Oh, yeah! In France, a skinny man died of a big disease With a little name By chance his girlfriend came across a needle And soon she did the same At home there are 17-year-old boys And their idea of fun Is being in a gang called The Disciples High on crack and totin' a machine gun Time Times Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church And killed everyone inside You turn on the telly and every other story Is tellin' you somebody died A sister killed her baby 'cause she couldn't afford to feed it And yet we're sending people to the Moon In September, my cousin tried reefer for the very first time Now he's doing horse, it's June Times Times It's silly, no? When a rocket ship explodes and everybody still wants to fly But some say a man ain't happy unless a man truly dies Oh, why? Time Time Baby make a speech, Star Wars fly Neighbors just shine it on But if a night falls and a bomb falls Will anybody see The Dawn? Time Times Is it silly, no? When a rocket blow and everybody still wants to fly Some say a man ain't happy truly until a man truly dies Oh why, oh why? Sign of the times Time Time Sign of the times mess with your mind Hurry before it's to late Let's fall in love, get married, have a baby We'll call him Nate If it's a boy Time Times Times Time
Oh, yeah! In France, a skinny man died of a big disease With a little name By chance his girlfriend came across a needle And soon she did the same At home there are 17-year-old boys And their idea of fun Is being in a gang called The Disciples High on crack and totin' a machine gun Time Times Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church And killed everyone inside You turn on the telly and every other story Is tellin' you somebody died A sister killed her baby 'cause she couldn't afford to feed it And yet we're sending people to the Moon In September, my cousin tried reefer for the very first time Now he's doing horse, it's June Times Times It's silly, no? When a rocket ship explodes and everybody still wants to fly But some say a man ain't happy unless a man truly dies Oh, why? Time Time Baby make a speech, Star Wars fly Neighbors just shine it on But if a night falls and a bomb falls Will anybody see The Dawn? Time Times Is it silly, no? When a rocket blow and everybody still wants to fly Some say a man ain't happy truly until a man truly dies Oh why, oh why? Sign of the times Time Time Sign of the times mess with your mind Hurry before it's to late Let's fall in love, get married, have a baby We'll call him Nate If it's a boy Time Times Times Time
Prince gravou “Sign o’ the Times” tocando todos os vocais e instrumentos, sem a participação de outros músicos.
A canção foi originalmente planejada para dois álbuns diferentes de 1986, “Dream Factory” e “Crystal Ball”, que foram abandonados antes do lançamento.
Ao ser lançada, alcançou o primeiro lugar nas paradas R&B, ficou em terceiro no Billboard Hot 100 e chegou ao décimo posto no UK Singles Chart.
Em 1987, o crítico da Village Voice, por meio da enquete Pazz & Jop, nomeou “Sign o’ the Times” como o melhor single do ano, marcando a segunda vez que Prince recebeu esse reconhecimento.
A música foi incluída na lista da Rolling Stone de 2010, ocupando a posição 304 entre as 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos, e também faz parte da coleção “500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll” do Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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