Dirty Mind (Prince song)

"Dirty Mind"
"Dirty Mind"
	Philippines 7" single
Single by Prince
from the album Dirty Mind
B-side	"When We're Dancing Close and Slow"
Released	November 26, 1980
Recorded	Minneapolis, May–June 1980
Genre	Funk; new wave;
Length	3:49 (7" edit); 4:11 (album version)
Label	Warner Bros.
Composer(s)	Prince; Doctor Fink;
Lyricist(s)	Prince
Producer(s)	Prince
Prince singles chronology

"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^[who?] 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]

Track listing

"Dirty Mind" (7" edit) – 3:49
"When We're Dancing Close and Slow" – 5:18

Personnel

Credits sourced from Benoît Clerc and Guitarcloud.^[5]^[6]

Prince – lead and backing vocals, Oberheim OB-X, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, electronic percussion
Dr. Fink – ARP Omni

References

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dirty Mind - Prince." AllMusic. Retrieved on 2010-01-01.
^ "Prince – Dirty Mind at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 471.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 208.
^ Clerc, Benoît (October 2022). Prince: All the Songs. Octopus. ISBN 9781784728816.
^ "Dirty Mind". guitarcloud.org. Retrieved 2023-04-28.

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[Erlewine-1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dirty Mind - Prince." AllMusic. Retrieved on 2010-01-01.

[2] "Prince – Dirty Mind at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 471.

[4] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 208.

[5] Clerc, Benoît (October 2022). Prince: All the Songs. Octopus. ISBN 9781784728816.

[6] "Dirty Mind". guitarcloud.org. Retrieved 2023-04-28.

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v t e Prince singles
1970s	"Soft and Wet" "Just as Long as We're Together" "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
1980s	"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" "Still Waiting" "Sexy Dancer" "Uptown" "Dirty Mind" "Do It All Night" "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" "Controversy" "Let's Work" "Do Me, Baby" "1999" "Little Red Corvette" "Delirious" "Let's Pretend We're Married" "When Doves Cry" "Let's Go Crazy" "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U" "Take Me with U" "Paisley Park" "Raspberry Beret" "Pop Life" "America" "Kiss" "Mountains" "Anotherloverholenyohead" "Girls & Boys" "Sign "O" the Times" "If I Was Your Girlfriend" "U Got the Look" "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" "Alphabet St." "Glam Slam" "I Wish U Heaven" "Batdance" "Partyman" "The Arms of Orion" "Scandalous!"
1990s	"The Future" "Thieves in the Temple" "New Power Generation" "Gett Off" "Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls" "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Insatiable" "Thunder" "Sexy MF" "My Name Is Prince" "7" "Damn U" "The Morning Papers" "Pink Cashmere" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Peach" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "Letitgo" "Space" "Purple Medley" "I Hate U" "Gold" "Dinner with Delores" "Betcha by Golly Wow!" "The Holy River" "The Truth" "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"
2000s	"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) "When Will We B Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild) "Supercute" "The Work, pt. 1" "Days of Wild" "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" "Musicology" "Cinnamon Girl" "S.S.T." "Te Amo Corazón" "Black Sweat" "Fury" "Guitar" "F.U.N.K." "Dance 4 Me"
2010s	"Rocknroll Loveaffair" "Breakfast Can Wait" "Fallinlove2nite" "Breakdown" "This Could B Us" "Free Urself"
Promotional singles	"When You Were Mine" "Erotic City" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) "Somebody's Somebody" "It's About That Walk" "Call My Name" "The Song of the Heart"
Internet downloads	"Guitar (original "demo" version)"
New Power Generation	"Get Wild" "The War" "Come On"
EPs	The Beautiful Experience NYC 1999: The New Master
Other songs	"I Feel for You" "Partyup" "Private Joy" "International Lover" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "The Beautiful Ones" "Computer Blue" "Darling Nikki" "Baby I'm a Star" "17 Days" "Around the World in a Day" "Sometimes It Snows in April" "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" "Starfish and Coffee" "Adore" "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" "I Can't Make U Love Me" "La, La, La Means I Love U" "One of Us" "Everyday Is a Winding Road" "A Case of U" "Crimson and Clover" "Moonbeam Levels"

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