August 12, 1994: 1-800 New Funk

Featuring music primarily written and produced by Prince, performed by various artists from Paisley Park Records and NPG Records, was released.

While some tracks had been previously released, most were new and did not appear on any other albums. The booklet included images that might have been intended as album covers for each artist.

Except for George Clinton’s track "Hollywood," all songs featured either writing or musical contributions from Prince. The album also included a new track by Prince, "Love Sign," credited as a duet by "Nona Gaye and ," with Nona Gaye listed as the main artist due to Prince's disputes with Warner Bros. over releasing his music independently.

The album featured two singles: "Love Sign" (released solely as a promotional single) and "Standing At The Altar" (the only single from the album available commercially).

"2gether" had been available earlier, associated with the New Power Generation album "Gold Nigga."

"MPLS" and "If ♥ U 2night" were released in limited quantities earlier in 1994 as individual singles but were not linked to this compilation upon release (no upcoming album was mentioned on the singles' artwork). "If ♥ U 2night" was also reissued as a single in October 1995, alongside Mayte’s album "Child Of The Sun."

Prince o(+> promoted the album through a video and a TV performance of "Love Sign," and a full-page ad in Billboard magazine was used to market the album, imitating Warner Bros.' advertisement from the month before for "Come" (which was released three days after "1-800 New Funk").

Although the album did not make it onto the US Billboard 200 chart, it did achieve a position of number 45 on the Billboard R&B Chart.

LP VINYL

Side 1:

A1. MPLS - Minneapolis (4:26) 1

A2. Hollywood - George Clinton

A3. Love Sign - Nona Gaye & (4:31) 2

A4. If ♥ U 2night - Mayte (4:19) 2

A5. Color - The Steeles (4:20) 2

Side 2:

B1. 2gether - New Power Generation (5:07) 3

B2. Standing At The Altar - Margie Cox (3:54) 2

B3. You Will Be Moved - Mavis Staples (4:11) 4

B4. 17 - Madhouse (5:23) 5

B5. A Woman’s Gotta Have It - Nona Gaye (4:30) 5

B6. MPLS Reprise - Minneapolis (0:48) 1

All songs written by Prince (0(+>) except when indicated.

1 Written by Prince (credited to Sonny T.)

2 written by Prince (0(+>)

3 Written by Prince (credited to the New Power Generation)

4 Written by Prince

5 written by Prince (0(+>), Eric Leeds, Michael Bland, Sonny Thompson & Levi Seacer, Jr.

6 Written by Bobby Womack, Linda Womack and Darryl Carter

CD

MPLS - Minneapolis (4:26) 1

Hollywood - George Clinton

Love Sign - Nona Gaye & (4:31) 2

If ♥ U 2night - Mayte (4:19) 2

Color - The Steeles (4:20) 2

2gether - New Power Generation (5:07) 3

Standing At The Altar - Margie Cox (3:54) 2

You Will Be Moved - Mavis Staples (4:11) 4

17 - Madhouse (5:23) 5

A Woman’s Gotta Have It - Nona Gaye (4:30) 6

MPLS Reprise - Minneapolis (0:48) 1

JAPAN CD

FEATURING ADDITIONAL TRACKS

MPLS - Minneapolis (4:26) 1

Hollywood - George Clinton

Love Sign - Nona Gaye & (4:31) 2

If ♥ U 2night - Mayte (4:19) 2

Color - The Steeles (4:20) 2

2gether - New Power Generation (5:07) 3

Standing At The Altar - Margie Cox (3:54) 2

You Will Be Moved - Mavis Staples (4:11) 4

17 - Madhouse (5:23) 5

A Woman’s Gotta Have It - Nona Gaye (4:30) 6

MPLS Reprise - Minneapolis (0:48) 1

EXTRA TRACKS

Standing At The Altar (Extended Version) - Margie Cox (5.59)

The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Sax Mix) - Brian Gallagher (4:29)

The Most Beautiful Boy In The World - Mayte (4:34)

All songs written by Prince (0(+>) except when indicated.

1 Written by Prince (credited to Sonny T.)

2 written by Prince (0(+>)

3 Written by Prince (credited to the New Power Generation)

4 Written by Prince

5 written by Prince (as ), Eric Leeds, Michael Bland, Sonny Thompson & Levi Seacer, Jr.

6 Written by Bobby Womack, Linda Womack and Darryl Carter