Album · Prince
Controversy by Prince
Controversy is an album by Prince, released in 1981. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Controversy”, on 6 lists with a best position of #154.
Controversy, Prince's fourth album, came out on Warner Bros. on October 14, 1981, and once again it's close to a one-man show: he wrote and produced every track but one and played most of the instruments himself. Coming off Dirty Mind, the Minneapolis kid keeps the funk lean and nervy, synths and guitars snapping at each other over grooves built to move a dance floor.
This is also the album where the color purple starts to stick to him, and the first where his song titles go in for creatively mangled spelling. It climbed to number three on the R&B albums chart, went platinum, and critics voted it the eighth best album of the year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Controversy on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Controversy | 6 | #154 | – | 2018–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.