Nothing Compares 2 U

"Nothing Compares 2 U"
"Nothing Compares 2 U"
Single by Sinéad O'Connor
from the album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
B-side	"Jump in the River"
Released	January 8, 1990
Studio	S.T.S (Dublin, Ireland)
Genre	Pop; blue-eyed soul;
Length	5:10
Label	Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)	Prince
Producer(s)	Sinéad O'Connor; Nellee Hooper;
Sinéad O'Connor singles chronology
Music video
	"Nothing Compares 2 U" at YouTube

"Nothing Compares 2 U" is a song written by Prince for his side project The Family for their debut studio album The Family and was made famous by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor for her second studio album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Go. It was a worldwide going to number 1 everywhere plus France where it was a top five hit single. It was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards in 1991.

Track listings[change | change source]

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

References[change | change source]

↑ Gilbert, Sophie (April 21, 2015). "How 'Nothing Compares 2 U' Endured". The Atlantic. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
↑ Rolling Stone Staff (July 26, 2023). "Sinead O'Connor: 10 Essential Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 28, 2023. ...her cover was the greatest Gaelic blue-eyed soul performance since Van Morrison...

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[1] Gilbert, Sophie (April 21, 2015). "How 'Nothing Compares 2 U' Endured". The Atlantic. Retrieved August 4, 2015.

[Rolling_Stone_Staff_2023-2] Rolling Stone Staff (July 26, 2023). "Sinead O'Connor: 10 Essential Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 28, 2023. ...her cover was the greatest Gaelic blue-eyed soul performance since Van Morrison...

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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" "Uptown" "Dirty Mind" "Do It All Night" "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" "Controversy" "Let's Work" "Do Me, Baby" "1999" "Little Red Corvette" "Delirious" "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" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "Letitgo" "Space" "Purple Medley" "I Hate U" "Gold" "Dinner with Delores" "Betcha by Golly Wow!" "The Holy River" "Somebody's Somebody" "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."
2010s	"Breakfast Can Wait"
Promotional singles	"When You Were Mine" "Erotic City" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) "Somebody's Somebody" "The Rest of My Life" "5 Women" "It's About That Walk" "Man'O'War" "Call My Name" "The Song of the Heart"
Airplay-only songs	"International Lover"
Internet downloads	"Guitar (original "demo" version)"
EPs	The Beautiful Experience NYC 1999: The New Master
Other songs	"I Feel for You" "Private Joy" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "The Beautiful Ones" "Computer Blue" "Darling Nikki" "Baby I'm a Star" "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"