Prince may have not worked a nine-to-five himself, but he sure understood what it was like. For this song, his pen name was just Christopher. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U by MovieFanQS Nicks cowrote this song with Prince, and credited his song Little Red Corvette as the inspiration for it. Prince's version of this song was on his hit album 1999. Prince cowrote this song from the album Like a Prayer. He also contributed some vocals to the song. This song actually made an appearance on Prince's 1979 self-titled album, but it became a hit with Chaka Khan's cover of it. Prince wrote the song specifically for Dion. This song was written under one of Prince's pen names, Alexander Nevermind. Morris Day and Prince wrote the song together. The Time performed in a tribute to Prince along with Bruno Mars at the 2017 Grammy Awards. The song made its debut on Prince's 1980 album Dirty Mind, and became a hit with Cyndi Lauper's cover. Prince wrote this song for LaBelle. Prince and Maritka wrote the song together. It started as a hymn, and Prince worked his songwriting magic on it.