second Christmas collection Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas, Vols. 6–10. Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon covered this song on their 2020 album Noon. Sampling Nine Inch Nails sampled "Alphabet St." for the song "Ringfinger" from their 1989 album Pretty Hate Machine. Part of the rap section was used in the 1990 Ween song "L.M.L.Y.P.". Prince's "No!" scream intro also replaces the word "shit" on the radio edit of their 1993 song "Push th' Little Daisies". 1990s hip-hop group Arrested Development sampled a word from "Alphabet St." for their breakout song "Tennessee" in 1992. The group were sued for their unauthorized use of the word "Tennessee" and had to pay Prince $100,000. In 1992, Czech singer Lucie Bílá sampled the beat and guitar riff for her song "Láska je láska" which became the most successful hit of the year in Czech Republic. References Prince (musician) songs 1988 singles 1988 songs Music videos directed by Prince (musician) Number-one singles in New Zealand Number-one singles in Norway Paisley Park Records singles Song recordings produced by Prince (musician) Songs written by Prince (musician) Warner Records singles