Cream (Prince song)

"Cream"
UK 7-inch single
Single by Prince and the New Power Generation
from the album Diamonds and Pearls
B-side
  • "Horny Pony"
  • "Gangster Glam"
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1991 (1991-09-09)[1]
RecordedDecember 3, 1990[2]
StudioPaisley Park (Chanhassen, Minnesota)
Genre
Length4:12
Label
Songwriter(s)Prince
Producer(s)Prince
Prince and the New Power Generation singles chronology
"Gett Off"
(1991) 		"Cream"
(1991) 		"Insatiable"
(1991)
Music video
"Cream" on YouTube

"Cream" is a song by American singer-songwriter Prince and his backing band the New Power Generation, released in September 1991 by Paisley Park and Warner as the second single from Prince's 13th studio album, Diamonds and Pearls (1991). In a 2004 MTV special, Prince joked that he wrote the song while looking at himself in the mirror.[7][8] "Cream" became Prince's fifth and last number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100, staying at the top for two weeks. The song entered the top 10 in 15 other countries worldwide, peaking within the top three in Australia, Canada, Norway, and Switzerland. Its music video was directed by Rebecca Blake.[9]

The single's B-side, "Horny Pony", a rap song that was replaced on Diamonds and Pearls at the last minute by "Gett Off", was re-used from the "Gett Off" single. "Cream" was also released as a maxi-single EP with remixes and songs/raps loosely based on "Cream". The EP is notable for including several prank telephone conversations. In the UK, "Gangster Glam" is an additional B-side on the 12-inch maxi maxi-CD single. In Japan, an EP was released with the tracks from the US maxi single, and four tracks from the US "Gett Off" maxi single.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. September 7, 1991. p. 21.
  2. ^ "Cream". Prince Vault.
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Prince & the New Power Generation / Prince – Diamonds and Pearls". AllMusic. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  4. ^ Browne, David (October 4, 1991). "Diamonds and Pearls". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  5. ^ Poulson-Bryant, Scott (November 1991). "SPINS". Spin. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  6. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. October 5, 1991. p. 10. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  7. ^ Prince (April 22, 2019), Prince – Cream (Live At Webster Hall – April 20, 2004), archived from the original on December 22, 2021, retrieved April 19, 2020
  8. ^ Susman, Gary. "Prince show will simulcast on five channels". Entertainment Weekly. Meredith Corporation. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference imvdb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).