Release date: 1990
"Nothing Compares 2 U" is a song written and composed by Prince for one of his side projects, The Family album by The Family band. It was later made famous by Irish recording artist Sinéad O'Connor and became a worldwide hit in 1990.
When Sinéad cried In the video, it was a real tear. In the Rolling Stone Top 500 songs issue, she said, "I didn't intend for that moment to happen, but when it did, I thought, 'I should let this happen.'" She told that the tear was triggered because she associated the song's lyrics of love and loss with her mother, who was killed in a car accident in 1985.
Album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got