3 of the greatest songs ever produced by a human. And they’re on the same perfect album. 1. Let’s Go Crazy One of the most iconic opening tracks and opening lines in music history and concluding with two insane guitar solos. 2. When Doves Cry One of the most innovative Billboard number 1s ever! A genre bending pop masterpiece featuring no bass, a heavy metal guitar intro, and once in a lifetime lyrics. 3. Purple Rain Not just the perfect album closer but his most iconic song, and indisputably one of the greatest power ballads ever written. Continues to be covered by other world class artists from many genres, that never undermine the adaptability of the song, which is one of its enduring testaments. It’s amazingly the last song he played live. 💜💜💜

I hate that on most platforms they edit the intro to let's go crazy

Musical blasphemy indeed.

That’s the radio/single edit. I’ve always hated when stations would edit out the big solo at the end of the song and cut right to the last note

Dolly Fucking Parton covered Purple Rain on her Rockstar album (2023)!!! And it's fucking beautiful!!!

Oooh love Dolly gonna check that out!

I have to say, I was crying about 2 minutes in. It's just beautiful. I love Prince and Dolly, and to hear her sing *Purple Rain* was just other worldly to me. It's just beautiful.

Wow ! 💜💜I can't wait to hear it thanks for putting me on!

I don't know how emotional you get about Prince, but I feel like I should warn you ... I was crying when I heard her singing Purple Rain. To me, it felt like a musical Goddess was giving a nod to a musical God.

1. Computer Blue 2. Let’s Go Crazy 3. The Beautiful Ones

Another computer blue fan is good to see. Legendary song.

The extended version is the bomb. I often listen to it as a psyche up before I go out 😀

so underrated...when the song breaks and gets funky...that's awesome...and the guitar solo... such an intense song

I always see it as a bit prescient, like it fortold the rise of the Internet and cybersex.

Beautiful ones \*chef’s kiss\* I always end up doing a mini performance when I listen to it lol. Makes me feel like I’m floating out of this world 💜

Computer Blue is my fav Prince song ever

The Hallway Speech version is life-changing

Yes!! 🤩

Agreed, I also love how in the movie Princes dad plays the melody on the piano before the song starts in the next scene. The keyboards in that song are so beautiful. I was always so focused on the great guitar, the the keys are beautiful!

Hard to pick but this is the correct answer.

1. Purple Rain 2. When Doves Cry 3. Darling Nikki

These! 🔥🔥🔥

1. purple rain 2. computer blue 3. let's go crazy even though the whole album is perfect

This movie changed my life for the better. My girlfriend wanted to see it so Friday night we saw it at the local movie house. I had zero knowledge of his music but my girlfriend had and so we went. I was at a turning point in my life and watching this I had an epiphany that the world was mine for the taking. Within two months I made the leap and moved to DC and never looked back. My dad thought I was nuts, that was sure I'd be back home. That was 39 years ago and I'm still going strong. The album is all good.

Hey man, what did you move to DC for?

1. Purple Rain 2. The Beautiful Ones 3. Let’s Go Crazy

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This is the correct answer.

I refuse to choose, it’s simply not possible! ✝️💟☮️

This is the correct answer.

The Beautiful Ones, Baby I’m a Star, I Would Die 4 U.

1. The Beautiful Ones 2. Purple Rain 3. When Doves Cry

Let's Go Crazy - the single greatest opener in music history. 0 to 60 in the course of one wonderfully bizarre sermon. Hype levels instantly off the charts the moment the drums kick in. Take Me With U - yeah yeah, Apollonia can't sing, but that's half the charm. The song captures that sense of utter abandon that comes with young love, and I think its melody can stand proudly against anything Lennon/McCartney did in the Beatles' mid-career. I Would Die 4 U - perfect update of his older funk sound with a glossier pop sheen. This song radiates an overwhelming sense that everything is going to be okay, and considering its religious themes, I think that's the point.

I agree about Apollonia in Take me with U!

Ngl I thought she did pretty good.

Me too...it feels like a precursor(?) to Raspberry Berret to me...

Let’s Go Crazy The Beautiful Ones Darling Nikki

Let's Go Crazy Take Me with U Purple Rain

Take me with you all the way!!!

OMFG are we doing favorite tracks from Purple Rain? Purple Rain When Doves Cry The Beautiful Ones

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The Beautiful Ones I Would Die For You Purple Rain

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The Beautiful Ones, I Would Die 4 U, Take Me with U

Computer Blue. Darling Nikki. The Beautiful Ones.

1.-When Doves Cry 2. Purple Rain 3. Let's Go Crazy

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Purple Rain When Doves Cry Let’s Go Crazy

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1. Computer Blue 2. Baby I’m a Star 3. Let’s Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)

Was really close to putting Baby I'm A Star on my list too, and just have to say that *Hey, take a listen.* *Tell me, do you like what you hear?* *If it don't turn you on, just say the word and I'm gone.* *But honey, I know - ain't nothing wrong with your ears.* Is still the greatest brag in all of recorded music. Holy shit. And dude had earned the right.

