Two Princes

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“Two Princes”
“Two Princes” cover
Single by Spin Doctors
from the album Pocket Full of Kryptonite
B-side "Off My Line"
Released April 13, 1993 (1993-04-13)
Format CD single
CD maxi
7" single
Recorded July 1990 (1990-07)
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:18
Label Epic
Writer(s) Mark White
Spin Doctors
Eric Schenkman
Chris Barron
Aaron Comess
Producer Mark White
Peter Denenberg
Frankie LaRocka
Eric Schenkman
Chris Barron
Aaron Comess
Spin Doctors singles chronology
"Little Miss Can't Be Wrong"
(1992)		 "Two Princes"
(1992)		 "Jimmy Olsen's Blues"
(1993)

"Two Princes" is a song by the New York City-based alternative rock band Spin Doctors. As a single, it reached #7 in the US and #2 in Canada in early 1993, and was the band's most popular song. It also ranked at #21 on Blender magazine's list of the "50 Worst Songs Ever."[1] It ranked #41 on "VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s."

Contents

[edit] Track listings

CD single
  1. "Two Princes" (album version) (4:16)
  2. "Off My Line" (live) (5:30)
CD maxi
  1. "Two Princes" (album version) (4:16)
  2. "Off My Line" (live) (5:30)
  3. "Rosetta Stone" (live) (8:07)
7" single
  1. "Two Princes" (album version) (4:16)
  2. "Off My Line" (live) (5:30)

[edit] Chart

Chart (1993)[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 3
Austrian Singles Chart 5
Canadian Singles Chart 2
Dutch Singles Chart 3
French Singles Chart 5
German Singles Chart 3
Irish Singles Chart 5
Norwegian Singles Chart 2
Swedish Singles Chart 1
Swiss Singles Chart 4
UK Singles Chart 3
US Billboard Hot 100 7
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 24
US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 2
US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 1
US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Recurrents 7
US Billboard Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay 1
US Billboard Hot Singles Recurrents 1

[edit] Other versions

The group sang a "modified" version of this song on Sesame Street that emphasized the importance of sharing. They told Zoe she didn't have to choose between being friends with Elmo and Telly, but rather she could be friends with both of them.

It was remade in a parody on the Bill Nye the Science Guy Show as "Two Eyes by the Eye Doctors".

The boy band Son of Dork covered this song in 2006 on one of their singles.

An episode of The Sarah Silverman Program featured this song as a major plot point.

Preceded by
"Informer" by Snow		 Swedish number one single
June 2, 1993		 Succeeded by
"Somebody Dance With Me" by DJ Bobo

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Run for Your Life! It's the 50 Worst Songs Ever! from Blender.com (Retrieved May 3, 2008)
  2. ^ "Two Princes", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 3, 2008)
  3. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 3, 2008)
  4. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 3, 2008)
  5. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 3, 2008)
  6. ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved April 3, 2008)
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