The Oasis bro's latest solo tune is a piano-driven dance rocker that sounds a little like Coldplay, who now wear the Brit-pop crown that Oasis first forged. But there's more ecstasy than melodrama here, which bodes well for his LP. Here's hoping for a Chemical Brothers remix.

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“1999”

“I don’t consider myself a great poet,” Prince told Rolling Stone. “I just know I’m here to say what’s on my mind.” In the case of the apocalyptic party anthem “1999,” he was worried about then-president Ronald Reagan’s foreign policies. The song’s melody is based on a riff borrowed from the Mamas and Papas’ “Monday, Monday,” and Prince originally envisioned the first verse with three-part harmony but later split the vocals between himself and members of the Revolution. Because Warner Bros., with whom Prince was locked in a contractual battle, owned the original’s masters, Prince rerecorded the song and appropriately released that version in 1999.