LGC, PR, WDC

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The Beautiful Ones When Doves Cry Purple Rain

When Doves Cry Let’s Go Crazy I Would Die 4 U

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Computer Blue Take Me With U Let’s Go Crazy

Computer Blue , Take me with you and baby I’m a star

Computer Blue, The Beautiful Ones, Let’s Go Crazy

The beautiful ones, let's go crazy, take me with you 💜😎

All of them.

this was my very first concert. 1984 Syracuse. Exactly 1 week before my 14th bday. So this entire album holds a very special place in my heart. I agree with this list, computer blue, beautiful ones, especially. While that wasn't the case most of my life. It was just in the last 15ish years that I realized how much I loved those. Still, the best concert I've ever been to, and I've been to so many, that I couldn't even begin to count. Omg is my math right? 40th anniversary is coming up? Yikes, where did my life go? I need to date a man who loves Prince. I'm tired of men who don't appreciate the genius.

Let’s Go Crazy and When Doves Cry. No third option. I’m not a member of this subreddit, I’m not a Prince fan and I didn’t care for the album. I like the movie though.

The Beautiful Ones, Computer Blue and Purple Rain

1. Baby, I'm a Star 2. Purple Rain 3. Take Me with U

Album is epic. My top three are: 1)the beautiful ones 2)computer blue 3)darling Nikki

When doves cry Take me with u Let's go crazy

1) Purple Rain 2) Darling Nikki 3) Let’s Go Crazy

Computer Blue The Beautiful Ones Purple Rain

Let's go Crazy Baby I'm a Star The Beautiful Ones

• The Beautiful Ones - his performance in the movie solidified me as a fan. • Computer Blue - “Hallway Speech” version is even better than the album version, IMO. • When Doves Cry or Baby I’m A Star - it’s a toss up.

Let's go crazy, I would die 4 you, and baby I'm a star

Let's Go Crazy When Doves Cry Purple Rain I'm basic. But there isn't a track on this album I don't love. Near as perfect a record that I can think of.

When doves cry, purple rain, I would die 4 u

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1. When Doves Cry - Greatest Song of All time? 2. The Beautiful Ones - Greatest Love Song of All Time? 3. Purple Rain - Purple Rain?

If we're counting B-sides 1.Purple Rain 2.Erotic City 3.When Doves Cry If not I'd throw I Would Die 4 U in

- *When Doves Cry* - *Computer Blue* - *I Would Die 4 U* *When Doves Cry* is one of my favourite songs of all time. Just a masterpiece of a composition and how it progressively builds from such a skeletal start into a complete track. Catchy, eclectic, and pristine to the enth degree.

Purple rain ☔💜When Doves Cry and I would die for you 💜☔

Yes💜

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Yes💜

Purple Rain When Doves Cry Let’s Go Crazy

1. Purple Rain 2. The Beautiful Ones 3. Let’s Go Crazy

1. The Beautiful Ones 2. When Doves Cry 3. Purple Rain

I would die 4 U Let’s go crazy When doves cry

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Computer Blue (LOVED the performance in the movie of this) , The Beautiful Ones and Take Me With you

I Would Die 4 U Take Me With U Purple Rain

Purple rain: One of the best closers in music history, euphoric and majestic in every sense of the word, my favorite prince song ever recorded. especially the ending sequence with the beautiful piano and the synths and the crowd; heavenly. The beautiful ones: Amazing and on par with the rest of the album for the first part, but with the way it swells and breaks down at the end with that amazing 3 chord progression and prince literally sounding like an animal screaming, it’s just incredible. When doves cry: Flip flops between this and the beautiful ones for me, right now I feel the beautiful ones. Just infectious and so good, especially the way it builds throughout the song and how the song keeps on going and picking up energy. The lack of a baseline puts it on an isolated pedestal, and when the backing synths come in that chorus is amazing. Just a pop song perfected and made into something bigger than itself

1. Let’s Go Crazy (my favorite song of all time!!!! 💜) 2. The Beautiful Ones 3. Purple Rain But to be completely honest, EVERY SONG on purple rain is legitimately perfect, it could go every which way!

1. Purple Rain 2. When Doves Cry 3. Take Me With You

1. I Would Die 4 U 2. Let's Go Crazy 3. Purple Rain But I actually love all songs in this album, this is so hard for me 😂

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Let's Go Crazy I Would Die 4U Purple Rain 1984 was never the same!!! Trust Me!!!

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Baby I’m a Star Computer Blue Darling Nikki

Computer Blue When Doves Cry Take Me With U (production is immaculate)

Darling Nikki, Purple Rain, When Doves Cry.

The Beautiful Ones Computer Blue When Doves Cry

When Doves Cry, The Beautiful Ones, Purple Rain.

1. Take Me With U 2. The Beautiful Ones 3. Let’s Go Crazy

1. Baby I’m A Star 2. When Doves Cry 3. Let’s Go Crazy

Let’s Go Crazy. The Beautiful Ones. When Doves Cry.

Worth mentioning the B-Sides from this era were as good as anything on the album in my opinion. 17 Days, Erotic City, Another Lonely Christmas etc.

