Purple Rain

And they throw stuff at him again.

Three years later, He puts out Purple Rain.

And the rest is very much history.

But somewhere out there is a guy who threw a grapefruit at Prince.

That's in the speed round.

Joey, when We're Not Gonna Take It peaked at number 21 on the Hot 100, it was September 22nd, '84, what was the number one song in the country? Was it Missing You by John Waite, Purple Rain, Billy Jean, or Somebody's Watching Me by Rockwell?

Rockwell.

That is incorrect.

Oh, Lord.

[laughs] Wow.

All right, Steven, when the album Stay Hungry peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 200 September 15th, '84, what was the number one album in the country? Was it Thriller, Purple Rain, Born in the USA, or Midnight Madness?

Madness?Good lord.

Purple.

It's either Purple Rain, When Doves Cry, which because, only because Purple Rain was, for me, his most, like, commercial album.

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

If you're gonna ...

Yeah, if you're gonna ...

If you wanna try Prince, try Purple Rain first.

Okay.

It's one of those rare songs where you put this on, the dance floor would be full back in the day, and people would take this over a slow song because it's just, it kicks your ass.

And then to me, it just leads into the sexuality and the energy of what's to come on that album, Purple Rain.

And I think we did this album, Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath.

But I really, I think it, it's, as a historical timepiece, again, this is the first heavy metal album ever to [rock music] What is this that stands before me? Ever.

And you're right, it not only tees off the rest of the album, it tees off an entire genre.

Depending on your metric, that could be the ultimate greatest first track.

[laughs] And Prince, Purple Rain is an incredible album.

Let's Go Crazy is not my favorite song on that album by any means, but it is the first track on the album, and it really sets itself up for what is to come both thematically and sonically.

I got, I got, I got a B side here that's pretty good.

Prince's Purple Rain-

Oh, really?

... has When Doves Cry-

On cassette as a kid.

That's one I bought at a garage sale along with Purple Rain, the Police debut, The Swing by NXS, and a few other tapes.

So that all is kind of tied into my mind of being 10 years old.

Even back then, I was like, oh, Sammy Hagar, this was him outside of Van Halen.