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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Music history has graced us with many legendary acts that have gone on to become tantamout to royal figures in their fields -- from the King and Queen of Pop, Michael Jackson and Madonna, to Aretha ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prince wasn’t just a musical icon, but also a fashion one. Though known for purple — a color he all-but-trademarked with “Purple Rain” — he also wore outfits ranging from a half-Batman-half-Joker suit ...

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" ...