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05-04-2016, 03:26 AM
Radio stations to simulcast Prince's '**thing Compares 2 U,' make all of us cry
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Tomorrow at 5:07 p.m. Central Time — "seven hours and thirteen days" after Prince's sudden death at age 57 — radio stations across the country will ho**r the music legend by playing his original version of "**thing Compares 2 U."*
Minneapolis' KCMP sent the invitation on Tuesday for radio stations nationwide to play the song, which begins with the lyrics "It's been seven hours and 13 days/*Since you took your love away." From there, it unfurls*into a heartbreaking tale of lost love.*
SEE ALSO: Farmer's Prince tribute is a massive 'love symbol' crop circle (http://mashable.com/2016/05/03/prince-crop-circle/)
Prince originally co-wrote "**thing Compares 2 U" for The Family's self titled 1985 album before Sinead O'Con**r's version became a hit. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/03/prince-radio-**thing-compares-2-u/)
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Tomorrow at 5:07 p.m. Central Time — "seven hours and thirteen days" after Prince's sudden death at age 57 — radio stations across the country will ho**r the music legend by playing his original version of "**thing Compares 2 U."*
Minneapolis' KCMP sent the invitation on Tuesday for radio stations nationwide to play the song, which begins with the lyrics "It's been seven hours and 13 days/*Since you took your love away." From there, it unfurls*into a heartbreaking tale of lost love.*
SEE ALSO: Farmer's Prince tribute is a massive 'love symbol' crop circle (http://mashable.com/2016/05/03/prince-crop-circle/)
Prince originally co-wrote "**thing Compares 2 U" for The Family's self titled 1985 album before Sinead O'Con**r's version became a hit. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/03/prince-radio-**thing-compares-2-u/)
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