Prince - Sign "O" the Times (12" Single) (1987) Vinyl • ☮, Maxi, Dance Club

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Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). 12" Single. Replacement sleeve cover. Generic white inner-sleeve. Original picture sleeve NOT included. Red text on label. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Sign "O" The Times (LP Version)
2. La, La, La, He, He, Hee (Highly Explosive)

About The Record:

Sign o' the Times (also stylized as Sign "☮" the Times) is the lead single from American musician Prince's 1987 album of the same name. The song was originally intended for two separate Prince albums meant to be released in 1986, that were both shelved: Dream Factory and Crystal Ball. (Many of the tracks from both of these albums ended up on the album Sign o' the Times.) Prince sings and performs the entire track except for some backing vocals by then-girlfriend Susannah Melvoin. Sign o' the Times was written on a Sunday, when Prince usually wrote his most introspective songs. The song proved popular upon release, topping the R&B chart, and reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Rolling Stone ranked Sign o' the Times #304 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1987, both NME and Village Voice‍ '​s Pazz & Jop critics' poll named Sign o' the Times the best single of the year. The single's cover features new band member Cat Glover posing with a large heart covering her face, and on the back of the cover, posing with Prince's guitar; there was a popular rumor that incorrectly insisted that the front cover showed Prince in drag. The B-side was the funk-oriented La, La, La, He, He, Hee. The song was written as a rejoinder to Sheena Easton. The track features vocal samples morphed into drumbeats not dissimilar to that of a dog barking. The lyrics refer to a dog's affair with a cat with playful sexuality. Part of the refrain was used briefly in the song "I Wanna Melt with U", from the Love Symbol album.