"Nothing Compares 2 U" er en sang skrevet af Prince til The Family , et funkband som blev skabt for at få mere af hans musik ud. Bandets debutalbum The Family blev udgivet i 1985, men sangen kom ikke ud som single og blev ikke særligt kendt.
Den irske sangerinde Sinéad O'Connor lavede en coverversion af sangen i 1990 som var med på hendes album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got , og sangen blev hurtigt et hit . Singlen toppede hitlisterne verden over, blandt andet i Storbritannien , USA og Australien .
Musikvideoen var populær på MTV , og da sangen var på toppen, begyndte Prince selv at optræde med den til koncerter og han tog en live-version af sangen med på sit første opsamlingsalbum The Hits/The B-Sides . Denne version er en duet med Rosie Gaines , som på dette tidspunkt var med i hans band The New Power Generation .
Der var en coverversion af "Nothing Compares 2 U" af Capital Cities , udgivet i albummet In a Tidal Wave of Mystery .
Spor
7" single "Nothing Compares 2 U" – 5:09 "Jump in the River" – 4:13
CD maxi "Nothing Compares 2 U" – 5:09 "Jump in the River" – 4:13 "Jump in the River" (instrumental) – 4:04
Hitlister
Ugentlige hitlister
Års-hitlister Hitliste (1990) Placering Australian Singles Chart[27] 1 Austrian Singles Chart[28] 2 Canada Top Singles (RPM )[29] 3 Dutch Top 40[30] 1 German Singles Chart[31] 2 Irish Singles Chart 1 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[32] 11 Swiss Singles Chart[33] 6 UK Singles Chart[34] 2 US Billboard Hot 100[35] 3
Årti-hitlister Hitliste (1990–1999) Placering Irish Singles Chart 36 UK Singles Chart 61 US Billboard Hot 100[36] 82
Certificeringer Referencer ^ Gilbert, Sophie (21. april 2015). "How 'Nothing Compares 2 U' Endured" . The Atlantic . Hentet 4. august 2015 . ^ "Australian-charts.com – Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U" . ARIA Top 50 Singles . ^ "Austriancharts.at – Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U" (på tysk). Ö3 Austria Top 40 . ^ "Ultratop.be – Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U" (på nederlandsk). Ultratop 50 . ^ "Ultratop.be – Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U" (på fransk). Ultratop 50 . ^ "Adult Contemporary - Volume 51, No. 25, May 05 1990" . RPM . Arkiveret fra originalen 6. september 2012. Hentet 17. august 2011 .^ "Top Singles - Volume 51, No. 25, May 05 1990" . RPM . Arkiveret fra originalen 6. september 2012. Hentet 17. august 2011 .^ "Top 3 Denmark" (PDF) . Music & Media . Hentet 22. marts 2018 .^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (finsk) (1st udgave). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3 . ^ "Lescharts.com – Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U" (på fransk). Les classement single . ^ "Top 100 single" (tysk). charts.de. Hentet 17. august 2011 .^ "Íslenski Listinn (1990)" (islandsk). Dagblaðið Vísir. Arkiveret fra originalen (PDF) 11. februar 2021. Hentet 6. februar 2018 .^ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song" . Irish Recorded Music Association . Hentet 17. august 2011 .^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Sinéad O'Connor search results" (på nederlandsk) Dutch Top 40 . ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U" (på nederlandsk). Single Top 100 . ^ "Charts.org.nz – Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U" . Top 40 Singles . ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U" . VG-lista . ^ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video" . Polish Airplay Top 100 . ^ "Top 3 Portugal" (PDF) . Music & Media . Hentet 22. marts 2018 .^ "Swedishcharts.com – Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U" . Single Top 100 . ^ "Swisscharts.com – Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U" . Swiss Singles Chart . ^ "Archive Chart: 1990-02-03" UK Singles Chart . ^ "Sinéad O'Connor – Chart history" Billboard for Sinéad O'Connor. ^ "Sinéad O'Connor – Chart history" Billboard Alternative Songs for Sinéad O'Connor. ^ "Sinéad O'Connor Chart History (Hot 100)" . Billboard .. ^ "Danishcharts.com – Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U" . Track Top-40 . ^ a b "ARIA End Of Year Singles 1990" . Australian Recording Industry Association . 1991. Hentet 26. januar 2018 .^ 1990 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at Arkiveret 17. december 2013 hos Wayback Machine (Retrieved September 3, 2008) ^ "Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990" . RPM . Hentet 26. november 2017 .^ "Single top 100 over 1990" (PDF) (hollandsk). Top40. Hentet 12. april 2010 .^ "Top 100 Single-Jahreschart" (tysk). offiziellecharts.de. Hentet 1. juni 2018 .^ "End of Year Charts 1990" . Recorded Music NZ. Hentet 3. december 2017 .^ 1990 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch Arkiveret 1. februar 2014 hos Wayback Machine (Retrieved September 3, 2008) ^ Music Week End of year Charts, 1990. pub.January 1991^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1990" . Arkiveret fra originalen 2010-01-17. Hentet 2009-09-15 .^ Geoff Mayfield (25. december 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s . Billboard . Hentet 15. oktober 2010 . ^ "Austrian single certifications – Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U" (tysk). IFPI Austria. Enter Sinéad O'Connor in the field Interpret. Enter Nothing Compares 2 U in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Sinéad O'Connor; 'Nothing Compares 2 U')" (tysk). Bundesverband Musikindustrie .^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (svensk). IFPI Sweden.^ "British single certifications – Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U" . British Phonographic Industry . Enter Nothing Compares 2 U in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click Go^ "American single certifications – Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U" . Recording Industry Association of America . If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH