This one became a favorite for testing low end extension on live Audio systems. Engineered by Bill Bottrell:



Although I think that album was mixed - it's hard to pull of being *Prince when you are not.

Smooth engineering and production though.


*Probably an entire unrelated (Braless? ) sub-discussion to be had on the complex cultural reasons why some artists get away with more sexual content than others. . . mind you, before he passed, Prince would only tease the musical intro to "Darling Nikki" before stopping and wagging the Church Lady finger

I always remember reading an article about how an outside songwriter penned this hit for them:



He figured there were too many songwriters trying to write hits for established popstars and he would instead try his luck with AOR rock bands that didn't have hit singles to break through to the next level.

Well that one is credited to themselves for copyright, it peaked at #67 but was bigger than that in my neighborhood.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27...Thing_Comin%27

So, I saw that tour circa 1983 at the old Chicago international amphitheater up close and Iron Maiden backed them up, one of about 8 times I saw Judas Priest and 5 times I saw Iron Maiden live until the final times for both in Brazll, Priest in 2011 and Maiden in 2016.

TBH Priest fits my typical preference of their 70's catalog before all that stuff but Screaming For Vengence was their "Back In Black" album of hits that Iron Maiden never really had.

And of course the digital era put the last nail in the coffin of metal as its already loud without being put thru modern limiters.

Interesting . . I googled a bit.

But I can't find any mention of an additional writer either.

I read that article a long time ago. Maybe I confused the song with a different one? Or maybe there was a ghostwriter? Work-for-hire? Or maybe someone trying to grab undeserved credit?