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"Nothing Compares 2 U" was written by the American musician Prince, who recorded a demo in 1984. In 1985, Prince's funk band the Family released their sole studio album, The Family, including "Nothing Compares 2 U". It was not released as a single and received little recognition. Prince's demo was released in 2018. [5]
"Nothin' (That Compares 2 U)" was the first single released from The Jacksons' album 2300 Jackson Street. The song was co-written by L. A. Reid and Babyface. "Nothin' (That Compares 2 U)" is considered one of The Jacksons' last successful singles before the group's breakup, peaking at #4 on the US Billboard R&B Singles chart.
It contains O'Connor's version of the Prince song "Nothing Compares 2 U", which was released as a single and reached number one in multiple countries. The album was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 1991 , including Record of the Year , Best Female Pop Vocal Performance , and Best Music Video, Short Form for "Nothing Compares 2 U", winning ...
Prince, Sinead O’Connor. Shutterstock (2) Sinéad O’Connor‘s biggest hit was a cover of the Prince song “Nothing Compares 2 U,” but the two musicians didn’t have a great relationship.
Nothing really compared to her pimp-spot performance of Sinéad O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” Monday, and the meta staging — a nod to Sinéad’s iconic 1990 music video — was one ...
On Oct. 3, 1992, Sinéad O'Connor, stood center stage in Studio 8H, the longtime home of Saturday Night Live, singing a haunting a capella rendition of Bob Marley's classic protest song "War."As ...
As on other associates' albums, Prince falsely gave writing credit to the various band members, though he kept his name on "Nothing Compares 2 U". The tracks were all recorded in a span of a few weeks at the end of 1984 after Prince had finished sessions for Around the World in a Day and just before he started recording for Sheila E.'s album ...
The album was released on vinyl; following the success of O'Connor's version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" a CD version of the album was released in Japan and Germany/Europe. Alternate recordings of several of the songs from the project featuring Prince on vocals were recorded, but most remain in the vault at Paisley Park Studios.