In a post I was working on for later this week I make mention of the song Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen). I ended up having to pull the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack out to listen to it. I do not think I had listened to it in 8 or 9 years and I was rather surprised I was even able to find it. I had forgotten all about the When Doves Cry cover on it.
If I were forced to make a list of my 10 all time favorites songs When Doves Cry would definitely appear on it somewhere. Dig if you can, an 11 year old kid in his underwear lip syncing it in the mirror with a toy microphone. Yup, that kid was me.

A little info from wiki:

Prince wrote and composed “When Doves Cry” after all the other tracks on Purple Rain vocals, he also played all instruments on the track. The song’s texture is remarkably stark — there is no bass line at all, which is very unusual for a dance song. The song features an unusual intro of a guitar solo and drum machine, followed by a looped guttural vocal by Prince.

The Quindon Tarver cover on the RQuindondTarvert soundtrack is probably my favorite cover of When Doves Cry. I just love when the beat comes in. When I was in my club kid phase, being sure it would become an instant dance floor hit at the local goth club (goth kids are as bad as techno kids when it comes to being a sucker for a danceable cover) I would beg the DJ to play it. They never did and I still think it would have been a hit. A quick wiki/google search on Quidon Tarver did not turn up anything. I wonder what he is up to these days.

Prince - When Doves Cry
Quidon Tarver - When Doves Cry
Baz Luhrmann - Everybody’s Free (to wear sunscreen)