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PRINCE'S INFLUENCE ON RAVE 10.04.26 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th April 2026
A constant force in dance culture, Prince's distinct groove and signature funk have influenced the likes of Frankie Knuckles and the Ragga Twins to Luke Vibert and Felix Da Housecat. Expect a deep dive into tracks that sample and reimagine the music of Prince. Spend an hour exploring The Purple One's musical DNA in the rave with a mix of Prince-inspired electronic music.
Produced by We Are Grape for BBC Radio 6 Music.
Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis [BMG UK & Ireland]
Thundercat - Friend Zone (Ross From Friends Remix) [Brainfeeder]
Prince - Controversy (Kevin McKay Edit)
DJ Mehdi - I Am Somebody (Switch Mix) [Mixmag]
Felix da Housecat - We All Wanna Be Prince [Ministry Of Sound Recordings]
Justice - Genesis [Ed Banger]
Cybotron - Alleys Of Your Mind [BGP]
Frankie Knuckles & Director's Cut & Eric Kupper (feat. Jamie Principle) - Baby Wants To Ride [SoSure Music]
Green Velvet - Bigger Than Prince (Hot Since 82 Remix) [Circus Recordings]
Luke Vibert - Clap Sing [Hypercolour]
The Ragga Twins - Hooligan 69 [Shut Up And Dance]
DJ Die & Jenna G - 1000 Soul Songs [UKF]
Jessie Ware - Running [Universal-Island]
Moodymann - Lyk U Used 2 [KDJ]
Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover (Dimitri From Paris Re-Edit) [Brooklyn South]
BOBAFATT - THE PURPLE RAIN BLOCK PARTY 22.06.24 (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 22nd June 2024
BobaFatt with another incredible mix, this time celebrating the Purple one at his most purple as Purple Rain turns 40.
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend [Paisley Park/Warner Bros]
Prince - Sign 'O' The Times [Warner Bros]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Gett Off [Warner Bros]
Prince - Pop Life
Prince - The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
Prince - Starfish And Coffee [Paisley Park]
Prince - Sticky Like Glue
Prince & The Revolution - Mountains [Paisley Park/Warner Bros]
Prince - Alphabet St. [Paisley Park]
Prince & The Revolution - Anotherloverholenyohead [Paisley Park/Warner Bros]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Money Don't Matter 2 Night [Warner Bros]
Sheila E. - A Love Bizarre
Vanity 6 - Nasty Girl
Prince - Housequake
Prince - 1999 [Warner Bros]
Prince - 17 Days [Warner]
Prince - Controversy [Warner Bros]
Prince - Cloreen Bacon Skin
Prince - I Feel For You [Warner]
Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret [Warner Bros]
Prince - Little Red Corvette [Warner Bros]
Prince - Chelsea Rodgers
Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lobster (Dimitri From Stoke On Trent Edit)
Prince - When Doves Cry [Warner Bros]
Prince - Make-Up [NPG]
The Revolution - Computer Blue [Warner]
Prince & The Revolution - I Would Die 4 U [Warner Bros]
Prince - The Line
Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain [Universal]
ARCHIVE ON 4: A NIGHT WITH PRINCE (320kbs-m4a/129mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 17th April 2021
To mark the fifth anniversary of Prince's passing, US music critic and broadcaster Ann Powers presents a tribute framed around a night she spent with the star in 2008.
This was a night for hanging out in the star's mansion in Beverly Park (which had 'the European opulence of an upscale spa'), for meeting his protege and girlfriend Bria Valente, and for listening to tracks in Prince's limo, a local club – even his bedroom.
Contributors include keyboard player Doctor Fink, sound engineer Susan Rogers, biographer Dan Piepenbring who was working on Prince's memoir just before he died, and Kristin Scott Thomas whose first ever film role was in the Prince directed Under The Cherry Moon.
Produced by Clem Hitchcock
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 30th July 2020
Our 33 1/3 celebrations explore iconic albums when they turn 33 and 1/3 years old, which also happens to be the speed that vinyl albums are played at.
Sign O’ The Times was released on the 30th March 1987 by Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. It followed Parade, Prince’s final recording with The Revolution, and the commercial breakthroughs, 1999 (released in 1982) and Purple Rain (1984). Rolling Stone described it as ‘tough and inventive and exuberantly experimental’ while the New York Times said that ‘virtually all by himself’ Prince was ‘more versatile, more eclectic than ever.’
Across the show we’ll hear from Susan Rogers, who was right at the heart of the album's creation, and Duane Tudahl, senior researcher for the Prince Estate Archives, who knows many of the stories from behind the scenes. We will reflect on the incredible influence of the record across all four sides of the vinyl which embraces funk, pop, rock, gospel, dance music, slow jams and more and hear from some of the musicians who’ve been inspired by Prince.
