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“Mountains” by Prince
Released 1986
“Mountains” by Prince appears on 10 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2009. It was first released in 1986. Its best result is #647 on the CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,912 alternative song of all time.
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"Mountains" came out of Parade in 1986, Prince's eighth album and the soundtrack to his film Under the Cherry Moon, and it's a true Revolution group effort: Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman wrote the music, Prince wrote the words and sang lead, and the band shares the production credit. It's airy, horn-kissed funk, Eric Leeds on sax and Matthew Blistan on trumpet riding over Brownmark's bass and Bobby Z.'s drum machine, with Wendy, Prince and Miko Weaver chopping away on guitars.
In the film it plays over the closing credits; the clip Prince directed for MTV ran in color, while the movie stays black and white. The 12-inch stretches it close to ten minutes, and the B-side, the instrumental "Alexa de Paris", lets loose a guitar solo, a rarity for this project.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 647 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 647 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 655 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 655 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 655 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 655 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 655 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 1985 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1969 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1999 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
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