The Hits/The B-Sides

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The Hits/The B-Sides
Compilation album by Prince
Released	September 14, 1993
Recorded	1977–January 27, 1993
Genre	Pop, Rock, Funk
Length	225:53
Label	Paisley Park Records
Producer(s)	Prince
Professional reviews
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Prince chronology
Love Symbol (1992)	The Hits/The B-Sides (1993)	The Hits 1 (1993)

The Hits/The B-Sides is a 1993 (and the first) greatest hits compilation album by Prince. It is a comprehensive 3-disc set with a great many of his hit singles and fan favorites. Four new tracks — "Pink Cashmere", "Peach", "Pope", and "Power Fantastic" — are also included.

Disc one and two were released separately, under the titles The Hits 1 and The Hits 2 respectively, but the B-Sides disc could only be obtained by purchasing the full set. Most of the songs (A-sides and B-sides) on The Hits/The B-Sides are represented in their single (edited) forms, but this was necessary given time constraints and the nature of a greatest-hits collection. Exceptions to this were "Alphabet St.", "Little Red Corvette" and "Purple Rain". This was also the first time the single version of "Kiss" was available on CD.

Among the previously unreleased material was the rare, live version of "4 the Tears In Your Eyes", only previously released in a 1985 TV broadcast for the Live Aid concerts. Also included was a live version of "Nothing Compares 2 U", recorded in 1991 on tour with the New Power Generation. The other 4 new tracks were outtakes. The oldest track was "Power Fantastic", a moody ballad once considered for the Dream Factory project of 1986. Another ballad, "Pink Cashmere" was broadcast before some of the Lovesexy Tours, dating it back to 1988. "Peach" and "Pope" were more recent and both were played live during some 1993 aftershows. "Pope" was actually in the short-lived musical ballet, Glam Slam Ulysses, which also spawned several songs later released on Come and The Gold Experience. Live jams of "Peach" often extended into the title track for Chaos and Disorder.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc 1 (The Hits 1) 1.2 Disc 2 (The Hits 2) 1.3 Disc 3 (The B-Sides) 2 Exclusions 2.1 A-sides 2.2 B-sides 3 Miscellanea 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc 1 (The Hits 1)

1. "When Doves Cry" – 3:48 (single edit)
2. "Pop Life" – 3:42
3. "Soft and Wet" – 3:03
4. "I Feel for You" – 3:25
5. "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" – 3:48
6. "When You Were Mine" – 3:43
7. "Uptown" – 4:09 (single edit)
8. "Let's Go Crazy" – 4:39
9. "1999" – 3:37 (single edit)
10. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" – 3:40 (single edit)
11. "Nothing Compares 2 U" – 4:58 (previously unreleased)
12. "Adore" – 4:41 (single edit)
13. "Pink Cashmere" – 6:15 (previously unreleased)
14. "Alphabet St." – 5:39
15. "Sign "☮" the Times" – 3:43 (single edit)
16. "Thieves In the Temple" – 3:20
17. "Diamonds and Pearls" – 4:20 (single edit)
18. "7" – 5:09

[edit] Disc 2 (The Hits 2)

1. "Controversy" – 3:35 (single edit)
2. "Dirty Mind" – 3:49
3. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" – 2:58 (single edit)
4. "Head" – 4:43
5. "Do Me, Baby" – 3:57 (single edit)
6. "Delirious" – 2:39 (single edit)
7. "Little Red Corvette" – 4:56
8. "I Would Die 4 U" – 2:57
9. "Raspberry Beret" – 3:32
10. "If I Was Your Girlfriend" – 3:46 (single edit)
11. "Kiss" – 3:46 (single edit)
12. "Peach" – 3:48 (previously unreleased)
13. "U Got the Look" – 3:47
14. "Sexy M.F." – 5:26
15. "Gett Off" – 4:30
16. "Cream" – 4:13
17. "Pope" – 3:28 (previously unreleased)
18. "Purple Rain" – 8:40

