Prince and the Revolution

Released: April 22, 1985

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
Oh my God, here you are
Prettiest thing in life I've ever seen
Close my eyes, what's it like?
What's it like inside your tambourine?
Oh my God, there I go
Falling in love with the face in a magazine (uh oh, not again)
All alone by myself
Me and I play my tambourine

[Chorus]
Tambourine
Tambourine
Tambourine
Tambourine
Long days, lonely nights
Tambourine
Long days, lonely nights
Tambourine

[Verse 2]
I don't care for one night stands
With trolley cars
That juggle seventeen
I just want to settle down and
Play around
My baby's tambourine
Tambourine what are you?
Why are you the star of all my dreams?
(Star of all my dreams, are you a good tambourine?)
Are you good? Are you bad?
Are you just unnecessary means?

[Chorus]
Tambourine
Tambourine
Tambourine
Trolley cars

[Bridge]
Long days, lonely nights
Too bad we're not allowed to scream (yeah, yeah, too bad)
Guess that I'll stay at home
All alone and play my tambourine (aww!)

[Chorus]
Tambourine
Tambourine
Tambourine
Tambourine
Tambourine

“The Revolution” was originally the live backing band for Prince in the early years of his career. They first appeared in a studio capacity on 1999, but it wasn’t until 1984’s Purple Rain when they were officially credited. The band is noted for its diverse range of musicians, which wasn’t very common in the 1980s and inspired by what Sly Stone did with The Family Stone.

The most famous line-up consisted of Prince on lead vocals, guitar, and piano, Wendy Melvoin on guitar and vocals, Brown Mark on bass guitar and vocals, Lisa Coleman on keyboards, piano, and vocals, Matt “Doctor” Fink on keyboards and vocals, and Bobby Z on drums and percussion. The last albums where the Revolution was credited was 1985’s Around the World In A Day & 1986’s Parade.

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