<P> In 1986, his album Parade reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the R&B charts . The first single, "Kiss", with the video choreographed by Louis Falco, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 . (The song was originally written for a side project called Mazarati .) In the same year, the song "Manic Monday", written by Prince and recorded by The Bangles, reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 chart . The album Parade served as the soundtrack for Prince's second film, Under the Cherry Moon (1986). Prince directed and starred in the movie, which also featured Kristin Scott Thomas . Although the Parade album went platinum, Under the Cherry Moon received a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (tied with Howard the Duck), and Prince received Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Director, Worst Actor, and Worst Original Song (for the song "Love or Money"). </P> <P> In 1986, Prince began a series of live performances called the Hit n Run--Parade Tour . After the tour Prince disbanded The Revolution and fired Wendy & Lisa . Brown Mark quit the band; keyboardist Doctor Fink remained . Prince recruited new band members Miko Weaver on guitar, Atlanta Bliss on trumpet, and Eric Leeds on saxophone . </P> <P> Prior to the disbanding of The Revolution, Prince was working on two separate projects, The Revolution album Dream Factory and a solo effort, Camille . Unlike the three previous band albums, Dream Factory included input from the band members and featured songs with lead vocals by Wendy & Lisa . The Camille project saw Prince create a new androgynous persona primarily singing in a sped - up, female - sounding voice . With the dismissal of The Revolution, Prince consolidated material from both shelved albums, along with some new songs, into a three - LP album to be titled Crystal Ball . Warner Bros. forced Prince to trim the triple album to a double album, and Sign o' the Times was released on March 31, 1987 . </P> <P> The album peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 albums chart . The first single, "Sign o' the Times", charted at No. 3 on the Hot 100 . The follow - up single, "If I Was Your Girlfriend", charted at No. 67 on the Hot 100 but went to No. 12 on R&B chart . The third single, a duet with Sheena Easton, "U Got the Look", charted at No. 2 on the Hot 100 and No. 11 on the R&B chart, and the final single, "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man", finished at No. 10 on Hot 100 and No. 14 on the R&B chart . </P>

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