"Diamonds and Pearls"
UK 7" single
Single by Prince
from the album Diamonds and Pearls
B-side(s)	"X-cerpts from the Songs: Thunder, Daddy Pop, Strollin', Money Don't Matter 2 Night, Push, Live 4 Love" (US 7" and Jap. CD) "Q In Doubt" (UK 7") "Housebangers" (UK 12") "Cream" (NPG Mix) (UK 12") "Things Have Gotta Change" (UK 12") "2 the Wire" (UK CD) "Do Your Dance" (UK CD)
Released	25 November 1991
Format	7" single 12" single CD single CD Maxi single
Recorded	Paisley Park Studios, December, 1989
Genre	Pop, Rock
Length	7" edit: 4:12 Album/12" single: 4:45
Label	Paisley Park Records/Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s)	Prince
Producer(s)	Prince
Chart positions
#1 R&B #3 U.S. #25 UK
Prince singles chronology
"Insatiable" (1991)	"Diamonds and Pearls" (1991)	"Money Don't Matter 2 Night" (1992)
Prince (UK) singles chronology
"Cream" (1991)	"Diamonds and Pearls" (1991)	"Money Don't Matter 2 Night" (1992)

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The B-side is a mix of excerpts of other Diamonds and Pearls tracks that serves to promote the album. There was no extended version of the song released. The U.K. B-side included some of the mixes on the "Cream" maxi-single. 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. ... Motto: (Royal) (French) God and my right Anthem: God Save the Queen  United Kingdom() – on the European continent() – in the European Union() [] Capital London Largest Most populous conurbation Greater London Urban Area Official languages de facto English Government  - Monarch Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair Formation  -  24 March 1603   - Acts... Cream is a song by Prince and the New Power Generation from the 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls. ... A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks (generally an a-side song and a b-side song). ...

Track listing

UK 7"

1. "Diamonds and Pearls" (LP Version) – (4:45)
2. "Q In Doubt" – (4:00)

US 7" and Japan CD

1. "Diamonds and Pearls" (Edit) – (4:20)
2. "X-cerpts from the Songs: Thunder, Daddy Pop, Strollin', Money Don't Matter 2 Night, Push, Live 4 Love" – (5:04)

UK 12"

1. "Diamonds and Pearls" (LP Version) – (4:45)
2. "Housebangers" – (4:23)
3. "Cream" (N.P.G. Mix) – (5:47)
4. "Things Have Gotta Change" {Tony M. Rap) – (3:57)

UK CD

1. "Diamonds and Pearls" (LP Version) – (4:45)
2. "2 the Wire" (Creamy Instrumental) – (3:13)
3. "Do Your Dance" (KC's Remix) – (5:58)

External link

• "Diamonds and Pearls" lyrics

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Studio albums (non-soundtrack)
For You • Prince • Dirty Mind • Controversy • 1999 • Around the World in a Day • Sign 'O' the Times • Lovesexy • Diamonds and Pearls • (Love Symbol) • Come • The Black Album • The Gold Experience • Chaos and Disorder • Emancipation • The Truth • Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic • The Rainbow Children • One Nite Alone... • Musicology • 3121
Soundtracks
Purple Rain • Parade • Batman • Graffiti Bridge • Girl 6 • "Song of the Heart"
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One Nite Alone... Live!
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Kamasutra • Xpectation • N.E.W.S
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Xpectation • The Chocolate Invasion • The Slaughterhouse
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The Hits/The B-Sides • Crystal Ball • The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale • The Very Best of Prince • Ultimate
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The Beautiful Experience • 1999: The New Master
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Purple Rain • Under the Cherry Moon • Sign 'O' the Times • Graffiti Bridge
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The Revolution • New Power Generation • The Time • Madhouse • Vanity 6 • Apollonia 6 • Mazarati • Unreleased Prince projects
Top 10 singles (U.S. Hot 100)
"Little Red Corvette" • "Delirious" • "When Doves Cry" • "Let's Go Crazy" • "Purple Rain" • "I Would Die 4 U" • "Raspberry Beret" • "Pop Life" • "Kiss" • "Sign 'O' the Times" • "U Got the Look" • "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" • "Alphabet St." • "Batdance" • "Thieves In the Temple" • "Cream" • "Diamonds and Pearls" • "7" • "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"

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