<P> `` Nothing Compares 2 U '' is a song written and composed by Prince for one of his side projects , The Family , for the eponymous album The Family . It was later made famous by Irish recording artist Sinéad O'Connor , whose arrangement was released as the second single from her second studio album , I Do Not Want What I Have n't Got . This version , which O'Connor co-produced with Nellee Hooper , became a worldwide hit in 1990 . Its music video , which has been described as iconic , was shot and received heavy rotation on MTV . Its lyrics explore feelings of longing from an abandoned lover 's point of view . </P>
<P> `` Nothing Compares 2 U '' is a song written and composed by Prince for one of his side projects , The Family , for the eponymous album The Family . It was later made famous by Irish recording artist Sinéad O'Connor , whose arrangement was released as the second single from her second studio album , I Do Not Want What I Have n't Got . This version , which O'Connor co-produced with Nellee Hooper , became a worldwide hit in 1990 . Its music video , which has been described as iconic , was shot and received heavy rotation on MTV . Its lyrics explore feelings of longing from an abandoned lover 's point of view . </P>
who did prince write nothing compares to you for
who did prince write nothing compares to you for
one of his side projects , The Family
one of his side projects , The Family