Hits List: Prince

In addition to releasing over 90 singles, Prince is a prolific songwriter for other artists.  Here is the complete Hits List of those he kept for himself:

1978:  "Soft and Wet" (#92, #12 R&B)
           "Just as Long as We're Together" (#91 R&B)
1979:  "I Wanna' Be Your Lover" (#11, #1 R&B, #41 U.K., #3 New Zealand)
1980:  "Why You Wanna' Treat Me So Bad?" (#13 R&B)
           "Still Waiting" (#65 R&B)
           "Sexy Dancer"
           "Bambi"
           "Uptown" (#5 R&B)
           "Dirty Mind" (#65 R&B)
           "Head"
1981:  "Do It All Night"
           "Gotta' Stop (Messin' About)"
           "Controversy" (#70, #3 R&B)
           "Let's Work" (#9 R&B)
1982:  "Sexuality"
           "Do Me, Baby"
           "1999" (#12, #4 R&B, #25 U.K., #4 New Zealand, #21 Ireland)--underrated.
1983:  "Little Red Corvette" (#6, #15 R&B, #54 U.K., #12 New Zealand)
           "Delirious" (#8, #18 R&B)
           "Let's Pretend We're Married" (#52, #55 R&B)
           "Automatic"

1984:  "When Doves Cry" (#1, #1 R&B, #4 U.K., #2 New Zealand, #2 Ireland)
           "Let's Go Crazy" (#1, #1 R&B, #13 New Zealand)
           "Purple Rain" (#2, #4 R&B, #8 U.K., #16 New Zealand, #8 Ireland)
           "I Would Die 4 (sic) U (sic)" (#8, #11 R&B, #58 U.K.)
1985:  "Take Me with U (sic)" (with Apollonia Kotero) (#25, #40 R&B)
           "Raspberry Beret" (#2, #3 R&B, #25 U.K., #2 New Zealand, #24 Ireland)
           "Pop Life" (#7, #8 R&B, #60 U.K., #44 New Zealand, #29 Ireland)
           "America" (#46, #35 R&B)
           "Paisley Park" (#18 U.K., #26 New Zealand, #11 Ireland)

1986:  "Kiss" (#1, #1 R&B, #6 U.K., #2 New Zealand, #11 Ireland)
           "Mountains" (#23, #15 R&B, #45 U.K., #37 New Zealand, #15 Ireland)
           "Anotherloverholenyohead" (#63, #18 R&B, #36 U.K., #36 New Zealand, #15 Ireland)
           "Girls & Boys" (#11 U.K., #4 Ireland)
1987:  "Sign o' the Times" (#3, #1 R&B, #10 U.K., #4 New Zealand, #6 Ireland)
           "If I Was Your Girlfriend" (#67, #12 R&B, #20 U.K., #48 New Zealand, #8 Ireland)
           "U Got the Look" (with Sheena Easton) (#2, #11 R&B, #11 U.K., #8 New Zealand, #9 Ireland)
           "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" (#10, #14 R&B, #29 U.K., #9 New Zealand, #10 Ireland)
1988:  "Hot Thing" 
          "Alphabet St." (#8, #3 R&B, #9 U.K., #1 New Zealand, #3 Ireland)
          "Glam Slam" (#44 R&B, #29 U.K., #12 New Zealand, #11 Ireland)
          "I Wish U Heaven" (#18 R&B, #24 U.K., #24 New Zealand, #9 Ireland)

1989:  "Batdance" (#1, #1 R&B, #2 U.K., #1 New Zealand, #2 Ireland)
           "Partyman" (#18, #5 R&B, #14 U.K., #16 New Zealand, #6 Ireland)
           "The Arms of Orion" (with Sheena Easton) (#36, #27 U.K., #44 New Zealand, #5 Ireland)
           "Scandalous!" (#5 R&B)
1990:  "The Future"
           "Thieves in the Temple" (#6, #1 R&B, # 7 U.K., #5 New Zealand, #2 Ireland)
           "New Power Generation" (#64, #27 R&B, #26 U.K., #11 Ireland)
1991:  "Gett Off" (#21, #6 R&B, #4 U.K., #13 New Zealand, #3 Ireland)
           "Cream" (#1, #15 U.K., #5 New Zealand, #7 Ireland)
           "Insatiable" (#77, #3 R&B)
           "Diamonds and Pearls" (#3, #1 R&B, #25 U.K., #8 New Zealand, #8 Ireland)
           "Money Don't Matter 2 (sic) Night" (#23, #14 R&B, #19 U.K., #20 New Zealand, #10 Ireland)
           "Thunder" (#28 U.K., #3 Ireland)
           "Sexy MF" (#66, #76 R&B, #4 U.K., #6 New Zealand, #5 Ireland)
           "My Name Is Prince" (#36, #25 R&B, #7 U.K., #7 New Zealand, #5 Ireland)
           "7" (#7, #61 R&B, #27 U.K., #12 New Zealand)
           "Damn U (sic)" (#32 R&B)

1993:  "The Morning Papers" (#44, #68 R&B, #52 U.K.)
           "Pink Cashmere" (#50, #14 R&B)
           "Peach" (#14 U.K., #15 New Zealand, #20 Ireland)
           "Nothing Compares 2 (sic) U (sic)" (#62 R&B
           "Controversy" (re-issue)
1994:  "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (#3, #2 R&B, #1 U.K., #1 New Zealand, #4 Ireland)
           "Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) (#72, #32 R&B)
           "Letitgo" (#31, #10 R&B, #30 U.K., #24 New Zealand, #26 Ireland)
           "Space" (#71 R&B)
1995:  "Purple Medley" (#84, #74 R&B, #33 U.K.)
           "I Hate U (sic) (#12, #3 R&B, #20 U.K., #22 New Zealand)
           "Gold" (#88, #92 R&B, #10 U.K., #23 Ireland)
1996:  "Dinner with Delores" (#36 U.K.)
           "Betacha' by Golly Wow!" (#31, #10 R&B, #11 U.K., #24 New Zealand)
1997:  "The Holy River" (#58, #19 U.K.)
           "Somebody's Somebody" (#15 R&B, #19 U.K.)
1998:  "1999" (#40, #45 R&B, #10 U.K., #18 Ireland)

1999:  "Extraordinary"
           "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" (#63, #23 R&B, #65 U.K.)
           "1999" (re-issue) (#56, #40 U.K.0
2000:  "Man O' War"
2001:  "U (sic) Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone" (#59)
           :When Will We Be Paid?" (with Audio stepchild)
           "She Loves Me 4 (sic) Me"
2004:  "Musicology" (#44 R&B, #32 New Zealand)
            "Cinnamon Girl" (#43 U.K.)
2005:  "S.S.T."
          "Te Amo Corazon" (#67 R&B
2006:  "Beautiful, Loved and Blessed" (with Tamar Davis)
           "Black Sweat" (#60, #82 R&B, #43 U.K., #41 Ireland)
           "Fury" (#60 U.K. #47 Ireland)
           "Satisfied" (#70 R&B)
2007:  "Guitar" (#81 U.K.)
           "Chelsea Rodgers"
           "F.U.N.K."
           "The One U Wanna C"
           "Future Baby Mama" (#39 R&B)

2009:  "Dance 4 Me"
           "Purple Rain" (re-entry) (#62 U.K.
           "Better With Time" (#78 R&B)


That's 63 hits, with 15 going Top 10 and five #1's.