Prince and the Revolution

Released: June 23, 2017

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
One, two, three, four
Yeah!
Come on, baby, hurt me
Uh

[Verse 1]
When we both die
And go to heaven
Will you still desire me
Or will He make you fire me
Will He let you hurt me in the upper room

[Chorus]
Let me say now
Sha la la la sha la la boom
Come on, baby, hurt me in the upper room
Sha la la la sha la la boom
Love and sex in the upper room

[ad lib]
Alright
Hit me
Ow
Huh
Verse two

[Verse 2]
When we both cry
And want each other
Will you still resist me
Will you come and kiss me
How am I supposed to sleep
Without you in my arms

[Chorus]
Keep singin'
Sha la la la sha la la boom
Come on, baby, hurt me in the upper room
Sha la la la sha la la boom
Love and sex in the upper room

[Breakdown]
Get low
Boom boom sha la boom
Not too sad, too sad, happy to heaven
Just one single sexy glance or two
That's what kind of party is the cool
Sha la la boom
I punt on my Sunday best
(His clothes is so sharp)
Sha boom

[Verse 3]
When we all die
And go to heaven
Will He let us fantasize
Or is there some new cool surprise?
Let's all try to come together before we go

[Chorus]
Keep singin'
Sha la la la sha la la boom
Come on, baby, hurt me in the upper room
Sha la la la sha la la boom
Love and sex in the upper room
Yeah, the upper room

Yeah keep singin'
Sha la la la sha la la boom
Come on, baby, hurt me in the upper room
Sha la la la sha la la boom
Love and sex in the upper room
Yeah, the upper room

[Outro]
Do you feel alright?
(Yeah!)
Do you feel alright?
(Yeah!)
Do you feel alright?
Let me hear you say, let... me hear you say "Yeah!"
(Yeah!)
(Yeah!)
Let me hear you say "Yeah!"
(Yeah!)
Whoo!
(Yeah!)
Alright
(Yeah!)
Let me hear you say "Yeah!"
Ooh, oh Lord

Oh, huh
(Sha la la la, sha la la boom)
Whoo
(Come on, baby, hurt me and you in the upper room)
Sha la la la
(Sha la la la, sha la la boom)
Yeah
(Love and sex in the upper room)
Yeah
Keep singin'
(Sha la la la, sha la la boom)
Come on, baby
(Come on, baby, hurt me and you in the upper room)
Hurt me, baby, yeah
(Sha la la la, sha la la boom)
Alright, oh
(Love and sex in the upper room)
Ah yeah!
That's right

“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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