The Hits / The B-Sides

Tracklist

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

  Prince & The Revolution
  3:42
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Soft and Wet
  3:03
  3.2 ★
• 4
  I Feel for You
  3:25
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
  3:48
  3.5 ★
• 6
  When You Were Mine
  3:43
  3.7 ★
• 7
  Uptown
  4:09
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Let's Go Crazy

  Prince & The Revolution
  4:39
  3.9 ★
• 9
  1999
  3:37
  4.0 ★
• 10
  I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
  3:40
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Nothing Compares 2 U (live)

  Prince & The New Power Generation
  4:58
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Adore
  4:41
  3.0 ★
• 13
  Pink Cashmere
  6:15
  3.0 ★
• 14
  Alphabet St.
  5:39
  3.6 ★
• 15
  Sign "O" the Times
  3:43
  4.0 ★
• 16
  Thieves in the Temple
  3:20
  3.4 ★
• 17
  Diamonds and Pearls

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

  Prince & The New Power Generation
  5:09
  3.0 ★
• CD 2: The Hits 2
• 1
  Controversy
  3:35
• 2
  Dirty Mind
  3:49
• 3
  I Wanna Be Your Lover
  2:58
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Head
  4:43
  4.6 ★
• 5
  Do Me, Baby
  3:57
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Delirious
  2:39
• 7
  Little Red Corvette
  4:56
  4.3 ★
• 8
  I Would Die 4 U

  Prince & The Revolution
  2:57
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Raspberry Beret

  Prince & The Revolution
  3:32
  4.0 ★
• 10
  If I Was Your Girlfriend
  3:46
• 11
  Kiss

  Prince & The Revolution
  3:46
  3.4 ★
• 12
  Peach
  3:48
• 13
  U Got the Look

  Prince with Sheena Easton
  3:47
  3.9 ★
• 14
  Sexy M. F.

  Prince & The New Power Generation
  5:26
  4.2 ★
• 15
  Gett Off

  Prince & The New Power Generation
  4:30
  3.8 ★
• 16
  Cream

  Prince & The New Power Generation
  4:13
  3.5 ★
• 17
  Pope
  3:28
• 18
  Purple Rain

  Prince & The Revolution
  8:40
  4.3 ★
• CD 3: The B-Sides
• 1
  Hello

  Prince & The Revolution
  3:24
  3.0 ★
• 2
  200 Balloons
  5:06
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Escape
  3:30
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
  2:55
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Horny Toad
  2:12
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Feel U Up
  3:44
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Girl

  Prince & The Revolution
  3:48
  3.0 ★
• 8
  I Love U in Me
  4:13
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Erotic City

  Prince & The Revolution feat. Sheila E.
  3:55
  4.5 ★
• 10
  Shockadelica
  3:31
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Irresistible Bitch
  4:12
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Scarlet Pussy

  Camille
  4:18
  5.0 ★
• 13
  La, La, La, He, He, Hee
  3:22
  4.0 ★
• 14
  She's Always in My Hair

  Prince & The Revolution
  3:27
  3.0 ★
• 15
  17 Days

  Prince & The Revolution
  3:55
  3.0 ★
• 16
  How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
  3:51
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Another Lonely Christmas

