It's criminal – and let's face it, impossible – to authoritatively declare 25 Prince songs as the greatest ever ... that have been omitted from this list.

No one wrote music like Prince, so it was usually easy to identify his influence — though, in some cases, the artists would transform the songs into something that belonged as much to them as it did ...

Stevie Nicks may have written 'Stand Back' for her solo album 'The Wild Heart,' but it had Prince's fingerprints all over it. Prince wrote "Wednesday" as an opportunity for Jill Jones to shine in ...

Prince was a showman. The complete package. Not only could he sing but he could dance, play the guitar and wow. He also played dozens of instruments and would sequester himself in a studio for hours ...

In that moment, I mean, what are you gonna do, right? There’s about two seconds and then you’ve got to hit the overdrive pedal, add the flanger on there and just jump in” ...