“Guitar” by Prince

Prince wrote "Guitar" and made it the first single from his 2007 album Planet Earth. He sings and plays the guitar the title promises, with Sonny Thompson on bass and Michael Bland on drums; the credits list just those three players.

He sold it the new-century way: the MP3 single came through a deal with Verizon Wireless and O2, and the video, directed by Milos Twilight and starring his dancers the Twinz, premiered on Verizon's website. Radio got the song in June and the CD single went worldwide on July 9. It wasn't one of his bigger chart hits, but it went top 40 in Japan, Italy, Greece and the Netherlands, peaking at 10 in Japan, and Rolling Stone put it at 39 among the 100 Best Songs of 2007.

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