Prince

Released: April 30, 2001

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!
Rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!

[Verse 1]
World full of lovers, city full of good times - Rave!
Don't go undercover, I can get you out of yo mind, come on - Rave!
All you need is a DJ and an urge to move
(Are you ready?)
We can get this party on, don't ya wanna groove?

[Hook]
Rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!
Everybody rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 2]
Arrividerci cock poppy, I just need a funky beat
To get my body movin' up outta my seat
Tell me y'all, ain't that the bomb?
Mack daddy ain't got no gun
We just droppin' this needle right dat there up on the one
(The one most scandalous)

[Hook]
Rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!
Everybody rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!

[Interlude]
Tell me y'all, ain't that the bomb?
Everybody got a new thang - Scandalous (Rave)
Ooh, you're so hot, boo
Ahh, you've got to

[Hook]
Rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!
(Into the shining light)
Rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!
(It ain't a sin to party all night)

[Interlude]
Rave into the joy fantastic supergroovelastic funk
Guaranteed to make you shake
Move something round your big ole trunk
Punk sucka talkin' plenty gettin' yo Henny on
Grab your partner by the hand
And dance to this song, come on

Brotha playin' an Apache scar!
Gaultier - stop!
(Whoa whoa whoa)
Rave into this joy fantastic
Moneyapolis Beautiful Strange
Pump it up loud New York City
Headbobbin' in the Range
Baby knows where to go
Tangerine, but I like your flow
Tonight we get tight, uhh
Until the morning light

[Hook]
Rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!
(Into the morning, the morning light)
Rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!
(It ain't a sin to party all night)
Rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!
Rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!

Rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!
(Don't stop makin' it funky)
(Don't stop makin' it funky)
Rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!
(Don't stop makin' it funky)
(Don't stop makin' it funky)
Rave! Rave! Rave! Rave!
Rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!
(Don't stop makin' it funky)
(Don't stop makin' it funky)
Rave into the joy fantastic - Rave!
(Don't stop makin' it funky)
(Don't stop makin' it funky)
Rave! Rave! Rave! Rave!

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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