The single cover of Sinead O'Conner's 'Nothing Compares 2 You'.

Did you know that Prince wrote Sinead O’Conner’s global hit ‘Nothing Compares 2 You’?

Prince originally wrote ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ for the band The Family. However, the track wasn’t released as a single and remained generally unknown until it was covered by O’Conner. The latter scored a monster hit with the song and it climbed to the top of several charts across the globe, including the Billboard Hot 100 and the Official UK Singles Chart.

Sadly, ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ was O’Conner’s only #1 hit in the US before she damaged her career by slamming the Pope during a performance on ‘Saturday Night Live’. Watch the video for her version of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, listen to Prince’s live 1993 recording of the song and see O’Conner’s notorious ‘SNL’ performance below:

Sinead O’Conner – ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’

Prince & Rosie Gaines – ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’

Sinead O’Conner on ‘SNL’

Now you know!