[edit] Disc 3 (The B-Sides)

1. "Hello" (B-side of "Pop Life")
2. "200 Balloons" (B-side of "Batdance")
3. "Escape (Free yo mind from this rat race)" (B-side of "Glam Slam")
4. "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" (B-side of "Let's Work" 12 inch single)
5. "Horny Toad" (B-side of "Delirious")
6. "Feel U Up" (B-side of "Partyman")
7. "Girl" (B-side of "America")
8. "I Love U In Me" (B-side of "The Arms of Orion" and "Insatiable")
9. "Erotic City ("make love not war Erotic City come alive")" (B-side of "Let's Go Crazy")
10. "Shockadelica" (B-side of "If I Was Your Girlfriend")
11. "Irresistible Bitch" (B-side of "Let's Pretend We're Married")
12. "Scarlett Pussy" (B-side of "I Wish U Heaven")
13. "La, La, La, He, He, Hee" (B-side of "Sign "☮" the Times")
14. "She's Always In My Hair" (B-side of "Raspberry Beret")
15. "17 Days (the rain will come down, then U will have 2 choose. If U believe, look 2 the dawn and U shall never lose.)" (B-side of "When Doves Cry")
16. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" (B-side of "1999")
17. "Another Lonely Christmas" (B-side of "I Would Die 4 U")
18. "God" (B-side of "Purple Rain")
19. "4 the Tears In Your Eyes" (video version)
20. "Power Fantastic" (previously unreleased outtake)

[edit] Exclusions

Notable (at that time) A- and B-sides not included in this collection:

[edit] A-sides

• "Let's Work"
• "Let's Pretend We're Married"
• "Take Me With U"
• "Paisley Park"
• "America"
• "Mountains"
• "Girls & Boys"
• "Anotherloverholenyohead"
• "Glam Slam"
• "I Wish U Heaven"
• "Batdance"
• "Partyman"
• "The Arms of Orion"
• "New Power Generation"
• "Insatiable"
• "Money Don't Matter 2 Night"
• "My Name Is Prince"
• "The Morning Papers"

[edit] B-sides

• "♥ or $" (B-side of "Kiss")
• "Alexa de Paris" (B-side of "Mountains")
• "Horny Pony" (B-side of "Gett Off" and "Cream")
• "Call the Law" (B-side of "Money Don't Matter 2 Night")
• "Sexy Mutha" (B-side of "My Name Is Prince")
• "Sex ("the 80's are over and the time has come 4 monogamy and trust")" (B-side of "Scandalous")
• "Loveleft, Loveright" (B-side of "New Power Generation")
• "Violet the Organ Grinder" (B-side of "Gett Off")

[edit] Miscellanea

• It is rumored that "She's Always In My Hair" may be in reference to Apollonia or former girlfriend (and Vanity 6/Apollonia 6 group member) Susan Moonsie, as the song contains the keyboard riff from Apollonia 6's hit "Sex Shooter."
• Rather than participate in the USA for Africa "We Are the World" charity single, Prince preferred to contribute the track "4 the Tears In Your Eyes" to the We Are the World album.
• "Hello" was written as a response to those who criticized Prince for not participating in USA for Africa.
• Two of Prince's B-sides charted on the Hot 100 due to significant airplay on their own: "Irresistible Bitch" (#52) and "Hot Thing" (#63).
• Bernie Mac appears on "Pope" on The Hits 2.

[edit] External links

• The B-Sides lyrics

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"Little Red Corvette" • "Delirious" • "When Doves Cry" • "Let's Go Crazy" • "Purple Rain" • "I Would Die 4 U" • "Raspberry Beret" • "Pop Life" • "Kiss" • "Sign 'O' the Times" • "U Got the Look" • "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" • "Alphabet St." • "Batdance" • "Thieves In the Temple" • "Cream" • "Diamonds and Pearls" • "7" • "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"