In part shaped by the reception to his previous two projects, 1986’s Parade and the film Under The Cherry Moon, the stories surrounding Sign O' The Times include smashed guitars, the dissolution of The Revolution, record label battles and happy accidents in the studio with engineer Susan Rogers.
Prince & The Revolution - Let's Go Crazy [Warner Bros]
Wendy & Lisa - Song About [Cherry Red]
Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star [Columbia]
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (6 Music Session, 19 Feb 2019)
Monie Love - Born 2 B.R.E.E.D. (Paisley Park Radio Mix) [Warner Bros]
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze [MCA]
Prince - Sign 'O' The Times [Paisley Park]
Prince - Play In The Sunshine [Paisley Park]
Prince - Housequake [Paisley Park]
Prince - The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker [Paisley Park]
Prince - It [Paisley Park]
Prince - Starfish And Coffee [Paisley Park]
Prince - Slow Love [Paisley Park]
Prince - Hot Thing [Paisley Park]
Prince - Forever in My Life [Paisley Park]
Funkadelic - Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On [Westbound]
Prince - U Got The Look [Paisley Park]
Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend [Paisley Park]
Prince - Strange Relationship [Paisley Park]
Prince - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man [Paisley Park]
Prince - The Cross [Paisley Park]
Prince - It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night [Paisley Park]
Prince - Adore [Paisley Park]
Prince - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (1979 Version)
Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life [Warner Bros]
Miles Davis (Feat. Ledisi) - Rubber Band Of Life [Rhino/Warner Bros]
Prince - Witness 4 The Prosecution
Jungle Brothers - Black Is Black [Universal/Island]
James Brown - Funky Drummer [Polydor]
Prince - Soft And Wet [Warner Music]
PRINCE AND ME - A VIBRANT PORTRAIT OF A REMARKABLE TALENT - EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 26th January 2019
On April 21, 2016, the world of music lost one of its most brilliant creative forces, with the untimely death of Prince at the age of just 57. Radio 2 remembers his unique talent.
Paul Sexton introduces the people that knew Prince best, including fellow artists, friends, band members, engineers and others who were part of his life and work. These are the confidants who knew the real man, and who vividly describe his upbringing, his humour, his superhuman energy, his moods and motivations.
Embellished with a soundtrack containing both classic hits, lesser-known tracks from his formidable album catalogue and rarities, 'Prince And Me' builds into a vibrant portrait of a remarkable human. André Cymone, who rarely speaks in detail about his childhood friend, recounts the teenage years when Prince moved in with his family and they shared bunk beds and formed their first band together. The similarly private Susannah Melvoin, from the mid-1980s group The Family — one of Prince's first signings to his Paisley Park label — talks about her personal and professional relationship with him, and the group's original version of 'Nothing Compares 2 U.'
Beverley Knight recalls the thrill of performing with Prince at the famed aftershows during his epic 21-night residency at London's 02, and the even more surreal experience of being flown by him to sing at his private Oscars party in Hollywood.
His former UK publicist Alan Edwards remembers the night he and Prince went clubbing and ended up discussing Egyptology, and Suzanne Vega reveals why the Purple One sent her a hand-written letter about one of her songs. Plus contributions from biographer Matt Thorne, New Power Generation keyboard player Tommy Barbarella and more.
Prince & The Revolution - Anotherloverholenyohead [Paisley Park/Warner Bros]
The Family - Yes
The Family - The River Run Dry
Prince - Nothing Compares 2 U (Feat. Rosie Gaines) [Warner Bros]
Prince & The Revolution - Paisley Park [Paisley Park/Warner Bros]
Suzanne Vega - Luka [Reprise]
Prince - Sign 'O' The Times [Warner Bros]
Prince - The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
Prince - Glam Slam [Paisley Park/Warner Bros]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Diamonds And Pearls [Warner Bros]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Money Don't Matter 2 Night [Warner Bros]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Sexy M.F.
Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World [NPG]
Prince - Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
Prince - Rock Steady (Live)
Prince - Alphabet Street (Live) [Paisley Park]
Nikka Costa - Nothing Compares 2 U
Prince & The Revolution - Sometimes It Snows In April [Paisley Park]
PRINCE AND ME - A VIBRANT PORTRAIT OF A REMARKABLE TALENT - EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 19th January 2019
On April 21, 2016, the world of music lost one of its most brilliant creative forces, with the untimely death of Prince at the age of just 57. Radio 2 remembers his unique talent.
