Darling Nikki
"Darling Nikki" is a song produced, arranged, composed and performed by American musician Prince and originally released on his Grammy Award-winning 1984 album, Purple Rain. Though the song was not released as a single, it gained wide notoriety for its sexual lyrics and in particular a reference to masturbation. Partly because of the lyrical content of "Darling Nikki", Tipper Gore founded the Parents Music Resource Center, which eventually led to the use of "Parental Advisory" stickers and imprints on album covers. Compared with the slick production of the other songs on the album, "Darling Nikki" was deliberately engineered to have a raw, live feel.
The song tells the story of a "sex fiend" named Nikki who seduces the singer. In the film Purple Rain, the song is directed toward Apollonia Kotero's character when she decides to work with Prince's character's rival, played by Morris Day.
Near the end of the song, the music stops into the sound of rain and wind. There is singing, but played in reverse. The vocals, unreversed, are Prince singing,
Darling Nikki
I knew a girl named nikki i guess u could say she was a sex fiend
I met her in a hotel lobby masturbating with a magazine
She said how'd u like 2 waste some time
And i could not resist when i saw little nikki grind
She took me 2 her castle and i just couldn't believe my eyes
She had so many devices everything that money could buy
She said sign your name on the dotted line
The lights went out and nikki started 2 grind
Nikki the castle started spinning or maybe it was my brain
I can't tell u what she did 2 me
But my body will never be the same
Her lovin' will kick your behind oh, she'll show u no mercy
But she'll sho'nuff sho'nuff show u how 2 grind
Darlin' nikki woke up the next morning nikki wasn't there
I looked all over and all i found was a phone number on the
Stairs
It said thank u 4 a funky time
Call me up whenever u want 2 grind
Oh, nikki, ohhhh come back nikki, come back your dirty little
Prince