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Prince

U Got the Look

1987 · via Gary Numan

Prince wrote “U Got the Look” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1987. Also recorded by Dirty Sanchez (released 2006), Open Studio (released 2026) and Gary Numan (released 1992), among 93 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Prince – U Got the Look
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Numan put his name on a song that Prince wrote and recorded first, which is a stranger handshake than it sounds. Play Prince's original, then Numan's, and listen for what survives the trip.

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Credited writer: Prince.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1987.

Other recordings on file · first release year

93 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Gary Numan cut a version of "U Got the Look" in 1992. Who wrote the song and recorded it first?Prince
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