Nothing Compares 2 U

E648913

single song

"Nothing Compares 2 U" is a powerfully emotional ballad written by Prince and made famous by Sinéad O'Connor, later covered by Chris Cornell on his self-titled album.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Nothing Compares 2 U canonical	4
Nothing Compares 2 U – Prince	1
Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinéad O'Connor	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
associatedAct	Chris Cornell NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince and The Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinéad O'Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ The Family NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer	Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coveredBy	Aretha Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Cornell NERFINISHED ⓘ Coldplay NERFINISHED ⓘ FKA twigs NERFINISHED ⓘ Me First and the Gimme Gimmes NERFINISHED ⓘ Miley Cyrus NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinéad O'Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ Stereophonics NERFINISHED ⓘ The Chicks NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	pop ballad ⓘ power ballad ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact	widely regarded as one of the most powerful breakup songs ⓘ
hasLivePerformance	Chris Cornell live performances of Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ Prince live performances of Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ Sinéad O'Connor live performances of Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ
hasMusicVideo	Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U music video NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableVersion	Chris Cornell version of Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ Prince live version of Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ Sinéad O'Connor version of Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ
influenced	later pop ballads about heartbreak ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
madeFamousBy	Sinéad O'Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicVideoDirector	John Maybury NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCoverArtist	Chris Cornell NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinéad O'Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	emotional vocal performance ⓘ melancholic lyrics ⓘ
originalAlbum	The Family NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalPerformer	The Family NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalReleaseYear	1985 ⓘ
theme	heartbreak ⓘ longing ⓘ loss ⓘ
titleStyle	uses letter 'U' instead of word 'you' ⓘ uses numeral '2' instead of word 'to' ⓘ
writer	Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chris Cornell (self-titled compilation album) → hasTrack → Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ

subject surface form: Chris Cornell (album)

Sinead O’Connor → notableWork → Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ

subject surface form: Sinéad O’Connor

The Family → notableWork → Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ

The Family → originallyRecorded → Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ

The Family → songWrittenBy → Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nothing Compares 2 U – Prince

The Family → songLaterMadeFamousBy → Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinéad O'Connor