The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" is a song by (formerly known as Prince) from his 1995 album The Gold Experience. It was his first release since changing his stage name to the unpronouncable symbol. The single was released in February, 1994 along with an EP of remixes titled The Beautiful Experience. The version that was released on The Gold Experience is a different mix of the song.

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Prince - 1995 - Album - The Gold Experience - February - 1994 - EP - Remix - The Beautiful Experience

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The original track is a gentle ballad in falsetto that seranades a beautiful woman, and likely was directed toward Mayte, whom he would later marry. The song is based in light guitar and keyboards and uses live drums. Although most of the song is sung in falsetto with Prince reaching some extremely high notes, the bridge has him using his regular voice as well as a very low voice for contrast.

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Ballad - Falsetto - Mayte - Guitar - Keyboard - Drums

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The song was a worldwide hit and established 's ability to succeed commercially under his new name. However, sabotaged his career by rejecting his releases from Warner Bros. under the "Prince" name while trying unsucessfully to promote only his releases under the name .

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The B-side for the single was a remix of the track "Beautiful", an edit of one of the mixes on The Beautiful Experience EP.

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B-side - Single

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