Anyone remember this Prince rip off?

Shame the rest of the album was poor, as I like this song.

So many people thought this was Prince when this was popular it was odd

Good song and good use of the camille voice

The only similarity to Prince I hear is the woman's voice in the track, its just Carmen Electra and Ingrid speaking all through His songs, and this doesn't reach the level of P's cheesiest songs.

UncleGrandpa said:

Yeah I remember this stupid song. Had me fooled for a second when I first heard it. "D & P"'s release was just around the corner and I thought this was the first single.

I knew exactly what song you meant before I clicked on the thread.

I still like the song -- in fact, I like it more now than I did then.

UncleGrandpa said:

You know what they say about arguing on the internet… It’s a lot like running a race in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you’re still retarded.

I don't really see anytihng particulary Prince-y about it. It sound like 100's of other pop songs of that era

I always thought the female voice was Niki Haris? I seem to recall her credited in the single at some point.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I remember in the late summer of 1991,my sister told me "I heard Prince's new song on the radio!".I got all excited until I found out that she was referring to this crappy song

Ingrid did write the song, and she was featured in the FIRST version of the song. However the song was re-recorded with Niki as the vocalist. The previous version is featured on Testament. There is still question regarding was this a Prince write off or just an inspiration off of the Camille vocals....which I think is the case.

Yeah, it's the vocal and what he's singing that are ripping off Prince, but the actual music is just standard pop from the era. Obviously the artist was a Prince fan, but the producer was less P influenced.

sosgemini said:

AlexdeParis said:

I knew exactly what song you meant before I clicked on the thread.

I still like the song -- in fact, I like it more now than I did then.

so what I am reading is.....

if it was a Prince song, it would have rocked

since it's not.. it's sucks and is a rip off?

I vote YES.. I still love this tune

Never heard this beore. First time seeing the video. Thanks goodness for the former and curses for the latter.

Ever funkin' on.....

CMTalley aka PFunkJazz

PFunkjazz said:

Geez the summer of 1991. I miss MTV Videos & The Box.

It's not a bad song, but I'm not crazy about it, either.

SPYZFAN1 said:

I don't remember anyone thinking this was a Prince song!
I can hear what you mean NOW though.

I thought this song was rather annoying at the time, but I like it now!

Cinnie said:

RipHer2Shreds said:

Cinnie said:

RipHer2Shreds said:

A few of my friends (who knew I was a Prince fan) asked me what the name of his new song was. They were talking about this one.

Was Prince's album not already out by then? I guess that was back when he put out a new album every year.


I still have this "Do Anything" song on a PolyTel CD compilation I brought to work today called Awesome Hits.



http://www.discogs.com/release/652260

thesexofit said:

I HATED the second version of this song. I just thought Niki's laughter and come-ons sounded so fake. Sure, I had an affinity for Ingrid because of her connection to Prince, but that aside, I still think her voice is much sexier.

I seem to recall them pulling Ingrid's voice from this song and re-recording with Niki because of a record label dispute. I think Ingrid claimed she wrote all or part of "Justify My Love" and wanted some credit. SOMEONE feel free to correct me, as that could have come from a dream.

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