"Sister Fate" is a song by Sheila E. from the album Romance 1600. It was released as the first single from the album in 1985. The album version of the song features an organ and percussion intro and has a running time of 3:50; the single version omits the intro and has a running time of 3:39.

"Sister Fate"
Single by Sheila E.
from the album Romance 1600
B-side"Save the People"
ReleasedJuly 1985[1]
GenreR&B, funk
Length3:50 (album version)
3:39 (single version)
5:45 (extended 12" version)
LabelPaisley Park, Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Sheila E. (Prince)
Producer(s)Prince, Sheila E.
Sheila E. singles chronology
"The Belle of St. Mark"
(1984)
"Sister Fate"
(1985)
"A Love Bizarre"
(1985)

Music video

edit

The video introduced a new image for Sheila E., dressed in a brocaded "cloud jacket" that harkened back to Prince's "cloud suit" from his contemporaneously (1985) released video "Raspberry Beret". At the timestamp of 3:06 within the video, an image of Prince from "Raspberry Beret" is superimposed for one second over a newspaper graphic with the headline "WHO IS SHEILA E.'S MYSTERY LOVE?"

Chart performance

edit

The song stalled on the charts; it went no higher than number 36 on the R&B charts,[2] and did not chart on the Hot 100. It peaked at number 8 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. Because of the underperformance of "Sister Fate", the second single, "A Love Bizarre" (which featured Prince) was rush-released.

Formats and track listings

edit

US 7"

  1. "Sister Fate" (edit) – 3:39
  2. "Sister Fate" (instrumental) – 3:39

US 12"

  1. "Sister Fate" (extended) – 5:45
  2. "Save the People" – 8:28

Personnel

edit

Credits from Duane Tudahl and Benoît Clerc[3][4]

Charts

edit
Chart performance for "Sister Fate"
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 81
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 8
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[2] 36
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[6] 26

References

edit
  1. ^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 27.
  2. ^ a b "Sheila E. Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  3. ^ Tudahl, Duane (2021). Prince and the Parade and Sign O' The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538144527.
  4. ^ Clerc, Benoît (October 2022). Prince: All the Songs. Octopus. ISBN 9781784728816.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Sheila E. Chart History: Dance Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2021.