Artist: Prince
Track: I Wanna Be Your Lover (Single Version)
Album: The Very Best of Prince
Genre: Funk
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, and director.
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Prince was known for his electric work, flamboyant stage presence, extravagant fashion sense and use of makeup, and wide vocal range.
His innovative music integrated a wide variety of styles, including funk, rock, R&B, new wave, soul, psychedelia, and pop.
He sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
The Very Best of Prince is a Best of compilation album by Prince, released in 2001. It contains most of his commercially successful singles in their radio edits, including the U.S. #1’s “Let’s Go Crazy”, “When Doves Cry”, “Kiss” and “Cream”.
The album cover is somewhat a point of contention with some fans. It consists of 9 photos in a square shape, but the selection of photos is odd and does not really represent the album’s contents.
Two of the nine photos are from albums from which no songs were selected. Six photos were from the Parade and Graffiti Bridge albums, which only contributed one song each.
The collection does not include the US #1 hit “Batdance”, most likely due to licensing of the character ‘Batman’, one supposes that Batman album is being unofficially written out of his discography.