Prince singles discography

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]

Prince singles discography
Singles106
Promotional singles34
Internet downloads23
Airplay-only songs3
Streams11
Extended plays13

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

1970s–1980s

List of singles released in the 1970s and 1980s decades, showing selected chart positions, album name, sales figures, and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[10]
US
R&B/HH

[11]
AUS
[12]
CAN
[13]
FRA
[14]
GER
[15]
NZ
[16]
SWE
[17]
SWI
[18]
UK
[19]
"Soft and Wet" 1978 9212 For You
"Just as Long as We're Together" 91
"I Wanna Be Your Lover" 1979 1116225331 Prince
"Sexy Dancer"
"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" 1980 13
"Still Waiting" 65
"Uptown" 5 Dirty Mind
"Dirty Mind" 65
"Do It All Night" (UK only) 1981
"Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" (UK only) Non-album single
"Controversy" 7031552 Controversy
"Let's Work" 9
"Sexuality" (Germany & Australia only) 1982 88
"Do Me, Baby"
"1999" 12426327542[RI] 1999
"Little Red Corvette" 1983 6118594122[RI]
"Delirious" 8182733
"Let's Pretend We're Married" 5255
"When Doves Cry" [A] 1984 11111116218174 Purple Rain
"Let's Go Crazy" [A] 1110250137
"Purple Rain" [A] 2333158546
"I Would Die 4 U" [A] 811961212358
"Take Me with U" [A] 1985 25407
"Raspberry Beret" [A] 231383635225 Around the World in a Day
"Paisley Park" [A] (Europe and Australia only) 382618
"Pop Life" [A] 7867116654460
"America" [A] 4635
"Kiss" [A] 1986 11242421036 Parade
"Mountains" [A] 231545323745
"Anotherloverholenyohead" [A] 63183636
"Girls & Boys" [A] (Europe only) 272711
"Sign o' the Times" 1987 312201535471110 Sign o' the Times
"If I Was Your Girlfriend" 6712188481520
"U Got the Look" 211902218961811
"I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" 101433929
"Alphabet St." 1988 83141447181159 Lovesexy
"Glam Slam" 44331229
"I Wish U Heaven" 18532424
"Batdance" 1989 11215101112 Batman
"Partyman" 185383132162514
"The Arms of Orion" (with Sheena Easton) 361084427
"Scandalous!" (limited release) 595
"—" denotes a single that was not released or did not chart in the region.

1990s

List of singles released in the 1990s decade, showing selected chart positions, album name, sales figures, and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[10]
US
R&B/HH

[11]
AUS
[12]
CAN
[13]
FRA
[14]
GER
[15]
NZ
[16]
SWE
[17]
SWI
[18]
UK
[19]
"The Future" (Europe only) 1990 3915 Batman
"Thieves in the Temple" 611652154127 Graffiti Bridge
"New Power Generation" 64279126
"Gett Off" [B] 1991 2168259713131334 Diamonds and Pearls
"Cream" [B] 12252153315
"Insatiable" [B] (US only; limited release) 773
"Diamonds and Pearls" [B] 3113528812725
"Money Don't Matter 2 Night" [B] 1992 23141819264820342319
"Thunder" [B] (Europe only) 28
"Sexy MF" [B] 667651119116584 Love Symbol Album
"My Name Is Prince" [B] 3625752919915147
"7" [B] 76125377122827
"Damn U" [B] (US only; limited release) [upper-alpha 1]32
"The Morning Papers" [B] 1993 44388783152
"Pink Cashmere" 5014877 The Hits/The B-Sides
"Peach" 10728354515391314
"Controversy" (re-issue; UK only) 5
"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" 1994 32165911311 The Gold Experience
"Letitgo" 3110222046452472130 Come
"Space" (limited release) 91
"Purple Medley" (limited release) 1995 84744033 Non-album single
"I Hate U" 123332562223120 The Gold Experience
"Gold" 88929439581910
"Dinner with Delores" (UK and Australia only) 1996 12136 Chaos and Disorder
"Betcha by Golly Wow!" 18962242711 Emancipation
"The Holy River" 1997 138319219
"NYC" Non-album single
"The Truth"[27] The Truth
"1999" (re-issue) 1998 40458610 1999
"The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" 1999 63237965 Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
"1999: The New Master" (1999 re-recording) 4740 1999: The New Master
"—" denotes a single that was not released or did not chart in the region.

2000s–2010s

Year Song Peak chart positions Album
US
[10]
US
R&B/HH

[11]
US
Dance

[28]
AUS
[12]
AUT
[29]
CAN
[13]
GER
[15]
NLD
[30]
NOR
[31]
SWE
[17]
SWI
[18]
UK
[19]
IRE
[32]
NZ
[16]
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" [upper-alpha 2] 44 29 32 19 27 32 Musicology
"Cinnamon Girl" 89 34 43
"Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" Non-album single
2005 "S.S.T." [upper-alpha 3]
"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)[33] [SV] 113 Hit n Run Phase One
"Breakdown" (download-only single) Art Official Age
"Clouds" (download-only single)
2015 "Baltimore" (download-only single)[34] [SV] Hit n Run Phase Two
"Hardrocklover"[35] Hit n Run Phase One
"This Could B Us" (download-only single)[36]
"Free Urself" (download-only single)[37] Non-album single
2018 "Nothing Compares 2 U" Originals
"Mary Don't You Weep"[38] 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.[39]

Promotional singles

Year Song Peak chart positions Album
US
[10]
US
R&B/HH

[11]
US
Dance

[28]
UK
[19]
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" [upper-alpha 4] 62 The Hits/The B-Sides
1994 "Pope"
"Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) * 32 1-800-NEW-FUNK
"Come" Come
1995 "Pussy Control"[40] 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"[41] Vikings.com
"Cause and Effect"[42] 89.3 The Current website
"Hot Summer"[43]
"Rich Friends"[44] 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
[45]
AUS
[12]
AUT
[29]
GER
[15]
NZ
[16]
SWI
[18]
UK
[19]
1989 The Scandalous Sex Suite EP
(featuring Kim Basinger)
  • Released: December 1, 1989
  • Label: Warner Bros.
25
1990 New Power Generation Remixes
  • Released: November 29, 1990
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
1991 Gett Off Remix EP [B]
  • Released: August 12, 1991
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
33
Cream Remixes [B]
  • Released: November 4, 1991
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
1992 My Name Is Prince Remixes [B]
  • Released: October 22, 1992
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
51
7 Remixes [B]
  • Released: December 3, 1992
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
1994 The Beautiful Experience
  • Released: May 17, 1994[46]
  • Label: NPG, Bellmark Records
92 14 16 29 47 4 18
Letitgo Remixes
  • Released: September 27, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.
Space Remixes
  • Released: November 1, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.
1995 I Hate U Remixes
  • Released: September 19, 1995
  • Label: NPG, Warner Bros.
1999 1999: The New Master [A] [B]
  • Released: February 2, 1999
  • Label: NPG
150
The Greatest Romance Ever Sold Remixes
  • Released: November 23, 1999
  • Label: NPG, Arista Records
163
2013 The Breakfast Experience[47][48][49][50]
  • Released: October 24, 2013
  • Label: NPG
A^ With The Revolution
B^ With The New Power Generation
C^ With 3rd Eye Girl

See also

Notes

  1. "Damn U" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[25]
  2. "Musicology" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 20 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[25]
  3. "S.S.T." did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[25]
  4. "Nothing Compares 2 U" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[25]

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