Prince

Released: November 29, 1990

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
The girls of steel, like the way my body feels
They need to put their hands on
But ooh it gets 'em gone
Thinkin' 'bout the way things might have been
In another life, if you were my wife
And I don't mean one, but the two of you every night
(ooh)

[Pre-Chorus]
Lord knows I'll do my best
I mean it'd be a test
Baby in the middle, baby in the middle, taking all requests

[Chorus]
Love to the left of me, love to the right
Come on make a noise somebody
Party tonight (oh yeah!)
Love to the left of me, love to the right
Come on make a noise somebody
Party tonight (oh yeah!)

[Verse 2]
The girls of soul, like the way my booty goes
They say the curves deserve another glance
Come on pretty baby give me a chance
To prove my brotherhood
I'll make you real good
I'll do ya, I'll do ya
I'll do ya like you wanna should

[Pre-Chorus]
Lord knows I'll do my best
I mean it'd be a test
Baby in the middle, baby in the middle, taking all requests

[Chorus]
Love to the left of me, love to the right
Come on make a noise somebody
Party tonight (oh yeah!)
Love to the left of me, love to the right
Come on make a noise somebody
Party tonight (oh yes!)

[Post-Chorus]
I can't help it baby
It really gets me going
I think about the three of us g-going on
A notion of the ocean
Love love lovelovelovelove

[Chorus]
Love to the left of me, love to the right
Come on make a noise somebody
Party tonight (oh yeah!)
Love to the left of me, love to the right
Come on make a noise somebody
Party tonight (oh yeah!)

Love

[Pre-Chorus]
Lord knows I'll do my best
I mean it'd be a test
Baby in the middle, baby in the middle, taking all requests

[Chorus]
Love to the left of me, love to the right
Come on make a noise somebody
Party tonight (oh yeah!)
Love to the left of me, love to the right
Come on make a noise somebody
Party tonight (oh yeah!)

[Modified Post-Chorus]
I can't help it baby, it really gets me going (love to the left of me)
I think about the three of us g-going on (love to the left of me)
The notion of the ocean (love to the left of me)
Sailing under me (love to the right)
It's enough to make a man want to marry
And I don't mean one
But the two of you's, naturally (love to the left of me)

[Outro]
(love to the right)
(Come on make a noise pretty baby let's party tonight, all right)
Party tonight (oh yeah)
Party tonight (oh yeah)
Party tonight (oh yeah)
Party tonight (oh yeah)
Party tonight (oh yeah)
Party tonight (oh yeah)
Party to-party tonight
Party tonight (oh yeah)
Party tonight (oh yeah)
Are there really angels?

Or are they just in our minds?
It all comes out in the wash...
...in time

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.

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