Prince Album: Sign 'O' the Times Release Date: 31.03.1987 Label: Paisley Park Tracklist: 1 Sign 'O' the Times Prince 4:56 2 Play in the Sunshine Prince 5:05 3 Housequake Prince 4:42 4 Ballad of Dorothy Parker Prince 4:01 __LP 1 5 It Prince 5:09 6 Starfish and Coffee Susannah Melvoin, Prince 2:50 7 Slow Love Carol Davis, Prince 4:22 8 Hot Thing Prince 5:39 9 Forever in My Life Prince 3:30 __LP 2 | CD 1 10 U Got the Look Prince 3:47 11 If I Was Your Girlfriend Prince 5:01 12 Strange Relationship Prince 4:01 13 I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man Prince 6:29 __LP 3 14 The Cross Prince 4:48 15 It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night Doctor Fink, Eric Leeds, Prince 9:01 16 Adore Prince 6:30 __LP 4 | CD 2 hinzugefügt: La, La, La, He, He, Hee (B-Seite: "Sign 'O' the Times") Shockadelica (B-Seite: "If I Was Your Girlfriend") Credits: Jerome Benton Vocals (Background) #15 Atlanta Bliss Trumpet Gregg Brooks Vocals (Background) #15 Camille Vocals #3,10,11,12 Lisa (Coleman) Flute, Sitar, Vocals (Background) Gilbert D. Voices Sheile E. Drums & Percussion #10, Rap #15 Sheena Easton Vocals #10, Vocals (Background) Clare Fischer String Arrangements #7 Bernie Grundman Mastering Todd H. Voices Susanna Hoffs Vocals (Background) Coke Johnson Engineer Jill Jones Vocals (Background) #15 Jeff Katz Photography Eric Leeds Composer, Saxophone Laura LiPuma Art Direction, Design Brad M. Voices Susannah (Melvoin) Composer, Vocals (Background) #2,6 Wendy (Melvoin) Guitar, Vocals (Background) #7 Penguin Prince Arranger, Bass, Composer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Multi Instruments, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background) Susan Rogers Engineer Wally Safford Vocals (Background) #15 Mico Weaver Guitar #15 Notes: Created & mixed at Paisley Park, Sunset Sound & Dierks Studio Mobile Trucks. D2 recorded live in Paris by Prince & the Revolution. Some copies feature a big, heart-shaped sticker on the cover with the album title and additional information. Charts (Billboard) Album: 1987 Sign 'O' The Times The Billboard 200 6 1987 Sign 'O' The Times R&B Albums 4 Singles: 1987 Hot Thing Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 14 1987 I Could Never Take The Place... The Billboard Hot 100 10 1987 I Could Never.../Hot Thing Dance Music/Club Play Singles 4 1987 I Could Never.../Hot Thing Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 13 1987 If I Was Your Girlfriend Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 12 1987 If I Was Your Girlfriend The Billboard Hot 100 67 1987 If I Was.../Shockadelica Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 32 1987 Sign O The Times Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 1 1987 Sign O The Times The Billboard Hot 100 3 1987 Sign O The Times (Remix) Dance Music/Club Play Singles 2 1987 Sign O The Times (Remix) Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 1 1987 U Got The Look Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 11 1987 U Got The Look The Billboard Hot 100 2 1987 U Got The Look/Housequake Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 18 1988 Hot Thing The Billboard Hot 100 63