"Money Don't Matter 2 Night," Prince (1992)

A socioeconomic battle cry that's, somehow, still quite sexy.

I’m pleased to welcome Jami Smith as today’s guest columnist at The Lost Songs Project. Jami writes the excellent newsletter Songs That Saved Your Life, which delivers impeccably researched odes to the queer roots of popular music. Give it a read! — Mark

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Peak: #14 on the R&B chart, #23 on the Hot 100
Streams: 11.4 million

In every song Prince writes, he’s…