Prince wrote 'Nothing Compares 2 U' and had it first recorded in 1985 by which side project of his, three years before Sinéad O'Connor's chart-topping cover?

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Sinéad O'Connor's 1990 cover of 'Nothing Compares 2 U' was so ubiquitous that many assumed she wrote it, but which musician actually composed the song?

Sinéad O'Connor's cover of 'Nothing Compares 2 U' (written by Prince) became so dominant that many didn't know Prince wrote it.

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Which industrial rock band originally wrote and released 'Hurt' in 1994, years before Johnny Cash's cover became the definitive version?

Johnny Cash's 'Hurt' cover became so iconic that Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor said he felt the song now belonged to Cash.

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Which artist released the album 'Purple Rain' in 1984?

Prince played virtually every instrument on 'Purple Rain' except violin, showcasing his extraordinary musical versatility.

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Which New Zealand band, fronted by Neil Finn, scored a major MTV hit in 1987 with the atmospheric rock ballad 'Don't Dream It's Over'?

Crowded House filmed the 'Don't Dream It's Over' video on a Los Angeles freeway at night — the simple, low-budget shoot became one of the most-remembered images of late-1980s MTV.

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Which MTV VJ, known for her signature gap-toothed smile, left the channel in 1989 to pursue an acting career and later appeared in TV shows like 'Family Ties'?

Martha Quinn earned so little at MTV's launch that she kept her waitressing job on the side, not realizing she was about to become the face of a cultural revolution.

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Which composer wrote the four-movement orchestral work 'The Four Seasons,' published in 1725 as part of 'Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione'?

Vivaldi composed over 500 concertos in his lifetime — so many that critic Igor Stravinsky once quipped he wrote the same concerto 500 times.