Prince's pop life, song by song, in chronological order.
Like many of Prince’s songs from this period, “Possessed” is the musical monologue of a man afflicted with chronic horniness. The unique selling proposition, in this case, is a dash of Christian demonology, as Prince’s narrator attributes the stirring in his loins to nothing short of infernal influence.
Prince’s first professional recording experience revealed tendencies that would recur throughout his career.
Prince spent the majority of the next 50 years in a near-perpetual state of creation.