Prince singles discography explained

Artist:Prince singles
Singles:117
Option:41
Option Name:Promotional singles
1Option:23
1Option Name:Internet downloads
2Option:5
2Option Name:Airplay-only songs
3Option:11
3Option Name:Streams
4Option:13
4Option Name:Extended plays

Prince released several hundred songs both under his own name and under pseudonyms and/or pen names, as well as writing songs which have been recorded by other artists. Estimates of the actual number of songs written by Prince (released and unreleased) range anywhere from 500 to well over 1,000. He has released 117 singles, 41 promotional singles, 24 internet singles, and eight internet downloads.

Overview

After signing a contract with Warner Bros. Records in 1977 at age 18, he released his debut album For You the following year. Prince's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 was "Soft and Wet" (1978), which peaked at number 92. The following year, he released "I Wanna Be Your Lover", which became a top-40 hit in several countries and peaked at number 11 in the United States; it topped the Billboard R&B chart in early 1980. The album Prince spawned a top-20 R&B hit single ("Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?") and a top-five dance hit ("Sexy Dancer"). His next two albums, Dirty Mind (1980) and Controversy (1981), furthered his success on the dance/R&B charts, spawning the top-five hits "Dirty Mind", "Uptown", "Head", "Controversy", and "Let's Work". In 1982, Prince released the album 1999, which spawned the Billboard Hot 100 hits "1999", "Little Red Corvette", and "Delirious" throughout 1983, during which time he earned distinction as one of the first black artists to be played on MTV alongside Michael Jackson. Purple Rain (1984) gave Prince two American number one singles ("When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy") while the three other singles, "Purple Rain", "I Would Die 4 U", and "Take Me with U" became worldwide top-10 hits and established him as one of the most popular performers of the decade.[1]

Throughout 1985 and 1986, Prince scored the worldwide top-40 hits "Raspberry Beret", "Pop Life", "Paisley Park", "America", "Girls & Boys", "Mountains", and "Anotherloverholenyohead",[2] as well as the number-one hit "Kiss", from the musically diverse albums Around the World in a Day and Parade. His 1987 double-album Sign o' the Times garnered a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year and spawned the top-20 hits "Sign o' the Times", "If I Was Your Girlfriend", "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" and "U Got the Look". His success in Europe and Asia increased throughout the late-1980s with his 1988 album Lovesexy which crafted the top-40 hits "Alphabet St.", "Glam Slam", and "I Wish U Heaven". Prince closed the 1980s recording the soundtrack to the massively successful 1989 film Batman, which included the worldwide number-one hit "Batdance" as well as the top 20 hits "Partyman", "Scandalous!", "The Future" and "The Arms of Orion". By the end of the decade, he had amassed the most entries on the Hot 100 of any act in the previous 10 years,[3] including six worldwide number-one singles.[2]

Prince entered the 1990s with the soundtrack to Graffiti Bridge; the album spawned the top-10 hit "Thieves in the Temple" and the top-40 hit "New Power Generation". His 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls spawned several hit singles including the title track, the number-one hit "Cream", "Insatiable", "Money Don't Matter 2 Night", "Gett Off", and "Thunder". The 1992 follow-up record, the Love Symbol Album, scored several top-40 hits including "Sexy MF", "My Name is Prince", "7", "Damn U", and "The Morning Papers". Prince's first compilation album, The Hits/The B-Sides (1993) included the top-40 hits "Pink Cashmere" and "Peach", while his 1994 album Come scored the hits "Letitgo" and "Space".[2] That same year, he released a duet with Nona Gaye, "Love Sign" taken from his compilation album 1-800-NEW-FUNK.

In 1994, he released "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World", the second most successful hit of his career after "When Doves Cry" 10 years earlier; the single reached the top 10 of 20 countries worldwide.[2] The song's album in question, The Gold Experience, was released the following year and hit the top 40 with the singles "I Hate U" (Prince's last original single to reach the United States top 40), "Gold", and "Endorphinmachine" (in Japan), while the promotional single "Purple Medley", a remix of his greatest hits, reached the top 20 worldwide. After scoring the UK Top 40 hit "Dinner with Delores" in 1996, Prince released the triple CD set Emancipation which spawned the top-20 hits "Betcha by Golly, Wow", "The Holy River", and "Somebody's Somebody" throughout 1996 and 1997. A re-release of the hit song "1999" in 1998 brought Prince back to the pop charts. "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold", released in late 1999, became a moderate worldwide success as Prince's single releases became less frequent.

