Where does Nothing Compares 2 U come from?

Prince wrote it in 1985. Sinéad O'Connor made it a number one in 1990.

Nothing Compares 2 U · Sinéad O'Connor, 1990

Where it came from

Is a cover of Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince). Sinéad O'Connor's version became her only US number one, five years after the Family's went nowhere. Source: American Songwriter, Mental Floss

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