Come 2 My House

NPG Records

He had my poster on his wall.

Chaka Khan was Prince’s long-term friend and musical influence, who in 1984 famously re-recorded his 1979 hit I Feel For You for her own album of the same name. That album went Platinum and the title track won Prince a Grammy for Best R&B Song and became the 5th highest selling single of 1985. Prince had given her his blessing to re-record it to help reboot her ailing career, yet they did not actually meet until fourteen years later.

In 1998, Prince’s co-produced Come 2 My House to again help relaunch her in the US, and wrote ten of the album’s thirteen songs. The project was complete from start to finish within just two weeks. On it, she covers Prince’s song Don’t Talk 2 Strangers, and the 1974 track Hair by Larry Graham who was likewise receiving Prince’s help to boost his career with his co-produce album named GCS2000. Prince’s work on this project is credited under his then name Prince love symbol.

Prince and Khan often performed I Feel For You together during the Newpower Festival tour on which she joined Prince as his support act in promotion of their trio of albums, Come 2 My House, Prince’s own studio album Newpower Soul and Graham’s GCS2000.

Data

Producer

Chaka Khan and The Artist Formally Known As Prince

Label

NPG Records

Distribution

NPG Records

Released

21 years, 9 months ago on 29 March 1999

Running Time

59:51

US Chart Peak

UK Chart Peak

Orig. Formats

Tracklist

Come 2 My House (4:45) ¹
Intro (0:31) ¹
This Crazy Life Of Mine (2:33) ¹
Betcha Eye (4:30) ¹
Spoon (3:49)
Pop My Clutch [feat. Queen Latifah] (4:47) ¹
Journey 2 The Centre Of Your ♥ (4:15) ²
Eye'll Never B Another Fool (4:12) ¹
Democrazy (6:07) ¹
Eye Remember U (4:16) ¹
Reconsider (U Better) (4:23) ¹
Don't Talk 2 Strangers
Girl 6(1996)
(3:15) ²
Hair (5:45)
The Drama (6:35)

¹ Co-written by Prince and Chaka Khan.
² Written by Prince.

Supporting tour

Jam of the Year Tour

1997/8

Love 4 One Another Charities Tour (USA & Canada)
35 shows from 7 January to 29 June, 1997
Jam Of The Year Tour (USA & Canada)
65 shows from 12 July 1997 to 22 January 1998
Newpower Soul Tour (Europe)
17 shows from 30 April to 28 August, 1998
Newpower Festival (USA & Europe)
15 shows from 23 September to 28 December, 1998