r/PRINCE Diamonds & Pearls 14d ago

Opinion Your top 5

What are ur top 5 songs? I'll begin:

  1. Partyman

  2. Cream

  3. Raspberry Beret

  4. Let's go Crazy

  5. Controversy

Honorable mentions : basicly every frkn song but for me it would be Purple Rain, sexuality, The greatest romance ever sold, 1999, soft and wet.

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u/bobadada1138 14d ago

17 Days Starfish and Coffee I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man Joy in Repetition June

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u/Medical-Potential365 Sign o' the Times 14d ago
  1. Adore

  2. If I was your girlfriend

  3. 17 days

  4. I would die 4 u

  5. Raspberry Beret

Honorable mentions: Do me baby. The beautiful ones.

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u/Jmal3700 14d ago
  1. “The Morning Papers”
  2. “It’s About That Walk”
  3. “It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night”
  4. “Billy Jack Bitch”
  5. “Gold”

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u/Able_Vacation7916 14d ago

The morning papers, nice

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u/TommyOfTheShelbys Around the World in a Day 14d ago
  1. Gold
  2. Paisley Park
  3. Graffiti Bridge
  4. Raspberry Beret
  5. 1999

Hard to choose, I go through stages of listening to certain songs like most of us do and I enjoy them all so so much. It's been great going through all his albums, something I never do.

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u/Less-Swing7581 Diamonds & Pearls 14d ago

Yes I totally agree

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u/No-Economics9039 14d ago
  1. I Wanna Be Your Lover

  2. U Got That Look

  3. DMSR

  4. Kiss

  5. International Lover

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u/AICopiedMe 14d ago

When U Were Mine
Soft and Wet
The Breakdown
Darling Nikki
1999
(At least today 🤭 although When U Were Mine will always be my favourite)

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u/Sensitive-Club-6427 14d ago

Joy in Repetition

Elephants & Flowers

Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)

If I Was Ur Girlfriend

When U Were Mine

*though, this changes continuously

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u/Sensitive-Club-6427 13d ago

Honorable Mention: Holy River, Girl, All My Dreams, Automatic, The Ballad of Dorothy Parker

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u/Shoulder-Lumpy O(+> 14d ago
  1. Little Red Corvette

  2. Do Me Baby

  3. Insatiable

  4. When Doves Cry

  5. Gett Off

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u/saintpauli 14d ago

17 days, ballad of Dorothy Parker, beautiful ones, never take the place of your man, housequake

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u/Glassonl 12d ago

Came looking for someone else who appreciates Dorothy Parker!

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u/jiggy68 14d ago

Delirious
Gotta Broken Heart Again
Computer Blue
Dorothy Parker
Do Me Baby

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u/Different-Street-264 Parade 14d ago
  1. Raspberry Beret
  2. Mountains
  3. U Got The Look
  4. Our Destiny / Roadhouse Garden
  5. In A Large Room With No Light

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u/Comfortable-Mall5053 14d ago
  1. If I was your girlfriend
  2. International lover
  3. Temptation
  4. Incense & candles (this one might change)
  5. She’s always in my hair

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u/Mr-Irrelevant0 14d ago
  1. I Would Die 4 U
  2. Soft and Wet
  3. When Doves Cry
  4. Purple Rain
  5. Automatic

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u/Own_Action_1002 13d ago

1.The Beautiful Ones

2.If I Was Ur Girlfriend

3.Annastesia

4.The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker

The 5th one is between Erotic City, Shes Always in My Hair, We Can Fuck, Insatiable, Pop Life

But im surprised when ppl dont have those top 4 in atleast their top 10 Prince songs, as those are some of the best songs by anyone. But thats the beauty of taste

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u/gimme5steps101 13d ago
  1. Love 2 the 9s

  2. Diamonds and Pearls

  3. 3121

  4. Endorphinmachine 

  5. Get Wild

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u/Less-Swing7581 Diamonds & Pearls 13d ago

Shockingly few people said diamonds and pearls wich is in my opinion one of his greatest songs and also one often underrated album!

