Top 15 Prince Songs Performed by Other Artists

Let's start this post off the right way...

He would have 59 years young, today. Unfortunately, we lost him in 2016. That doesn't mean we can't celebrate his legacy. Part of his legacy was writing great music that others performed. Today, we're taking a look specifically at that music. Here are...

The Top 15 Prince Songs Performed by Other Artists

Before getting started, I do have to make note of one vital piece of information. There are no songs by The Time on this list. The reason is because it gets a bit dicey when deciphering who wrote most of their songs. Depending on who you ask, Prince wrote them all or just gave the ideas for them to flesh out themselves. This fleshing out was usually done by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who would go on to become multi-Grammy winning producers responsible for the biggest hits in the careers of Janet Jackson, Bobby Brown, The Human League, and others while also crafting hits for George Michael, Usher, Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey, and more. Out of respect to them, the rest of the members of The Time (especially one Morris Day), and on the off-chance one or more them should so happen to find themselves with nothing better to do than read my wee-little blog, I will exclude them. That said, had I decided to include them, their song "777-9311" would be very near the top of this list, with Jungle Love, and Ice Cream Castles finding spots, as well. Also excluded are live covers of Prince songs that were done as tribute, regardless of who sang them.

What is included are other songs that Prince wrote and/or composed that were recorded by other artists. A number of these are covers of material he previously recorded, but some he wrote specifically for the recording artist. A few of these even feature His Royal Badness singing backup. Here they are...

15. Love Song

by Madonna ft. Prince

14. Stand Back

by Stevie Nicks

13. Get it Up

by TLC

12. When You Were Mine

by Cyndi Lauper

11. Round and Round

by Tevin Campbell

10. Sex Shooter

by Apollonia 6

9. Manic Monday

by The Bangles

8. Do Me Baby

by Meli'sa Morgan

7. A Love Bizarre

by Sheila E.

6. How Come You Don't Call Me

by Alicia Keys

5. Sugar Walls
by Sheena Easton

4. Nothing Compares 2 U

by Sinead O'Connor

3. Nasty Girl

by Vanity 6

2. I Feel For You

by Chaka Khan

1. The Glamorous Life

by Sheila E.

By the way, there's also this, which some of you may actually like. I just find it cringe worthy. Let me know how you feel about this one in the comments section.

Kiss

by Tom Jones and Art of Noise