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"Around the World in a Day" is a song performed by Prince and the Revolution and is the opening track of the album of the same name. The track represents a completely different direction that Prince wanted to go after the massively successful Purple Rain album and film of the same name.
Around the World in a Day was released to mixed reception among crossover audiences after the success of Purple Rain, though it nonetheless sold relatively well and became Prince and the Revolution's second number-one album on the Billboard 200. Two of its four singles reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100: "Raspberry Beret" and "Pop Life".
The song's album in question, The Gold Experience, was released the following year and hit the top 40 with the singles "I Hate U" (Prince's last original single to reach the United States top 40), "Gold", and "Endorphinmachine" (in Japan), while the promotional single "Purple Medley", a remix of his greatest hits, reached the top 20 worldwide.
"Around the World" is the theme tune from the 1956 movie Around the World in 80 Days. [1] In the film, only an instrumental version of the song appeared, although the vocal version has become the better known one. The song was written by Harold Adamson and Victor Young; Young died in 1956, several weeks after the film's release, and he received the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a
See Prince singles discography for his singles and extended plays, and Prince videography for his music videos and video albums. Prince has sold over 100 million records worldwide, [1] including 36.5 million certified units in the United States, and over 10 million records in the United Kingdom.
[86] [87] Songs from the film were hits on pop charts around the world; "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" reached No. 1, and the title track reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. [88] At one point in 1984, Prince simultaneously had the No. 1 album, single, and film in the US; [ 89 ] it was the first time a singer had achieved this feat ...
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Eighty singles charted in the top 10 in 1957, with seventy-one singles reaching their peak this year. Six songs were recorded by several artists with each version reaching the top 10: "Around the World" – Bing Crosby, Gracie Fields, Ronnie Hilton "Cumberland Gap" – Lonnie Donegan, The Vipers Skiffle Group