Good kick off, Craner.
This came back into circulation in my brain thanks to Absolute 80s which was rinsing it circa 2014.
It’s one of those songs that has improved out of context. I remember it at the time, surrounded by other things that were similar, and it just seemed like a Nutrasweet serving of the same. Now it sounds singular - an unbearably exquisite confection, like a delicate, tiny tower of icing sugar.
It was written and produced by Peter Lord of The Family Stand, but Prince was also hovering around the margins of Paula’s career at this time, and there’s a delicacy and a poignancy and a clarity to this lush trinket that makes more sense when put alongside things like Parade and Lovesexy.