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looking towards the viewer, with front pages of "The Controversy Daily" newspaper behind him, mentioning various headlines."><img alt="Prince looking towards the viewer, with front pages of "The Controversy Daily" newspaper behind him, mentioning various headlines." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Prince-Controversy.jpg/220px-Prince-Controversy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Prince-Controversy.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">October 14, 1981</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">August 14–23, 1981<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">Kiowa Trail Home Studio, <a href="/wiki/Chanhassen,_Minnesota" title="Chanhassen, Minnesota">Chanhassen, Minnesota</a>; Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop</a><sup id="cite_ref-AM_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_wave_music" title="New wave music">new wave</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">R&B</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">37</span>:<span class="s">15</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Prince</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/Dirty_Mind" title="Dirty Mind">Dirty Mind</a></i><br />(1980) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Controversy</b></i><br />(1981) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/1999_(Prince_album)" title="1999 (Prince album)">1999</a></i><br />(1982) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from <i> Controversy </i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Controversy_(song)" title="Controversy (song)">Controversy</a>"</span><br />Released: September 2, 1981</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"Sexuality"</span><br />Released: October 1981 (EU, JP & AU)</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Work" title="Let's Work">Let's Work</a>"</span><br />Released: January 6, 1982</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Do_Me,_Baby" title="Do Me, Baby">Do Me, Baby</a>"</span><br />Released: July 16, 1982 (US & PE)</span></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Controversy</b></i> is the fourth studio <a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">album</a> by the American singer-songwriter and musician <a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a>, released on October 14, 1981, by <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a>. With the exception of one track, it was written and produced entirely by Prince. He also performed most of the instruments on its recording. </p><p><i>Controversy</i> reached number three on the <a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums"><i>Billboard</i> R&B Albums</a> chart and was certified <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">Platinum</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA). It was voted the eighth best album of the year in the 1981 <a href="/wiki/Pazz_%26_Jop" title="Pazz & Jop">Pazz & Jop</a>, an annual critics poll run by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This was the first of his albums to associate Prince with the color purple as well as the first to use <a href="/wiki/Sensational_spelling" title="Sensational spelling">sensational spelling</a> in his song titles. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_and_lyrics">Music and lyrics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Controversy_(Prince_album)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Music and lyrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Controversy_(Prince_album)" title="Special:EditPage/Controversy (Prince album)">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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The song "flirts with blasphemy" by including a chant of <a href="/wiki/The_Lord%27s_Prayer" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lord's Prayer">The Lord's Prayer</a>. "Do Me, Baby" is an "extended bump-n-grind" ballad with explicitly sexual lyrics, and "Ronnie, Talk to Russia" is a politically charged plea to President <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>. "Private Joy" is a bouncy bubblegum pop-funk tune, "showing off Prince's lighter side", followed by "Annie Christian", which lists historical events such as <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_murders_of_1979%E2%80%9381" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta murders of 1979–81">the murder of African-American children in Atlanta</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Death_of_John_Lennon" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of John Lennon">death of John Lennon</a>. The album's final song, "Jack U Off", is a synthesized <a href="/wiki/Rockabilly" title="Rockabilly">rockabilly</a>-style track.<sup id="cite_ref-RS_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Controversy_(Prince_album)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">B+<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Spin_Alternative_Record_Guide" title="Spin Alternative Record Guide">Spin Alternative Record Guide</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">8/10<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">A−<sup id="cite_ref-CG_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CG-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In a contemporary review for <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>, music critic <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Holden" title="Stephen Holden">Stephen Holden</a> wrote that "Prince's first three records were so erotically self-absorbed that they suggested the reveries of a licentious young libertine. On <i>Controversy</i>, that libertine proclaims unfettered sexuality as the fundamental condition of a new, more loving society than the bellicose, overtechnologized America of Ronald Reagan." He went on to say, "Despite all the contradictions and hyperbole in Prince's playboy philosophy, I still find his message refreshingly relevant."<sup id="cite_ref-RS_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Robert_Christgau" title="Robert Christgau">Robert Christgau</a> was less enthusiastic in a generally favorable review for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i>, in which he wrote that its "socially conscious songs are catchy enough, but they spring from the mind of a rather confused young fellow, and while his politics get better when he sticks to his favorite subject, which is s-e-x, nothing here is as far-out and on-the-money as 'Head' or 'Sister' or the magnificent 'When You Were Mine.'"<sup id="cite_ref-CG_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CG-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <i><a href="/wiki/Blender_(magazine)" title="Blender (magazine)">Blender</a>'</i>s Keith Harris, <i>Controversy</i> is "Prince's first attempt to get you to love him for his mind, not just his body", as it "refines the propulsive <a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a> of previous albums and adds treatises on religion, work, nuclear war and <a href="/wiki/Abscam" title="Abscam">Abscam</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-Harris_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Thomas_Erlewine" title="Stephen Thomas Erlewine">Stephen Thomas Erlewine</a> of <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> remarked that it "continues in the same vein of <a href="/wiki/New_wave_music" title="New wave music">new wave</a>-tinged funk on <i><a href="/wiki/Dirty_Mind" title="Dirty Mind">Dirty Mind</a></i>, emphasizing Prince's fascination with synthesizers and synthesizing disparate <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop music</a> genres".