Prince Charming (song)

"Prince Charming"
Single by Adam and the Ants
from the album Prince Charming
B-side"Christian D'or"
Released4 September 1981
GenreNew wave
Length3:17
LabelCBS
Songwriter(s)Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni
Producer(s)Chris Hughes[1]
Adam and the Ants singles chronology
"Stand and Deliver"
(1981)
"Prince Charming"
(1981)
"Ant Rap"
(1981)
Music video
"Prince Charming" on YouTube

"Prince Charming" was a number-one single in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in September 1981 for Adam and the Ants.[2] Written by Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni, and featuring on the album of the same name, it was Adam and the Ants' second number-one single in a row[3] and was the fifth biggest hit of 1981.[4]

  1. ^ Buskin, Richard (January 2013). "Adam & The Ants 'Stand & Deliver'". Sound on Sound.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 398–9. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 216–217. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  4. ^ "Top 100 1981". UK-charts.top-source.info. 1981.