My Name Is Prince

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"My Name Is Prince"
UK 7" single
Single by Prince
from the album Love Symbol
B-side	"Sexy Mutha" "2 Whom It May Concern" (UK) "Sexy M.F." (12" Remix) (maxi-single) "Sexy M.F." (Clean version) (Japan maxi-single)
Released	September 29, 1992
Format	7" single 12" single Picture disc Cassette single CD single CD maxi single
Recorded	Paisley Park Studios, September 1991 - March 1992
Genre	Funk, hip hop
Length	7" edit: 4:05 Album: 6:37 12" Club Mix: 8:11 House Mix: 7:18 Original Mix Edit: 8:06 Hard Core 12" Mix: 7:55
Label	Paisley Park/Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Prince, Tony M.
Producer	Prince
Prince singles chronology
"Sexy MF" (1992) "My Name Is Prince" (1992) "7" (1992)

"My Name Is Prince" is a song by Prince and The New Power Generation, from the 1992 Love Symbol album. The song is about Prince himself, and his musical prowess. In hindsight, it is interesting to note that he changed his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol not long after the release of this single.

The intro to the song features vocal samples from Prince's earlier songs "I Wanna Be Your Lover", "Partyup", and "Controversy".

The B-sides were "Sexy Mutha", a clean remix of "Sexy MF", and "2 Whom It May Concern", a preview of songs from the then-upcoming Love Symbol album.

Single track listing

UK 7"

1. "My Name Is Prince" (Edit) – 4:05
2. "2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:02

US 7"

1. "My Name Is Prince" (Edit) – 4:05
2. "Sexy Mutha" – 3:55

UK 12" picture disc

1. "My Name Is Prince" (LP version) – 6:38
2. "Sexy Mutha" – 3:55
3. "2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:02

UK CD1

1. "My Name Is Prince" (Edit) – 4:05
2. "Sexy Mutha" – 3:55
3. "2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:02
4. "My Name Is Prince" (LP version) – 6:38

UK CD2

1. "My Name Is Prince" (Original Mix Edit) – 8:06
2. "My Name Is Prince" (12" Club Mix) – 8:11
3. "Sexy M.F." (12" Remix) – 7:34

US CD

1. "My Name Is Prince" (Original Mix Edit) – 8:06
2. "My Name Is Prince" (12" Club Mix) – 8:11
3. "My Name Is Prince" (House Mix) – 7:18
4. "My Name Is Prince" (Hard Core 12" Mix) – 7:55
5. "Sexy M.F." (12" Remix) – 7:34

Japan CD maxi single

1. "My Name Is Prince" (Original Mix Edit) – 8:06
2. "My Name Is Prince" (12" Club Mix) – 8:11
3. "My Name Is Prince" (House Mix) – 7:18
4. "My Name Is Prince" (Hard Core 12" Mix) – 7:55
5. "Sexy M.F." (12" Remix) – 7:34
6. "Sexy Mutha" – 3:55
7. "Sexy M.F." (Clean version) – 5:24
8. "2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:02

Chart performance

"My Name Is Prince" returned Prince and The NPG to radio and the Top 40 in the U.S. after their previous single, the provocative "Sexy MF" failed to chart on any airplay charts. "My Name Is Prince" received modest airplay on Mainstream Urban and Rhythmic radio stations, earning respectable positions of #25 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, #20 on the Rhythmic Top 40, and #36 on the Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, "My Name Is Prince" was another Top 10 hit for Prince and The NPG, peaking at #7.

The remixes single also charted, hitting #51 in the UK.

Charts

Cover versions

• "My Name Is Bart", a parody cover version performed by Bart Simpson (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) was recorded in 1993 for inclusion on The Yellow Album, an album by the Simpsons. The song appeared on early promo copies of the album, but when The Yellow Album was eventually given a commercial release in 1998, "My Name Is Bart" was removed from the album.^[1]
• Around the time of its release in Australia, Channel 9 made a Christmas parody entitled "My Name Is Santa" on A Current Affair.
• Jamie Foxx, as Prince, sang a parody version on an episode of the sketch show In Living Color titled "Prince of Munchkin Land", which made jokes directed at the artist's stature.

