The Hits / The B-Sides

Tracklist

• 1
  When Doves Cry
  3:48
  4.5 ★
• 2
  Pop Life

  Prince & The Revolution
  3:45
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Soft and Wet
  3:05
  3.2 ★
• 4
  I Feel for You
  3:25
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
  3:50
  3.5 ★
• 6
  When You Were Mine
  3:45
  3.7 ★
• 7
  Uptown – (single version)
  4:11
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Let’s Go Crazy

  Prince & The Revolution
  4:40
  3.9 ★
• 9
  1999 – (edit)
  3:38
  4.0 ★
• 10
  I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
  6:29
  3.5 ★
• 11
  Nothing Compares 2 U (feat. Rosie Gaines) – Live

  Prince & Rosie Gaines
  5:04
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Adore – (edit)
  4:41
  3.0 ★
• 13
  Pink Cashmere
  6:14
  3.0 ★
• 14
  Alphabet St.
  5:39
  3.6 ★
• 15
  Sign ’o’ The Times – (single version)
  3:43
  4.0 ★
• 16
  Thieves in the Temple
  3:20
  3.4 ★
• 17
  Diamonds and Pearls – (edit)

  Prince & The New Power Generation
  4:20
  3.0 ★
• 18
  7

  Prince & The New Power Generation
  5:10
  3.0 ★
• 19
  Controversy – (single version)
  3:37
• 20
  Dirty Mind
  3:49
• 21
  I Wanna Be Your Lover – (single version)
  3:00
  3.0 ★
• 22
  Head
  4:45
  4.6 ★
• 23
  Do Me, Baby
  3:57
  3.0 ★
• 24
  Delirious – (edit)
  2:40
• 25
  Little Red Corvette
  5:03
  4.3 ★
• 26
  I Would Die 4 U

  Prince & The Revolution
  2:58
  3.0 ★
• 27
  Raspberry Beret

  Prince & The Revolution
  3:35
  4.0 ★
• 28
  If I Was Your Girlfriend
  3:46
• 29
  Kiss

  Prince & The Revolution
  3:46
  3.4 ★
• 30
  Peach
  3:48
• 31
  U Got the Look
  3:47
  3.9 ★
• 32
  Sexy M.F.

  Prince & The New Power Generation
  5:26
  4.2 ★
• 33
  Gett Off

  Prince & The New Power Generation
  4:32
  3.8 ★
• 34
  Cream – Without Rap Monologue

  Prince & The New Power Generation
  4:13
  3.5 ★
• 35
  Pope
  3:28
• 36
  Purple Rain

  Prince & The Revolution
  8:40
  4.3 ★
• 37
  Hello
  3:24
  3.0 ★
• 38
  200 Balloons
  5:06
  4.0 ★
• 39
  Escape
  3:30
  5.0 ★
• 40
  Gotta Stop (Messin’ About)
  2:57
  3.0 ★
• 41
  Horny Toad
  2:12
  3.0 ★
• 42
  Feel U Up

  Prince & The New Power Generation
  3:44
  3.0 ★
• 43
  Girl
  3:48
  3.0 ★
• 44
  I Love U in Me
  4:13
  4.0 ★
• 45
  Erotic City

  Prince & The Revolution
  3:55
  4.5 ★
• 46
  Shockadelica
  3:31
  5.0 ★
• 47
  Irresistible Bitch
  4:12
  4.0 ★
• 48
  Scarlet Pussy
  4:18
  5.0 ★
• 49
  La, La, La, He, He, Hee
  3:22
  4.0 ★
• 50
  She’s Always in My Hair

  Prince & The Revolution
  3:27
  3.0 ★
• 51
  17 Days
  4:00
  3.0 ★
• 52
  How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore
  3:53
  3.0 ★
• 53
  Another Lonely Christmas
  4:53
  3.0 ★
• 54
  God (Love Theme From “Purple Rain”)
  4:03
  3.0 ★
• 55
  4 the Tears in Your Eyes
  3:24
  3.0 ★
• 56
  Power Fantastic
  4:45
  3.0 ★

