"Let's Work" | ||||
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Single by Prince | ||||
from the album Controversy | ||||
B-side |
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Released | January 6, 1982 | |||
Recorded | Uptown, Sunset Sound, Hollywood Sound, 1981 | |||
Genre | Funk, post-disco | |||
Length | 2:56 (7" edit) 3:57 (album version) 8:02 (12" version) | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Prince | |||
Producer(s) | Prince | |||
Prince singles chronology | ||||
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"Let's Work" is a song by Prince, released as the second single from his 1981 album Controversy.[1] The song originates from a dance called "the Rock" that local kids were doing at the time in Minneapolis. Prince responded quickly with a track called "Let's Rock", and wished to quickly release it as a single. Warner Bros. refused, and a disappointed Prince did not include the song on Controversy, saying the phase had passed. Instead, the song was updated with new lyrics and possibly new music and became "Let's Work"—one of his most popular dance numbers.