6664. Sheena Easton - Sugar Walls
From: A Private Heaven ; Year: 1984; Genre: Pop/Funk Here is the fifth pick in my Satanic Panic theme. This upbeat and highly danceable track was amongst the more infamous of those attacked by the likes of the PMRC and some moneygrubbing, self-righteous televangelists that I will not dignify by naming. Sugar Walls was written by the original "Purple Man" himself, Prince, for Sheena Easton; he actually performed everything but the vocals as well. Many of his popular, innuendo-laced megahits permeate this period and would see him and his work come under fire by these same "outraged" forces, which did not seem to harm his sales or popularity; probably served as a boost. Probably, unless you were around back then or in the immediate time that followed, you have not heard it. It has the 1980s funk/dance sound set in concrete, which does not really aid in the timelessness of certain landmark song, but most likely would not care if played at a dance party or higher energy...