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: Later included on The Gold Experience (1995) in a remixed version.

A breakdown of his following the Warner Bros. dispute.

: While widely assumed to be about his then-girlfriend (and future first wife) Mayte Garcia , she later clarified that Prince intended for every woman who heard it to feel it was written for her.

: A long-running legal battle in Italy concluded that the song plagiarized "Takin' Me to Paradise" (1983) by Bruno Bergonzi and Michele Vicino.

: Due to this 2015 ruling, the song was removed from major digital storefronts and streaming platforms for years, though remastered versions and clips continue to appear on YouTube .

: Peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became his only No. 1 single in the United Kingdom.

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