1999
Album by Prince
Released	October, 1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	Pop, Rock, Funk
Length	70:10
Record label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Prince
Lyrics	External link
Chart positions	N/A
Reviews
Prince album chronology
Controversy 1981	1999 1982	Purple Rain 1984

1999 is Prince's fifth album, released in October 1982. It became his first Top 10 album on the Billboard 200. Nearly every fan and critic recognises 1999 as Prince's coming-of-age and turning point into greatness. The album was originally released on vinyl as a double set and opens with the classic title track. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Princes look, circa 1983 Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958), known as from 1993–2000, is a popular and influential singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... See also: 1981 in music, other events of 1982, 1983 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 15 - K.C. and the Sunshine Bands Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida. ... See also: 1981 in music, other events of 1982, 1983 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 15 - K.C. and the Sunshine Bands Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... Pop music, in popular and contemporary parlance, is a subgenre of popular music. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Warner Bros. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Princes look, circa 1983 Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958), known as from 1993–2000, is a popular and influential singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. ... Lyrics are the written words in a song. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... A review is a piece of writing that discusses the authors opinion on a piece of publication, such as a movie, video game, musical composition, book or novel. ... Princes look, circa 1983 Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958), known as from 1993–2000, is a popular and influential singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. ... Controversy is Princes 4th album, released in 1981. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Music from the Motion Picture Purple Rain (also called just Purple Rain) was a 1984 album by Prince and the Revolution. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Princes look, circa 1983 Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958), known as from 1993–2000, is a popular and influential singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... See also: 1981 in music, other events of 1982, 1983 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 15 - K.C. and the Sunshine Bands Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida. ... The Billboard 200 is a listing of the 200 highest selling music albums in the United States, published weekly in Billboard magazine. ... A critic (derived from the ancient Greek word krites meaning a judge) is a person who offers a value judgement or an interpretation. ... A vinyl is an organic molecule containing a vinyl group or alkene. ...

Not for the last time, Prince is concerned about the possibility of armageddon and nuclear attack and urges his listeners to "party like it´s 1999". The song reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 (later making number 2 on the UK charts, with "Little Red Corvette" as the double A-side). "Little Red Corvette" was the song that propelled Prince towards stardom in the USA. With the music video, he became one of the first black artists to be played on the new music video channel MTV. The song peaked at number 6 stateside. Whilst "Little Red Corvette" is a decisive foray into the world of white radio–friendly rock and roll, the rest of the album is dominated by funk and synthesizer dance tracks. The 3rd US single "Delirious" is a lightweight pop music number which still managed top 10 status in the USA. "Let´s Pretend We're Married" is a tight, funk track with typically smutty lyrics. "D.M.S.R." is classic Prince, with outrageous lyrics and an irrestistable bassline. Look up Armageddon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Armageddon refers, generally, to end times or Earth ending catastrophes in various religions and cultures. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the hypocenter. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Little Red Corvette is one of Princes most well-known songs and a defining point in his rise to superstar status. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... A music video (also video clip, promo) is a short film or video meant to present a visual representation of a popular music song. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... MTV (abbreviation for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... The term synthesizer is also used to mean frequency synthesizer, an electronic system found in communications, or video synthesizer. ... In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ... Delirious is a song by Prince from the 1982 album, 1999. ... Pop music, in popular and contemporary parlance, is a subgenre of popular music. ... A bassline is a series of notes with tones that are low in pitch or frequency. ...

Side 3 starts with "Automatic" is almost 10 minutes of synthesizers, with bawdy bondage imagery in the lyrics, as well as the unreleased music video.(Which was considered to hot for MTV back in 1983 due to its S and M imagery with a scene that depicted Prince being tied up and whipped by Lisa Coleman.) "Free" is a delicate piano ballad expressing patriotism, while "Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) is an ode to a harsh lover that dabbles in the new Computer Age. "Lady Cab Driver" and "All the Critics Love U in New York" are both experiment with synths and sound effects, while delivering sex-soaked lyrics. The final track, "International Lover" is a seductive ballad in the tradition of Controversy's "Do Me, Baby". Bondage-Videos on JohnThompson. ... MTV (abbreviation for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ... Flogging demonstration at Folsom Street Fair 2004. ... Lisa Coleman (b. ... This article is about the modern musical instrument. ... A ballad is a story in a song, usually a narrative song or poem. ... Information Age is a term applied to the period where movement of information became faster than physical movement, more narrowly applied to the very late 20th century (about 1991) and early 21st century. ... (For the album, see Sound Affects. ... Controversy is Princes 4th album, released in 1981. ... Do Me, Baby is a classic Prince ballad from 1981. ...

This album secured Prince a place in the public psyche and within two years, following massively successful tours and a selection of hit singles, Prince was, arguably, the biggest musical star on the planet. In 2003 the TV network VH1 named 1999 the 49th greatest album of all time. See also: 2002 in music, 2003 in music (UK), other events of 2003, 2004 in music, list of years in music, 2000s in music // Events January - following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... VH1 (which originally stood for Video Hits 1) is an American cable television channel that was created in 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment (then a division of Warner Communications and then-current owners of MTV, which originally came up with the idea of the channel). ...

Track listing

1. "1999" (6:15)
2. "Little Red Corvette" (4:58)
3. "Delirious" (3:56)
4. "Let's Pretend We're Married" (7:21)
5. "D.M.S.R." (8:17)
6. "Automatic" (9:28)
7. "Something In the Water (Does Not Compute)" (4:02)
8. "Free" (5:08)
9. "Lady Cab Driver" (8:19)
10. "All the Critics Love U In New York" (5:59)
11. "International Lover" (6:37)

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Singles and Hot 100 Chart Placings

"1999"

• "1999" #12

1. "1999"
2. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?"

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"Little Red Corvette"

• "Little Red Corvette" #6

1. "Little Red Corvette"
2. "All The Critics Love U In New York"

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"Delirious"

• "Delirious" #8

1. "Delirious"
2. Horny Toad"

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"Let's Pretend We're Married"

• "Let's Pretend We're Married" #52

1. "Let's Pretend We're Married"
2. Irrisistible Bitch"

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Trivia

• "Irresistible Bitch" is not featured on the album, but received significant airplay as "Let's Pretend We're Married"'s B-side to have it listed as a double-sided hit in Billboard.

• "Little Red Corvette" was Prince's first Top 10 on the Hot 100.

• "1999" was originally the first single released from the album and it peaked at #44. After the Top 10 success of "Little Red Corvette", it was rereleased and hit #12.

• 1999 was originally released as a double vinyl album. When the compact disc was a new product on the market and many albums were bring transferred to this new media, technological limitations of CD players did not allow playing discs longer than approximately 70-74 minutes. Thus, in early CD pressings of 1999, the track "D.M.S.R." was omitted.

• The song "1999" was originally to be sung entirely in three part harmony between Prince, guitarist Dez Dickerson and Lisa Coleman. While mixing the track, Prince split up the vocal parts and decided it sounded better with each line of the lyrics sung by a different individual.

• The 1999 cover makes the first reference to Prince's band The Revolution. Shown within the letter "I" in "Prince" (which is the numeral "1", whereas the "1" in "1999" is the letter "I"—a letter/number switching Prince would do again on the lyric sheet to Around The World In A Day) the words and the Revolution appear, written backwards.

• The cover also features elements from the cover of Prince's previous album Controversy, namely the eyes and the "Rude Boy" pin in the "1999", the jacket studs in the "R" and the smile in the "P".