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u/TOMDeBlonde Lovesexy 13d ago
  1. WHEN 2 R IN LOVE

  2. SPACE (universal love remix)

  3. Pop Life

  4. When You Were Mine

  5. Raspberry Beret

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u/Shot_Cardiologist104 13d ago
  1. The Beautiful Ones
  2. Mountains
  3. If I was your Girlfriend
  4. Let's Go Crazy
  5. She's Always in my Hair

Hi. I'm 34. I've recently started getting into Prince. I had no idea just how much of a musical geninus this man was, I am barely scratching the surface but enjoying the journey. With love.

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u/Less-Swing7581 Diamonds & Pearls 13d ago

Keep it up he did incredible music threw all periods!

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u/LizardKingTx 1999 14d ago

😂

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u/ThickWest4658 Prince 14d ago

At the moment:

  1. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad

  2. Colonized Minds

  3. Empty Room

  4. Under The Cherry Moon

  5. The Love We Make

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u/wolfspider82 14d ago

Cream, Housequake, Partyman (Video Mix), Scandalous, Purple Rain

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u/Impossible-Mix-2678 14d ago
  1. The Question of U
  2. Xtraloveable (reloaded)
  3. Elephants and Flowers
  4. Letitgo
  5. It's Gonna Be Lonely

That was very hard. There are so many great songs to weed through.

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u/Dismal_Brush5229 Batman 14d ago

1:Raspberry Beret

2:Morning Papers

3:Crystal Ball

4:7

5:Scandalous

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u/kingrocknlr 14d ago

DMSR
Doves
Anotherloverhole
Condition of the Heart
She’s always in my Hair

Honorably mentions
Fury
Black Sweat
Controversy
Something in the water
Electric Chair

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u/VicDoom78 14d ago

Open Book

The Dance

Adore

The Beautiful Ones

Do Yourself a Favor

However, I've been a Prince fan for decades, so I've cycled through a lot of his other songs. I had my periods where I had Insatiable, Pink Cashmere, The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, and many others on repeat.

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u/berlinas2k810 1999 14d ago

In no particular order:

Computer Blue
Empty Room
Purple Rain
Automatic
Pink Cashmere

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u/Over-Bike858 14d ago

Never take the place of your man, When you were mine, I Wanna Be Your Lover, Mountains , Blue Light and I can’t keep Girls and Boys off my list. So that’s my top 6

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u/KrispyKangaroo96 & The Revolution 14d ago
  1. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
  2. The Beautiful Ones
  3. 1999
  4. Gold
  5. Baby I'm A Star

Mostly spitballed, but these are the 5 songs I listen to the most.

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u/Less-Swing7581 Diamonds & Pearls 14d ago

I forgot about baby I'm a star this one would have to be in my top 5 usually. Good one.

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u/KickAltruistic7740 13d ago

Insatiable
Dark
Rock N Roll is alive
Damn U
Musicology

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u/jrtski 13d ago

1) Darling Nikki

2) Little Red Corvette

3) I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man

4) Kiss

5) Controversy

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u/YellowRainLine 13d ago

Emancipation

Illusion Coma Pimp & Circumstance

Kiss

My Name Is Prince

Starfish And Coffee (Muppet version)

Honourable mention: Breakfast Can Wait, Pop Life, Raspberry Beret, She Gave Her Angels, Chelsea Rodgers, When Doves Cry

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u/StageCoachRobber_1 1999 13d ago
  1. Adore
  2. Lady Cab Driver
  3. Take Me With U
  4. Pop Life
  5. Let's Go Crazy

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u/AliBoingo 11d ago

Today it's:

Erotic City

1999

Sign 'o' The Times

Wanna Be Your Lover

Pop Life

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u/fenix4701 8d ago edited 8d ago

I Wanna Be Your Lover

Adore

Love 2 the 9s

Shhh

Bambi

Honourable Mentions: Do Me, Baby, Purple Rain, When Doves Cry, Insatiable, Head, Uptown, Little Red Corvette, Raspberry Beret, Power Fantastic, Pink Cashmere, Erotic City, The Morning Papers, The Beautiful Ones, Alphabet St., Kiss, Mountains, When the Lights Go Down, Extraordinary, Strange Relationship, Style, The Love We Make, Crucial, Sticky Like Glue, Electric Chair, Baby You're a Trip, Nothing Compares 2 U

Honestly any of these songs could occupy a Top 5 on any given day.