{"id":19827,"date":"2016-04-22T15:37:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T14:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=19827"},"modified":"2016-04-22T15:37:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T14:37:19","slug":"essential-covers-steve-young-nothing-compares-2-u-prince-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/04\/essential-covers-steve-young-nothing-compares-2-u-prince-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Covers : Steve Young &#8211; &#8216;Nothing Compares 2 U&#8217; (Prince Cover)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/01\/essential-covers-molly-anna-band-ashes-to-ashes\/essential-covers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Essential-Covers.png?fit=1502%2C862&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1502,862\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Essential Covers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Essential-Covers.png?fit=640%2C367&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17261\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Essential-Covers.png?resize=640%2C367&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Essential Covers\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>With his music described\u00a0as &#8220;Country music with Pop sensibilities&#8221;, and &#8220;Well crafted Pop songs with strong Country overtones&#8221;, we knew we were going to be in for a treat when singer songwriter Steve Young recorded his cover of &#8216;Nothing Compares 2 U&#8217;, in memory of Prince, who died yesterday.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19828\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/04\/essential-covers-steve-young-nothing-compares-2-u-prince-cover\/steve-young-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Steve-Young-2.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Steve Young 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Steve-Young-2.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19828\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Steve-Young-2.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Steve Young 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Find out more about Steve Young on his <a href=\"http:\/\/steveyounguk.com\" target=\"_blank\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steveyounguk\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/steveyounguk\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soundcloud.com\/steveyounguk\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/stevaladiva\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; 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