The_Very_Best_of_Prince

The Very Best of Prince
The Very Best of Prince
Greatest hits album by Prince
Released	July 31, 2001
Length	73:18
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Prince; The Revolution; The New Power Generation;
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<i>The Very Best of Prince</i>

The Very Best of Prince

2001 greatest hits album by Prince

The Very Best of Prince is a greatest hits album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on July 31, 2001, by Warner Bros. Records. The album contains most of his commercially successful singles from 1979 to 1991 including the US number 1s "When Doves Cry", "Let's Go Crazy", "Kiss" and "Cream".

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The Very Best of Prince does not include the US number 1 hit "Batdance" most likely due to the licensing of the character Batman. Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine believed that the Batman album was unofficially being written out of Prince's discography.^[1] All the songs included in this compilation were all previously included in the 3-disc box set The Hits/The B-Sides (1993), with the exception of "Money Don't Matter 2 Night".

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AllMusic	^[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
Q	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"I Wanna Be Your Lover" (single edit)		Prince (1979)	2:58
2.	"1999" (single edit; credited to Prince & the Revolution)		1999 (1982)	3:37
3.	"Little Red Corvette" (credited to Prince & The Revolution)		1999	4:56
4.	"When Doves Cry" (single edit; credited to Prince & the Revolution)		Purple Rain (1984)	3:47
5.	"Let's Go Crazy" (credited to Prince & the Revolution)		Purple Rain	4:40
6.	"Purple Rain" (credited to Prince & the Revolution)		Purple Rain	8:40
7.	"I Would Die 4 U" (single version; credited to Prince & the Revolution)		Purple Rain	2:56
8.	"Raspberry Beret" (credited to Prince & the Revolution)		Around the World in a Day (1985)	3:32
9.	"Kiss" (single edit; credited to Prince & the Revolution)	Prince, arr. by David Z	Parade (1986)	3:46
10.	"Sign o' the Times" (single edit)		Sign o' the Times (1987)	3:42
11.	"U Got the Look" (featuring Sheena Easton)		Sign o' the Times	3:47
12.	"Alphabet St."		Lovesexy (1988)	5:38
13.	"Thieves in the Temple"		Graffiti Bridge (1990)	3:21
14.	"Gett Off" (credited to Prince and The New Power Generation)		Diamonds and Pearls (1991)	4:31
15.	"Cream" (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)		Diamonds and Pearls	4:13
16.	"Diamonds and Pearls" (single edit; credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)		Diamonds and Pearls	4:19
17.	"Money Don't Matter 2 Night" (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)	Prince, Rosie Gaines	Diamonds and Pearls	4:47

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[49]	2× Platinum	140,000^{^}
Belgium (BEA)^[50]	Platinum	50,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)^[51]	Gold	50,000^{^}
Germany (BVMI)^[52]	Gold	150,000^‡
Netherlands (NVPI)^[53]	Platinum	80,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[54]	Platinum	15,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[55]	3× Platinum	900,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[6]	Platinum	2,660,000^[10]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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The Very Best of Prince

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