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“I Would Die 4 U” by Prince
From the EP His Majesty’s Pop Life / The Purple Mix Club (1985)
“I Would Die 4 U” by Prince appears on 20 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1984 and 2026. It was first released in 1985 on the EP His Majesty’s Pop Life / The Purple Mix Club. Its best result is #63 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1984. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #144 alternative song of 1984 and #2,891 alternative song of all time.
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"I Would Die 4 U" came billed to Prince and the Revolution as the fourth US single from Purple Rain, and it's the album's quickest pulse: a clipped, up-tempo synth-pop dance track that Prince wrote alone and sings with nervy, wide-eyed devotion, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Brownmark and Dr. Fink chiming in behind him. On Purple Rain it hands straight off to "Baby I'm a Star", and the two usually travel together.
It was the last single from the album to crack the top 10, peaking at 8 on the Hot 100, and the trade press swooned; Billboard heard pure electricity in it. The flip side, "Another Lonely Christmas", went the other way entirely, a mournful tale of a man grieving a lover lost on a Christmas Day gone by, which Prince swore was fiction.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 63 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1984 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
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