Hit n Run Phase One

Hit n Run Phase One
Hit n Run Phase One
Studio album by Prince
Released	September 7, 2015
Recorded	2013–2015
Studio	Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota
Genre	R&B; soul; electronic;
Length	38:00
Label	NPG; Universal;
Producer	Prince; Joshua Welton;
Prince chronology
Singles from Hit n Run Phase One
	"Fallinlove2nite"; Released: March 17, 2014; "Hardrocklover"; Released: July 7, 2015; "This Could B Us"; Released: August 28, 2015 (non-US single);

Hit n Run Phase One is the thirty-eighth studio album by American recording artist Prince.^[1]^[2] It was first released exclusively on the Tidal streaming service on September 7, 2015^[3]^[4]^[5] before being released on CD on September 15, 2015 by NPG Records.^[6]^[7]

The title was originally reported to be The Hit & Run Album but was confirmed by Prince's publicists as Hit n Run Phase One.^[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	53/100^[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[10]
The A.V. Club	C−^[11]
Entertainment Weekly	A^[12]
musicOMH	^[13]
NME	7/10^[14]
The Observer	^[15]
Pitchfork	4.5/10^[16]
PopMatters	2/10^[17]
Q	^[18]
Rolling Stone	^[19]

Hit n Run Phase One received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 53, based on 16 reviews.^[9]

Track listing

*Hit n Run Phase One* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Million $ Show" (featuring Judith Hill)	Prince Joshua Welton	3:10
2.	"Shut This Down"	Prince Welton	3:03
3.	"Ain't About 2 Stop" (featuring Rita Ora)	Prince Welton	3:40
4.	"Like a Mack" (featuring Curly Fryz)	Prince Welton	4:05
5.	"This Could B Us"	Prince	4:11
6.	"Fallinlove2nite"	Prince	3:13
7.	"X's Face"	Prince Welton	2:38
8.	"Hardrocklover"	Prince Welton	3:43
9.	"Mr. Nelson" (featuring Lianne La Havas)	Prince Welton	2:27
10.	"1000 X's & O's"	Prince	4:28
11.	"June"	Prince Welton	3:22
Total length:			37:58

Notes

"1000 X's & O's" is also listed as "1000's of X's & O's" on the CD edition.

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Hit n Run Phase One*
Chart (2015–2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[20]	25
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[21]	53
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[22]	19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[23]	34
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[24]	11
French Albums (SNEP)^[25]	38
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[26]	53
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[27]	52
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[28]	39
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[29]	36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[30]	27
UK Albums (OCC)^[31]	50
UK Album Downloads (OCC)^[32]	49
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[33]	4
US Billboard 200^[34]	48
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[35]	4

Year-end charts

2015 year-end chart performance for *Hit n Run Phase One*
Chart (2015)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[36]	93

2016 year-end chart performance for *Hit n Run Phase One*
Chart (2016)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[37]	74

Release history

Release history and formats for *Hit n Run Phase One*
Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	September 14, 2015	Digital download	NPG	^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]
Various	September 15, 2015	CD	NPG	^[43]^[7]

References

^ "Prince Interview at Paisley Park New Album HITNRUN". Entertainment Weekly. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
^ "Prince's band 3rdEyeGirl confirm new album for 2015". BBC. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
^ "Prince premieres new single "Stare"". Consequence of Sound. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Prince to Release New Record, 'The Hit & Run Album'". Spin. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Prince Announces The Hit & Run Album". Pitchfork. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ Hit n'Run, NPG RECORDS, 14 September 2015, retrieved 27 August 2016
^ ^a ^b "HITNRUN Phase One". Fnac.com. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
^ "Prince's band 3rd Eye Girl confirm new album for 2015". BBC News. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Reviews for HitNRun: Phase One by Prince". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "HITnRUN: Phase One". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ Covington, Abigail (8 September 2015). "Prince crashes and burns on HITNRUN Phase One". The A.V. Club. Chicago: The Onion. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
^ Anderson, Kyle (10 September 2015). "HITnRUN Phase One by Prince: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2025.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Anderson, Kyle (14 September 2015). "Prince – HITnRUN phase one". musicOMH. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
^ Stannard, Joseph (14 September 2015). "Prince - 'HITNRUN Phase One'". NME. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Thompson, Ben (13 September 2015). "Prince: HitNRun review – deliciously gritty… eventually". The Guardian.
^ "Prince: HITNRUN Phase One Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ Gerard, Chris (9 September 2015). "Prince: HITNRUN Phase One". PopMatters. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
^ Q (September). London. 2015.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
^ Jon Dolan (18 September 2015). "Prince Hit N Run: Phase One Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ "Australiancharts.com – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
^ "Ultratop.be – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
^ "Ultratop.be – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
^ "Lescharts.com – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 39, 2015". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
^ "Italiancharts.com – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
^ "Prince Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
^ "Prince Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
^ "Hit n'Run: Prince". iTunes. 14 September 2015.
^ "HITNRUN Phase One". iTunes. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
^ "HITNRUN Phase One". iTunes. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
^ "HITNRUN Phase One". iTunes. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
^ "HITNRUN Phase One". iTunes. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
^ "Hit n'Run: Prince: Amazon.fr: Musique".

