I have a list of 23 songs which charted for other artists. This list is not complete please add to this list


"Chaka Khan -I Feel For You " (1984)#3US(5th best song of 1985) #1 UK
"Sheila E -The glamorous life" (1984) #7 US
"The Time -Jungle love" (1985) #20US
"Sheena Easton -Sugar walls" (1985) #9US
"Sheila E -The Belle Of St Mark" (1985) #34US #18UK
"Bangles -Manic Monday" (1986)#2US(behind kiss @ #1) #2 UK
"Sheila E -A love bizarre " (1986) #11 US
"Art Of Noise featuring Tom Jones -Kiss " (1988) #5 UK
"Sinead O'Connor -Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990) #1US(#1 song of year) #1UK(#2 song of the year)
"Kid Creole & The Coconuts -The Sex Of It " (1990) #29 UK
"MC Hammer -Pray " (1990) #8 UK (sampled)
"Tevin campbell -round and round" (1991) #11US
"Martika -Love... Thy Will Be Done " (1991) #9 UK
"Martika -Martika's Kitchen " (1991) #17 UK
"Monie Love -Born 2 B.R.E.E.D." (1993) #18 UK
"Monie Love -In A Word Or 2 / The Power" (1993) #33 UK
"New Power Generation -Get Wild" (1995) #19 UK
"New Power Generation -The Good " (1995) #29 UK
"New Power Generation -Get Wild" (1997) #15 UK (reissue)
"Ginuwine -When Doves Cry " (1997) #10 UK
"Alicia Keys How Come You Don't Call Me " (2002) #26 UK
"Jay-Z featuring Beyonce Knowles 03 -Bonnie & Clyde " (2003) #2 UK (sampled)
"Inaya Day -Nasty Girl " (2005) #9 UK

Added to intial list( only including top 40 hits) now 28 hits
stevie nicks- Stand back #5US 1983
The time - The Bird #36US 1984
The Time -jerk out #9US 1990
Elisa Fiorillo, "On The Way Up" #27US
MoKenStef, "He's Mine" #6 H100 (sampled "Do Me, Baby")
Added top 40 R&B hits ( excluding already in the list above) 15hits
Apollonia 6 Sex Shooter - 19
Sheila E Sister Fate - 36
Sheila E Koo Koo - 35
The Family The Screams Of Passion - 9
The Family High Fashion - 34
Patti Labelle Yo Mister - 6
Madhouse 6 - 5
Mazarati 100 MPH - 19
Mavis Staples Melody Cool - 36
The Time Get It Up - 6
The Time Cool - 7
The Time 777-9311 - 2
The Time The Walk - 24
The Time Ice Cream Castles - 11
Vanity 6 Nasty Girl - 7
[Edited 9/28/05 13:21pm]

asg said:

The description 'Prince songs which charted for other artists' is a much better title than the existing: 'Hits written for others' - for example, he didn't write 'When Doves Cry' for Ginuwine.

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I cant find the chart position of vanity 6 nasty girl

and apollonia 6 sex shooter anyone have any info

NPG tracks charted in the UK?! Had no idea...

ARe you saying prince wrote '03 Bonnie and Clyde or are you giving credit to Prince because Beyonce lifted a line from "If I were your Girlfriend"?

BTW, is Prince still actively giving tracks away to other artists, as he did in the 80s and 90s? Are there new Prince protegees/associated artist in the making?

asg said:

I'm going off of memory here, so anyone correct me if I'm off a little:

"Nasty Girl" reached number 9 on the US R&B chart, it missed the Hot 100
"Sex Shooter" reached #19 R&B and #85 Hot 100

Also, US Hot 100 and/or R&B chart positions for some of the songs you listed above (and a few you didn't):
MC Hammer, "Pray" #2 for two weeks H100
Martika, "Love...Thy Will Be Done" #10 H100
Martika, "Martika's Kitchen" #90 H100
Monie Love, "Born 2 B.R.E.E.D." #89 H100
Beyonce ft. Jay-Z, "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" #3 H100 (contained lyrics from "If I Was Your Girlfriend")
New Power Generation, "Girl 6" #74 R&B
Me'Lisa Morgan, "Do Me, Baby" #46 H100, #1 R&B
MoKenStef, "He's Mine" #7 H100 (sampled "Do Me, Baby")
Sheila E., "Sister Fate" #39? R&B
Elisa Fiorillo, "On The Way Up" #27 H100 (written by Fiorillo, Prince, and Levi Seacer, Jr.)
Elisa Fiorillo, "Oooh This I Need" #90 H100
The Family, "The Screams Of Passion" #63 H100

And while Prince had no direct involvement, the following 'protege' singles charted:
Sheila E., "Hold Me," #3 R&B, #68 H100
Wendy & Lisa, "Waterfall" #56 H100
Wendy & Lisa, "Are You My Baby?" #27 R&B
Wendy & Lisa, "The Closing Of The Year" #53 H100 AIRPLAY
Morris Day, "Fishnet" #23 H100, #1 R&B
Morris Day, "Oak Tree" #65 H100
Vanity, "Pretty Mess" #75 H100
Vanity, "Under The Influence" #56 H100
[Edited 9/14/05 21:47pm]

I don't know exact chart number, but what aboout

Alicia Keys- How Come You Don't Call Me?

renfield said:

Prince was involved with "Hold Me" ? Are you sure?

