{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"RouteNote - Radar","provider_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar","author_name":"Radar Team","author_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/author\/rn_adm_rad\/","title":"Who Originally Sang \u201cNothing Compares 2 U\u201d? - RouteNote - Radar","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"N5q058pM4u\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/who-originally-sang-nothing-compares-2-u\/\">Who Originally Sang \u201cNothing Compares 2 U\u201d?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/who-originally-sang-nothing-compares-2-u\/embed\/#?secret=N5q058pM4u\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Who Originally Sang \u201cNothing Compares 2 U\u201d?&#8221; &#8212; RouteNote - Radar\" data-secret=\"N5q058pM4u\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prince.jpg","thumbnail_width":1600,"thumbnail_height":1136,"description":"Sin\u00e9ad O&#8217;Connor did not write \u201cNothing Compares 2 U\u201d. Prince did. But even Prince wasn&#8217;t technically the first artist to release it commercially. The first released version appeared in 1985 on the only album by The Family, a Prince-created group signed to Paisley Park Records. It attracted little attention. Five years later, O&#8217;Connor transformed the song into one of the defining recordings of the 1990s. When did Prince write it? Prince recorded an early version himself at his warehouse studio in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Engineer Susan Rogers was there. She later recalled Prince writing the lyrics quickly before recording the..."}