The Surprising Prince Songs That Should Be in Ryan Coogler’s New Jukebox Musical

Hollywood loves biopics about music legends. The artists’ fascinating life stories can be told and their vast catalog of hits can be used to mark significant moments. Broadway takes a similar approach to jukebox musicals. Producers use those same hits to tell a captivating story and present big flashy, show-stopping numbers.

Now, “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler is bringing a jukebox musical centered around one of the most beloved artists of all time to the big screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he’s producing a project featuring the songs of Prince. We don’t know what the story is or what style the production will take, but we definitely have thoughts on which of Prince’s classic tracks we want to see included.

We know “Purple Rain,” “Let’s Go Crazy” and “Controversy” will probably make the cut, but we have ideas on some of his lesser known hits that we think will make great choices. Whether they’re deep cuts, hidden gems, hits for other artists or just songs we love too much to ignore, these are the Prince songs we want Ryan Coogler to include in his new musical.