Paul Sexton introduces the people that knew Prince best, including fellow artists, friends, band members, engineers and others who were part of his life and work. These are the confidants who knew the real man, and who vividly describe his upbringing, his humour, his superhuman energy, his moods and motivations.
Embellished with a soundtrack containing both classic hits, lesser-known tracks from his formidable album catalogue and rarities, 'Prince And Me' builds into a vibrant portrait of a remarkable human. André Cymone, who rarely speaks in detail about his childhood friend, recounts the teenage years when Prince moved in with his family and they shared bunk beds and formed their first band together. The similarly private Susannah Melvoin, from the mid-1980s group The Family — one of Prince's first signings to his Paisley Park label — talks about her personal and professional relationship with him, and the group's original version of 'Nothing Compares 2 U.'
Beverley Knight recalls the thrill of performing with Prince at the famed aftershows during his epic 21-night residency at London's 02, and the even more surreal experience of being flown by him to sing at his private Oscars party in Hollywood.
His former UK publicist Alan Edwards remembers the night he and Prince went clubbing and ended up discussing Egyptology, and Suzanne Vega reveals why the Purple One sent her a hand-written letter about one of her songs. Plus contributions from biographer Matt Thorne, New Power Generation keyboard player Tommy Barbarella and more.
Prince & The New Power Generation - My Name Is Prince [Warner Bros]
Prince & The Revolution - Girls & Boys [Warner Bros]
Prince - I'm Yours
Prince - My Love Is Forever
Prince - Soft And Wet [Warner Music UK]
Prince - Little Red Corvette [Warner Bros]
Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover [Warner Bros]
Prince - Controversy [Warner Bros]
Prince - When You Were Mine
Prince - 1999 [Warner Bros]
Prince & The Revolution - Take Me With U [Warner Bros]
Prince & The Revolution - Let's Go Crazy [Warner Bros]
Prince & The Revolution - I Would Die 4 U [Warner Bros]
Prince & The Revolution - Around The World In A Day
Prince & The Revolution - Pop Life
Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret [Warner Bros]
Prince & The Revolution - Under The Cherry Moon
Prince - Housequake
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 23rd April 2016
Prince and the New Power Generation recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre London 7th September 1993.
01. Prince - 1999 / Baby I'm A Star
02. Prince - America / DMSR
03. Prince - Pope
04. Prince - Peach
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 22nd April 2016
First broadcast 18th & 25th January 2003, Mica Paris tells the story of Prince.
She examines Prince's best releases of the 1980s, from the controversial
funk rock of Dirty Mind to the breakthrough success of 1999 and the
epoch-defining Sign o the Times.
The programme also explores Prince's work as a producer for such artists as Sinead O'Connor, The Bangles and Alicia Keys.
She explores the mystery of the most famous non-release of 1987, the
Black Album and at the meaning of his favourite word of 1988, Lovesexy.
She also considers the souring of his relationship with Warner Brothers
in the 1990s when he changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol and
went on the road with "slave" scrawled on his face.
The programme features contributions from Chaka Khan, Alexander O'Neal,
George Clinton and ex-member of The Time, Jimmy Jam, plus members of The
Revolution.
Prince - Dance To The Music Of The World [Castle]
Prince - Controversy [Unknown]
Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover [Warner Bros]
Prince - Head [Warner Bros]
Prince - Alphabet Street [Paisley Park Records]
Prince - Sign 'O' The Times [Warner Bros]
Prince - U Got The Look [Warner Bros]
Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend [Paisley Park]
Bob Seger - House Behind A House [Capitol]
Sinéad O’Connor - Nothing Compares To U [Virgin]
The Bangles - Manic Monday [Island Music]
The Revolution - Baby I'm A Star [Music Plus/Polygram Int Mus]
Prince - Purple Rain [Universal]
Prince - 1999 [Warner]
Prince - Little Red Corvette [Na]
Prince - D.M.S.R. [WEA]
Prince - Lady Cab Driver [Warner Bros]
Madhouse - Three [Paisley Park]
Prince - Kiss [Warner]
Miles Davis & His Band - Venus De Milo [Capitol Jazz]
Prince - Girls And Boys [Warner Bros]
Prince - I Wonder You [Warner]
Miles Davis & His Band - Venus De Milo [Capitol Jazz]
Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World [Warner Bros]
Prince - Gett Off [Warner Bros]
Prince - Eye (Picture) Hate You [Warner Bros]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Sexy MF [Paisley Park]
Prince - Batdance [Warner]
Prince - 7 [Warner Bros]
Prince - Tick, Tick, Bang [Music Direct]