"U Got The Look"
Single by Prince
From the album Sign O' The Times
Single Released	1987
Single Format	7", 12"
Recorded	Paisley Park Studios
Genre	Pop, Funk
Song Length	7"/album version: X:XX 12": X:XX
Record label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Prince
Chart positions	#2 US, #11 UK
Prince single chronology
"If I Was Your Girlfriend" 1987	"U Got The Look" 1987	"I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man" 1987

"U Got The Look" is a 1987 song by Prince from his double album Sign O' The Times. Musically, the song is standard 12-bar blues number with emphasis on drumming by Sheila E. and a crunchy guitar sound. The song features Sheena Easton who sings co-lead with Prince. Prince sings in his speeded up Camille voice, although this song was not intended for the Camille album. The lyrics recite the familiar "boy vs. girl in the World Series of love". Prince changed his stage name into an unpronounceable symbol in 1993, but took up the name Prince again in 1999. ... Sign O The Times is an album by Prince, released by Warner Bros. ... See also: 1986 in music, other events of 1987, 1988 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... A vinyl EP from Crop Circles. ... The 12-inch single gramophone record gained popularity with the advent of disco music in the 1970s. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... This article mainly describes pop as used in its more recent sense, as a subgenre of popular music. ... 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 is responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... The cover to Princes 2004 album Musicology. ... A chart is a graphic whore of some data. ... Prince changed his stage name into an unpronounceable symbol in 1993, but took up the name Prince again in 1999. ... If I Was Your Girlfriend was the second single off Princes widely acclaimed 1987 double album Sign O The Times. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1986 in music, other events of 1987, 1988 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... The cover to Princes 2004 album Musicology. ... A double album is an audio album of sufficient length that two units of the medium in which it is sold (especially records and compact discs) are necessary to contain the entirety of it. ... Sign O The Times is an album by Prince, released by Warner Bros. ... For the emotional state, see Depression (mood). ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Sheila Escovedo (born December 12, 1957), better known as Sheila E., is the daughter of percussionist Pete Escovedo, with whom she frequently performs. ... The classical guitar typically has 3 nylon and 3 nickel-wound strings. ... Sheena Easton in a 1981 publicity photo. ... Lyrics are the written words in a song. ...

The video for the song was pulled from the Sign O' The Times movie and features the intro from the extended version of the song. The entire video is portrayed as a dream sequence for Prince. The song was very popular and reached #2 in the U.S.A. The 12" extended version of the song is similar to the video but has an additional musical section in the middle of the song and doesn't fade-out at the end. A dream sequence is a technique used in storytelling, particularly in television and film, to set apart a brief interlude from the main story. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... The 12-inch single gramophone record gained popularity with the advent of disco music in the 1970s. ...

The B-side was the the album track, "Housequake". The 12" also included an extension of the song called "7 Minutes Mo'Quake" which was a mostly instrumental version with the end of the album version tacked on. The remix is noteworthy for some of Atlanta Bliss's trumpet solos that often were included in live versions of the song. 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 remix is an alternate mix of a song different from the original version, made using the techniques of audio editing. ... Trumpeter performing with the United States Air Forces in Europe Band The trumpet is the highest brass instrument in register, above the tuba, euphonium, trombone, sousaphone, and french horn. ...