Yes, on Feb. 24, it will be a quarter of a CENTURY since the song was released!

Your thoughts?

apart from feeling as old as dirt, you mean?

Lovely song. I remember I was in Hawaii on vacation when this came out and I purchased it while there. I was so excited!

It's been a favorite of mine since it's release. Sweet and beautiful

IstenSzek said:

One of Prince's most greatest and wonderful moments!

Simply beautiful!

Probably the first Prince song I knew about, as a kid in 2000-ish. Still such a beautiful track and video.

Ah, this song... my "theme song" of sorts for a long-lost love. That was a great summer...

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This will probably upset a lot of rabid fans, but... the sound effects have not aged well. ALL his songs with sound effects, actually, sound kind of cheap to me now. At the time they were playful, and maybe even a nice flourish, but after the tenth listen, they started to grate on me, even when the songs were new. "Most Beautiful Girl", "Peach", and so many others... the modern-day-me Prince fan wishes the sound effects weren't there.

He sings the ever-lovin daylights out of that song! Never grows old.

I remember the build up to it quite well.

First the mysterious ad, "Eligible bachelor seeks most beautiful girl in the world."

Then the big ad with the quote from Quincy Jones about

Then the remixes etc. all on sale from the NPG store.

it's was such a huge buildup.

I also have a souvenir from the NPG store, a huge butterfly promoting the single.

was certainly putting his all into making it a hit.

25 years! Oh Lordy

Very fond memories of the song. It's such a shame that's it's being erased from his legacy due to the legal wranglings and new people discovering his music don't have easy access to it ...

GiggityGoo said:

Can't believe it's been 25 years. Time flies!

I love this song. I played it for the first dance when I got married. How is it that the first song he release outside of WB while he was fighting for ownership of his music from WB is one of the few songs the estate apparently doesn't have the rights to?

Love this song.

But wasn't this the one that he was sued over for copyright?

Heard it last year. Did not understand what Prince was singing.

42Kristen said:

Heard it last year. Did not understand what Prince was singing.

What a shame.

42Kristen said:

Heard it last year. Did not understand what Prince was singing.

Hahhaaa.

Wayment.