"Nothing Compares 2 U" is a song written in mid-1981 by Prince for The Family. In 1990, Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor re-recorded the track and included it on her second album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, bringing the song to worldwide prominence. In the United States it spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and was ranked number three for the year 1990. The subject of the song is actress Susannah Melvoin. The song's music video was a hit on MTV.

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