1999 (Prince song)
| "1999" | ||||
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Artwork for US vinyl editions | ||||
| Single by Prince | ||||
| from the album 1999 | ||||
| B-side | "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" | |||
| Released | September 24, 1982 | |||
| Recorded | August 7, 1982 | |||
| Studio | Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, Minnesota | |||
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| Length | 3:36 (single version) 6:18 (album version) | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Prince | |||
| Producer(s) | Prince | |||
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"1999" is a song by American musician Prince, the title track from his 1982 album of the same name. Originally peaking at number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100, a mid-1983 re-release later reached number 12 in the US, while a January 1985 rerelease, a double A-side with "Little Red Corvette", later peaked at number 2 in the UK.
Rolling Stone ranked "1999" number 339 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Following Prince's death, the song re-charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 41, later moving up to number 27, making it the fourth separate time the song had entered the Hot 100 and the third different decade in which the song re-charted (as after its two 1980s entries, it made the chart again on January 16, 1999 at number 40). As of April 30, 2016, it has sold 727,363 copies in the United States.