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Dec 31, 2020 · Provided to YouTube by Legacy RecordingsControversy · PrinceControversy℗ 1981 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Legacy RecordingsReleased on: 1981...
"Controversy" is a song by American musician Prince, the lead single and title track to his 1981 album. The song addresses speculation about Prince at the time such as his sexuality, gender, religion, and racial background, and how he could not understand the curiosity surrounding him.
Controversy is the fourth studio album by Prince. It reached number three on the Billboard R&B Albums chart and in 1985 was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of...
Controversy is the first track on Prince ’s fourth album Controversy, and, six weeks prior to the album’s release, Controversy was released as the album’s first single. In 1982, the track was included as the b-side of the West German and Japanese versions of the Sexuality single.
Controversy narrowed in on Prince’s evolving worldview, bringing his songs out of the bedroom and onto the dancefloor and out into the streets to protest against the political tension that would come to define the era.
By Stephen Holden. January 21, 1982. It should come as little surprise that on his fourth album, Prince has made his inflammatory and explicit sexuality the basis of an amusingly jive but...
His follow-up, 1981’s Controversy, finds Prince acknowledging his newfound infamy: “I just can’t believe all the things people say/Am I black or white? Am I straight or gay?” he sings on the title track.
