Feel U Up was released as the b-side of Partyman, the second single from Pr… Read Full Bio ↴Feel U Up was released as the b-side of Partyman, the second single from Prince's eleventh album Batman. In 1993, it was included as the sixth track on The B-Sides compilation (included as the third and final disc on The Hits / The B-Sides).

In 2019, the original 1981 recording (mixed together with Irresistible Bitch) was released as the first track on the Vault Tracks part 1 disc of a Deluxe edition of the 1999 album.

While specific recording dates are not known, Feel U Up was initially recorded around the same time but in a different session from Irresistible Bitch in November 1981 (estimate) at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA. It was later re-recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA on 27 October 1986, on the first day of sessions for the Camille album (the day after overdubs on Housequake, the day before Rebirth Of The Flesh and Rockhard In A Funky Place). It was included as the fourth track on the 5 November 1986 configuration of the album Camille (to be credited to Camille), but it was discarded when the Dream Factory and Camille albums evolved into the Crystal Ball triple-album. The same recording was used when included on the Partyman single in 1989 (on the Long Stroke version; the Short Stroke version is an edit), but credit was given solely to Prince, rather than the pseudonym Camille.

Feel U Up
Prince Lyrics

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I've been diggin' you for such a long time
You don't even know that I'm alive
Something 'bout the way you walk just really blows my mind
Sorry, but I'm sick of all this jive, c'mon?

Let me touch your body baby, let me feel you up
Come on baby (feel you up) let me feel you up
Let me touch your body baby, let me feel you up

Come on baby (feel you up) let me feel you up

Don't know what to do, you really got me hot
I'm sweating girl, and it's all because of you
I don't want your credit cards, or anything you got
Feeling you up is all I want to do, okay

Let me touch your body baby, let me feel you up
Come on baby (feel you up) let me feel you up
Let me touch your body baby, let me feel you up
Come on baby (feel you up) let me feel you up

I ain't looking for a one-night stand, I only want to feel you up
I don't really want to be your man, I only want to feel you up
Physical attraction, babe, it's what it's all about
Hot and cold reaction, feel you up, turn you out

Let me touch your body baby, let me feel you up
Come on baby (feel you up) let me feel you up
Let me touch your body baby, let me feel you up
Come on baby (feel you up) let me feel you up

What's the verdict? I don't like suspense
How can you resist my burning touch?
Something 'bout your body baby, it really turns me on
I never wanted anything so much

Let me touch your body baby, let me feel you up
Come on baby (feel you up) let me feel you up
Let me touch your body baby, let me feel you up
Come on baby (feel you up) let me feel you up

Let me touch your body baby, let me feel you up
Come on baby (feel you up) let me feel you up
Let me touch your body baby, let me feel you up
Come on baby (feel you up) let me feel you up

I ain't looking for a one-night stand, I only want to feel you up
I don't really want to be your man, I only want to feel you up
Physical attraction, babe, it's what it's all about
Hot and cold reaction, feel you up, turn you out

Come on baby, come on
Let me feel you up

Let me feel you up
Baby, let me feel you up
Let me feel you up, now
Feel you up
Feel you up
Come on baby, feel you up
Feel you up
Feel you up
Feel you up
Let me feel you up

I got a cute little toy that'll make your body move
I got the jam babe, you got the groove
Turn it up

Feel you up

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Come on now

Feel you up

Baby

Diamonds ain't shit yo
Hey
Listen to me turn it up
Everybody saying now
Oh, oh, oh

Feel you up

Feel you up
Let me feel you up

Feel you up

Feel you up
Listen to my drummer
Feel you up

Good Lordy-lord
Good Lordy
Good Lordy-lord
C'mon turn it up

Let me feel you up
Come on baby (feel you up) let me feel you up
Let me touch your body baby, let me feel you up
Come on baby (feel you up) let me feel you up

I ain't looking for a one-night stand, I only want to feel you up
I don't really want to be your man, I only want to feel you up
Good Lordy-lord
Feel you up
Oh little lady

Feel you up
Oh, oh, feel you up

Overall Meaning

Prince’s song "Feel U Up" is a seductive track that flaunts Prince’s skillful songwriting in a groove-heavy beat. In the song, Prince expresses his secret infatuation with a woman whom he has been admiring for a long time. The way she walks, and the way she carries herself, really blows his mind. However, he is tired of pretending to not be interested and wants to take it to the next level, admitting his burning desire to feel her up.

Prince's lyrics highlighted his desire for a physical relationship with a woman, and the song’s heat is as much about Prince’s desire for the woman's body as it is about his desire to connect with her emotionally. Throughout the song, Prince emphasizes that he wants to do more than have sex with her, his attraction is more than just physical. He wants to feel her up so that he can get closer to her in every sense of the word.

Overall, "Feel U Up" is an ode to the excitement of connecting with someone new and the thrill of being attracted to them in a way that makes everything else seem like background noise. It’s a pure and simple expression of desire and a passionate invitation to explore that desire together.

Feel U UpPrince Lyrics

Feel U Up
Prince Lyrics