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What was Prince's best song of 2001?

Each week in March, the Purple Current Time Machine goes to a different year to pick the best of Prince's output. Vote and tune into the Purple Hour at noon on Friday.
Each week in March, the Purple Current Time Machine goes to a different year to pick the best of Prince's output. Vote and tune into the Purple Hour at noon on Friday.MPR Graphic

by Sean McPherson

March 25, 2019

Every Friday in March our Purple Hour (12pm and 7pm CST) will be turning into a Purple Current Time Machine. We will be taking a look at Prince's musical output for a specific year, (even if it was released significantly later) and you will be voting on the top tracks for that year. This means that Prince's output as a ghostwriter, producer, and collaborator are all fair game.

2001 was a turning point for Prince's musical output. The work Prince released in 2001 speaks for itself, but it also speaks for the band-oriented funk sound Prince would home in on so deeply in the coming years. Here are the top songs, according to you.

1. When Eye Lay My Hands On U
2. She Loves 4 Me
3. The Work Part 1
4. Last December
5. Muse 2 The Pharaoh
6. The Dance
7. Mellow
8. Supercute
9. The Everlasting Now
10. Underneath The Cream
11. Golden Parachute
12. Sex Me Sex Me Not
13. Rainbow Children
14. Family Name
15. Breathe