Prince has sold over 150 million records worldwide,[4] including 48.9 million certified units in the United States, 4.7 million in France[5] and over 5 million records in the United Kingdom, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. He has accumulated five US number-one singles and fifteen worldwide number 1 hits, as well as 8 worldwide number one albums. He was the most successful artist on the Billboard charts from 1980 to 2000, scoring 8 number 1 R&B singles and 7 number 1 Dance singles (tied for second place for male entertainers with Enrique Iglesias and Michael Jackson). He has scored over 50 top 40 hits around the world since 1979. He has been ranked as the 21st most successful sales act of all time,[6] the 26th most successful chart artist worldwide,[7] including 27 overall number-one entries,[8] and being the most successful chart act of the 1980s,[3] as well as the 10th most successful chart act of the 1990s.[9] Prince has scored at least one top-40 hit every year from 1979 until 1999.[2]

His most commercial period was from 1982's 1999 to 1996's Emancipation, however, he has maintained a loyal audience since and experienced a commercial resurgence with 2004's Musicology. The title track and "Call My Name" reached top 40 positions. In 2006, several compositions including "Black Sweat", "Fury", and "Te Amo Corazon" reached the top 20 of charts throughout Europe and Asia. Art Official Age was released in September 2014 reaching all major Top 40 markets. Prince's penultimate album, Hit n Run Phase One, was released on CD and for download on September 14, 2015. His final album, Hit n Run Phase Two, was meant as a continuation of this, and was released on Tidal for streaming and download on December 12, 2015.[10] After a series of warm-up shows at Paisley Park in late January 2016, Prince embarked on the Piano & A Microphone Tour, a tour that saw his show stripped back to only him and a custom piano on stage, commencing in Melbourne, Australia, on February 16, 2016, to critical acclaim prior to his death.[11]

Singles

1970s–1980s

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[12]
US
R&B
[13]
AUS
[14]
CAN
[15]
FRA
[16]
GER
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
UK
[21]
"Soft and Wet"197892 12 For You
"Just as Long as We're Together"91
"I Wanna Be Your Lover"197911 1 62 25 3 41 Prince
"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"198013
"Still Waiting"65
"Sexy Dancer" (UK and Japan only)
"Bambi" (Netherlands and Belgium only)
"Uptown"5 Dirty Mind
"Head" (Philippines only)
"Dirty Mind"65
"Do It All Night" (UK only)1981
"Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" (UK only)
"Controversy"70 3 15 52 Controversy
"Let's Work"9
"Sexuality" (Germany and Australia only)198288
"Do Me, Baby"
"1999"12 4 2 6 32 75 4 2
  • BPI: Gold
1999
"Little Red Corvette"19836 11 8 5 94 12 2
  • BPI: Silver
"Delirious"8 18 27 33
"Let's Pretend We're Married"52 55
"Automatic" (Australia only)
"When Doves Cry" 19841 1 1 1 11 16 2 18 17 4
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
  • RMNZ: Gold[25]
Purple Rain
"Let's Go Crazy" 1 1 10 2 50 13 7
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
"Purple Rain" 2 3 3 3 1 5 8 5 4 6
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • RMNZ: Gold
"I Would Die 4 U" 8 11 96 12 123 58
"Take Me with U" 198525 40 7
"Raspberry Beret" 2 3 13 8 36 35 2 25
  • BPI: Platinum
Around the World in a Day
"Paisley Park" (Europe and Australia only)38 26 18
"Pop Life" 7 8 67 116 65 44 60
"America" 46 35
"Kiss" 19861 1 2 4 2 4 2 10 3 6
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Platinum
Parade
"Mountains" 23 15 45 32 37 45
"Anotherloverholenyohead" 63 18 36 36
"Girls & Boys" (Europe only)27 27 11
"Sign o' the Times"19873 1 29 20 15 35 4 7 11 10Sign o' the Times
"If I Was Your Girlfriend"67 12 188 48 15 20
"U Got the Look"2 11 90 22 189 61 8 11
"I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"10 14 33 9 29
"Alphabet St."19888 3 14 14 47 18 1 1 5 9Lovesexy
"Glam Slam"44 33 12 29
"I Wish U Heaven"18 53 24 24
"Batdance"19891 1 2 1 5 10 1 1 1 2
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold[26]
  • BPI: Silver
Batman
"Partyman"18 5 38 31 32 16 25 14
  • RIAA: Gold
"The Arms of Orion" (with Sheena Easton)36 108 44 27
"Scandalous!" (limited release)5 95
"—" denotes a single that was not released or did not chart in the region.

