Nothing Compares 2 U: the empty space after

Prince's official upload presents this studio version as previously unseen rehearsal footage from summer 1984, released in 2018. 1 Chris Cornell's official upload says he first performed the song a few months earlier, then sings it as a tribute to Prince. 2

The mood here is absence. Prince lets grief fill the room; Cornell leaves more air around it. The words stay the same, but the emotional scale gets smaller: less spectacle, more one person trying not to reach for someone who is gone.

Play Prince's official version first, then Chris Cornell's cover. Listen for how the empty space changes the song.