Prince co-write on Stand Back?

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Originally Posted by welcomechris

Doesn't sound like he wrote it

Well, if Stevie (insert one) borrowed, stole, used "Little Red Corvette" as the basis for "Stand Back", then it was probably a good idea to give him co-write credit from the beginning rather to drag through litigation for months and have to pay him all those royalties in back pay as well as other penalties & interest, which would come to a much larger sum than just giving him 50% songwriting credit.