1990s

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
US
R&B/HH
AUS
CAN
FRA
GER
NZ
SWE
SWI
UK
"The Future" (Europe only)199039 15 Batman
"Thieves in the Temple"6 1 16 5 21 5 4 12 7
  • RIAA: Gold
Graffiti Bridge
"New Power Generation"64 27 91 26
"Gett Off" 199121 6 8 25 97 13 13 13 3 4
  • RIAA: Gold
Diamonds and Pearls
"Cream" 1 2 2 5 21 5 3 3 15
  • RIAA: Gold
  • ARIA: Platinum
"Insatiable" (US only; limited release)77 3
"Diamonds and Pearls" 3 1 13 5 20 28 8 12 7 25
"Money Don't Matter 2 Night" 199223 14 18 19 26 48 20 34 23 19
"Thunder" (Europe only)28
"Sexy MF" 66 76 5 11 19 11 6 5 8 4Love Symbol
"My Name Is Prince" 36 25 7 5 29 19 9 15 14 7
"7" 7 61 25 3 77 12 28 27
  • RIAA: Gold
"Damn U" (US only; limited release)32
"The Morning Papers" 199344 38 87 8 31 52
"Pink Cashmere" 50 14 87 7 The Hits/The B-Sides
"Peach"28 35 45 15 39 13 14
"Controversy" (re-issue; UK only)5
"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"19943 2 1 6 5 9 1 13 1 1
  • RIAA: Gold
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver
  • RMNZ: Gold[27]
The Gold Experience
"Letitgo"31 10 22 20 46 45 24 7 21 30Come
"Space" (limited release)71 91
"Purple Medley" (limited release)199584 74 40 33
"I Hate U"12 3 33 25 62 22 31 20The Gold Experience
"Gold"88 92 94 39 58 19 10
"Dinner with Delores" (UK and Australia only)1996121 36Chaos and Disorder
"Betcha by Golly Wow!"18 9 62 24 27 11Emancipation
"The Holy River"1997138 31 92 19
"The Truth"[28] The Truth
"1999" (re-issue)199840 45 47 86 101999
"The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"199963 23 79 65Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
"1999" (1999 re-issue)401999
"—" denotes a single that was not released or did not chart in the region.

2000s

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
US
R&B/HH
AUS
GER
IRE
[29]
NLD
[30]
NOR
[31]
SWI
UK
"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone)2000108 The Chocolate Invasion
"When Will We B Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild)
"Supercute"2001The Chocolate Invasion
"The Work, pt. 1"The Rainbow Children
"Days of Wild" (2002 version) 2002rowspan="2"
"Controversy" (live in Hawaii) 2004
"Musicology"44 29 32 19 27 Musicology
"Cinnamon Girl"89 34 43
"S.S.T."2005
"Te Amo Corazón"67 58 11 24 3121
"Black Sweat"200660 83 80 41 29 52 43
"Fury"47 72 92 60
"Guitar"200713 29 63 81Planet Earth
"F.U.N.K."
"Dance 4 Me"2009MPLSound
"—" denotes a single that was not released or did not chart in the region.

2010s–2020s

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Adult
R&B
[32]
US
R&B
[33]
US
R&B/HH
Digital

US
R&B/HH
Sales

UK
"Extraloveable" (featuring Andy Allo)2011Hit n Run Phase Two
"Rock and Roll Love Affair" 20127 121
"Screwdriver" 2013
"Fixurlifeup" Plectrumelectrum
"Breakfast Can Wait"26 27 1 Art Official Age
"Pretzelbodylogic" 201490Plectrumelectrum
"Fallinlove2nite" (featuring Zooey Deschanel)[34] 29 113Hit n Run Phase One
"Breakdown"49 Art Official Age
"Baltimore"[35] 2015Hit n Run Phase Two
"Hardrocklover"[36] Hit n Run Phase One
"This Could B Us"[37] 19
"Free Urself"[38]
Posthumous
"Nothing Compares 2 U" 201821 Originals
"Mary Don't You Weep"[39] Piano and a Microphone 1983
"Rock 'n' Roll Is Alive(And It Lives in Minneapolis)"[40] 2019
"Holly Rock"Originals
"I Feel for You"
"Sign o' the Times" 2020Sign o' the Times Deluxe
"Welcome 2 America"[41] 2021Welcome 2 America
"Do Me, Baby" [42]
"Diamonds and Pearls" [43] 2022Diamonds and Pearls Deluxe
"All a Share Together Now"2023rowspan="2"
"7"
"Alice Through the Looking Glass"Diamonds and Pearls Deluxe
"Insatiable"
"Get Blue"
"Live 4 Love"
"Daddy Pop"
"Darkside"
"United States of Division"2024rowspan="3"
"Magnificent"
"Silver Tongue"
"—" denotes a single that was not released or did not chart in the region.

