Before superhero films became mopey and self-conscious, they were of full of glee and embraced the inherent silliness of men running around in tights. This childlike exuberance was, perhaps, reflected ...

Batman and Prince are an odd combination. They’re both American icons, however, there’s not a lot of similarities between Prince’s prime funk and Batman’s Gothic heroism. Regardless, the world got ...

There’s something that happens to you the first time you watch the video clip for Prince’s theme song to the 1989 Tim Burton film Batman. It’s as much a physical reaction as it as a deeply emotional ...

Batman was a big deal when it dropped in 1989, but Prince doing the soundtrack helped make it into an event. Warner Bros. felt they needed a marketing hook and a way to sell Batman to the masses ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. As an idea, a ...

(AllHipHop News) Back in 1989, Prince headed the soundtrack for the Warner Bros blockbuster superhero film Batman. The collection of tunes was also released as a Prince album. Batman the LP led the ...

So, let’s just get this out of the way: My favorite Prince album is the “Batman” soundtrack. It’s criminally underrated. It’s dark, it’s frantic and it’s headlined by “Batdance,” a wild track that ...

Prince's 'Batdance': Possibly NSFW, on account of sexy Batwomen and the word "funk" sounding like a different f-word entirely. In this week's installment of the A.V. Club's "We're No. 1" series, which ...