| "The Beautiful Ones" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Prince | |
| from the album Purple Rain | |
| Released | June 25, 1984[1] |
| Recorded | September 20, 1983[1] |
| Studio | Sunset Sound, Los Angeles[1] |
| Genre | |
| Length | 5:13 |
| Label | Warner Bros. |
| Songwriter(s) | Prince[3] |
| Producer(s) | Prince[3] |
"The Beautiful Ones" is the third track on Prince and the Revolution's soundtrack album Purple Rain. It was one of three songs produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Prince, the other two being "When Doves Cry" and "Darling Nikki". The song was recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles by Peggy Mac and David Leonard[3] on September 20, 1983.[1] The song replaced "Electric Intercourse" on the Purple Rain album.[4]
The version on the Purple Rain album is slightly cut; a longer version of the song exists. Mariah Carey covered the song, as a duet with R&B group Dru Hill, for her sixth studio album Butterfly.
- ^ a b c d Prince (19 November 2018). "The Beautiful Ones". Prince Vault.
- ^ a b Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2022). "Prince - "When Doves Cry". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 165.
- ^ a b c Prince (and The Revolution). "Purple Rain" (Album Notes). Warner Bros. Records. 1984.
- ^ "Everybody Want What They Don't Got", Uptown #44 (September 8, 2000). Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Accessed December 22, 2008.