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Sep 20, 2018 · Prince wrote "Sugar Walls" for the Scottish pop singer Sheena Easton under the pen name "Alexander Nevermind." The song hit No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984.
- Vanity 6, “Nasty Girl” (1982) Hot 100 Chart Position: Didn't chart, but Number One U.S. Hot Dance Club Play. Four years before Janet Jackson converted "nasty" from a pejorative into a positive, Vanity 6 got the wheels greased with "Nasty Girl."
- Stevie Nicks, “Stand Back” (1983) Hot 100 Chart Position: Number Five. Technically, the raspy 1983 Wild Heart dance track "Stand Back," was written by Nicks herself – but Nicks has said it "belongs" to Prince.
- The Time, “Jungle Love” (1984) Hot 100 Chart Position: Number 20. Before splitting off to become one of the top songwriting/producing teams in the business, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were members of the Time, the Prince-assembled group whose first hit came in 1984 with "Jungle Love."
- Sheila E., “The Glamorous Life” (1984) Hot 100 Chart Position: Number Seven. This funk-laced track about a woman who, despite having the outward trappings of "happiness," wants romantic love became the pop breakthrough for Sheila Escovedo, who met Prince in 1978.
- “Stand Back,” Stevie Nicks (1983) Written by Prince and Stevie Nicks. Though he was never formally credited with writing this song, Stevie Nicks has always said that “Stand Back,” off her second solo album Wild Heart, “belongs” to Prince.
- “Sugar Walls,” Sheena Easton (1984) Written by Prince. The second single off Sheena Easton’s 1984 album A Private Heaven, “Sugar Walls,” of course, Prince’s sexual innuendo for a part of the female body, reached No. 1 on the Dance chart and at No. 3 on the R&B chart.
- “You’re My Love,” Kenny Rogers (1986) Written by Prince (aka “Joey Coco”) Often using a pseudonym as a songwriter (see The Bangles), Prince went under the alias “Joey Coco” when he wrote “You’re My Love” for country singer Kenny Rogers’ 1986 album They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To.
- “Manic Monday,” The Bangles (1986) Written by Prince (aka “Christopher”) Off The Bangles’ 1986 album Different Light, Prince gave The Bangles one of their biggest hits: “Manic Monday.”
Jan 11, 2018 · Of her collaborations with Prince, 101 didn't scale the chart heights of Sugar Walls or U Got the Look, but Sheena Easton called it her favorite song she's ever made.
"The Arms of Orion" is a 1989 song by American musician Prince and Scottish singer and actress Sheena Easton. It was the third single to be taken from Prince's 1989 Batman soundtrack album. It was a #36 pop hit for them on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1989.
Jun 23, 2023 · You probably know Grammy Award-winning artist Sheena Easton by her hit “Strut,” or maybe from “Sugar Walls,” written by collaborator Prince: Of course, there’s a lot about the 80s icon ...
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Arms of Orion was written by Sheena Easton, at the suggestion of Prince, for the 1989 motion picture Batman. Released as a single in October of 1989, it peaked out at No. 36 on the...
