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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

A recent reassessment of Prince's Batman album prompts the question: Why has "Batdance," a No. 1 hit, seemingly vanished from his history? In this week's installment of the A.V. Club's "We're No. 1" ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Batman and Prince are an odd combination. They’re both American icons, however, there’s not a lot of similarities between Prince’s prime funk and Batman’s Gothic heroism. Regardless, the world got ...

Eric J. Lawrence: In a year when we've lost many music greats, losing Prince was one of the hardest. The prolific songwriter and guitar virtuoso defied all genres, influencing an untold number of ...

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 ...