Prince and the Revolution

Released: June 23, 2017

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

You wanna rock, you wanna roll my velvet kitty cat
She's man's best friend, furry and cuddly and fat
Take a swing, you're up to bat
Velvet kitty cat

And every day and all night my velvet kitty cat
Wish she had a boyfriend but they were all rats
Mmm, there was nothin' underneath their hats
Sad kitty cat
Mmm

And I don't want no money, no fancy cars, that ain't where it's at
I just want a body eat up all my cookies till he gets fat
Mmm
I want a true love and that's that
Velvet kitty cat

Go ahead on and play it cat

You wanna rock, you wanna roll my velvet kitty cat
She's man's best friend, furry and cuddly and fat
I'd let you pet her but then you gotta skat
Velvet kitty cat
Mmm

Mmm
I'd let you pet her but then you gotta skat
Velvet kitty cat

I want a true love and that's that
Velvet kitty cat
Mmm

You can pet her but then you gotta skat
Velvet kitty cat
Mmm

Velvet kitty cat
Mmm

“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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