<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Nothing Compares 2 U" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "Nothing Compares 2 U" is a song written and composed by Prince for one of his side projects, The Family, for the eponymous album The Family . It was later made famous by Irish recording artist Sinéad O'Connor, whose arrangement was released as the second single from her second studio album, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got . This version, which O'Connor co-produced with Nellee Hooper, became a worldwide hit in 1990 . Its music video was shot and received heavy rotation on MTV . Its lyrics explore feelings of longing from an abandoned lover's point of view . </P> <P> In 1985, The Family, a funk band created as an outlet to release more of Prince's music, released their first and only album, the self - titled The Family . "Nothing Compares 2 U" appeared on the album but it was not released as a single, and received little recognition . </P>

Who sang the original nothing compares to you