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Before superhero films became mopey and self-conscious, they were of full of glee and embraced the inherent silliness of men running around in tights. This childlike exuberance was, perhaps, reflected ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. As an idea, a ...

So, let’s just get this out of the way: My favorite Prince album is the “Batman” soundtrack. It’s criminally underrated. It’s dark, it’s frantic and it’s headlined by “Batdance,” a wild track that ...

Prince's 'Batdance': Possibly NSFW, on account of sexy Batwomen and the word "funk" sounding like a different f-word entirely. In this week's installment of the A.V. Club's "We're No. 1" series, which ...

This week, the ”Batdance” single moved easily into the top spot on the pop list, ending the two-week run of Martika`s ”Toy Soldiers” (now No. 5) and giving Prince his best chart showing since his ...

Something that people can expect after a well-known musician dies is the release of unreleased material (see Born Again, Better Dayz, etc). When Prince passed away it was reported that the man who was ...

There’s something that happens to you the first time you watch the video clip for Prince’s theme song to the 1989 Tim Burton film Batman. It’s as much a physical reaction as it as a deeply emotional ...

(AllHipHop News) Back in 1989, Prince headed the soundtrack for the Warner Bros blockbuster superhero film Batman. The collection of tunes was also released as a Prince album. Batman the LP led the ...

Once deemed too much of a risk by the label and subsequently shelved, Prince and producer John Luongo's "Batdance" (Remix) finally sees the light of day. The track produced and recorded in 1989 boasts ...

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In 1989, Warner Bros. had asked Big Daddy Kane to flip Prince’s “Batdance,” which appeared on the 1989 Batman soundtrack. Apparently having immediately come up with his verses right on the spot at the ...