U Got the Look
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| "U Got the Look" | ||
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| U.S. 7" single | ||
| Single by Prince | ||
| from the album Sign “☮” the Times | ||
| B-side(s) | "Housequake" | |
| Released | 14 July 1987 | |
| Format | 7" single 12" single |
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| Recorded | Home studio, Minneapolis and Sunset Sound; March – December 1986 | |
| Genre | Pop, funk, Funk-metal | |
| Length | Album/7": 3:58 12": 6:45 |
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| Label | Paisley Park Records | |
| Writer(s) | Prince | |
| Producer(s) | Prince | |
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| Prince singles chronology | ||
| "If I Was Your Girlfriend" (1987) |
"U Got the Look" (1987) |
"I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" (1987) |
"U Got the Look" opens the second disc of Prince's 1987 double album Sign “☮” the Times and became the album's highest charting single. Musically, the song is standard 12-bar blues number with emphasis on drumming by Sheila E. and a crunchy guitar sound. The song features Sheena Easton who sings co-lead with Prince. Prince sings in his speeded up Camille voice, although the song was not intended for the Camille album. The lyrics recite the familiar "boy vs. girl in the World Series of love".
The music video for the song was pulled from the Sign “☮” the Times movie and features the intro from the extended version of the song. The entire video is portrayed as a dream sequence of Prince, dozing off in his dressing room. The song was very popular and reached #2 in the United States. The extended version of the song (called the "Long Look") is similar to the video but has an additional musical section in the middle of the song and continues for a few more seconds instead of fadeing out at the end. The "Long Look" was included on the Ultimate compilation album in 2006.
The B-side of the single was the funky album track, "Housequake". The 12" also included an extension of the song called "7 Minutes Mo'Quake" which was a mostly instrumental version with the end of the album version tacked on. The remix is noteworthy for some of Atlanta Bliss's trumpet solos that often were included in live versions of the song.
Gary Numan covered "U Got the Look" for his 1992 album, Machine + Soul.
[edit] External link
- "U Got the Look" lyrics