SV Single version differs from the album version.

RI "1999" and "Little Red Corvette" originally reached #25 and #54 respectively upon their 1983 UK release. Their peak (#2) was as part of a double A-side reissue in early 1985.[44]

Promotional singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
US
R&B/HH
US
Dance

[45]
NLD
Tip
[46]
UK
"When You Were Mine"1980Dirty Mind
"D.M.S.R."19831999
"Another Lonely Christmas"1984"I Would Die 4 U" single
"Erotic City"1 "Let's Go Crazy" single
"Hot Thing"198763 14 4 Sign o' the Times
"The Cross"
"Trust"1989Batman
"Willing and Able"1992Diamonds and Pearls
"Nothing Compares 2 U"199362 The Hits/The B-Sides
"Pope"1994
"Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye)1-800-NEW-FUNK
"Come"Come
"Pussy Control"[47] 1995The Gold Experience
"Dolphin"
"Endorphinmachine"
"Slave"1996Emancipation
"Somebody's Somebody"199719
"Face Down"
"I Can't Make U Love Me"
"The One"1998Newpower Soul
"Extraordinary"1999
"The Rest of My Life"
"5 Women"
"It's About That Walk"
"Baby Knows"Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
"Man'O'War"2000
"She Loves Me 4 Me"2001The Rainbow Children
"Last December"2002
One Nite Alone... Live EPOne Nite Alone... Live!
Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas2003Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas DVD
"Call My Name"200475 27 Musicology
"The Song of the Heart"2006Happy Feet
"Beautiful, Loved & Blessed" (with Támar Davis)3121
"Chelsea Rodgers"2007Planet Earth
"Future Baby Mama"39
"The One U Wanna C"14
"U're Gonna C Me"2009MPLSound
"Clouds"2014Art Official Age
"17 Days" (piano version)2018Piano and a Microphone 1983
"My Computer" (featuring Kate Bush)2019Emancipation
"Hot Summer" 2021Welcome 2 America

Other charted songs

This section includes songs that were not released as commercial or promotional singles, but charted in the US due to airplay by radio stations or digital song sales.

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Digital

US
R&B/HH
US
R&B/HH
Airplay
US
R&B/HH
Digital

US
R&B<br>Digital

US
Rock
[48]
"Shhh"199562 The Gold Experience
"Satisfied"200770 70 3121
"Better with Time"200978 MPLSound
"Funknroll"201446 23 Art Official Age
"1000 X's and O's"201641 Hit n Run Phase One
Posthumous
"Adore"201633 23 17 Sign o' the Times
"The Beautiful Ones"47 31 22 Purple Rain
"Darling Nikki"26 20 16 9
"Baby I'm a Star"49 21 30
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" 10Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Vol. 8: 2004–2005
"Purple Rain" 20186 Piano and a Microphone 1983

Internet downloads

In this section all full songs are listed that have only been made available for download on the internet.

Title! scope="col"
YearWebsite
"One Song"2000Love4OneAnother.com
"Cybersingle"NPGOnlineLtd.com
"Bataclan"2004NPGMusicClub.com
"Glasscutter"2005
"Live from Paisley Park"
"Strange Relationship" (Live in Minneapolis)
"Guitar" (original "demo" version)20073121.com
"Love" (acoustic version)
"Rock and Roll Love Affair" (Remix 7)20133rdeyegirl.com
"Screwdriver" (Remix)
"Boyfriend" (Demo)
"That Girl Thang"
"Live Out Loud"
"Ain't Gonna Miss U When U're Gone"
(featuring Ledisi)
"Extraloveable Reloaded"
"Menstrual Cycle"
"Octopus Heart"
"Groovy Potential"
"The Sweeter She Is"
"Something in the Water" (Paisley Park Rehearsal)
"Da Bourgeoisie"
"What If" 2015Live Nation email download
"The X's Face"

"Extraloveable Reloaded" and "Groovy Potential" were finally included on the album HITnRUN Phase Two (2015)."The X's Face" was later included on the album HITnRUN Phase One (2015).

Streams

This section lists full songs that have only been made available to stream over the internet by Prince or a third-party affiliated to Prince, or to which Prince delivered a song for streaming purposes like music streaming services.

