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“Letitgo” was a 1994 single from his LP Come from that same year. Being the most successful and most recognizable single from the album, “Letitgo” generally sums up the general
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Prince – Welcome 2 America
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Prince’s “Welcome 2 America” was the first song released in advance of the album Welcome 2 America, an album originally intended to be released in 2011 but mysteriously shelved
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Prince – When You Were Mine
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“When You Were Mine” is a new wave song written and performed by Prince. The song–a jittery rock track about a tortured love triangle– was never officially released as a commercial
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Prince and the Revolution – Temptation
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[Intro] / Sex / Temptation / Lust / Pop, go, mama / [Verse 1] / Everybody on this earth has got a vice / And mine, little darling, mine is the opposite of ice / Mine is the running
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Prince and the Revolution – When Doves Cry
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“When Doves Cry” is a Prince song that was inspired by his relationship with Vanity 6 member Susan Moonsie.
It is also a song Prince composed specifically for the soundtrack of
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LazyTown – I Am a Prince
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[Intro] / And now the prince, uh! / Boom, boom, he is a prince / It's easy to see he's royalty... / [Verse 1] / Uh! Here's my kingdom and this is my crown / It's made out of gold
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Taylor Swift – Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince
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“Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince” is a layered song that can be interpreted as describing a high school romance or Swift’s reasons for becoming politically vocal. It
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