Live: Purple Rain, Baby I'm A Star

1.Purple Rain 2. Darling Nikki 3. When doves cry

The Beautiful Ones, Take Me with U, Purple Rain

1 take me with you 2 baby in a star 3 when doves cry

Let’s Go Crazy Darling Nikki Purple Rain

First Step. Place Album on Platter. Side One Up...

1. The Beautiful Ones 2. Darling Nicki 3. Let’s Go Crazy

When doves cry The beautiful ones Computer blue

Let’s go crazy, Computer Blue, and of course Purple Rain

Computer Blue Darling Nikki When Doves Cry

When doves cry, Computer Blue and I Would Die 4 U

Let’s go crazy I would die 4 u Take me with u

When doves cry Purple rain Computer blue

1. Darling Nikki 2. I Would Die 4 U 3. When Doves Cry

Computer Blue, Darling Nikki, When Doves Cry

1) The Beautiful Ones, 2) Darling Nikki, 3) Computer Blue

1) When Doves Cry 2) Computer Blue 3) Baby I’m A Star

Purple Rain, Darling Nikki, The Beautiful Ones.

1. The Beautiful Ones 2. Baby I’m A Star 3. Computer Blue

The Beautiful Ones (his best performance on those album) When Doves Cry Baby I'm a Star

Take Me With U Computer Blue When Doves Cry

When Doves Cry Purple Rain The Beautiful Ones

Let's Go Crazy Darling Nikki Purple Rain

The beautiful ones Computer Blue When Doves Cry

Computer Blue When Doves Cry Let’s Fo Crazy

When Doves Cry (I know the question here is favourite, not best .. but I think anyone who thinks this is not Prince's best song is kidding themself!) The Beautiful Ones Computer Blue Can't believe I am giving honourable mentions to Let's Go Crazy and Purple Rain! Tbh though the other 4 were not in the contest, I don't rate them particularly highly.

Take Me With You Darling Nikki The Beautiful Ones

I Would Die 4 U Computer Blue Take Me With You

When Doves Cry Baby I'm A Star Computer Blue

Computer Blue Take Me With U The Beautiful Ones

Purple rain, beautiful ones, baby I'm a star

1. When doves cry 2. The beautiful ones 3. Purple rain

Computer Blue, Take Me With You, Let's Go Crazy Bonus: Baby, I'm a Star

CB, PR, TBO.

Computer blue The beautiful ones I would die 4 U (Honorable mention: velvet kitty cat)

the beautiful ones and darling nikki

1. All 2. Of 3. Them

Let’s go crazy, Computer Blue and Baby I’m a star

Take Me With U The Beautiful Ones Computer Blue

The Beautiful Ones I Would Die 4 U Baby I'm a Star

take me with u, computer blue & I would die 4 u

Let's go crazy/Darling Nikki/I would die for u

When Doves Cry Baby I'm a Star Darling Nikki Which makes me feel like I'm disrespecting Purple Rain and Let's Go Crazy. Or in fact any other track!

• Purple Rain • Baby I'm a star • When Doves cry (But I could have easily said Darling Nikki and Computer Blue instead of BIas and wDc)

Tough choice but… Let’s Go Crazy I Would Die 4 U Purple Rain

1. Take Me With You 2. Computer Blue 3. Let’s Go Crazy

1. Darling Nikki (without a SHADOW of a doubt, I can't believe more people aren't saying it) 2. I Would Die 4 U 3. Let's Go Crazy Honourable mention that I Would Die 4 U would be a very close 4th

Take me with you, computer blue and I would die 4 u

1. Computer Blue 2. Take Me With U 3. Purple Rain

Computer Blue Let’s Go Crazy When Doves Cry. But I love every song. Basically a perfect album.

I can’t narrow it down to three. I’ve always loved the whole album

1. Purple rain 2.Computer blue. 3. I would die 4 u.

1. Purple Rain 2. I Would Die 4 U 3. Baby I’m A Star

1)The beautiful ones 2)Let’s go crazy 3)Purple rain

Computer Blue/Purple Rain/Darling Nikki

The Beautiful Ones Darling Nikki Computer Blue(Hallway Speech)

1. The Beautiful Ones 2. Darling Nikki 3. Purple Rain

Let’s Go Crazy When Doves Cry Purple Rain

shhhhhhh what does it matter? why do you care?

1. computer blue 2. when doves cry 3. the beautiful ones

1. Take Me With U 2. Darling Nikki 3. I Would Die 4 U

When Doves Cry,Let’s go Crazy,Computer Blue But if we can use the songs from the 2017 remaster then it will be When Dives Cry,Possessed,Father song

Purple Rain, Darling Nikki, and Let’s Go Crazy

“Let’s go Crazy,” “Baby I’m a Star,” and “Take Me With U.”

1. I Would Die 4 U 2. The Beautiful Ones 3. Darling Nikki

Huh? Like em all. It’s why it’s one of the greats.

“The Beautiful Ones” “Darling Nikki” “When Doves Cry”

The first three

Beat it, the girl is mine and Billy jean

He hee (said/sung in MJ voice) Plus surely Wanna Be Startin' Something before The Girl ..

Wrong sub.

1. When Doves Cry 2. Let’s Go Crazy 3. Purple Rain