✦ Let’s Go Crazy / Take Me With U – Maxi-Single UK : Feb. 1985

✦ The extended Purple Rain dancefloor edition

A UK‑exclusive 12" pairing featuring the full 7:35 extended mix of “Let’s Go Crazy” and the uncut album version of “Take Me With U,” backed with the legendary “Erotic City”

✦ Summary

Released in the United Kingdom in 1985, the Let’s Go Crazy / Take Me With U 12" single offered fans a high‑energy, club‑ready expansion of the Purple Rain era. Unlike the 7" edition — which paired the two tracks as a double‑A‑side — the 12" added a third powerhouse: “Erotic City (Make Love Not War Erotic City Come Alive)”, one of Prince’s most influential B‑sides.

The release features the 7:35 extended version of “Let’s Go Crazy,” a mix that became a staple of Prince’s live shows and DJ sets. The 12" was issued in multiple UK variants, including PRS and Damont pressings, generic‑sleeve editions, and an Island‑publisher variant. All share the same catalog number family (W2000T / 920 317‑0).

The sleeve famously includes a warning about the explicit lyrical content of “Erotic City,” making it one of the few Prince singles to carry such a notice during the 1980s.

✦ Highlights

• Released 1985 (UK)

• Features the 7:35 extended version of “Let’s Go Crazy”

• Includes “Take Me With U” (album version)

• Adds “Erotic City” — 7:24 full version

• Multiple UK pressing variants (PRS, Damont, generic sleeve, Island publisher)

• Sleeve includes explicit‑content warning

• Produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Prince and the Revolution

✦ Track Details

12" – UK (W2000T / 920 317‑0)

A1. Let’s Go Crazy (Extended Version) — 7:35

A2. Take Me With U — 3:51

B. Erotic City (Make Love Not War Erotic City Come Alive) — 7:24

Credits:

Produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Prince and the Revolution

Published by Island Music Ltd.

Pressed by PRS Ltd.

Plated at Musitech

Distributed by WEA Records Ltd.

℗ 1984 / 1985 WEA International Inc.

Sleeve note:

WARNING! Erotic City contains sexually explicit lyrics that could be offensive

✦ All UK 12" Variants (Complete List)

Every variant you supplied is included below.

1. PRS Pressing

12", 45 RPM, Stereo

Warner Bros. Records – W2000T / 920 317‑0 / W2000 (T) / 920317‑0

UK — 1985

2. Generic Sleeve Edition

12", 45 RPM, Stereo

Warner Bros. Records – W2000 (T) / W2000 T / (920317‑0)

UK — 1985

3. Damont Pressing

12", 45 RPM, Stereo

Warner Bros. Records – W2000T / W2000 (T) / 920 317‑0

UK — 1985

4. Damont Pressing – Island Publisher Variant

12", 45 RPM, Stereo

Warner Bros. Records – W2000T / W2000 (T) / 920 317‑0

UK — 1985

✦ Reissues & Global Variants

• No UK picture disc

• No colored vinyl

• US 12" editions differ and are handled separately

• Multiple UK pressings due to manufacturing differences (PRS, Damont)

✦ Production and Context

• Extended version of “Let’s Go Crazy” became a fan‑favourite

• “Erotic City” considered one of Prince’s most influential B‑sides

• Sleeve warning was unusual for the era

• Part of the broader Purple Rain single campaign

• All tracks published by Island Music Ltd. in the UK

✦ Singles Released

Let’s Go Crazy — 1984 (US)

Take Me With U — 1985 (US)

Let’s Go Crazy / Take Me With U (UK 7") — February 15, 1985

Let’s Go Crazy / Take Me With U (UK 12") — 1985

✦ Chart Performance (UK)

Official Singles Chart:

• Peak position: No. 7

• First chart date: February 23, 1985

• Weeks on chart: 9

• Re‑entry: No. 86 on May 4, 1985

(Chart data applies to the overall single, not format‑specific.)

✦ Mini Discography

Purple Rain (Album) — 1984

Let’s Go Crazy (Single) — 1984

Take Me With U (Single) — 1985

Let’s Go Crazy / Take Me With U (UK 7") — 1985

Let’s Go Crazy / Take Me With U (UK 12") — 1985

✦ Mini‑Timeline

June 25, 1984 — Purple Rain album released

July 18, 1984 — “Let’s Go Crazy” released (US)

January 1985 — “Take Me With U” released (US)

February 15, 1985 — UK 7" released

1985 — UK 12" released

February–April 1985 — UK chart run

May 4, 1985 — Re‑entry at No. 86

✦ Glam Flashback

The UK 12" of Let’s Go Crazy / Take Me With U is pure Purple Rain excess — the extended sermon‑funk explosion of “Let’s Go Crazy,” the cinematic warmth of “Take Me With U,” and the raw, pulsing electricity of “Erotic City.” Pressed in multiple variants and wrapped in a sleeve that boldly warns of explicit content, it stands as one of the most iconic and collectible 12" singles of Prince’s imperial era.

✦ Image & Artwork Copyright Notice

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✦ Sources

Prince Vault

Wikipedia

Discogs

BBC Charts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtCC7bUkIw

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