A playfully sexual song, this was Prince's last #1 hit. The lyrics are very suggestive, but tame compared to Prince's previous single "Gett Off," which had more trouble getting pop airplay. He probably didn't put too much effort into the words ("You got the horn so why don't you blow it... You're filthy cute and baby you know it"), as it is the distinctive track that made this song stand out.
In the liner notes to Prince's The Hits/The B-Sides compilation, it states that this song was "reputedly written while standing in front of a mirror."
"'Cream' was done while we were in Europe," Tony Mosely of The New Power Generation told Billboard magazine. "When we're on the road, [Prince] will book studios and we'll go in and jam. And that was a vibe that the band, Levi Seacer Jr., Sonny Thompson, and everybody else came up with. The message is, keep striving, keep pushing, and it will happen - perseverance."
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