Controversy:Prince

Controversy is the fourth studio album by Prince, released on October 14, 1981. Keith Harris of Blender calls the album "Prince's first attempt to get you to love him for his mind, not just his body" and comments that it "refines the propulsivefunk of previous albums and adds treatises on religion, work, nuclear war and Abscam."

Contents

 [hide] *1 Track listing

• 2 Personnel
• 3 Singles and Hot 100 chart placings
• 4 Certifications
• 5 Charts
  • 5.1 Peak positions
  • 5.2 Year-end charts
• 6 Notes
• 7 References

Track listing

All tracks written, composed, and arranged by Prince

Side one

1. "Controversy" – 7:15
2. "Sexuality" – 4:21
3. "Do Me, Baby" – 7:43

Side two

1. "Private Joy" – 4:29
2. "Ronnie, Talk to Russia" – 1:58
3. "Let's Work" – 3:54
4. "Annie Christian" – 4:22
5. "Jack U Off" – 3:09

Personnel

• Lisa Coleman - backing vocals (on "Controversy", "Ronnie Talk to Russia" and "Jack U Off"), keyboards ("Jack U Off")
• Dr. Fink - keyboards ("Jack U Off")
• Bobby Z. - drums ("Jack U Off")
• All other vocals and instruments performed by Prince.

Singles and Hot 100 chart placings

• "Controversy" (#70 U.S., #3 U.S. R&B)

1. "Controversy"
2. "When You Were Mine"

• "Let's Work" (#104 U.S., #9 R&B)

1. "Let's Work"
2. "Ronnie, Talk 2 Russia"
3. "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" (U.S. 12")

• "Do Me, Baby"

1. "Do Me, Baby"
2. "Private Joy"

• "Sexuality" (German/Japan/Australia single)

1. "Sexuality"
2. "Controversy" (DEU, JAP)
3. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" (AUS)

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)	Silver	60,000^
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	1,000,000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Charts

Peak positions

Chart	Position
Australian Kent Music Report	55
U.S. Billboard 200	21
U.S. Billboard R&B Albums	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Position
U.S. Billboard Pop Albums	59