Sinead O'Connor (left) performs Nothing Compares to U at a concert. Prince (right) at a concert in Paris in 1990. (Image courtesy: AFP)
New Delhi:
In 1990, Irish singer Sinead O'Connor was turbo-propelled to stardom by her rendition of a song titled Nothing Compares To U. It is still her most famous hit and the song many people think about when they think about Ms O'Connor - but it really belonged to Prince, the iconic musician who died at 57 on Thursday.
Prince wrote and composed Nothing Compares To U for The Family, a band that he formed in 1985 and which released just a single album. Nothing Compares To U appears on the album but the only track that was released as a single was another one titled The Screams of Passion.
Five years later, Sinead O'Connor's version rocked the world.
In 1993, Prince reclaimed his song, recording it as a duet with vocalist Rosie Gaines. It featured on his box set The Hits/The B-Sides.
Several of Prince's own rendition of the song are available - here's one he performed live at Oakland just last month.
Sinead O'Connor has gone on record to say that she and Prince never got along when she recorded her version - in fact, things got ugly between them, she claimed. Here she is singing Nothing Compares To U:
Prince wrote and composed Nothing Compares To U for The Family, a band that he formed in 1985 and which released just a single album. Nothing Compares To U appears on the album but the only track that was released as a single was another one titled The Screams of Passion.
Five years later, Sinead O'Connor's version rocked the world.
In 1993, Prince reclaimed his song, recording it as a duet with vocalist Rosie Gaines. It featured on his box set The Hits/The B-Sides.
Several of Prince's own rendition of the song are available - here's one he performed live at Oakland just last month.
Sinead O'Connor has gone on record to say that she and Prince never got along when she recorded her version - in fact, things got ugly between them, she claimed. Here she is singing Nothing Compares To U:
