Songoftheday 1/10/18 - How can I put this in a way so as not to offend or unnerve, there's a rumor goin' all round that you ain't been gettin' served...
from the album Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #21 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 5
Today's song of the day is from Prince, who had landed yet another top ten pop hit in the fall of 1990 with a song from another movie of his, "Thieves In The Temple" from Graffiti Bridge. However the film tanked, somewhat slowing his momentum down from his successful work with the Batman franchise just a year before. Also, his backing band the Revolution was dissolved. In the fall of 1991, Prince released his thirteenth studio album Diamonds And Pearls. The record featured his new band, the New Power Generation, most prominently singer Rosie Gaines. The first single from the set was the funky and loose jam "Gett Off". Written and produced by Prince, it had a dominant flute riff throughout, while Prince jammed throughout like a James Brown record, including slipping in some lyrics of his. The song certainly pushed the boundaries of what mainstream radio would play, though it sold massively, as a new Prince record should at that time. It was his most fun single in years, and despite lack of radio play, it remains one of his best...
"Gett Off" became the first top-40 pop hit from Diamonds and Pearls in October of 1991, right when the album was released. The song climbed all the way to #6 on Billboard's R&B chart, while the remixes on the CD/12" Vinyl single helped it spend a week at #1 on their Dance Club Play chart. Internationally, the record did much better, reaching the top ten in the Netherlands (#3), Switzerland (#3), Ireland (#3), the UK (#4), Norway (#7), Australia (#8), and Austria (#9).
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Here's the club remix of the track, which topped the dance chart in Billboard. A completely different video was shot for this house music rework...
and lastly, Prince's appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1991, where he wore that iconic yellow outfit with the ass cheeks cut out. (It's horrible audio, but it's the only one I could find of this one-of-a-kind performance...)
Up tomorrow: An abbreviated rap classic from a trio from Jersey.
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