Released: September 24, 1982
[Verse 1: Prince, (Lisa), Dez, (All)]
(I was dreamin' when I wrote this
Forgive me if it goes astray)
But when I woke up this morning
I could have sworn it was judgement day
The sky was all purple
There were people runnin' everywhere
(Tryin' to run from the destruction
And you know I didn't even care)
[Chorus: Prince (All)]
'Cause they say...
(2000 zero zero party over oops out of time
So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999)
[Verse 2: Prince, (Lisa), Dez, (All)]
(I was dreamin' when I wrote this
So sue me if I go too fast)
But life is just a party
And parties weren't meant to last
War is all around us
My mind says prepare to fight
(So if I gotta die
I'm gonna listen to my body tonight)
Yeah
[Chorus: Prince (All)]
'Cause they say...
(2000 zero zero party over oops out of time
So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999)
[Verse 3: Prince, (Lisa), Dez, (All)]
Lemme tell ya somethin'...
(If you didn't come to party
Don't bother knockin' on my door)
(I got a lion in my pocket
And baby he's ready to roar)
Everybody's got a bomb
We could all die any day, Oh
(But before I'll let that happen
I'll dance my life away)
[Chorus: Prince (All)]
'Cause they say...
(2000 zero zero party over oops out of time)
We're runnin' outta time
(So Tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999)
So tonight we gonna, we gonna...Ow!
Say it one more time
(2000 zero zero party over oops out of time)
No, no...
(Tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999)
So tonight we gonna, we gonna...Woo!
[Outro: Prince, (Lisa), (All)]
Yeah, 1999 1999
Don'tcha wanna go? 1999
Don'tcha wanna go? 1999
We could all die any day1999
I don't wanna die
I'd rather dance my life away
(I was dreamin' when I wrote this
Forgive me if it goes astray)
But when I woke up this morning
I could have sworn it was judgement day
The sky was all purple
There were people runnin' everywhere
(Tryin' to run from the destruction
And you know I didn't even care)
[Chorus: Prince (All)]
'Cause they say...
(2000 zero zero party over oops out of time
So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999)
[Verse 2: Prince, (Lisa), Dez, (All)]
(I was dreamin' when I wrote this
So sue me if I go too fast)
But life is just a party
And parties weren't meant to last
War is all around us
My mind says prepare to fight
(So if I gotta die
I'm gonna listen to my body tonight)
Yeah
[Chorus: Prince (All)]
'Cause they say...
(2000 zero zero party over oops out of time
So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999)
[Verse 3: Prince, (Lisa), Dez, (All)]
Lemme tell ya somethin'...
(If you didn't come to party
Don't bother knockin' on my door)
(I got a lion in my pocket
And baby he's ready to roar)
Everybody's got a bomb
We could all die any day, Oh
(But before I'll let that happen
I'll dance my life away)
[Chorus: Prince (All)]
'Cause they say...
(2000 zero zero party over oops out of time)
We're runnin' outta time
(So Tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999)
So tonight we gonna, we gonna...Ow!
Say it one more time
(2000 zero zero party over oops out of time)
No, no...
(Tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999)
So tonight we gonna, we gonna...Woo!
[Outro: Prince, (Lisa), (All)]
Yeah, 1999 1999
Don'tcha wanna go? 1999
Don'tcha wanna go? 1999
We could all die any day1999
I don't wanna die
I'd rather dance my life away
The Hits/The B-Sides
- 1999 (7" Stereo Edit)
- Feel U Up
- Pope
- 200 Balloons
- I Love U In Me
- Irresistible Bitch
- Girl
- God
- 17 Days
- Gotta Stop (Messin’ About)
- La, La, La, He, He, Hee
- Scarlet Pussy
- Peach
- Hello
- Power Fantastic
- I Would Die 4 U (7" Single Version)
- When Doves Cry (7" Single Edit)
- I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man (Fade 7” Edit)
- If I Was Your Girlfriend (7" Single Edit)
- Sign O’ the Times (7" Single Edit)
- 4 The Tears In Your Eyes [Live]
- Nothing Compares 2 U
- Escape
- Horny Toad
- Shockadelica
- Pink Cashmere
- Another Lonely Christmas
- How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?
- She’s Always in My Hair
- Diamonds and Pearls
- U Got the Look
- Controversy
- When You Were Mine
- Head
- Let’s Go Crazy
- I Wanna Be Your Lover
- 7
- Purple Rain
- Kiss
- Little Red Corvette
- Erotic City
- Sexy M.F.
- Soft and Wet
- Gett Off
- Cream
- Thieves In The Temple
- I Feel for You
- Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
- Alphabet St.
- Delirious
- Pop Life
- Uptown
- Dirty Mind
- Do Me, Baby
- Raspberry Beret
- 79-86 (1991)
- The Hits/The B-Sides (1993)
- The Very Best of Prince (2001)
- Prince 4Ever (2016)
- 1999: Deluxe Edition (2019)
- 1999
- Little Red Corvette
- Adore
- Sign O’ the Times
- If I Was Your Girlfriend
- P. Control
- I Wanna Be Your Lover
- Nothing Compares 2 U
- The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
- Head
- Controversy
- When You Were Mine
- Do Me, Baby
- Sister
- Starfish and Coffee
- Soft and Wet
- 1000 X’s & O’S
- The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
- U Got the Look
- Call My Name
- I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
- How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?
- Dirty Mind
- Gold