<sup id="cite_ref-AM_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Controversy</i> was voted the eighth best album of the year in the 1981 <a href="/wiki/Pazz_%26_Jop" title="Pazz & Jop">Pazz & Jop</a>, an annual critics' poll run by <i>The Village Voice</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Controversy_(Prince_album)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All songs written by <a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="col"]{text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-length-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-number-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"],.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length,.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{padding-right:10px;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-number-header{width:2em;padding-left:10px}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length-header{width:4em}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr.tracklist-total-length{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tracklist .tracklist-total-length th{padding:0;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length th>span{float:right;padding:0 10px;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0 10px 0 0}</style><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side one</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Controversy_(song)" title="Controversy (song)">Controversy</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">7:15</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Sexuality"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:21</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Do_Me,_Baby" title="Do Me, Baby">Do Me, Baby</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">7:43</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>19:19</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side two</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Private_Joy" title="Private Joy">Private Joy</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:29</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Ronnie, Talk to Russia"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:58</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Work" title="Let's Work">Let's Work</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:54</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Annie Christian"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:22</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Jack U Off"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:09</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>17:52</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Controversy_(Prince_album)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Partially adapted from Morris Day and David Ritz.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a> – lead and backing vocals, electric guitars, <a href="/wiki/Yamaha_CP-70" title="Yamaha CP-70">Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oberheim_OB-X" title="Oberheim OB-X">Oberheim OB-X</a>, Oberheim OB-SX, <a href="/wiki/ARP_Omni" title="ARP Omni">ARP Omni</a>, bass guitar, drums, Pearl SY-1 Syncussion, <a href="/wiki/Linn_LM-1" title="Linn LM-1">Linn LM-1</a> (4), <a href="/wiki/Korg_Mini_Pops" title="Korg Mini Pops">Korg Mini Pops SR-120</a> (7), handclaps, producer, arranger</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Coleman_(musician)" title="Lisa Coleman (musician)">Lisa Coleman</a> – backing vocals (1, 5, 8), Oberheim OB-SX (8)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Fink" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Fink">Dr. Fink</a> – Oberheim OB-X (8)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Z." title="Bobby Z.">Bobby Z.</a> – drums and Pearl SY-1 Syncussion (8)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Day" title="Morris Day">Morris Day</a> – drums (1) (uncredited, possible involvement)</li></ul> <p><b>Technical</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Guzauski" title="Mick Guzauski">Mick Guzauski</a> – engineer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Mockler" title="Bob Mockler">Bob Mockler</a> – engineer</li> <li>Ross Pallone – engineer</li> <li>Peggy McCreary – engineer (uncredited)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Grundman" title="Bernie Grundman">Bernie Grundman</a> – mastering (A&M Studios)</li> <li>Allen Beaulieu – photography</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Controversy_(Prince_album)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weekly_charts">Weekly charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Controversy_(Prince_album)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Weekly charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Weekly chart performance for <i>Controversy</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1981) </th> <th scope="col">Peak<br /> position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/ARIA_Charts" title="ARIA Charts">Australian Albums Chart</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>55 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/MegaCharts" class="mw-redirect" title="MegaCharts">Dutch Albums Chart</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>50 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a><sup id="cite_ref-USchart_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USchart-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Controversy_(Prince_album)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Year-end charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Year-end chart performance for <i>Controversy</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1982) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <i>Billboard</i> Pop Albums </th> <td>59 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <i>Billboard</i> Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums </th> <td>15 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Controversy_(Prince_album)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Certifications for <i>Controversy</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_KingdomPrinceControversyalbumCertRef_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomPrinceControversyalbumCertRef-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>100,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_StatesPrinceControversyalbumCertRef_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_StatesPrinceControversyalbumCertRef-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>1,000,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th scope="col" colspan="3">Summaries </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Worldwide </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>2,300,000<sup id="cite_ref-Sales_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sales-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>^</sup> Shipments figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Controversy_(Prince_album)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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