"My Name Is Prince" is a song by Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

 and The New Power Generation, from the 1992 Love Symbol album. The song is about Prince himself, and his musical prowess. In hindsight, it is interesting to note that he changed his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol not long after the release of this single.

The intro to the song features vocal samples from Prince's earlier songs "I Wanna Be Your Lover

I Wanna Be Your Lover

"I Wanna Be Your Lover" is a song by Prince from his second album Prince, released in 1979. It was his first successful single, gaining radio airplay and chart success: the song scored two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart during December 1979, and peaked at number eleven on the...

", "Partyup", and "Controversy

Controversy (song)

"Controversy" is the title track and lead single to the 1981 album by Prince. One of his most respected classic funk songs, "Controversy" addresses certain speculation about Prince at the time such as his sexuality, religion and racial background, and how he could not understand the curiosity...

".

The B-side

A-side and B-side

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...

s were "Sexy Mutha", a clean remix of "Sexy MF", and "2 Whom It May Concern", a preview of songs from the then-upcoming Love Symbol album.

UK 12" picture disc

1. "My Name Is Prince" (LP version) – 6:38
2. "Sexy Mutha" – 3:55
3. "2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:02

UK CD1

1. "My Name Is Prince" (Edit) – 4:05
2. "Sexy Mutha" – 3:55
3. "2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:02
4. "My Name Is Prince" (LP version) – 6:38

UK CD2

1. "My Name Is Prince" (Original Mix Edit) – 8:06
2. "My Name Is Prince" (12" Club Mix) – 8:11
3. "Sexy M.F." (12" Remix) – 7:34

US CD

1. "My Name Is Prince" (Original Mix Edit) – 8:06
2. "My Name Is Prince" (12" Club Mix) – 8:11
3. "My Name Is Prince" (House Mix) – 7:18
4. "My Name Is Prince" (Hard Core 12" Mix) – 7:55
5. "Sexy M.F." (12" Remix) – 7:34

Japan CD maxi single

1. "My Name Is Prince" (Original Mix Edit) – 8:06
2. "My Name Is Prince" (12" Club Mix) – 8:11
3. "My Name Is Prince" (House Mix) – 7:18
4. "My Name Is Prince" (Hard Core 12" Mix) – 7:55
5. "Sexy M.F." (12" Remix) – 7:34
6. "Sexy Mutha" – 3:55
7. "Sexy M.F." (Clean version) – 5:24
8. "2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:02

Chart performance

"My Name Is Prince" returned Prince and The NPG to radio and the Top 40 in the U.S. after their previous single, the provocative "Sexy MF" failed to chart on any airplay charts. "My Name Is Prince" received modest airplay on Mainstream Urban and Rhythmic radio stations, earning respectable positions of #25 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, #20 on the Rhythmic Top 40, and #36 on the Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, "My Name Is Prince" was another Top 10 hit for Prince and The NPG, peaking at #7.

The remixes single also charted, hitting #51 in the UK.

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	36
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay Hot 100 Airplay The Hot 100 Airplay chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures radio airplay, and is one of the three component charts, along with the Hot Singles Sales and the Hot Digital Songs charts, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Billboard...	37
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	25
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart is the airplay component chart of the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It is not the R&B subset of The Hot 100 Airplay, but rather a separate panel of R&B stations in urban markets used for the R&B/Hip-Hop chart...	51
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	20
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...  (Original version)	7
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...  (Remixes)	51

Cover versions

• "My Name Is Bart", a parody cover version performed by Bart Simpson
  Bart Simpson
  Bartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
  
   (voiced by Nancy Cartwright
  Nancy Cartwright
  Nancy Campbell Cartwright is an American film and television actress, comedian and voice artist. She is best known for her long-running role as Bart Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons...
  
  ) was recorded in 1993 for inclusion on The Yellow Album
  The Yellow Album
  The Yellow Album is The Simpsons second album of originally recorded songs, released as a follow up to the 1990 album The Simpsons Sing the Blues. Though it was released in 1998, it had been recorded years earlier, after the success of the first album...
  
  , an album by the Simpsons
  The Simpsons
  The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
  
  . The song appeared on early promo copies of the album, but when The Yellow Album was eventually given a commercial release in 1998, "My Name Is Bart" was removed from the album.
• Around the time of its release in Australia, Channel 9
  Nine Network
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   made a Christmas parody entitled "My Name Is Santa" on A Current Affair.
• Jamie Foxx
  Jamie Foxx
  Eric Marlon Bishop , professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, stand-up comedian, and talk radio host. As an actor, his work in the film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a...
  
  , as Prince, sang a parody version on an episode of the sketch show In Living Color
  In Living Color
  In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series, which originally ran on the Fox Network from April 15, 1990 to May 19, 1994. Brothers Keenen and Damon Wayans created, wrote, and starred in the program. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions in association with 20th Century...
  
  titled "Prince of Munchkin Land", which made jokes directed at the artist's stature.