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U Got the Look

"U Got the Look"
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US 7" single
Single by Prince
from the album Sign o' the Times
B-side "Housequake"
Released July 15, 1987
Format 7" single
12" single
Recorded Sunset Sound; December 22, 1986
Genre Pop, funk, rock
Length Album/7": 3:49
12": 6:45
Label Paisley Park
Writer(s) Prince
Producer(s) Prince
Prince singles chronology
"If I Was Your Girlfriend"
(1987)
"U Got the Look"
(1987)
"I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
(1987)
Sign “☮” the Times track listing
"Forever In My Life"
(9)
"U Got the Look"
(10)
"If I Was Your Girlfriend"
(11)

"U Got the Look" is a song by American musician Prince. It opens the second disc of Prince's 1987 double album Sign o' the Times, and became the album's highest charting single. Musically, the song is standard 12-bar rock song with emphasis on the contrast between heavy drum beats by a LinnDrum drum machine and Sheila E.'s live percussion, and a vastly distorted almost completely saturated guitar sound. Although not credited on the single release, the song also features Scottish recording artist Sheena Easton, who sings co-lead with Prince. Prince sings in his sped-up "Camille" voice, although the song was not intended for the Camille album. The lyrics recite the familiar "boy versus girl in the World Series of love" line. (Coincidentally, the World Series came to Prince's hometown of Minneapolis a few months after the song was released.)

The music video for the song featuring Sheena Easton was filmed in Paris, France, and was directed by American music video director David Hogan. It was included in the Sign “☮” the Times film, and features the intro from the extended version of the song. The entire video is portrayed to be a dream sequence by Prince, dozing off in his dressing room. In the US, the single went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles tally, the week of October 17, 1987, only behind "Lost in Emotion" by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam. The single stayed in the top 10 of the chart for six weeks.

The extended version of the song (called the "Long Look") is similar to the video but has an additional musical section in the middle of the song with Sheena Easton's vocal, and continues for a few more seconds instead of fading out at the end. The "Long Look" was included on the Ultimate compilation album in 2006.


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