| Dirty Mind | |
| Cover: | Prince_Dirty.jpg |
| Caption: | Philippines 7" single |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Prince |
| Album: | Dirty Mind |
| B-Side: | When We're Dancing Close and Slow |
| Released: | November 26, 1980 |
| Recorded: | Minneapolis, May–June 1980 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 3:49 (7" edit) 4:11 (album version) |
| Label: | Warner Bros. |
| Composer: |
|
| Lyricist: | Prince |
| Producer: | Prince |
| Prev Title: | Uptown |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | Do It All Night |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
"Dirty Mind" is the follow-up single in the US, and title track to Prince's third album, released in 1980.[2] The song is built around a keyboard riff created by Doctor Fink, which dominates the song. The demo-like song lacks a chorus, and is a stark departure of the smooth R&B sound of Prince's first two albums. The lyrics concern sexual thoughts, which are fairly representative of the other songs from the album. The single's B-side is the ballad "When We're Dancing Close and Slow", from the previous year's Prince. "Dirty Mind" reached number sixty-five on the soul chart.[3] Along with the tracks "Uptown" and "Head", "Dirty Mind" reached number five on the dance chart.[4]
Credits sourced from Benoît Clerc and Guitarcloud.[5] [6]