| "1999" | ||||
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Prince_1999_single.jpg) US 7" single (1982) | ||||
| Single by Prince | ||||
| from the album 1999 | ||||
| B-side | "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" | |||
| Released | September 24, 1982[1] | |||
| Recorded | August 7, 1982 | |||
| Studio | Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, Minnesota | |||
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| Length | 3:36 (single version) 6:18 (album version) | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Prince | |||
| Producer(s) | Prince | |||
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"1999" is a song by American musician Prince, the title track from his 1982 album of the same name. Originally peaking at number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100, a mid-1983 re-release later reached number 12 in the US, while a January 1985 rerelease, a double A-side with "Little Red Corvette", later peaked at number 2 in the UK.
Rolling Stone ranked "1999" number 339 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[6] Following Prince's death, the song re-charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 41, later moving up to number 27, making it the fourth separate time the song had entered the Hot 100 and the third different decade in which the song re-charted (as after its two 1980s entries, it made the chart again on January 16, 1999 at number 40). As of April 30, 2016, it has sold 727,363 copies in the United States.[7]
- ^ Nilsen & Mattheij 2004, p. 37
- ^ Cheal, David (December 26, 2016). "The Life of a Song: '1999'". Financial Times. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (November 17, 2022). "The 70 greatest No 2 singles – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ^ Nathan Brackett; Christian David Hoard (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 655. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 159. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
- ^ "Prince, '1999'". Rolling Stone. No. 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ "Hip Hop Single Sales: Prince, Desiigner & Drake". HipHopDX. April 30, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.