Song · Prince
“Black Sweat” by Prince
Released 2005
“Black Sweat” by Prince appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2025. It was first released in 2005. Its best result is #187 on the 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,398 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Black Sweat" was the second single from 3121, Prince's 2006 album, and the credits make it a one-man show: he wrote the words and music, sang it and handled the instruments. Sanaa Hamri directed the video, shot in black and white on January 21, 2006, at a house Prince was renting in Los Angeles, and it arrived on February 2.
The single entered the Billboard Hot 100 at 60 for the week ending March 11, his highest debut there since "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" in 1999, and went straight in at number one on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. A month-long iTunes promotion, with four fans in line to win a private Prince concert, drove its first 11,500 digital sales. It later picked up Grammy nominations for Best R&B Song and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 187 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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