Two Princes

"Two Princes"
Single cover
Single by Spin Doctors
from the album Pocket Full of Kryptonite
B-side
  • "Off My Line"
  • "Rosetta Stone"
Released1992
Genre
Length
  • 4:16 (album version)
  • 3:26 (radio edit)
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Frank Aversa
  • Mark White
  • Eric Schenkman
  • Chris Barron
  • Aaron Comess
Spin Doctors singles chronology
"Little Miss Can't Be Wrong"
(1992) 		"Two Princes"
(1992) 		"Jimmy Olsen's Blues"
(1993)
Music video
"Two Princes" on YouTube

"Two Princes" is a song by American rock group Spin Doctors, released in 1992 by Epic Records as the second single from the group's debut album, Pocket Full of Kryptonite (1991). The song peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Cash Box Top 100. Outside of the US, it topped the charts in Iceland and Sweden, and peaked within the top 10 of the charts in Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The song earned them a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.[4] The group filmed two different music videos for "Two Princes"; one of them was in black-and-white. One of the videos was directed by Richard Murray and premiered in February 1992.[5]

The song was ranked No. 41 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the '90s";[6] conversely, it was ranked No. 21 on Blender magazine's "50 Worst Songs Ever".[7]

  1. ^ Marotta, Michael (July 7, 2014). "So… the fucking Spin Doctors are playing a free show at City Hall Plaza this week". Vanyaland. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  2. ^ Yglesias, Matthew (May 21, 2007). "The Ultimate Nineties Alt-Rock Playlist". The Atlantic. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  3. ^ Waldman, Scott (April 3, 2020). "10 Best Pop-Rock Songs of the '90s". Loudwire. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  4. ^ Bird, Rick (January 7, 1994). "Aging rockers to duke it out for Grammys". Cincinnati Post. p. 1C.
  5. ^ "The Spin Doctors – "Two princes"". Mvdbase.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  6. ^ "100 Greatest Songs of the '90s: Full List". VH1. Archived from the original on December 16, 2007.
  7. ^ Aizlewood, John; et al. (May 2004). "Run For Your Life! It's the 50 Worst Songs Ever!". Blender. Archived from the original on May 8, 2004.