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"Love Sign"
Love-Sign-Single-Cover.jpeg
Single by Nona Gaye & Prince
from the album 1-800-NEW-FUNK
B-side "2gether"
Released June 1994 (radio only)
Format 12" maxi single, 7" single, CD single
Recorded 1994
Genre Soul, disco, funk, hip hop, New Jack Swing
Length 4:34
Label NPG
Songwriter(s) Prince
Producer(s) Prince
Prince singles chronology
The Beautiful Experience
(1994) "Love Sign"
(1994) "Letitgo"
(1994)
"Love Sign" is a song by American musician Prince, from the 1-800-NEW-FUNK
compilation album released by his independent record label NPG Records in 1994.
"Love Sign" was the most successful song released from the album, and it is a duet
with Nona Gaye, although Prince (known as "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince" at
the time because of his name change to an unpronounceable symbol) is uncredited as
a singer due to his contractual dispute with Warner Bros. Records. A promotional
single was sent out to radio stations independently through Prince's record label
NPG Records, and was not commercially released. The song has an anti-violence
message and was most successful on the R&B charts (becoming a top 40 hit).
Contents [hide]
1 Music video
2 Promotion
3 Chart performance
4 Charts
5 Track listing
Music video[edit]
The music video was shot by rapper Ice Cube in 1994 on a Monday. Gaye and Prince
are both featured prominently in the video. It received major airplay on BET and
was very successful on its Top 20 countdown. The video shows Gaye at an anti-
violence convention and Prince as a secret love tryst. At the end of the video Gaye
is lying in Prince's bed and Prince walks away shaking his head jokingly. Most of
the video was shot at Paisley Park.
Promotion[edit]
The song was performed live on Soul Train in 1994.
Chart performance[edit]
The song was released as a promotional single and therefore was not allowed to
chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 or any other main U.S. charts (promotional
singles were not allowed to chart until late 1998, when Billboard changed its chart
rules to include promotional/radio-only singles). It was a moderate success in the
Urban/Rhythmic market, making the top 40 of the R&B Airplay and Rhythmic Top 40
charts. It was a minor success on the main U.S. airplay chart, debuting and peaking
at number 72 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart for one week.
Charts[edit]
Chart (1994) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 72
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay 32
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 30
Track listing[edit]
U.S. promo CD single
"Lovesign" by Nona Gaye and Prince 4:34
"2gether" by the New Power Generation 5:06
German promo CD single and UK 12" promo single
"Lovesign" (radio edit) 3:24
"Lovesign" (1-800-NEW-FUNK version) 4:33
"Lovesign" (Storyboard Video Mix) 5:36
[hide] v t e
Prince singles
1970s
"Soft and Wet" "Just as Long as We're Together" "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
1980s
"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" "Still Waiting" "Sexy Dancer" "Bambi" "Uptown"
"Dirty Mind" "Do It All Night" "Controversy" "Let's Work" "Do Me, Baby" "Sexuality"
"1999" "Little Red Corvette" "D.M.S.R." "Delirious" "Automatic" "Let's Pretend
We're Married" "When Doves Cry" "Let's Go Crazy" "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U"
"Take Me with U" "Paisley Park" "Raspberry Beret" "Pop Life" "America" "Kiss"
"Mountains" "Anotherloverholenyohead" "Girls & Boys" "Sign "O" the Times" "If I Was
Your Girlfriend" "U Got the Look" "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
"Alphabet St." "Glam Slam" "I Wish U Heaven" "Batdance" "Partyman" "The Arms of
Orion" "Scandalous!"
1990s
"The Future" "Thieves in the Temple" "New Power Generation" "Gett Off" "Cream"
"Diamonds and Pearls" "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Insatiable" "Thunder" "Sexy MF"
"My Name Is Prince" "7" "Damn U" "The Morning Papers" "Pink Cashmere" "Nothing
Compares 2 U" "Peach" "Pope" (remix) "Come" "Letitgo" "Space" "The Most Beautiful
Girl in the World" "P Control" "Dolphin" "Endorphinmachine" "I Hate U" "Gold"
"Dinner with Delores" "Betcha by Golly Wow!" "The Holy River" "Somebody's Somebody"
"Face Down" "The Truth" "Extraordinary" "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"
2000s
"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) "When Will We B Paid?" (with Audio
Stepchild) "Supercute" "The Work, pt. 1" "Days of Wild" "Musicology" "Cinnamon
Girl" "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" "S.S.T." "Te Amo Corazn" "Black Sweat" "Fury"
"Guitar" "F.U.N.K." "Dance 4 Me"
2010s
"Extraloveable" "Rock and Roll Love Affair" "Screwdriver" "Fixurlifeup" "Breakfast
Can Wait" "Pretzelbodylogic" "Fallinlove2nite" "Breakdown" "Clouds" "Baltimore"
"Hardrocklover" "This Could B Us" "Free Urself"
Promotional
singles
"When You Were Mine" "D.M.S.R." "Another Lonely Christmas" "Erotic City" "Hot
Thing" "Trust" "Willing and Able" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Pope" "Love Sign" (with
Nona Gaye) "Come" "P. Control" "Dolphin" "Endorphinmachine" "Slave" "Somebody's
Somebody" "Face Down" "The Rest of My Life" "5 Women" "It's About That Walk" "Baby
Knows" "Man'O'War" "She Loves Me 4 Me" "Last December" "One Nite Alone... Live EP"
"Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas" "Call My Name" "The Song of the Heart" "Beautiful,
Loved & Blessed" (with Tamar Davis) "Chelsea Rodgers" "Future Baby Mama" "The One U
Wanna C" "U're Gonna C Me"
Airplay-only songs
"International Lover" "Shhh" "Satisfied" "Better with Time"
Internet downloads
"One Song" "Cybersingle" "Bataclan" "Glass Cutter" "Live from Paisley Park"
"Strange Relationship" (Live in Minneapolis) "Guitar (original "demo" version)"
"Love" (acoustic version) "Rock and Roll Love Affair" (Remix 7) "Screwdriver"
(Remix) "Boyfriend" (Demo) "That Girl Thang" "Live Out Loud" "Ain't Gonna Miss U
When U're Gone" "Extraloveable Reloaded" "Menstrual Cycle" "Octopus Heart" "Groovy
Potential" "The Sweeter She Is" "Something in the Water" (Paisley Park Rehearsal)
"Da Bourgeoisie" "What If" "The X's Face"
Streams
"U're Still the One" "Xylophone" "In a Large Room with No Light" "Purple and Gold"
"Cause and Effect" "Hot Summer" "Rich Friends" "Same Page Different Book" "Stare"
EP's
The Beautiful Experience 1999: The New Master
Other songs
"I Feel for You" "When You Were Mine" "Private Joy" "How Come U Don't Call Me
Anymore?" "17 Days" "The Beautiful Ones" "Computer Blue" "Darling Nikki" "Baby I'm
a Star" "4 the Tears in Your Eyes" "Sometimes It Snows in April" "Adore" "Don't
Talk 2 Strangers" "I Can't Make U Love Me" "La, La, La Means I Love U" "One of Us"
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" "A Case of U"
Categories: 1994 singlesPrince (musician) songsSongs written by Prince
(musician)NPG Records singlesSong recordings produced by Prince (musician)
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