My Name Is Prince

"My Name Is Prince" is a song by Prince and The New Power Generation, from the 1992 Love Symbol album. The song is about Prince himself, and his musical prowess. He changed his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol not long after the release of this single.

The intro to the song features vocal samples from Prince's earlier songs "I Wanna Be Your Lover", "Partyup", and "Controversy". The rap sequence is performed by NPG member Tony M.

The B-sides were "Sexy Mutha", a clean remix of "Sexy MF", and "2 Whom It May Concern", a preview of songs from the then-upcoming Love Symbol album.

Single track listing

UK 7"

"My Name Is Prince" (Edit) – 4:05
"2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:02

US 7"

"My Name Is Prince" (Edit) – 4:05
"Sexy Mutha" – 3:55

UK 12" picture disc

"My Name Is Prince" (LP version) – 6:38
"Sexy Mutha" – 3:55
"2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:02

UK CD1

"My Name Is Prince" (Edit) – 4:05
"Sexy Mutha" – 3:55
"2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:02
"My Name Is Prince" (LP version) – 6:38

UK CD2

"My Name Is Prince" (Original Mix Edit) – 8:06
"My Name Is Prince" (12" Club Mix) – 8:11
"Sexy M.F." (12" Remix) – 7:34

US CD

"My Name Is Prince" (Original Mix Edit) – 8:06
"My Name Is Prince" (12" Club Mix) – 8:11
"My Name Is Prince" (House Mix) – 7:18
"My Name Is Prince" (Hard Core 12" Mix) – 7:55
"Sexy M.F." (12" Remix) – 7:34

Japan CD maxi single

"My Name Is Prince" (Original Mix Edit) – 8:06
"My Name Is Prince" (12" Club Mix) – 8:11
"My Name Is Prince" (House Mix) – 7:18
"My Name Is Prince" (Hard Core 12" Mix) – 7:55
"Sexy M.F." (12" Remix) – 7:34
"Sexy Mutha" – 3:55
"Sexy M.F." (Clean version) – 5:24
"2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:02

Chart performance

"My Name Is Prince" returned Prince and The NPG to radio and the Top 40 in the US after their previous single, the provocative "Sexy MF" failed to chart on any airplay charts. "My Name Is Prince" received modest airplay on Mainstream Urban and Rhythmic radio stations, earning respectable positions of number 25 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, number 20 on the Rhythmic Top 40, and number 36 on the Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, "My Name Is Prince" was another Top 10 hit for Prince and The NPG, peaking at number 7.

The remixes single also charted, hitting number 51 in the UK.

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[1]	9
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[2]	7
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[3]	11
France (SNEP)^[4]	29
Germany (Official German Charts)^[5]	19
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[6]	8
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[7]	7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[8]	15
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[9]	14
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[10]	7
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[11] Remixes	51
US Billboard Hot 100	36
US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	37
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	25
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay	51
US Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	20

Music Video

The music video features Kirstie Alley as a news reporter.^[12]

Cover versions

"My Name Is Bart", a parody cover version performed by Bart Simpson (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) was recorded in 1993 for inclusion on The Yellow Album, an album by the Simpsons. The song appeared on early promo copies of the album, but when The Yellow Album was eventually given a commercial release in 1998, "My Name Is Bart" was removed from the album.^[13]
Around the time of its release in Australia, Channel 9 made a Christmas parody entitled "My Name Is Santa" on A Current Affair.
Jamie Foxx, as Prince, sang a parody version on an episode of the sketch show In Living Color titled "Prince of Munchkin Land", which made jokes directed at the artist's height.

References

↑ "Australian-charts.com – Prince & The New Power Generation – My Name Is Prince". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Austriancharts.at – Prince & The New Power Generation – My Name Is Prince" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Prince & The New Power Generation – My Name Is Prince" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Lescharts.com – Prince & The New Power Generation – My Name Is Prince" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Prince & The New Power Generation – My Name Is Prince". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Prince & The New Power Generation – My Name Is Prince" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – Prince & The New Power Generation – My Name Is Prince". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Prince & The New Power Generation – My Name Is Prince". Singles Top 100. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Swisscharts.com – Prince & The New Power Generation – My Name Is Prince". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Prince: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Prince: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Kirstie Alley: People.com". Retrieved 2016-06-07.
↑ "The Simpsons CD music albums — Simpsons Crazy". Simpsoncrazy.com. Retrieved 2011-06-29.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Prince singles

1970s	"Soft and Wet" "Just as Long as We're Together" "I Wanna Be Your Lover"

