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?

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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?

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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Bob Dylan wrote and originally recorded which 1967 song before Jimi Hendrix's cover became the version most people know?

Jimi Hendrix's 'All Along the Watchtower' cover overshadowed Bob Dylan's original so thoroughly that Dylan now regularly performs Hendrix's arrangement.

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Which MTV show, premiering in 1986, counted down the week's most-requested videos as voted by viewers calling a 900 number?

Dial MTV's 900-number voting system was so popular it generated millions of calls per week, becoming one of the most dialled 900 numbers in American telephone history.

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When MTV launched on August 1, 1981, approximately how much did the average music video cost to produce, making Duran Duran's later $1 million budget so shocking by comparison?

Duran Duran's elaborate 'Hungry Like the Wolf' video cost $1 million in 1982—nearly 50 times what most bands spent—and changed how artists viewed video budgets forever.

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Which rock band's 1984 music video for 'Hot for Teacher' featured a school bus and a classroom full of women, becoming one of the most-requested videos in early MTV history?

The young actor who played 'Little Eddie' in the 'Hot for Teacher' video was Michael Anthony's son, making it a genuine family affair for Van Halen.