Title! scope="col"
YearWebsite/Streaming service
"U're Still the One"1999Love4OneAnother.com
"Xylophone"2003NPGMusicClub.com
"In a Large Room with No Light"2009Montreuxjazz.com
"Purple and Gold"[49] 2010Vikings.com
"Cause and Effect"[50] 89.3 The Current website
"Hot Summer"[51]
"Rich Friends"[52] KTU.com
"Same Page, Different Book" 20133rdeyegirl.com
"Stare"2015Spotify, Tidal
"Pretzelbodylogic Reloaded"Tidal
"If Eye Could Get Ur Attention"
"Black Muse" (Edited Version)2016
"Little Red Corvette" / "Dirty Mind" (live)
"Rock 'n' Roll Is Alive (And It Lives in Minneapolis)"2019Spotify, Tidal
"Stare" was included on the album HITnRUN Phase Two (2015). "Hot Summer" was later released as a promotional single and included on the album Welcome 2 America (2021). "Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives in Minneapolis)" was released as a single in April 2019 and was originally released as the b-side of the single "Gold" in 1995.

Songs appearing on various artist compilations

TitleYearAlbum
"4 the Tears in Your Eyes"1985We Are the World
"Good Love"1988Bright Lights, Big City soundtrack
"2045: Radical Man"2000Bamboozled soundtrack
"Purple House"2004
"The Song of the Heart"2006Happy Feet soundtrack
"A Case of U"2007A Tribute to Joni Mitchell

Extended plays

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
EP detailsPeak chart positions
US
[53]
US
R&B/<br>HH
[54]
AUS
AUT
[55]
GER
NZ
SWI
UK
The Scandalous Sex Suite EP
(featuring Kim Basinger)
  • Released: December 1, 1989
  • Label: Warner Bros.
25
New Power Generation Remixes
  • Released: November 29, 1990
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
Gett Off Remix EP
  • Released: August 12, 1991
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
33
Cream Remixes
  • Released: November 4, 1991
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
My Name Is Prince Remixes
  • Released: October 22, 1992
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
51
7 Remixes
  • Released: December 3, 1992
  • Label: Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
The Beautiful Experience
  • Released: May 17, 1994[56]
  • Label: NPG, Bellmark
92 29 14 16 29 47 4 18
Letitgo Remixes
  • Released: September 27, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.
Space Remixes
  • Released: November 1, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.
I Hate U Remixes
  • Released: September 19, 1995
  • Label: NPG, Warner Bros.
NYC
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: NPG
  • Released: February 2, 1999
  • Label: NPG
150 58
The Greatest Romance Ever Sold Remixes
  • Released: November 23, 1999
  • Label: NPG, Arista
163
The Breakfast Experience[57] [58] [59] [60]
  • Released: October 24, 2013
  • Label: NPG
1999 [61]
  • Released: April 20, 2018
  • Label: NPG

Notes

A With the Revolution

B With the New Power Generation

C With 3rd Eye Girl

See also

Notes and References

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  6. Web site: Who was the world's biggest music act of all time?. tsort.info.
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  13. Prince Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs . . 2020-06-23.
  14. Peak chart positions for Prince singles in Australia:
    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to June 12, 1988: Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 239. N.B. The top 50 portion of the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA from mid-1983 until June 12, 1988.
    • Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from June 13, 1988: Web site: australian-charts.com > Prince discography . Hung Medien . 2008-12-15 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20090122115539/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Prince . 2009-01-22 .
    • Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. pdf. 225.
    • "Pink Cashmere" (ARIA) peak: Web site: The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart - Week Ending 16 Jan 1994. ARIA. Imgur.com. 2016-04-22. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
    • "Space" (ARIA) peak: Web site: The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 08 Jan 1995 . ARIA. Imgur.com. 2016-04-22 .
    • "Gold" (ARIA) peak: Web site: The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 24 Dec 1995 . ARIA. Imgur.com. 2017-07-20 .
    • All ARIA-era (June 1988 onward) peaks to January 27, 2021: Web site: Prince ARIA chart history, received from ARIA on January 27, 2021. ARIA. Imgur.com. 2021-01-28. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. "Alphabet St." has a different peak than that listed on the australian-charts.com site or on the printed top 50 ARIA charts from this era, as ARIA conducted an unpublished chart survey on June 6, 1988, when it peaked, prior to going live with their own in-house produced chart the following week.
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  28. Sold directly from Prince's 1-800-NEW-FUNK phone service in January 1997.
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