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“Uptown” was the lead single in the U.S. to Prince’s third album, Dirty Mind. Beginning with a lone drum intro, the track explodes into the keyboards of the chorus. The verses feature a more prominent funk guitar. The song breaks down to a more instrumental section toward the end that is mainly guitar, bass and drums with an occasional keyboard riff. The minimalist style of the song is representative of most of the Dirty Mind album. The song addresses the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis that is the city’s hang-out spot for artists.
Prince uses the concept of Uptown to address racism and hatred in the song. Prince sings in the first person, and the song opens with him describing a chance meeting with an attractive woman who then asks him in an offensive way if he is gay....
Read on...Song lines: ♪ Everybody's going Uptown - that's where I wanna be ... Good times were rolling ... Get down - I don't wanna stop, no ♫
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