Sexuality (Prince song)

Infobox Single
Name = Sexuality


Caption = German 7" single
Artist = Prince
from Album = Controversy
B-side = "Controversy" (DEU, Japan)
"I Wanna Be Your Lover" (AUS)
Released = 1982
Format = 7" single
12" single
Recorded = Uptown, Sunset Sound, Hollywood Sound, 1981
Genre = Pop, Funk, New Wave
Length = 4:20
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Writer = Prince
Producer = Prince
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Do Me, Baby"
(1982)
This single = …
Next single = "1999"
(1982)
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Prince (German)
Type = singles
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Last single = "Let's Work"
(1982)
This single = "Sexuality"
(1982)
Next single = "1999"
(1982)"Sexuality" is the second track on Prince's 1981 album, "Controversy". The song was also released as a single in Germany, Japan and Australia.

"Sexuality" is a fast-paced New Wave track, built around a synth bass line and drum machines. Much like "Controversy", a funky rhythm guitar is used throughout the song with brief stabs of rock thrown in. Similar to the song "Uptown", Prince describes a society free from prejudice as a "New Breed". The political number also takes jabs at tourists and the sensationalism of television.

The B-side of the single was "Controversy" in Germany and Japan, while Australia paired it with "I Wanna Be Your Lover", from 1979's "Prince".

Trivia

* Prince reused the "Sexuality" line "reproduction of a new breed/Stand up, organize" on the title track for his 2001 album, "The Rainbow Children".

External links

* "Sexuality" [http://www.dtt-lyrics.com/albums/controversy.html#sex lyrics]