Austrian artist Falco owned the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 the week of April 12, 1986, with ‘Rock Me Amadeus,’ one of only nine non-English songs to top the chart.
At #2 was Prince with his iconic hit ‘Kiss,’ which would reach #1 the following week and stay there for two weeks. ‘Kiss’ is the third of five chart-topping hits for Prince, all released between 1984 and 1991.
‘Kiss’ was the lead single of Prince’s eighth studio album, Parade, the soundtrack album for his film Under the Cherry Moon. While the film flopped, the album did quite well, largely due to the success of this song.
The classic track might not have been on any Prince album if things had gone as he initially planned. He gave a rough demo of the track to a funk band called Mazarati working in an adjacent studio. But after hearing their early version, he decided to take it back and give it the treatment we all know and love.
You don’t have to be beautiful to turn me on
I just need your body, baby, from dusk ’til dawn
You don’t need experience to turn me out
You just leave it all up to me, I’m gonna show you what it’s all about
[Chorus]
You don’t have to be rich to be my girl
You don’t have to be cool to rule my world
Ain’t no particular sign I’m more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your kiss
[Verse 2]
You got to not talk dirty, baby, if you wanna impress me
You can’t be too flirty, mama, I know how to undress me, yeah
I want to be your fantasy, maybe you could be mine
You just leave it all up to me, we could have a good time, oh
[Chorus]
You don’t have to be rich to be my girl
You don’t have to be cool to rule my world
Ain’t no particular sign I’m more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your kiss
Taylor Swift
[Bridge]
Yes, oh, I think I wanna dance, uh
Oh!
Gotta, gotta, oh
Little Girl Wendy’s Parade
Gotta, gotta, gotta
[Verse 3]
Women, not girls, rule my world, I said they rule my world
Act your age, mama, not your shoe size, maybe we could do the twirl
You don’t have to watch “Dynasty” to have an attitude, uh
You just leave it all up to me, my love will be your food
[Chorus]
Yeah, you don’t have to be rich to be my girl
You don’t have to be cool to rule my world
Ain’t no particular sign I’m compatible with
I just want your extra time and your kiss
Arguably the best funkiest song of all time!
Just love that scene in Pretty Woman with Julia Roberts singing Kiss in the bathtub ❤️
One of his best.