Released: October 14, 1981

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Let's work
Let's work
Let's work
Let's work

[Verse 1]
I've had my eyes on you ever since you walked in the room
C'mon and take my hand, don't try to understand

[Chorus]
Oh baby nothing can stop us now, I'm gonna show you how
Show you how to work
C'mon let's have some fun, we'll work 'til the morning comes
Lemme see ya work, c'mon

[Verse 2]
I'd love to turn you on, I'd work you all night long
If I could get you in the raw, I'd make you climb the walls

[Chorus]
Oh yeah nothing can stop us now, I'm gonna show you how
Show you how to work
C'mon let's have some fun, we'll work till morning comes
Yeah, yeah, lemme see ya work, c'mon!

[Refrain]
(C'mon baby)
Let's work
Let's work

[Bridge]
Work all right, we're gonna work all night
Everybody work, that's right, everybody everybody
Work all right, we're gonna work all night
Everybody work, that's right, everybody everybody
Work all right, we're gonna work all night
Everybody work, that's right, everybody everybody
Work all right, we're gonna work all night
Everybody work, that's right, everybody everybody
Work!

[Chorus]
Nothing can stop us now
I'm gonna show you how (let's work)
I'm gonna show you how
Oh babe
(Work)
C'mon let's have some fun
We'll work 'til morning comes
(Let's work)
We'll work 'til the morning comes
(Work)
Nothing can stop us now
(Nothing gonna stop us)
(Let's work)
I'm gonna show you how
(Work)
C'mon let's have some fun
(Let's work)
We'll work till morning comes
Everybody say
(Work)
We're gonna work all night
Everybody
(Let's work)
That's right everybody everybody
(Let's work)

[Breakdown]
Work it
Work it
Work it

Work it
Work it
Work it
Work it

Work it
Work it
Work it
Work it
Until you're crucified
Work it
Controversy
Work
Let's work
Work
Let's work


[Outro]
Work all right, we're gonna work all night
Everybody work (let's work), that's right, everybody everybody
Work all right, we're gonna work all night
Everybody work (let's work), that's right, everybody everybody
Work all right, we're gonna work all night
Everybody work (let's work), that's right, everybody everybody
Work all right, we're gonna work all night
C'mon let's work
Everybody work (let's work), that's right, everybody everybody
Work all right, we're gonna work all night
Listen to me now
I'll work you on the floor
(Everybody work, alright)
Yeah
(We're gonna work all night, everybody, let's work)
Until you can't sweat no more, yeah
(Everybody work)
I'll work you in the street, oh baby
(Come on, let's work)
I'll work your head, I'll work your feet
(Everybody work)
I'll work you 'til you're soft and wet
(Let's work!)
My stick and bubblegum is all you get
I'll work you, baby, anywhere
(Let's work)
Even in the cemetery, I don't care, c'mon, let's work
(Yeah!)
Come on, let's work
I said, "Come on, let's work"
(Let's work)
(Work, let's work)
Nothing can stop us now
(Let's work)
I'm gonna show you right now, ow

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.