PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED Prince's original recording of "Nothing Compares 2 U"

[arilicious]

For those who don't know the story, Prince wrote the song "Nothing Compares 2 U" and gave the song to a band he had assembled called The Family. The song was not released as a single by them, so the song was barely heard of by the general public. It wasn't until 1990, when Sinead O'Connor released a cover, that the song became huge. Until today,

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[joe_pwnz_pete]

so i saw something the other day that listed this as one of the songs white people should not cover... i'm now unsure if they were referring to the sinead o'connor version or not since no one has heard the prince version til now?

[nciro]

It's not unreleased. I have a Greatest Hits CD that I bought in the 90's that has this song on it. I think just this rehearsal footage or this particular recording of the song has just been released.

[yeezus_christ]

he gave it to one of his protégée groups, the family, and it's on their debut album. sinead o'connor covered it 5 years later, which prince didn't liek because he didn't like his songs to be covered unless he specifically asked someone to do it.