Released: June 25, 1984
Songwriter: Prince
Producer: Prince
[Verse 1]
I knew a girl named Nikki
I guess you could say she was a sex fiend
I met her in a hotel lobby
Masturbating with a magazine
She said, "How'd you like to waste some time?"
And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind
[Verse 2]
She took me to her castle
And I just couldn't believe my eyes
She had so many devices
Everything that money could buy
She said, "Sign your name on the dotted line"
The lights went out
And Nikki started to grind
[Chorus]
Nikki
[Verse 3]
The castle started spinning
Or maybe it was my brain
I can't tell you what she did to me
But my body will never be the same
Her loving will kick your behind
Oh, she'll show you no mercy
But she'll sure enough, sure enough
Show you how to grind
[Chorus]
Darling Nikki, oh
[Verse 4]
Woke up the next morning
Nikki wasn't there
I looked all over, and all I found
Was a phone number on the stairs
It said, "Thank you for a funky time
Call me up whenever you wanna grind"
[Chorus]
Oh, Nikki, oh
Come back, Nikki, come back
Your dirty little Prince
Wants to grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind
[Backmasked vocals]
Hello, how are you? I'm fine. 'Cause I know
That the Lord is coming soon, coming, coming soon
I knew a girl named Nikki
I guess you could say she was a sex fiend
I met her in a hotel lobby
Masturbating with a magazine
She said, "How'd you like to waste some time?"
And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind
[Verse 2]
She took me to her castle
And I just couldn't believe my eyes
She had so many devices
Everything that money could buy
She said, "Sign your name on the dotted line"
The lights went out
And Nikki started to grind
[Chorus]
Nikki
[Verse 3]
The castle started spinning
Or maybe it was my brain
I can't tell you what she did to me
But my body will never be the same
Her loving will kick your behind
Oh, she'll show you no mercy
But she'll sure enough, sure enough
Show you how to grind
[Chorus]
Darling Nikki, oh
[Verse 4]
Woke up the next morning
Nikki wasn't there
I looked all over, and all I found
Was a phone number on the stairs
It said, "Thank you for a funky time
Call me up whenever you wanna grind"
[Chorus]
Oh, Nikki, oh
Come back, Nikki, come back
Your dirty little Prince
Wants to grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind
[Backmasked vocals]
Hello, how are you? I'm fine. 'Cause I know
That the Lord is coming soon, coming, coming soon
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- Father’s Song
- Katrina’s Paper Dolls
- Love and Sex
- We Can Fuck
- Let’s Go Crazy (Special Dance Remix)
- Another Lonely Christmas (Extended Version)
- When Doves Cry (7" Single Edit)
- Let’s Go Crazy (7" Single Edit)
- I Would Die 4 U (7" Single Version)
- I Would Die 4 U (Extended Version)
- God (Love Theme From “Purple Rain”) [Instrumental Version]
- God
- Darling Nikki
- Purple Rain
- I Would Die 4 U
- Take Me with U
- Let’s Go Crazy
- The Beautiful Ones
- Computer Blue
- Baby I’m a Star
- Erotic City
- Possessed
- Wonderful Ass
- Another Lonely Christmas
- Electric Intercourse (Studio Version)
- 17 Days
- Take Me With U (7" Single Edit)
From the albums
- Purple Rain (1984)
- Purple Rain (Deluxe Expanded Version) (2017)
Prince and the Revolution popular songs
- Purple Rain
- Let’s Go Crazy
- Kiss
- When Doves Cry
- Darling Nikki
- I Would Die 4 U
- Raspberry Beret
- The Beautiful Ones
- Erotic City
- Sometimes It Snows in April
- Computer Blue
- Baby I’m a Star
- Take Me with U
- Pop Life
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- We Can Fuck
- Girls & Boys
- She’s Always in My Hair
- 17 Days
- Mountains
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- The Ladder
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