Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
“Raspberry Beret” was the first single released from Prince’s seventh album, Around the World in a Day.
Originally demoed in 1982, the track was greatly reworked by the time it was released, reflecting the influence that Prince’s backing band, The Revolution, had on his mid-80s sound. (The psychede...
[Intro]
One, two
One, two, three, uh!
[Verse 1]
Yeah
I was working part time in a five-and-dime
My boss was Mr. McGee
He told me several times that he didn't like my kind
'Cause I was a bit too leisurely
Seems that I was busy doing something close to nothing
But different than the day before
That's when I saw her, ooh, I saw her
She walked in through the out door, out door
[Chorus]
She wore a raspberry beret
The kind you find in a second-hand store
Raspberry beret
And if it was warm, she wouldn't wear much more
Raspberry beret, I think I love her
[Verse 2]
Built like she was, she had the nerve to ask me
If I planned to do her any harm
So, look here, I put her on the back of my bike and, uh, we went riding
Down by old man Johnson's farm
I said, now, overcast days never turned me on
But something 'bout the clouds and her mixed
She wasn't too bright, but I could tell when she kissed me
She knew how to get her kicks
[Chorus]
She wore a raspberry beret
The kind you find in a second-hand store
Raspberry beret
And if it was warm, she wouldn't wear much more
Raspberry beret, I think I love her
[Verse 3]
The rain sounds so cool when it hits the barn roof
And the horses wonder who you are
Thunder drowns out what the lightning sees
You feel like a movie star
Listen, they say the first time ain't the greatest
But I tell you, if I had the chance to do it all again, ooh
I wouldn't change a stroke 'cause, baby, I'm the most
With a girl as fine as she was then
[Chorus]
(Raspberry beret) Oh!
The kind you find (The kind you find)
The kind you find (In a second-hand store)
Oh, no, no
(Raspberry beret)
(And if it was warm)
Where have all the raspberry women gone? (She wouldn't wear much more)
Yeah (Raspberry beret)
Aah!
I think I, I think I, I think I love her!
(Raspberry beret)
No, no, no
No, no, no (The kind you find)
(In a second-hand store)
(Raspberry beret)
Tell me
Where have all the raspberry women gone? (And if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more)
(Raspberry beret)
Ooh, uh, I think I love
Raspberry Beret was written by Prince.
Raspberry Beret was produced by Prince.
Prince and the Revolution released Raspberry Beret on Mon Apr 22 1985.
Prince has never said much on his songs, but he did say something about the coughing fit at the beginning. “I just did it to be sick, to do something no one else would do,” he told Rolling Stone in 1985.
“Raspberry Beret” peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100.