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Shockadelica (12" Long Version)Prince

Released: May 13, 1987

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Oh, yeah, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, ah, oh
Look it here

[Refrain]
(The lights go out)
The lights go out
The smell of doom
Is creepin' into your lonely room
The bed's on fire
Your fate is sealed
And you're so tired
And the reason is Camille-mille

[Chorus]
Shockadelica
The girl must be a witch
She got your mind, body, and soul hitched
Shockadelica
You need a second opinion
But she never wears a stitch
So you can't take her home

[Verse 1]
She got you tied with a golden rope
She won't let you play your guitar
And when you've cried enough
Maybe she'll let you up
For a nasty ride in her shockadeli-car
She'll make you beg (Please) girl

[Chorus]
Shockadelica
Got you in a trance
'Cause when this woman say dance you dance
Shockadelica
You need a second opinion
But you just can't leave her alone
With her you got no mind of your own

[Post-Chorus]
Shockadelica, Shockadelica
Doobie, doobie, doobie, yeah
Shockadelica, Shockadelica
Doobie, doobie, Shockadelica

[Refrain]
The lights go out, the smell of doom
Again, it's creepin' into your lonely room
Is this a dream or is this real? (Or is this real?)
Or is this just a mirage you feel?
Shockadelica, Shockadelica

[Chorus]
Shockadelica
She must be witch
She got your mind, body, and soul hitched
Shockadelica
You need a second opinion
She never wears a stitch
You can't take her home
Shockadelica
She got you in a trance
When this girl say, "Dance"
Baby, baby, baby, you dance (Shockadelica)
You dance, you dance, you dance, you dance, you oh!

[Post-Chorus]
Shockadelica (She must be a witch; Yeah)
Shockadelica (She got my mind, body, and soul hitched)
Shockadelica (I need a second, I need a second opinion)
Shockadelica (I just can't leave here alone)
Shockadelica, Shockadelica
Doobie, doobie, doobie, yeah

[Bridge]
Shockadelica
Shockadelica
Shockadelica
Shockadelica
The lights go out
The smell of doom is in my room
Is this a dream or is it real? (Ooh)
Is this loneliness I feel?
Shockadelica
Shockadelica
Girl must be a witch, bitch
Get up
You been layin' on my guitar
Nasty bitch, get up
Two time, huh
Whoo!
Get up, do it
Whoo
Give me one more, c'mon
Uh, uh, uh-uh
Whoo
Shockadelica
Doobie, doobie, doobie, yeah

[Bridge]
Shockadelica is a feeling
The lonely cold
Sleepin' alone will bore ya
And soon you'll grow old
In lust we will suffer
But in love we will grow
Shockadelica is a feeling nobody should know
I'm talkin' about the lonely cold, mama, uh (Shockadelica)
Shockadelica (Shockadelica)
Shockadelica (Shockadelica)
(Shockadelica)
Everybody sing together now
Shockadelica (Shockadelica)
Shockadelica (Shockadelica)
Doobie, doobie, doobie, yeah
Doobie, doobie, doobie, yeah
Doobie, doobie, doobie, yeah
Doobie, doobie, doobie, yeah
Woo

[Interlude]
Everybody got the feelin'
The lonely cold
Hey! C'mon
Everybody got the feelin'
The lonely cold
Ow! C'mon (Shockadelica)

[Refrain]
The lights go out
The smell of doom
Again is creeping into your lonely room

[Outro]
(Is this a dream) Is this a dream
Or is this real
(Or is it just a mirage) Or is this just a mirage you feel
(Is this just a mirage) Or is it just a mirage
(Is this just a mirage) Or is it just a mirage (Shockadelica)
(Is this just a mirage) Or is it just a mirage
(Or is this just a mirage) Or is it just a mirage
(Is it just a—)
Shockadelica

Prince

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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