Cream (song)

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“Cream”
“Cream” cover
UK 7" single
Single by Prince
from the album Diamonds and Pearls
B-side "Horny Pony"
"Gangster Glam" (UK 12" and CD)
Released 9 September 1991
Format 7" single
12" single
CD single
CD Maxi single
Recorded Paisley Park Studios, Winter, 1990
Genre Funk
Length 4:12
Label Paisley Park Records/Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s) Prince
Producer Prince
Certification Gold - (16 January, 1992)
Prince singles chronology
"Gett Off"
(1991)		 "Cream"
(1991)		 "Insatiable"
(1991)

"Cream" is a pop song by Prince and the New Power Generation, from the 1991 album, Diamonds and Pearls. Prince states that he wrote the song while standing in front of a mirror.

The single's B-side, "Horny Pony," a rap-pop song which was replaced on Diamonds and Pearls at the last minute by "Gett Off," was re-used from the "Gett Off" single. "Cream" was also released as a maxi-single EP with remixes and songs/raps loosely based on "Cream." The EP was notable for including several prank telephone conversations.

In the UK, "Gangster Glam" was an additional B-side on the 12"/CD maxi single. In Japan, an EP was released with the tracks from the U.S. maxi single, and four tracks from the U.S. "Gett Off" maxi single.

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[edit] Chart Performance

"Cream" was a #1 smash hit stateside, and it made the Top 20 in the U.K. It was very well received at American Radio -- peaking at #2 on the Hot 100 Airplay, this was Prince's 5th and currently last #1 hit in the U.S. -- however, it did not make the R&B singles charts, because the track was not sent to Urban radio; "Insatiable" was sent to Urban instead.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 2
UK Singles Chart 15

[edit] Single track listing

[edit] 7"

  1. "Cream" – (4:12)
  2. "Horny Pony" – (4:17)

[edit] UK. CD/12"

  1. "Cream" – (4:12)
  2. "Horny Pony" – (4:17)
  3. "Gangster Glam" – (5:06)

[edit] U.S. CD Maxi-Single

  1. "Cream" (Album Version) – (4:12)
  2. "Cream" (N.P.G Mix) – (5:47)
  3. "Things Have Gotta Change" (Tony M. Rap) – (3:57)
  4. "2 the Wire" (Creamy Instrumental) – (3:13)
  5. "Get Some Solo" – (1:31)
  6. "Do Your Dance" (KC's Remix) – (5:58)
  7. "Do Your Dance (Housebangers)" – (4:23)
  8. "Q in Doubt (Instrumental)" – (4:00)
  9. "Cream (Ethereal Mix)" – (4:43)

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Preceded by
"Romantic" by Karyn White		 Billboard Hot 100 number one single
November 9, 1991- November 16, 1991		 Succeeded by
"When a Man Loves a Woman" by Michael Bolton
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