The Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs has said Prince “changed my life” by giving her band the song Manic Monday.
The 1986 song, written by the late Purple Rain singer, was a UK number two hit for the American pop rock band, made up of Hoffs, Vicki Peterson, Debbi Peterson, and Annette Zilinskas, with Prince’s own version being released in 2019 for his posthumous Originals album.
Hoffs, 67, told US outlet People: “There’s so much about the connection with Prince that was so important to me: that friendship with him. And the fact that he gave me ‘Manic Monday’ and I still have the original cassette.
“I had picked it up. He was recording at the time, I was told, ‘Prince has something for you, come to the studio’, but when I got there, he was recording. He had given it to the front desk, the cassette, and I kept it all these years.
“He had seen the video of Hero Takes A Fall, which was the song I co-wrote with the other guitarist in the band, Vicki. It was the most cheesy ‘80s video. It was just cheesy in the greatest way.
“But that’s what Prince saw when he saw me in the French maid outfit. That’s when I got the ‘Manic Monday’ cassette. He was a fan of the band… completely changed my life.”
Hoffs went on to say that she kept in touch with Prince “as much as I could” before his death in 2016.
Following the success of Manic Monday, The Bangles first UK hit, the band went on to score a number one with Eternal Flame, and had nine top 40 singles in total along with three UK top 10 albums.
Their other well-known songs included Walk Like An Egyptian, Hazy Shade Of Winter and Walking Down Your Street.
Widely considered one of the most important and prolific artists of all-time, Prince achieved 16 UK top 10 singles, including a number one in The Most Beautiful Girl In The World, and five UK number one albums.
Some of his best-known songs include Kiss, Purple Rain, 1999, and When Doves Cry, while some of his most recognisable albums include Purple Rain (1984), Parade (1986) and Sign ‘O’ The Times (1987).
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