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Raspberry Beret" is a song written by American musician Prince and the lead single from Prince & the Revolution's 1985 album Around the World in a Day.

Background
The sound of the song expanded upon previous Prince arrangements, incorporating stringed instruments, Middle Eastern finger cymbals, and a harmonica in the extended version. The song was also more in the pop vein than before, though the 12-inch single and video of the song feature a funky intro.

The song tells of a teenage romance and first sexual experience with a girl who wears a raspberry-colored beret. The extended version was included on the compilation album Ultimate in 2006. While the song hit number one in Cash Box and reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US (behind "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran), it only reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart
Transcript
00:00Thank you, Matro.
00:04I don't care where you go tonight, but will you please take me with you?
00:12Come on.
00:14Hands up.
00:15Let's go.
00:23I can't disguise the pounding of my heart.
00:27It'd be so strong.
00:31It's in your eyes.
00:33What can I say, honey?
00:35They turn me on.
00:37I know you want to say, do it.
00:39Don't care where we go.
00:43Don't care what we do.
00:45I don't care what we do.
00:47Don't care, baby, baby.
00:50What?
00:53So happy to be here, I am.
00:57I need to hear your voices.
01:05Turn the lights up.
01:06Let's go.
01:07Come on.
01:08Come on and touch the blazing me.
01:11Calling out your name.
01:13What's my name?
01:15We want each other.
01:17Oh, so much.
01:19Why must we play this game?
01:21And you know it is.
01:22Come on, train.
01:23Don't care where we go.
01:27Don't care what we do.
01:31Don't care, baby.
01:34Can't, can't, can't, can't.
01:39All right.
01:41Just a beat.
01:43Just a beat.
01:44Clap your hands.
01:46Clap your hands.
01:48Raspberry beret.
01:49One, two, three, get it.
01:58I know you've got a thing now.
02:06I'm working part-time and
02:09Lost with Mr. McGee.
02:13Steady, what?
02:14He told me seven times
02:16That he did like my kind.
02:18Why?
02:20Oh.
02:22Seems that I was busy
02:24Doing something good to nothing
02:25Different than the day before
02:28That's when I saw
02:31I saw she walked
02:34What's she have on?
02:36Oh, say!
02:37Black beret.
02:39Black beret.
02:41Black beret.
02:42Black beret.
02:46Black beret.
02:4850, 54, she wouldn't
02:51play the ball.
02:53Black beret.
02:54Black beret.
02:55I think I.
02:59Let's see.
03:00Feels like she was
03:02She had the nerve to ask me
03:04My plans and you
03:05Are any harm?
03:06Look at him now, I put her on the back of my bike
03:10We went riding down by old Shelby Johnson's farm
03:14Trying to get some money
03:15Overcast days, never turned me on
03:18Something about the, something about the clouds in her neck
03:22She was too bright, but I could tell when she kissed me
03:28You're a bad, terrible man
03:33Can't you fight, can't you fight for love, come on
03:38Can't you fight, can't you fight for love, come on
03:41If it was wrong, she wouldn't win much more, yeah
03:46Can't you fight, can't you fight for love, come on
03:51We'll see what you know about love
03:55Cause I know you know something about cool, hit me
03:59Popularized by the time
04:06How many of you know the time
04:09What time is it?
04:12It's time to put a record on
04:14I'll be, what's feeling now
04:19Turn on my heart
04:21Sky high, come on
04:24I'll sound up, let's go
04:28It's power
04:29It's power
04:31It's a monster's loud
04:34It's a monster
04:37It's a monster
04:37It's a monster
04:41It's a monster's world
04:42It's a monster
04:44My body's now
04:49It's a monster
04:52You don't know how
04:57I got a penhouse in Manhattan
05:03Two more in Malibu, y'all
05:06I got a penhouse in Manhattan
05:16Two more in Malibu, y'all
05:20I got a 80, 87 Cadillac Seville
05:24I got a baby, baby blue belly tube
05:28With diamonds on my fingers
05:31Showing
05:32Got a couple of more on my toes
05:35Where the finest perfume money can buy
05:39She bought it
05:40Keep me spinning like a roll
05:43Y'all wonder how I do it
05:46Let me tell you some one
05:48One simple room
05:50Somebody
05:51I'm just
05:52Honey, baby, can't you see?
05:57Come on now
05:58I'm just
05:59Oh
06:00Ain't nobody bad like me
06:05Watch out
06:05Love it
06:06What's that spell?
06:13I might die in Switzerland
06:24Dance all night at the Fairmont
06:28You say
06:28I go any little place that I want to
06:32And my little jet
06:33My little jet bring me home
06:35Think you don't?
06:37I got ladies by the dusting
06:39I just got money
06:41Money by the ton
06:43There's ain't nobody better
06:46Little girls
06:48Heaven knows
06:49Say it now
06:51It's all because of something
06:54That I did not learn in school
06:58Good girl
06:59Honey, baby, can't you see?
07:05What it is
07:06I just
07:07Oh
07:08Ain't nobody bad like me
07:13Spelling out y'all one more again
07:14It's too hunky tonight, y'all
07:21Spell it
07:22Oh, yeah
07:26Oh, yeah
07:29Montrose
07:30Are you hot?
07:32No
07:32Do you know why?
07:34Why?
07:34Cause you're cool
07:35Montrose
07:37Montrose
07:38Are y'all hot?
07:39No
07:40Do you know why?
07:41Why?
07:42Cause you're cool
07:43Trap out the bass
07:44Montrose
07:45Are you hot?
07:47No
07:47Do you know why?
07:49Why?
07:50Cause you're cool
07:51Montrose
07:52Are you hot?
07:54No
07:55Well, I am
07:56Somebody come dance with me
07:59Woo!
08:00Oh, yeah
08:01Oh, yeah
08:02Oh, yeah
08:03Oh, yeah
08:04Oh, yeah
08:05Turn the horns up
08:07Montrose
08:10Yeah
08:11Oh, yeah
08:12Oh, yeah
08:13Oh, yeah
08:14Montrose
08:15Yeah
08:15Yeah
08:16Are you hot?
08:17No
08:17Do you know why?
08:19Why?
08:20Cause you're cool
08:20Somebody
08:21I feel about
08:22Montrose
08:22Yeah
08:23Are you hot people?
08:25No
08:25Do you know why?
08:27Why?
08:27Come on, cliche
08:28Come on, cliche
08:29Oh, yeah
08:32Watch it
08:37Booga, booga
08:41Drop out the bass
08:44Oh
08:45Thank you all so much
08:47Wait
08:48What's he doing?
08:49Can we get some of that?
08:51Can we get
08:51Can we get
08:53I want to get
08:54Can we get some
08:56Come on, cliche
08:57Let's go
08:58Good
09:00They're ready for us
09:24Let's go
09:25Thank you
09:26Thank you
09:27Thank you
09:28Thank you
09:30Thank you
09:31Thank you
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