Chaka Khan sang "Sticky Wicked," but someone else wrote it and later put out his own version. Who wrote the song she took on?

Question

Chaka Khan sang "Sticky Wicked," but someone else wrote it and later put out his own version. Who wrote the song she took on?

Accepted Answer

Prince. Prince wrote "Sticky Wicked," and his own recording of it exists alongside Chaka's. Play them back to back and you can hear what the writer heard and what she did with it.