  Prince & The Revolution
  4:52
  3.0 ★
• 18
  God

  Prince & The Revolution
  4:03
  3.0 ★
• 19
  4 the Tears in Your Eyes

  Prince, Wendy & Lisa
  3:24
  3.0 ★
• 20
  Power Fantastic

  Prince & The Revolution
  4:45
  3.0 ★

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Release credits

• Airiq Anest
  additional [14], assistant [14], engineer [12]
• André Cymone
  additional [5], background vocals [5]
• Ann Atkinson
  double bass [2]
• Bob Mockler
  additional [1.6, 2.4], engineer [1, 5], mix [5], remixer [2.2-4, 1.4]
• Bob Rosa
  mix [14]
• Bobby Z.
  drum machine [1.8, 2.18], drums (drum set) [3.20, 2.8], electronic drum set [2.18, 1.8], percussion [2.8, 2.18, 1.8]
• Boni Boyer
  Hammond organ [14], background vocals [14]
• Brian Gallagher
  tenor saxophone [1.11, 2.14]
• Brian Poer
  assistant [14], recording [14]
• Brownmark
  background vocals [2.8, 2.18, 1.2, 1.8], electric bass guitar [1.8, 2.8, 2.18]
• Bruce DeShazer
  background vocals [11]
• Cat
  background vocals [14], lead vocals [14]
• Clare Fischer
  orchestrator [13]
• Coke Johnson
  engineer [1.15, 2.10, 2.13], recording [11]
• Damon Dickson
  background vocals [14-15], percussion [14-15]
• Dave Aron
  assistant [14]
• Dave Friedlander
  mix [17], recording [14]
• Dave Jensen
  trumpet [1.11, 2.14]
• David Coleman
  cello [9, 18]
• David Leonard
  recording [2.8, 2.11, 2.18, 1.1, 1.8]
• David Tickle
  recording [2.11, 3.19]
• David Z.
  acoustic guitar [11], arranger [11], audio [3], drum machine [11], recording [8, 11, 18], synthesizer [11]
• Denyse Buffum
  viola [2]
• Dez Dickerson
  background vocals [7], electric guitar [7], lead vocals [9], solo [7]
• Diamond J
  turntable [14]
• Don Batts
  additional [6-7], assistant [7]
• Dr. Fink
  background vocals [2.8, 2.18, 1.8], electric grand piano [18], keyboard [8], synthesizer [2.2, 2.4, 1.8]
• Eddie Miller
  engineer [3], mix [14], recording [14]
• Eric Leeds
  flute [3.20, 2.15], saxophone [1.12, 1.14, 3.6, 3.12-13]
• Gary Brandt
  engineer [2.3, 1.4-5]
• Ingrid Chavez
  spoken vocals [14]
• Jesse Johnson
  background vocals [9]
• Jill Jones
  background vocals [1, 10], lead vocals [9]
• Joe Blaney
  mix [14], recording [14]
• Jonathan Melvoin
  tambourine [2]
• Kathy Jensen
  baritone saxophone [2.14, 1.11]
• Keith Cohen
  additional [14], mix [12, 14, 16], remixer [15]
• Kim Basinger
  spoken vocals [12]
• Kimm James
  assistant [15]
• Kirk Johnson
  background vocals [14-15], percussion [14-15]
• Laury Woods
  viola [2]
• Levi Seacer, Jr.
  additional [14], background vocals [15], electric guitar [2.14-16, 1.11], lead vocals [14]
• Lisa Coleman
  additional [2.4, 1.2], background vocals [2.1, 2.6-9, 2.18, 3.11, 3.15, 3.19, 1.2, 1.8], keyboard [2.8, 3.19-20], lead vocals [2.4, 1.9], strings [1.2, 2.18], synthesizer [2.18, 1.8]
• Marcy Dicterow Vaj
  violin [2]
• Mark Ettel
  assistant [1.4-5, 2.3]
• Mark Forrester
  recording [12]
• Marr Starr
  background vocals [11]
• Matthew Blistan
  trumpet [1.12, 1.14, 3.6, 3.13, 3.20]
• Mayte Garcia
  background vocals [12], lead vocals [17]
• Michael B. Nelson
  trombone [1.11, 2.14]
• Michael Bland
  drums (drum set) [1.11, 1.17, 2.12, 2.14-16]
• Michael Koppelman
  mix [2.14, 1.17], recording [1.16-17, 2.14-16]
• Mick Guzauski
  additional [1.6, 2.4], engineer [1, 5], remixer [2, 4]
• Morris Day
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Novi Novog
  viola [1.12, 2.18], violin [9, 18]
• Patrice Rushen
  synthesizer [3]
• Peggy McCreary
  assistant [17], engineer [7], mix [6-7], recording [1.1-2, 1.9, 2.6-7, 2.11]
• Prince