MendesCity said:

I would have never known either but the good thing about the UK is u can search all hits online @

www.everyhit.com

u can search for pretty much anyone

also add jordan knight (of NKOTB ) #31US I could never take the place of your man

hold up! whats monie love's "born 2 B.R.E.E.D" got to do with Prince?

mancabdriver said:

He wrote it.


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prodigalfan said:

Prince got a credit for the 'lift' - otherwise, he didn't write it, so including it in a list entitled 'Hits written for others' is misleading at best.


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[Edited 9/14/05 10:41am]

coolcat said:

Prince didn't write it.
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langebleu said:

I meant to include it in the "Protege" list at the bottom of my post. Sorry! It's been edited and amended.

And Jordan Knight's "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man" never charted on Billboard's Hot 100. Perhaps it reached no.31 on Radio & Records' chart?
[Edited 9/14/05 21:48pm]

renfield said:

more proteges
4 Rosie Gaines Closer Than Close May 1997 UK
39 Rosie Gaines I Surrender Nov 1997 UK

27 Wendy & Lisa Satisfaction Apr 1989 UK
27 Wendy & Lisa Lolly Lolly Apr 1989 3 weeks back the database had lolly lolly
now its satisfaction is it the same song?

Did "I Hear Your Voice" by Patti Labelle chart?

renfield said:

http://www.mbgtop40.com/t...chart.html

shows it was #21 at peak although this is not a billboard chart.

it was also on kasey kasem american top 40


in most cases it would be a bit different from billboard but would be in the ball park

i am goin to remove thisrntry until i can find it on billboard H100

I soooo love this web site. I feel completed! I know I sound like a teenaged girl, but it is so good know that sane people exist.

langebleu said:

whats the story behind Hold Me , as theres a version of it circulating with Prince's vocals , who did write it, just wondering why Prince laid down a version for himself really .
I heard Love Bizarre playing in the background in a shopping centre yesterday too , was pleasantly surprised , maybe Cardiff is funky after all

moonshine said:

There IS a song called "Hold Me" that Prince DID write. It was released on a Jevetta Steele album(can't recall the name). Totally different song than the one Sheila released on her third album.

I think you are in the UK

its now super easy to find chart position in the UK thats how i compiled this list
. I didnt see any thing on zoo but the databae is limited to only top40hits.

The original song charted just outside the top 40 at #41 back in 1979

www.everyhit.com

roanbr said:

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[Edited 9/18/05 17:16pm]

1234rave said:

sane? There are no sane people here, you've got the wrong website

A new version of "The Glamorous Life" has hit the charts by ex-soapie star Melissa Tkautz.

There's also another version doing the rounds by T-Funk featuring Inaya Day. T-Funk is Aussie DJ mrTimothy and it's obvious now Inaya Day is into Prince with her second cover.

Krid said:

Actually, it was a struggle for him to give away music to friends when he was with Warners.

During the interviews he did for the Rave album, he spoke openly about wanting to give away music to the Dance Theater of Harlem, in one case, and the company shutting him down on that. He also has some great recorded stuff that he's done with Miles and with Lenny Kravitz, but there are all these issues about which companies and estates should get paid.

It's a funny thing... you're sitting in your own damn studio playing music with your friends and you're not allowed to let anyone hear it. Ain't that a bitch?

I am about to enter into contract negotiations myself, I hope I don't get screwed like that. The truth is that I am not rich and I love to make music..so they got me in bad place. I could make music unrestricted and be broke as hell or get paid and be a slave.....

I'm sure STAND BACK, from Stevie Nicks charted didn't it?

luv4all7 said:

featured the Prince inspired track "Stand Back",

he didnt write it right?? is this the song she wrote while she listened to little red corvette



it reach #5 on the H100

http://www.inherownwords....ndback.htm

I phoned Prince out of the blue, hummed a melody, and he listened," says Nicks of the latter hit's gestation. "I hung up, and he came over within the hour. He listened again, and I said, 'Do you hate it?' He said, 'No,' and walked over to the synthesizers that were set up, was absolutely brilliant for about twenty five minutes, and then left. He was so uncanny, so wild, he spoiled me for every band I've ever had because nobody can exactly re-create - not even with two piano players-what Prince did all by his little self.
~Stevie Nicks, Rock Lives, by Timothy White,1991
[Edited 9/23/05 12:42pm]