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Lyrics Albums Artists. Stories Albums Artists. Prince fans have been posting tributes to the artist on social media using the title of his famous song. On the day of his death, crowds gathered outside the Apollo Theater in New York for an impromptu party. If you would like to comment on this story or anything else you have seen on BBC Culture, head over to our Facebook page or message us on Twitter. And if you liked this story, sign up for the weekly bbc.

Pop legend Prince wrote the song. In , funk band The Family was created as an outlet to release Prince's music, and a version of the song appeared on their only album, also called The Family. Prince later released a live duet version with Rosie Gaines in , but his original recording was not released until , when it was issued as a single by Warner Bros.

Like many Prince songs, the star never fully clarified if there was any particular inspiration behind the song. While many assume that the song about a lost lover, others have said that it was actually inspired by Prince's housekeeper, Sandy Scipioni, who left him to be with her family after her father died.

Prince's recording engineer Susan Rogers, later said: "Sandy was the person who made sure he had his favorite beverage, which was Five Alive, and she made sure the house was clean and that there were fresh flowers on the piano and that the socks and underwear were washed. That might have been the inspiration.

The other segments see her walking through the Parc de Saint-Cloud in Paris. By the end of the video, two tears are seen rolling down her face, one on each cheek.

O'Connor later said that the tears were real. She didn't expect to cry, but then thought, "I should let this happen.