| "Sex Shooter" | ||||
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| Single by Apollonia 6 | ||||
| from the album Apollonia 6 | ||||
| B-side | "In a Spanish Villa" | |||
| Released | August 31, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
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| Length | 3:39 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Prince (uncredited) | |||
| Producer(s) | Prince (as The Starr ★ Company) | |||
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| "Sex Shooter" (TopPop, 1984) on YouTube | ||||
"Sex Shooter" is the debut single by Apollonia 6, released as a single in 1984. It appears on the group's only album.[1] The song reached the top 20 of the US R&B Chart and was written and produced by Prince.[2] A version performed by Prince appears on the 2019 posthumous demo album Originals.
The song was performed by Apollonia 6 in the 1984 film Purple Rain. It reached No. 19 on the US R&B Chart and No. 32 on the US Dance Chart and has since become a favorite of Prince protégé' fans, while also being received more positively by a wider audience in retrospect. Billboard magazine ranked the song at No. 93 on their list of the 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.[3]
To promote the song, a music video was made which features the girls rehearsing the song in a dance studio and group members Apollonia and Brenda Bennett liking the same guy who joined them at rehearsal. The group also performed the song on music programs like TopPop. The full music video is available on the 20th anniversary DVD and Blu-ray editions of Purple Rain.
- ^ "Apollonia 6 | Music Videos, News, Photos, Tour Dates | MTV". MTV Artists. Archived from the original on September 13, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
- ^ "ASCAP entry". ASCAP.
- ^ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.