It’s long been speculated that Michael Jackson wrote Bad, the title track from his 1987 album, in the hope that he could perform it as a duet with Prince, and now Sheila E. has given further credence to that rumour while putting another twist in the tale.
Sheila E was a huge part of the Prince universe around that time - she recorded and toured with him extensively - and, speaking on The Jason Time, she recently recalled the time that she first heard Bad at Paisley Park, Prince’s Minneapolis studio complex.
