Prince

Released: May 6, 1987

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

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

[Verse 1]
(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 2]
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, girl (Please)

[Chorus]
Shockadelica got you in a trance
'Cause when this woman says, "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

[Verse 3]
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 and you dance
You dance, you dance, you— ohh

[Post-Chorus]
Shockadelica (She must be a witch, yeah, she got my mind)
Shockadelica, doobie, doobie, yeah (Body, and soul hitched)
Shockadelica (I need a second, I need a second opinion)
Shockadelica, doobie, doobie, doobie

[Verse 4]
The lights go out, the smell of doom
Again is creeping into your lonely room (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?)
Is it just a mirage? (Is this just a mirage?)
Or is it just a mirage? (Or is this just a mirage?)
Or is it just a mirage? (Or is this just a mirage?)
Or is it just a mirage?
Shockadelica

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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