Retro Video of the Week: "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinéad O'Connor

As you likely heard by now, controversial Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor died yesterday at the age of 56.  Other than ripping a picture of Pope John Paul II in half after performing on Saturday Night Live to protest priest sex abuse, she is best known for her 1990 cover of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U."  Her version was a massive hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in April and May 1990, and hitting #1 in nearly 20 other countries.  It came in at #3 on the Billboard Year End chart for 1990.  O'Connor's version is more soulful than Prince's version.  She made it her own, and she absolutely crushed it.  You feel her pain.  

On top of that, the video is a classic, largely showing a close-up of O'Connor's face as she sings and looks into the camera, probably making the would-be subject of the song's lyrics feel a little awkward, but at the same time, pretty good about himself because, damn, she is not over him.  The clip won three MTV Video Music Awards:, including Video of the Year, making O'Connor the first female artist to win that award.