[1] "Prince Interview at Paisley Park New Album HITNRUN". Entertainment Weekly. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

[2] "Prince's band 3rdEyeGirl confirm new album for 2015". BBC. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

[COS-3] "Prince premieres new single "Stare"". Consequence of Sound. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[Spin-4] "Prince to Release New Record, 'The Hit & Run Album'". Spin. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[Pitchfork-5] "Prince Announces The Hit & Run Album". Pitchfork. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[6] Hit n'Run, NPG RECORDS, 14 September 2015, retrieved 27 August 2016

[auto1-7] "HITNRUN Phase One". Fnac.com. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

[BBC-8] "Prince's band 3rd Eye Girl confirm new album for 2015". BBC News. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[auto2-9] "Reviews for HitNRun: Phase One by Prince". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 October 2015.

[10] Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "HITnRUN: Phase One". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[Covington-11] Covington, Abigail (8 September 2015). "Prince crashes and burns on HITNRUN Phase One". The A.V. Club. Chicago: The Onion. Retrieved 25 October 2015.

[12] Anderson, Kyle (10 September 2015). "HITnRUN Phase One by Prince: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2025.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[13] Anderson, Kyle (14 September 2015). "Prince – HITnRUN phase one". musicOMH. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

[14] Stannard, Joseph (14 September 2015). "Prince - 'HITNRUN Phase One'". NME. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[15] Thompson, Ben (13 September 2015). "Prince: HitNRun review – deliciously gritty… eventually". The Guardian.

[16] "Prince: HITNRUN Phase One Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[17] Gerard, Chris (9 September 2015). "Prince: HITNRUN Phase One". PopMatters. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

[Qmag-18] Q (September). London. 2015.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[19] Jon Dolan (18 September 2015). "Prince Hit N Run: Phase One Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[ac_Australia_Prince-20] "Australiancharts.com – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

[ac_Austria_Prince-21] "Austriancharts.at – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 11, 2016.

[ac_Flanders_Prince-22] "Ultratop.be – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 29, 2016.

[ac_Wallonia_Prince-23] "Ultratop.be – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 25, 2015.

[ac_Netherlands_Prince-24] "Dutchcharts.nl – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 18, 2015.

[ac_France_Prince-25] "Lescharts.com – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 21, 2015.

[ac_Germany_Prince-26] "Offiziellecharts.de – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 6, 2024.

[ac_Ireland_-27] "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 39, 2015". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved September 25, 2015.

[ac_Italy_Prince-28] "Italiancharts.com – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 21, 2015.

[ac_Scotland_-29] "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 6, 2024.

[ac_Switzerland_Prince-30] "Swisscharts.com – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 3, 2016.

[ac_UK2_-31] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

[ac_UKDigital_-32] "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 6, 2024.

[ac_UKIndependent_-33] "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 6, 2024.

[ac_Billboard200_Prince-34] "Prince Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2016.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Prince-35] "Prince Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

[36] "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

[37] "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

[38] "Hit n'Run: Prince". iTunes. 14 September 2015.

[39] "HITNRUN Phase One". iTunes. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

[40] "HITNRUN Phase One". iTunes. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

[41] "HITNRUN Phase One". iTunes. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

[42] "HITNRUN Phase One". iTunes. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

[auto-43] "Hit n'Run: Prince: Amazon.fr: Musique".

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Live albums	One Nite Alone... Live! C-Note Indigo Nights Prince and the Revolution: Live †
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