Erotic City

"Erotic City", subtitled "Make Love Not War Erotic City Come Alive", is a song by American musicians Prince and Sheila E., released as the B-side to the 1984 single "Let's Go Crazy" and the 12" version of the 1986 single "Girls & Boys". It was both written and produced by Prince. While delivering his speech before the induction of the Funk collective known as Parliament-Funkadelic into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in May 1997, Prince explained that "Erotic City" was recorded directly after seeing Parliament-Funkadelic at the Beverly Theatre in Los Angeles in 1983. It was re-released on CD on The Hits/The B-Sides in 1993. The song can be heard in the comedy film PCU and was included on its soundtrack in 1994, the song was performed by George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic. In 2022, song can be heard in the Spike Lee film Girl 6 and was included on its soundtrack in 1996. In 2022, Rolling Stone included "Erotic City" in their list of the "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time".