Two Princes

"Two Princes"
"Two Princes"
	Single cover
Single by Spin Doctors
from the album Pocket Full of Kryptonite
B-side	"Off My Line"; "Rosetta Stone";
Released	1992
Genre	Alternative rock; pop rock;
Length	4:16 (album version); 3:26 (radio edit);
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Mark White; Eric Schenkman; Chris Barron; Aaron Comess;
Producer(s)	Frank Aversa; Mark White; Eric Schenkman; Chris Barron; Aaron Comess;
Spin Doctors singles chronology
Music video
	"Two Princes" on YouTube

"Two Princes" is a song by American rock group Spin Doctors, released in 1992 by Epic Records as the second single from the group's debut album, Pocket Full of Kryptonite (1991). The song peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Cash Box Top 100. Outside of the US, it topped the charts in Iceland and Sweden and peaked within the top 10 of the charts in 13 other countries, including Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

The song earned the band a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.^[4] It was ranked No. 41 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the '90s";^[5] conversely, it was ranked No. 21 on Blender magazine's "50 Worst Songs Ever".^[6] Two different music videos were filmed for "Two Princes", with one of them in black-and-white. One of the videos was directed by Richard Murray and premiered in February 1992.^[7]

^ Marotta, Michael (July 7, 2014). "So… the fucking Spin Doctors are playing a free show at City Hall Plaza this week". Vanyaland. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
^ Yglesias, Matthew (May 21, 2007). "The Ultimate Nineties Alt-Rock Playlist". The Atlantic. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
^ Waldman, Scott (April 3, 2020). "10 Best Pop-Rock Songs of the '90s". Loudwire. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
^ Bird, Rick (January 7, 1994). "Aging rockers to duke it out for Grammys". Cincinnati Post. p. 1C.
^ "100 Greatest Songs of the '90s: Full List". VH1. Archived from the original on December 16, 2007.
^ Aizlewood, John; et al. (May 2004). "Run For Your Life! It's the 50 Worst Songs Ever!". Blender. Archived from the original on May 8, 2004.
^ "The Spin Doctors – "Two princes"". Mvdbase.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.

[1] Marotta, Michael (July 7, 2014). "So… the fucking Spin Doctors are playing a free show at City Hall Plaza this week". Vanyaland. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

[2] Yglesias, Matthew (May 21, 2007). "The Ultimate Nineties Alt-Rock Playlist". The Atlantic. Retrieved October 9, 2021.

[3] Waldman, Scott (April 3, 2020). "10 Best Pop-Rock Songs of the '90s". Loudwire. Retrieved March 19, 2022.

[4] Bird, Rick (January 7, 1994). "Aging rockers to duke it out for Grammys". Cincinnati Post. p. 1C.

[5] "100 Greatest Songs of the '90s: Full List". VH1. Archived from the original on December 16, 2007.

[6] Aizlewood, John; et al. (May 2004). "Run For Your Life! It's the 50 Worst Songs Ever!". Blender. Archived from the original on May 8, 2004.

[7] "The Spin Doctors – "Two princes"". Mvdbase.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.

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