Prince

Released: June 20, 1989

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Spoken Intro: Jack Nicholson]
I'm of the mind to make some mookie
Phonebook

[Verse 1]
The phone rings, it's Vicki calling
She wants me to come to the crib
She says conversation's better than being lonely
So I try my best to ad lib
I told the joke about the woman
Who asked her lover "Why is your organ so small?"
He replied "I didn't know I was playing in a cathedral"
Vicki didn't laugh at all

[Chorus]
This is where she wants to be
I am what she wants to see
I never known a love so sweet
Still I keep Vicki waiting
(All right)

[Verse 2]
All is well in Gotham City
The sound of terror is all you hear
Sometimes a pistol takes the place of her body
Sometimes her body's here
But you see when crime is your only love
All that matter is the present, the here and now
People, people, whatever floats this joker's boat
Is whatever this joker will bang

[Chorus]
This is where she wants to be
I am what she wants to see
Never known a love so sweet
Still I keep Vicki waiting
(Oh dear)

[Verse 3]
Talk of children still frightens me
Is my character enough to be
One that deserves a copy made?
This I one day, hope to see
Until then she's held at bay
By my animal-like persistence
Or maybe she's just to proud to say
That fate brought us together
And this is where she wants to stay

[Chorus]
This is where she wants to be
I, I am what she wants to see
Never known a love so sweet
Still I keep Vicki waiting

[Chorus]
This is where she wants to be
I, I am what she wants to see
Never known
Never known a love so sweet
Still I keep Vicki waiting

[Chorus]
(All is well in Gotham town)
This is where she wants to be
I am what she wants to see
Never known a love so sweet
Still I keep Vicki
Still I keep Vicki
Still I keep Vicki waiting

[Outro]
Still I keep Vicki
Still I keep Vicki waiting
This is where she wants to be

An American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and actor that produced 22 RIAA-platinum albums during his 40-year career, Prince may be known for one of many different things – his turn as “The Kid” in the iconic film/album/8 ½ minute ballad “Purple Rain”, being the writer behind the acclaimed anthem “Kiss,” rivaling Michael Jackson at the pinnacle of his career, being the inspiration behind censorship laws, or being the artist addressed as an unpronounceable symbol throughout the 1990s—but while many know of Prince, most don’t fully understand the impact his legacy left on this world.

Going by many aliases throughout his life, Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 7, 1958 with his father’s (John L. Nelson) stage name as his own given one. Growing up, Prince suffered from serious epileptic seizures at a very young age, but he had wrote his first composition of many by age seven, and outside of his love for basketball, he wanted music to be his purpose in life. His tumultuous childhood, witnessing alcoholism and abuse, caused him to find refuge in neighbor André Cymone’s home in his teens, where the two competed in local band competitions, leading to Prince’s introduction to Morris Day alongside music with his cousin’s band 94 East, leading him to be courted by record labels and ultimately signed to Warner Bros. Records with complete creative control; at 19, his debut album, For You (1978) was released – Prince played all 19 instruments on the record.

Influenced by the likes of Miles Davis, Rick James, and James Brown, Prince desired to form a music dynasty and after the success of his next albums – the platinum-selling Prince (1979), the sexually-charged Dirty Mind (1980), and politically-motivated Controversy (1981) – he negotiated for the ability to form his own label and manage artists of his own. Prince’s trademark sexual/religious rhetoric within pop-and-dance, funk-rock sound gained him a following, but his opening slates for Rick James and The Rolling Stones were both negatively received and facing bankruptcy, the young artist began to reach for mainstream popularity. Cashing on the drug-influenced doomsday mania of the times, 1982’s 1999 easily achieved that mainstream appeal, landing him on MTV, music charts, and radio stations across the world.

more tracks from the album

Batman

From the album

Batman (1989)

Prince popular songs

Vicki WaitingPrince

Prince

Batman