Care to share one of your favourite Prince covers by other artists?

It is a great one, isn't it? Still gives me the goosebumps and have me shiver as I listen to it.

It's one of the few songs that will choke me up every time!

Each to their own, right? :-) Which one do you like?

That one.  

Ah, sorry. Misunderstood your first reply. My bad. :-/

Quite Ok.  I love that song, even if it makes me drop a tear every time I watch it.

I love it too, as you probably can guess.

She sings it with such passion.  

She does. :-)

Yes, it is great, I agree! I get goosebumps and chills, too --  and the official music video to the song is really good for me, too.

WQ, I have to say I would choose Prince every single time. :) This post was edited by Thriftymaid at December 18, 2016 3:22 PM MST

He made the version brilliantly himself, but my question asked specifically for done by other artists.

I didn't answer your question.  I made a remark directly to WQ.

I am aware, Thrifty. Do you have any Prince cover performed by another artist that you like, and would care to share with us?

I think you may be right, Thriftymaid! Sadly, I didn't realize how much I liked Prince and his music until he died.
And I equate "Nothing Compares 2 U" so much with O'Connor, I think, because I heard her cover first and really liked it. I need to get ready to go to work now but I need to look up Prince's own rendition.  Shame on me -- I don't recall ever hearing it.

I love how you worded your comment - - "I have to say I would choose Prince every single time :) "  
That's excellent!
:)

Thanks for posting this, SapphicHeart ~  I had to go to work before being able to look this song up and I was exhausted after work, so I will listen to the song - -- AFTER I get back from work yet again! Ha! I have to get going to work again!
:)

Welby, I just watched a Prince live video of just he and his acoustic guitar on stage.  That's always so good....no band and lights sand smoke and and and and.    It brought back memories.  He stated that he wrote Nothing Compares 2 U for Sinead OConnor.  So, I'm not sure who covered whom.  ;) This post was edited by Thriftymaid at December 19, 2016 8:27 AM MST

Another "fun-ly" worded expression, Thriftymaid --  "and and and and. " 
:)
Yes, sometimes it's best to just hear a voice and instrument! 

I'm quite a Howard Jones fan, too, and I saw him in a great concert --  just Howard and a piano. He captivated me the entire concert! Great stuff! And an acoustic Prince would be great, too!
I never knew that Prince wrote that song for O'Connor --  those two together surely make the song memorable. I plan on listening to Prince's version later -- I have to go to work again, ha!
:)

Welby, I saw Billy Joel on stage once with nothing but his piano.  That is a great performance memory. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at December 19, 2016 12:00 PM MST

I wasn't aware. Thank you one more time, Andy... :-)

"Manic Monday" was written under the pseudonym "Christopher". I bought the single by the Bangles when it was a hit in 1986, and it was my sister who first told me it was written by Prince. I confirmed that a few weeks later in NME or some other music paper. I don't know how to upload images on this site any more otherwise I'd have posted a pic of the label. You can find all the details here:

http://www.45cat.com/record/a6796