1980s	"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" "Still Waiting" "Sexy Dancer" "Bambi" "Uptown" "Dirty Mind" "Do It All Night" "Controversy" "Let's Work" "Do Me, Baby" "Sexuality" "1999" "Little Red Corvette" "D.M.S.R." "Delirious" "Automatic" "Let's Pretend We're Married" "When Doves Cry" "Let's Go Crazy" "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U" "Take Me with U" "Paisley Park" "Raspberry Beret" "Pop Life" "America" "Kiss" "Mountains" "Anotherloverholenyohead" "Girls & Boys" "Sign "O" the Times" "If I Was Your Girlfriend" "U Got the Look" "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" "Alphabet St." "Glam Slam" "I Wish U Heaven" "Batdance" "Partyman" "The Arms of Orion" "Scandalous!"

1990s	"The Future" "Thieves in the Temple" "New Power Generation" "Gett Off" "Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls" "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Insatiable" "Thunder" "Sexy MF" "My Name Is Prince" "7" "Damn U" "The Morning Papers" "Pink Cashmere" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Peach" "Pope" (remix) "Come" "Letitgo" "Space" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "P Control" "Dolphin" "Endorphinmachine" "I Hate U" "Gold" "Dinner with Delores" "Betcha by Golly Wow!" "The Holy River" "Somebody's Somebody" "Face Down" "The Truth" "Extraordinary" "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"

2000s	"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) "When Will We B Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild) "Supercute" "The Work, pt. 1" "Days of Wild" "Musicology" "Cinnamon Girl" "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" "S.S.T." "Te Amo Corazón" "Black Sweat" "Fury" "Guitar" "F.U.N.K." "Dance 4 Me"

2010s	"Extraloveable" "Rock and Roll Love Affair" "Screwdriver" "Fixurlifeup" "Breakfast Can Wait" "Pretzelbodylogic" "Fallinlove2nite" "Breakdown" "Clouds" "Baltimore" "Hardrocklover" "This Could B Us" "Free Urself"

Promotional singles	"When You Were Mine" "D.M.S.R." "Another Lonely Christmas" "Erotic City" "Hot Thing" "Trust" "Willing and Able" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Pope" "Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) "Come" "P. Control" "Dolphin" "Endorphinmachine" "Slave" "Somebody's Somebody" "Face Down" "The Rest of My Life" "5 Women" "It's About That Walk" "Baby Knows" "Man'O'War" "She Loves Me 4 Me" "Last December" "One Nite Alone... Live EP" "Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas" "Call My Name" "The Song of the Heart" "Beautiful, Loved & Blessed" (with Tamar Davis) "Chelsea Rodgers" "Future Baby Mama" "The One U Wanna C" "U're Gonna C Me"

Airplay-only songs	"International Lover" "Shhh" "Satisfied" "Better with Time"

Internet downloads	"One Song" "Cybersingle" "Bataclan" "Glass Cutter" "Live from Paisley Park" "Strange Relationship" (Live in Minneapolis) "Guitar (original "demo" version)" "Love" (acoustic version) "Rock and Roll Love Affair" (Remix 7) "Screwdriver" (Remix) "Boyfriend" (Demo) "That Girl Thang" "Live Out Loud" "Ain't Gonna Miss U When U're Gone" "Extraloveable Reloaded" "Menstrual Cycle" "Octopus Heart" "Groovy Potential" "The Sweeter She Is" "Something in the Water" (Paisley Park Rehearsal) "Da Bourgeoisie" "What If" "The X's Face"

Streams	"U're Still the One" "Xylophone" "In a Large Room with No Light" "Purple and Gold" "Cause and Effect" "Hot Summer" "Rich Friends" "Same Page Different Book" "Stare"

EP's	The Scandalous Sex Suite EP New Power Generation Remixes Gett Off Remix EP Cream Remixes My Name Is Prince Remixes 7 Remixes The Beautiful Experience Letitgo Remixes Space Remixes I Hate U Remixes 1999: The New Master The Greatest Romance Ever Sold Remixes Breakfast Can Wait

Other songs	"I Feel for You" "When You Were Mine" "Private Joy" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "17 Days" "The Beautiful Ones" "Computer Blue" "Darling Nikki" "Baby I'm a Star" "4 the Tears in Your Eyes" "Sometimes It Snows in April" "Adore" "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" "I Can't Make U Love Me" "La, La, La Means I Love U" "One of Us" "Everyday Is a Winding Road" "A Case of U"

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