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In 1993, Prince released a live version of "Nothing Compares 2 U", with Rosie Gaines on guest vocals, on his compilation album The Hits/The B-Sides. This version reached number seven on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in 1993 [34] and number 66 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the Billboard issue dated January 15, 1994. [35]
Rosie Gaines (born Rosemary Gaines; June 26, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer from Pittsburg, California. Gaines is a former band member of Prince 's group the New Power Generation .
“Nothing compares to Prince’s live version with Rosie Gaines that is featured on the Hits 1 album,” Prince’s sister Sharon Nelson told Billboard in a statement in September 2022, referring ...
Prince’s estate refused permission for director Kathryn Ferguson to use the song in her 2022 documentary about O’Connor’s life, Nothing Compares. “I didn’t feel [O’Connor] deserved to ...
Speaking to Rolling Stone that year, O’Connor said she had been put off performing “Nothing Compares 2 U”, her cover of Prince’s song that propelled her to international fame, due to the ...
The collection features the majority of Prince's hit singles, and several previously hard-to-find recordings, including B-sides from across Prince's career and previously unreleased tracks such as the Revolution-recorded "Power Fantastic" and a live recording of "Nothing Compares 2 U" with Rosie Gaines.
Special guests included former band associates, Rosie Gaines and Morris Day, funk legends Maceo Parker and members of The Family Stone such as bass player Larry Graham, as well as funk-rock performer Lenny Kravitz. In June 2019, in honor of what would have been Prince's 60th birthday, the film was picked up for broadcast by PBS. [1] [2] [3]
Singer died 18 months after the death of her son Shane