There was a time, back in the ‘80s, that Prince was writing so many good songs that he could afford to give away surefire hits to other artists.
Arguably the most famous of these was Manic Monday, a song that Prince originally wrote for Apollonia 6, the girl group that he assembled in 1983 and who appeared in Purple Rain. However, it ended up being gifted to the Bangles, who had a number 2 hit with it in 1985.