More by Prince

Purple Rain

Purple Rain 1984

Batman

Batman 1989

Sign “☮︎” the Times

Sign “☮︎” the Times 1987

1999

1999 1982

Welcome 2 America

Welcome 2 America 2021

Million Dollar Show

Million Dollar Show 2020

Release credits

• Airiq Anest
  additional [32], assistant [32], engineer [30]
• André Cymone
  additional [5], background vocals [5]
• Ann Atkinson
  double bass [2]
• Bob Mockler
  additional [6, 22], engineer [19, 23], mix [5], remixer [4, 20-22]
• Bob Rosa
  mix [32]
• Bobby Z.
  drum machine [8, 36], drums (drum set) [26, 56], electronic drum set [8, 36], percussion [8, 26, 36]
• Boni Boyer
  Hammond organ [14], background vocals [14]
• Brian Gallagher
  tenor saxophone [11, 32]
• Brian Poer
  assistant [32], recording [32]
• Brownmark
  background vocals [2, 8, 26, 36], electric bass guitar [8, 26, 36]
• Bruce DeShazer
  background vocals [29]
• Cat
  background vocals [14], lead vocals [14]
• Clare Fischer
  orchestrator [13]
• Coke Johnson
  engineer [15, 28, 31], recording [29]
• Damon Dickson
  background vocals [32-33], percussion [32-33]
• Dave Aron
  assistant [32]
• Dave Friedlander
  mix [35], recording [32]
• Dave Jensen
  trumpet [11, 32]
• David Coleman
  cello [27, 36]
• David Leonard
  recording [1, 8, 26, 29, 36]
• David Tickle
  recording [29, 55]
• David Z.
  acoustic guitar [29], arranger [29], audio [3], drum machine [29], recording [26, 29, 36], synthesizer [29]
• Denyse Buffum
  viola [2]
• Dez Dickerson
  background vocals [25], electric guitar [25], lead vocals [9], solo [25]
• Diamond J
  turntable [32]
• Don Batts
  additional [24-25], assistant [25]
• Dr. Fink
  background vocals [8, 26, 36], electric grand piano [36], keyboard [26], synthesizer [8, 20, 22]
• Eddie Miller
  engineer [39], mix [14], recording [14]
• Eric Leeds
  flute [33, 56], saxophone [12, 14, 42, 48-49]
• Gary Brandt
  engineer [4-5, 21]
• Ingrid Chavez
  spoken vocals [14]
• Jesse Johnson
  background vocals [9]
• Jill Jones
  background vocals [37, 46], lead vocals [9]
• Joe Blaney
  mix [14], recording [14]
• Jonathan Melvoin
  tambourine [2]
• Kathy Jensen
  baritone saxophone [11, 32]
• Keith Cohen
  additional [32], mix [30, 32, 34], remixer [33]
• Kim Basinger
  spoken vocals [30]
• Kimm James
  assistant [33]
• Kirk Johnson
  background vocals [32-33], percussion [32-33]
• Laury Woods
  viola [2]
• Levi Seacer, Jr.
  additional [32], background vocals [33], electric guitar [11, 32-34], lead vocals [32]
• Lisa Coleman
  additional [2, 22], background vocals [2, 8, 19, 24-27, 36, 47, 51, 55], keyboard [26, 55-56], lead vocals [9, 22], strings [2, 36], synthesizer [8, 36]
• Marcy Dicterow Vaj
  violin [2]
• Mark Ettel
  assistant [4-5, 21]
• Mark Forrester
  recording [30]
• Marr Starr
  background vocals [29]
• Matthew Blistan
  trumpet [12, 14, 42, 49, 56]
• Mayte Garcia
  background vocals [30], lead vocals [35]
• Michael B. Nelson
  trombone [11, 32]
• Michael Bland
  drums (drum set) [11, 17, 30, 32-34]
• Michael Koppelman
  mix [17, 32], recording [16-17, 32-34]
• Mick Guzauski
  additional [6, 22], engineer [19, 23], remixer [20, 22]
• Morris Day
  drums (drum set) [19]
• Novi Novog
  viola [12, 36], violin [27, 36]
• Patrice Rushen
  synthesizer [3]
• Peggy McCreary
  assistant [53], engineer [25], mix [24-25], recording [1-2, 9, 24-25, 29]
• Prince
