Dinner with Delores

"Dinner with Delores"
"Dinner with Delores"
	UK CD single
Single by Prince
from the album Chaos and Disorder
B-side	"Had U"; "Right the Wrong";
Released	June 12, 1996
Recorded	, April 1996
Genre	Pop rock
Length	2:46
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Prince
Producer(s)	Prince
Prince singles chronology
Prince (UK) singles chronology
Music video
	"Dinner with Delores" on YouTube

"Dinner with Delores" is a song by Prince (his stage name at that time being an unpronounceable symbol, see cover art), the only single from his 1996 album Chaos and Disorder.^[1] Although the single was not released in the United States, the promotional video was shown on music video channels there.

The CD single was backed with the short "Had U" and "Right the Wrong". The cassette single omitted "Right the Wrong". Both tracks were also from Chaos and Disorder.

Critical reception[]

Alexis Petridis from The Guardian described "Dinner with Delores" as "a sweet, if slight, song cut from the same pop-rock cloth as Manic Monday."^[2]

Charts[]

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)^[3]	19
Netherlands (Dutch Single Tip)^[4]	12
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)	36

References[]

^ "The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince) - Dinner With Delores". Discogs. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ Petridis, Alexis (12 September 2019). "Prince's 50 greatest singles – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
^ "The Symbol – Dinner With Delores" (in Dutch). top40.nl. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
^ "THE SYMBOL - DINNER WITH DELORES" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

[1] "The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince) - Dinner With Delores". Discogs. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[2] Petridis, Alexis (12 September 2019). "Prince's 50 greatest singles – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

[3] "The Symbol – Dinner With Delores" (in Dutch). top40.nl. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

[4] "THE SYMBOL - DINNER WITH DELORES" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

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