Prince Igor (song)

"Prince Igor" is a 1997 song inspired by the Polovtsian Dances of Borodin's opera Prince Igor. It was released as the lead single from the album, The Rapsody Overture in October 1997. The main vocals are performed by Warren G, the Russian refrain by Norwegian soprano Sissel Kyrkjebø and the instrumental background is provided by The Rapsody. Warren G uses the same rap lyrics as in his song "Reality", available on the album Take a Look Over Your Shoulder. "Prince Igor" was very successful in Europe, peaking at number-one in Iceland and Norway. In addition, the single reached the top 10 in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands and Sweden. On the Eurochart Hot 100, the song peaked at number 6 in January 1998. Outside Europe, it peaked at number 41 in New Zealand.

"Prince Igor"
Single by The Rapsody feat. Warren G & Sissel
from the album The Rapsody Overture
ReleasedOctober 13, 1997
Genre
LabelDef Jam Recordings
Songwriter(s)
  • Klaus Volker
  • Warren G
Producer(s)
  • Klaus Volker
  • Dieter Völker
Warren G singles chronology
"Smokin' Me Out"
(1997)		 "Prince Igor"
(1997)		 "I Want It All"
(1999)
Sissel singles chronology
"Mitt hjerte alltid vanker"
(1995)		 "Prince Igor"
(1997)		 "Summer Snow"
(2000)

Critical reception

Music & Media wrote about the song: "Maybe it had to happen at some point... so blame the Voelker brothers (Achim and Klaus), a German production team who initially came up with the unlikely idea of an album combining rap with opera. This is the first single to be taken from the resulting long player, The Rapsody Overture: Hip Hop Meets Classics (due on November 3). The single uses Borodin's Prince Igor as a foundation over which Warren G raps and Norwegian folk singer Sissel provides "classical" vocals. At German AC com mercial station Radio Gong in Nurnberg, Bavaria, programme director Marc Stingl considers the track to be "a perfect chartbreaker because of the combination of rap with classical music." Stingl continues: "The Rapsody is refreshingly different because this has not really been tried before and most other chart material is pretty old-fashioned." He concludes: "This could very well be a new trend-a band called Sweetbox have been quite successful over here with a similar approach."[1]

Track list
  • "Prince Igor" (Radio Edit) (3:52)
  • "Prince Igor" (Ries Class Jazz Edit) (4:03)
  • "Prince Igor" (Ries 7" Remix) (3:54)
  • "Prince Igor" (Album Version) (4:24)
  • "Prince Igor" (Ries Class Jazz Extended) (6:08)
  • "Prince Igor" (Ries Class Jazz Instrumental) (4:01)

Charts

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