References

v · d · ePrince singles 1970s For You (1978) "Soft and Wet" "Just as Long as We're Together" Prince (1979) "I Wanna Be Your Lover" "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" "Still Waiting" "Sexy Dancer" "Bambi" 1980s Dirty Mind (1980) "Uptown" "Dirty Mind" "Do It All Night" Controversy (1981) "Controversy" "Let's Work" "Do Me, Baby" "Sexuality" 1999 (1982) "1999" "Little Red Corvette" "Delirious" "Automatic" "Let's Pretend We're Married" Purple Rain (1984) "When Doves Cry" "Let's Go Crazy" "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U" "Take Me with U" Around the World in a Day (1985) "Paisley Park" "Raspberry Beret" "Pop Life" "America" Parade (1986) "Kiss" "Mountains" "Anotherloverholenyohead" "Girls & Boys" Sign o' the Times (1987) "Sign o' the Times" "If I Was Your Girlfriend" "U Got the Look" "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" Lovesexy (1988) "Alphabet St." "Glam Slam" "I Wish U Heaven" Batman (1989) "Batdance" "Partyman" "The Arms of Orion" "Scandalous!" "The Future" 1990s Graffiti Bridge (1990) "Thieves in the Temple" "New Power Generation" Diamonds and Pearls (1991) "Gett Off" "Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls" "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Insatiable" "Thunder" Love Symbol Album (1992) "Sexy MF" "My Name Is Prince" "7" "The Morning Papers" "Damn U" The Hits/The B-Sides (1993) "Pink Cashmere" "Peach" "Nothing Compares 2 U" The Beautiful Experience (1994) "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "Mustang Mix" "Staxowax" Come (1994) "Letitgo" "Space" The Gold Experience (1995) "I Hate U" "Gold" Chaos and Disorder (1996) "Dinner with Delores" Emancipation (1996) "Betcha by Golly Wow!" "The Holy River" "Somebody's Somebody" "Face Down" Crystal Ball (1998) "The Truth" Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic (1999) "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" "ManOwar" 2000s The Rainbow Children (2001) "The Work, pt. 1" Musicology (2004) "Musicology" "Call My Name" "Cinnamon Girl" 3121 (2006) "Te Amo Corazón" "Black Sweat" "Fury" Planet Earth (2007) "Guitar" "Chelsea Rodgers" "The One U Wanna C" Lotusflow3r / MPLSound (2009) "Dance 4 Me" "Crimson and Clover" Other singles One-off "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" (1981) "Erotic City" (1989) "Love Sign" (1994) "Purple Medley" (1995) "NYC" (1997) "U Make My Sun Shine" (2001) "Supercute" (2001) "Days of Wild" (2002) "S.S.T." (2005) "The Song of the Heart" (2006) Digital "One Song" (1999) "Cybersingle" (2000) "Bataclan" (2004) "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" (2004) "Live from Paisley Park" (2005) "Strange Relationship (Live)" (2005) "Glass Cutter" (2005) "F.U.N.K." (2007) Album tracks and B-sides "I Feel for You" (1979) "When You Were Mine" (1980) "Head" (1980) "Private Joy" (1982) "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" (1982) "17 Days" (1984) "The Beautiful Ones" (1984) "Computer Blue" (1984) "Darling Nikki" (1984) "Baby I'm a Star" (1984) "4 the Tears in Your Eyes" (1985) "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" (1996) "I Can't Make U Love Me" (1996) "La, La, La Means I Love U" (1996) "One of Us" (1996) "Everyday Is a Winding Road" (1999) "A Case of U" (2002) Book:Prince