{"id":7523,"date":"2025-12-19T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/deep-cut-friday-another-lonely-christmas-by-prince\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:00:00","slug":"deep-cut-friday-another-lonely-christmas-by-prince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/deep-cut-friday-another-lonely-christmas-by-prince\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Cut Friday: \u2018Another Lonely Christmas\u2019 by Prince"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-664599800.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"795\" alt=\"Prince performing in Chicago in 1984. (Credit: Mike Maloney\/Mirrorpix\/Getty Images)\"><figcaption>Prince performing in Chicago in 1984. (Credit: Mike Maloney\/Mirrorpix\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prince released an album almost every year of the 1980s, but his output was so prolific throughout that decade that there was always more material spilling forth through other outlets. He wrote and produced entire albums for many of the acts he signed to Paisley Park Records, most of Prince\u2019s singles had great B sides or extended mixes, and sometimes even the B sides had extended mixes.<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/12\/a-christmas-carol\/\">A CHRISTMAS CAROL<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/12\/5-albums-i-cant-live-without-mike-edwards-of-jesus-jones\/\">5 Albums I Can\u2019t Live Without:\u00a0Mike Edwards of Jesus Jones<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/12\/mon-laferte-sings-the-things-we-think-but-never-say-out-loud\/\">Mon Laferte Sings the Things We Think But Never Say Out Loud<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"ACRWPGzsxPs\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In November 1984, \u201cI Would Die 4 U\u201d was released as the third single from the album and film that made Prince a superstar, <em>Purple Rain<\/em>. The B side \u201cAnother Lonely Christmas\u201d was five minutes long on the 7-inch single, but the 12-inch single featured an extended mix that stretched out to seven minutes. The lyrics are sung from the perspective of a heartbroken man whose lover died on December 25: \u201cYour father said it was pneumonia, your mother said it was stress \/ But the doctor said you were dead, and I say it\u2019s senseless.\u201d The longer version of \u201cAnother Lonely Christmas\u201d features an additional verse, with more lyrics about sex and banana daiquiris, and an extended instrumental outro.<\/p>\n<p>Many Prince fans first heard the shorter version of \u201cAnother Lonely Christmas\u201d on his 1993 compilation <em>The Hits \/ The B-Sides<\/em>. The extended mix became more widely available when it was included on the deluxe expanded edition of <em>Purple Rain<\/em> in 2017.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"yFubCQLJdGI\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Prince performed \u201cAnother Lonely Christmas\u201d live only once, a few weeks after its release in 1984. He capped his banner year with five concerts at the St. Paul Civic Center, on every day except Christmas between December 23 and December 28. The only holiday-themed song Prince ever released was on the Revolution\u2019s setlist for the third show on December 26.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-three-more-essential-prince-deep-cuts\"><strong>Three more essential Prince deep cuts:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-international-lover\"><strong>\u201cInternational Lover\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The closing track from <em>1999<\/em> was never released as a single, but Prince received his first Grammy nomination for \u201cInternational Lover,\u201d losing the Best Male R&amp;B Vocal Performance award to Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cBillie Jean.\u201d \u201cInternational Lover\u201d is one of the signature Prince slow jams that\u2019s become a staple of the quiet storm radio format alongside \u201cAdore,\u201d \u201cDo Me, Baby,\u201d \u201cBeautiful Ones,\u201d \u201cScandalous,\u201d and \u201cCall My Name.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sometimes-it-snows-in-april\"><strong>\u201cSometimes It Snows in April\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Parade<\/em>, the companion album to Prince\u2019s 1986 film <em>Under the Cherry Moon<\/em>, closes with \u201cSometimes It Snows in April,\u201d a beautiful piano ballad about the death of Christopher Tracy, the character Prince played in the film. The song gained greater poignance after Prince died on April 21, 2016, exactly 31 years after the track was recorded.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-ballad-of-dorothy-parker\"><strong>\u201cThe Ballad of Dorothy Parker\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>One of the most sonically distinctive and futuristic tracks on 1987\u2019s <em>Sign o\u2019 the Times<\/em> featured lyrics that reference Joni Mitchell\u2019s \u201cHelp Me,\u201d which helped spark a friendship between Prince and Mitchell, one of his favorite artists.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince performing in Chicago in 1984. 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