Hit Parade: Le Petty Prince Edition
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
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Prince's Unpronounceable Hieroglyphic Mark
In 1993, the fiercely independent musician changed his name to the same unpronounceable symbol found on the cover of his prior Warner Bros album. He appeared in public with the word slave written on his cheek, protesting what he saw as the indentured servitude of his major label contract. The early 1993 hit, Seven, which peaked appropriately enough at number seven on the Hot 100, was the last top ten hit issued by Prince under his own name. It was the kind of move that would make Tom Petty proud. Like Petty, Prince took on the major label system and, on his terms, after a fashion, he won.
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