  12 string guitar [9], Hammond organ [12], Minimoog [3], acoustic bass guitar [13], acoustic guitar [2.3, 3.9, 1.10, 1.13, 1.18], arranger [2.1-10, 2.13-16, 2.18, 3.1-2, 3.4-11, 3.13-16, 3.18-20, 1.1, 1.3-6, 1.8-9, 1.12, 1.14-17], background vocals [1.1, 1.3-5, 1.7-8, 1.13-14, 1.16-18, 2.1-7, 2.11, 2.14, 3.9, 3.15], bass guitar [3.17, 1.12], clavinet [2.3, 1.3-5, 1.7], cowbell [9], cuíca [14], cymbal [9], drum machine [3.9, 3.15, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 1.1, 1.9-10, 1.12-13, 1.13-14, 1.14-16, 1.16-17], drums (drum set) [2.2-5, 1.3-7, 3.4, 3.17], electric bass guitar [3.4, 3.9, 3.15, 2.1-7, 2.9-10, 1.2, 1.4-7, 1.9-10, 1.14, 1.18], electric grand piano [2.3, 2.5, 2.9, 1.5], electric guitar [3.4, 3.9, 3.15, 1.1, 1.3-10, 1.13-17, 2.1-4, 2.6-8, 2.11, 2.13, 2.18], electronic drum set [2.1-2, 2.7, 1.4, 1.9], engineer [2.2, 2.4, 2.10, 2.13, 1.3, 1.6, 1.15], finger cymbals [18], finger snaps [6], guitar [17], handclaps [1.4, 1.9, 1.14, 1.18, 2.1, 3.4], instrument [2.8, 2.12, 3.1-3, 3.5-8, 3.10-14, 3.16, 3.18, 3.20], keyboard [3.17, 1.12], lead vocals [3.9, 3.15, 3.17, 3.19, 1.1-18, 2.1-11, 2.13-18], mix [1.2, 1.5, 1.14, 1.16, 2.9], percussion [2.9, 1.18, 3.15], performer [3.1, 3.16, 2.13, 2.16, 2.18], producer [3.1-2, 3.4-11, 3.13-20, 2.1-11, 2.13-16, 2.18, 1.1, 1.3-12, 1.14-17], programming [8, 18], recording [14], remixer [1.4, 1.6, 2.2-4], sampler [1.10, 1.12, 1.15, 3.13, 2.10, 2.13], slapstick [3], solo [4], string synthesizer [1.5, 2.3], strings [18], synthesizer [3.4, 3.9, 3.15, 1.1, 1.1-3, 1.3, 1.3-4, 1.4-6, 1.6-7, 1.7, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.12-14, 1.16-18, 2.1, 2.1-3, 2.3, 2.3-4, 2.4, 2.4-5, 2.5-7, 2.9-10, 2.13, 2.18], tambourine [9], vocal [2.12, 3.1-3, 3.5-8, 3.10-14, 3.16, 3.18, 3.20]
• Ray Hahnfeldt
  additional [15], assistant [14], mix [17], recording [14, 17]
• Rolly Ladd
  engineer [12]
• Ron Garrett
  assistant [2, 4]
• Rosie Gaines
  Hammond organ [16], background vocals [2.15-16, 1.17], keyboard [11], lead vocals [2.15, 1.11, 1.17]
• Ross Pallone
  engineer [1, 5]
• Sheena Easton
  lead vocals [13]
• Sheila E.
  additional [17], background vocals [9], cymbal [13], drum machine [2.13, 1.2], drums (drum set) [2, 14], electronic drum set [17], handclaps [14], hi-hat [13], lead vocals [9], percussion [13], timbales [13], vocal [12-13]
• Sid Page
  violin [2]
• Sonny Thompson
  electric bass guitar [2.12, 2.14-16, 1.11, 1.17]
• Steve Beltran
  mix [14]
• Steve Durkee
  assistant [14]
• Steve Fontano
  assistant [3]
• Steve Noonan
  additional [15], assistant [14], recording [12, 14]
• Steve Strand
  trumpet [1.11, 2.14]
• Susan Rogers
  assistant [9], engineer [1.15, 2.10, 2.13], mix [20], recording [2.9, 2.11, 1.8, 3.19-20], strings [9]
• Susannah Melvoin
  background vocals [9]
• Suzie Katayama
  cello [9, 18]
• The New Power Generation
  arranger [2.14, 2.16, 1.17], performer [16], producer [2.14-16, 1.17]
• The Revolution
  arranger [3.7, 3.9, 2.18], performer [2.18, 3.1, 3.20], producer [2.11, 2.18, 3.7]
• Tim Barr
  double bass [2]
• Tim Penn
  additional [17]
• Timothy Penn
  additional [16]
• Tom Garneau
  mix [14], recording [16]
• Tommy Barbarella
  Hammond organ [14], keyboard [11], synthesizer [2.14-16, 1.17]
• Tommy Vicari
  engineer [3], executive [3]
• Tony M.
  lead vocals [14-15]
• Vanity
  background vocals [7]
• Wendy Melvoin
  additional [2], background vocals [3.11, 3.15, 3.19, 2.8-9, 2.18, 1.2, 1.8], electric guitar [1.8, 2.8, 2.18], guitar [19-20], strings [1.2, 2.18]
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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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  The Hits / The B-Sides

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

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  The Hits / The B-Sides

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  9 April 2026