  12 string guitar [27], Hammond organ [12], Minimoog [3], acoustic bass guitar [13], acoustic guitar [10, 13, 18, 21, 45], arranger [1, 3-6, 8-10, 12, 14-17, 19-28, 31-34, 36-38, 40-47, 49-52, 54-56], background vocals [1, 3-5, 7-8, 13-14, 16-25, 29, 32, 45, 51], bass guitar [12, 53], clavinet [3-5, 7, 21], cowbell [9], cuíca [14], cymbal [9], drum machine [1, 9-10, 12-13, 13-14, 14-16, 16-17, 24-25, 27-28, 45, 51], drums (drum set) [3-7, 20-23, 40, 53], electric bass guitar [2, 4-7, 9-10, 14, 18-25, 27-28, 40, 45, 51], electric grand piano [5, 21, 23, 27], electric guitar [1, 3-10, 13-17, 19-22, 24-26, 29, 31, 36, 40, 45, 51], electronic drum set [4, 9, 19-20, 25], engineer [3, 6, 15, 20, 22, 28, 31], finger cymbals [18], finger snaps [24], guitar [53], handclaps [4, 9, 14, 18-19, 40], instrument [26, 30, 37-39, 41-44, 46-50, 52, 54, 56], keyboard [12, 53], lead vocals [1-29, 31-36, 45, 51, 53, 55], mix [2, 5, 14, 16, 27], percussion [18, 27, 51], performer [31, 34, 36-37, 52], producer [1, 3-12, 14-17, 19-29, 31-34, 36-38, 40-47, 49-56], programming [8, 18], recording [14], remixer [4, 6, 20-22], sampler [10, 12, 15, 28, 31, 49], slapstick [3], solo [4], string synthesizer [5, 21], strings [36], synthesizer [1, 1-3, 3, 3-4, 4-6, 6-7, 7, 9, 9-10, 12-14, 16-19, 19-21, 21, 21-22, 22, 22-23, 23-25, 27-28, 31, 36, 40, 45, 51], tambourine [9], vocal [30, 37-39, 41-44, 46-50, 52, 54, 56]
• Ray Hahnfeldt
  additional [33], assistant [32], mix [35], recording [32, 35]
• Rolly Ladd
  engineer [30]
• Ron Garrett
  assistant [20, 22]
• Rosie Gaines
  Hammond organ [34], background vocals [17, 33-34], keyboard [11], lead vocals [11, 17, 33]
• Ross Pallone
  engineer [19, 23]
• Sheena Easton
  lead vocals [31]
• Sheila E.
  additional [17], background vocals [45], cymbal [31], drum machine [2, 31], drums (drum set) [2, 14], electronic drum set [17], handclaps [14], hi-hat [31], lead vocals [45], percussion [49], timbales [31], vocal [48-49]
• Sid Page
  violin [2]
• Sonny Thompson
  electric bass guitar [11, 17, 30, 32-34]
• Steve Beltran
  mix [32]
• Steve Durkee
  assistant [32]
• Steve Fontano
  assistant [3]
• Steve Noonan
  additional [33], assistant [32], recording [30, 32]
• Steve Strand
  trumpet [11, 32]
• Susan Rogers
  assistant [27], engineer [15, 28, 31], mix [56], recording [8, 27, 29, 55-56], strings [27]
• Susannah Melvoin
  background vocals [27]
• Suzie Katayama
  cello [27, 36]
• The New Power Generation
  arranger [17, 32, 34], performer [34], producer [17, 32-34]
• The Revolution
  arranger [36, 43, 45], performer [36-37, 56], producer [29, 36, 43]
• Tim Barr
  double bass [2]
• Tim Penn
  additional [17]
• Timothy Penn
  additional [34]
• Tom Garneau
  mix [32], recording [16]
• Tommy Barbarella
  Hammond organ [32], keyboard [11], synthesizer [17, 32-34]
• Tommy Vicari
  engineer [3], executive [3]
• Tony M.
  lead vocals [32-33]
• Vanity
  background vocals [43]
• Wendy Melvoin
  additional [2], background vocals [2, 8, 26-27, 36, 47, 51, 55], electric guitar [8, 26, 36], guitar [55-56], strings [2, 36]
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Issues

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  The Hits / The B‐Sides

  3x CD
  13 September 1993
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  The Hits / The B-Sides

  3x CD
  14 September 1993
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  The Hits / The B-Sides

  3x CD (SRC pressing)
  14 September 1993
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  T
  The Hits / The B-Sides

  3x CD (ARC pressing)
  14 September 1993
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  T
  The Hits / The B-Sides

  Digital Media
  2021
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  T
  The Hits / The B-Sides

  Digital Media
  9 April 2026