4Ever (album)

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4Ever
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Greatest hits album by
Prince
ReleasedNovember 22, 2016 (2016-11-22)
RecordedDecember 1976 – May 1993
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Length155:06
Label
Producer Prince
Prince chronology
Hit n Run Phase Two
(2015)		4Ever
(2016)		 Anthology: 1995–2010
(2018)
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4Ever, also known as Prince 4Ever, is a greatest hits album by American recording artist Prince, released on November 22, 2016, by NPG Records and Warner Bros. Records. [2] [3] [4] [5] It is the first Prince release following the musician's death on April 21, 2016.

Contents

The two-disc set features 40 songs from Prince's tenure with Warner Bros. Records and features recordings from all of his albums between 1978's For You and 1993's The Hits/The B-Sides . It is the first Prince collection to include his number-one hit single "Batdance" from the soundtrack album to the 1989 film Batman . [6]

4Ever features the first official release of the song "Moonbeam Levels", which had previously circulated on bootlegs of Prince's unreleased material in a low-quality form. [7] The song had been recorded in 1982 during the sessions for 1999 and was subsequently considered for the unreleased 1988–89 album Rave unto the Joy Fantastic . [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Prince, except where indicated

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."1999" (single version)  1999 (1982)3:38
2."Little Red Corvette" (single version) 19993:08
3."When Doves Cry" (single version)  Purple Rain (1984)3:48
4."Let's Go Crazy" (single version) Purple Rain3:50
5."Raspberry Beret"  Around the World in a Day (1985)3:35
6."I Wanna Be Your Lover" (single version)  Prince (1979)3:00
7."Soft and Wet"
  • Prince
  • Chris Moon
 For You (1978)3:05
8."Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" Prince3:50
9."Uptown" (single version)  Dirty Mind (1980)4:12
10."When You Were Mine" Dirty Mind3:45
11."Head" Dirty Mind4:45
12."Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" non-album single (1981)2:57
13."Controversy" (single version)  Controversy (1981)3:39
14."Let's Work" (single version) Controversy3:04
15."Delirious" (single version) 19992:41
16."I Would Die 4 U" (single version) Purple Rain3:00
17."Take Me with U" (single version) Purple Rain3:44
18."Paisley Park" Around the World in a Day4:45
19."Pop Life" Around the World in a Day3:45
20."Purple Rain" Purple Rain8:42
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Kiss" (single version)  Parade (1986)3:46
2."Sign o' the Times" (single version)  Sign o' the Times (1987)3:43
3."Alphabet St." (single version)  Lovesexy (1988)2:26
4."Batdance" (single version)  Batman (1989)4:07
5."Thieves in the Temple"  Graffiti Bridge (1990)3:21
6."Cream"  Diamonds and Pearls (1991)4:13
7."Mountains"
Parade4:00
8."Girls & Boys" (single version) Parade3:28
9."If I Was Your Girlfriend" (single version) Sign o' the Times3:46
10."U Got the Look" Sign o' the Times3:47
11."I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" (single version) Sign o' the Times3:41
12."Glam Slam" (single version) Lovesexy3:30
13."Moonbeam Levels" Previously unreleased (1982)4:06
14."Diamonds and Pearls" (single version) Diamonds and Pearls4:20
15."Gett Off" (UK single remix) Diamonds and Pearls4:00
16."Sexy MF"
 Love Symbol Album (1992)5:26
17."My Name Is Prince" (single version)
  • Prince
  • Tony M.
Love Symbol Album4:04
18."7" (single version)
Love Symbol Album4:23
19."Peach"  The Hits/The B-Sides (1993)3:48
20."Nothing Compares 2 U" (single version) The Hits/The B-Sides4:19

Charts and certifications

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