My Name Is Prince

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“My Name Is Prince”
“My Name Is Prince” cover
UK 7" single
Single by Prince
from the album Love Symbol
B-side "Sexy Mutha"
"2 Whom It May Concern" (UK)
"Sexy M.F." (12" Remix) (maxi-single)
"Sexy M.F." (Clean version) (Japan maxi-single)
Released 29 September 1992
Format 7" single
12" single
Picture disc
Cassette Single
CD single
CD maxi-single
Recorded Paisley Park Studios, September 1991 to March 1992
Genre Funk
Length 7" edit: 4:05
Album: 6:37
12" Club Mix: 8:11
House Mix: 7:18
Original Mix Edit: 8:06
Hard Core 12" Mix: 7:55
Label Paisley Park Records/Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s) Prince, Tony M.
Producer Prince
Prince singles chronology
"Sexy M.F."
(1992)		 "My Name Is Prince"
(1992)		 "7"
(1992)

"My Name Is Prince" is a song by Prince and the New Power Generation, from the 1992 Love Symbol album. The song is about Prince himself, and his musical prowess. Ironically, he would soon change his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol, not long after the release of this single.

The B-sides were "Sexy Mutha," a clean remix of "Sexy M.F.," and "2 Whom It May Concern," a preview of songs from the upcoming Love Symbol album.


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[edit] Chart Performance

"My Name Is Prince" returned Prince & the N.P.G. to radio & the Top 40 in the U.S. after their previous single, the provocative "Sexy M.F." failed to chart on any airplay charts. "My Name Is Prince" received modest airplay on Mainstream Urban & Rhythmic radio stations, earning respectable positions of #25 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Chart, #20 on the Rhythmic Top 40, and #36 on the Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, "My Name Is Prince" was another Top 10 hit for Prince & the N.P.G., peaking at #7.

The remixes also charted, hitting #51 in the UK.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 36
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 37
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 25
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay 51
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 20
UK Singles Chart (Original Version) 7
UK Singles Chart (Remixes) 51

[edit] Single track listing

[edit] UK 7"

  1. "My Name Is Prince" (Edit) – (4:05)
  2. "2 Whom It May Concern" – (4:02)

[edit] US 7"

  1. "My Name Is Prince" (Edit) – (4:05)
  2. "Sexy Mutha" – (3:55)

[edit] UK 12" Picture disc

  1. "My Name Is Prince" (LP version) – (6:38)
  2. "Sexy Mutha" – (3:55)
  3. "2 Whom It May Concern" – (4:02)

[edit] UK CD1

  1. "My Name Is Prince" (Edit) – (4:05)
  2. "Sexy Mutha" – (3:55)
  3. "2 Whom It May Concern" – (4:02)
  4. "My Name Is Prince" (LP version) – (6:38)

[edit] UK CD2

  1. "My Name Is Prince" (Original Mix Edit) – (8:06)
  2. "My Name Is Prince" (12" Club Mix) – (8:11)
  3. "Sexy M.F. (12" Remix) – (7:34)

[edit] US CD

  1. "My Name Is Prince" (Original Mix Edit) – (8:06)
  2. "My Name Is Prince" (12" Club Mix) – (8:11)
  3. "My Name Is Prince" (House Mix) – (7:18)
  4. "My Name Is Prince" (Hard Core 12" Mix) – (7:55)
  5. "Sexy M.F. (12" Remix) – (7:34)

[edit] Japan CD Maxi-single

  1. "My Name Is Prince" (Original Mix Edit) – (8:06)
  2. "My Name Is Prince" (12" Club Mix) – (8:11)
  3. "My Name Is Prince" (House Mix) – (7:18)
  4. "My Name Is Prince" (Hard Core 12" Mix) – (7:55)
  5. "Sexy M.F. (12" Remix) – (7:34)
  6. "Sexy Mutha" – (3:55)
  7. "Sexy M.F." (Clean version) – (5:24)
  8. "2 Whom It May Concern" – (4:02)

[edit] Trivia

  • Around the time of its release in Australia, Channel 9 made a Christmas parody known as My Name Is Santa on A Current Affair.

[edit] External links

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