So today, in celebration of his birthday, I decided to do a post on my absolute favorite “7” Prince songs and you may wonder why I’ve only chosen “7” songs and not a-lot more. Well, apart from that it being the most obvious, Prince being born on the 7th of June, he also had a strong affinity, fascination with the number 7 as he believed it was a connection to God, to a higher being.

The number has appeared in so many of his songs, and if you researched it – you will notice references to the number in such songs as:

Mountains – “Once upon a time in a land called fantasy / seventeen mountains stood so high”

17 Days – “U’ve been gone seventeen days / seventeen long nights…”

7 – “All 7 and we’ll watch them fall… / 1 day all 7 will die”

I Wish U Heaven – “If I say it’s 7, u will say 11 – from I wish u heaven”

Sign O’ The Times – “At home there are 17 year old boys and there idea of fun is being in a gang, high on crack and totin’ a machine gun.”

My Name Is Prince – “In the beginning God made the sea, But on the seventh day he made me”

According to religious scholars, the number seven is believed to be considered as one of the most sacred numbers and that it’s associated with God, and all things spiritual & mystical.

So, to continue on with the number 7 tradition, here are my list of my all-time favourite Prince songs. Now let me first just say, it was INCREDIBLY difficult as Prince has an extensive music catalogue and there are sooooooooooooooooo many songs of his that I love, so to whittle it down to 7 was so hard. Some songs you may recognize and others, you may not have heard of them.

So without further a-do, in true Prince fashion, repeating the intro to his music video, The Most Beautiful Girl In The World: