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Nothing Compares 2 U, a song about unfathomable loss and heartache, became a worldwide smash for Sinéad O'Connor in 1990. It was a watershed point in her career, pushing her unwillingly into the spotlight. But the video's backstory, and how she came to capture it, is full of unexpected twists and turns. Here's a deeper look at how she recorded her most famous song after her death at the age of 's July 15, 1984, and Prince has just returned from Dallas, where he saw Michael Jackson's Victory Tour. He heads to the recording studio as soon as he walks off the plane. He writes and records the first version of Nothing Compares 2 U in a matter of hours, with only his engineer Susan Rogers present. “I was amazed at how beautiful it was,“ Rogers said in his book Prince & The Purple Rain studio sessions to Duane Tudahl. “He took his notebook and went to his bedroom, quickly wrote the lyrics, then came out and sang it.“ It l
