| "Sugar Walls" | ||||
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| Single by Sheena Easton | ||||
| from the album A Private Heaven | ||||
| B-side | "Straight Talking" | |||
| Released | December 1984 (US)[1] March 1985 (UK)[2] | |||
| Recorded | January 20–21, 1984[3] | |||
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| Length | 4:01 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Prince (as Alexander Nevermind) | |||
| Producer(s) | Greg Mathieson, Prince | |||
| Sheena Easton singles chronology | ||||
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"Sugar Walls" is the second single from Sheena Easton's 1984 album A Private Heaven. It spent 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, nine of which were in the top 40. It reached number 9 on the Hot 100,[6] number 3 on the R&B chart[7] and number 1 on the Dance chart.[8] The song did not chart in Easton's native UK. The music was credited to Alexander Nevermind, a pseudonym used by Prince.[9]
"Sugar Walls" was given a special release on 13 April 2019, as a 12-inch single picture disc pressing by RT Industries (Razor & Tie), for 2019 National Record Store Day.
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Prince, the circa-1984 king of funky dance-pop, took an interest, and he wrote Easton's remarkably horny single "Sugar Walls"...
- ^ McGarrity, Andre (January 1, 1998). "Sheena Easton". In Graff, Gary; du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (eds.). MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 190–193.
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- ^ "Sheena Easton sets a Billboard chart record when "Sugar Walls" becomes a Top 10 R&B hit". History.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 2021-02-24.