Prince

Released: September 25, 2020

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

Oh my la-di-da-da
Wally, where'd you get those glasses?
Those are the freakiest glasses I've ever seen
Can I try 'em on?
You see, I'm goin' to a party tonight and I could be so clean
Are you goin' with that same dame?
You know, the one with the beautiful chest and the gorgeous mouth
'Cause if you are, I was wonderin' if she had a sister
'Cause Wally, that dame is so fine
Eeh-hee!

Check it out Wally, huh (growl), I'm on the prowl tonight
'Cause my baby don't love me no more
She said, she said, "Well maybe I do, just not like I did before"

Ain't that a trip, Wally?
You know, I'd give her all my money 'fore I'd give it all to Uncle Sam
Can you believe it, Wally?
Where'd you get those glasses?
Those are the freakiest glasses I've ever seen
Ooh
Wally, can you tell me why did my baby leave?
La-la-la-di-da, oh my la-di-da

Wally, come on, go out with me tonight
We'll tear it up like we used to do
You wanna bring your lady, it's alright
But if you'd rather stay at home tonight, it's cool
Oh no, I understand
We'll b able to hook up sometime when I find another
Then the four of us, I mean the four of us can
Ooh
Oh my la-di-da

It's too late for sympathy
Whatever will be will be
I'm goin' to a party
And if I don't find somebody, somebody will find me
Huh, what am I gonna do?
She was the only one in the whole world that I could talk to

Wally, where'd you get those glasses?
Those are the freakiest glasses I've ever seen
Ooh
La-la-la-di-da, oh my la-di-da
Ooh
La-la-la-di-da, oh my la-di-da
La-la-la-di-da, oh my la-di-da
La-la-la-di-da, oh my la-di-da
La-la-la-di-da, oh my la-di-da
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Oh my la-di-da

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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