Where does Nothing Compares 2 U come from?
Prince wrote it and gave it to his band the Family in 1985.
Nothing Compares 2 U · Prince
Where it came from
- Was written by Prince (songwriter). Prince wrote it and gave it to his band the Family in 1985. Source: Mental Floss
What it became
- Covered by Nothing Compares 2 U (Sinéad O'Connor, 1990). 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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