{{more citations needed|date=June 2023}}{{Infobox song | name = Sister Fate | cover = sister fate.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Sheila E. | album = Romance 1600 | B-side = Save the People | released = July 26, 1985<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1985/FMQB-1985-07-05.pdf|title=FMQB|page=27}}</ref> | recorded = January 9, 1985 (tracking)<br />January 15, 1985 (overdubs)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sister Fate |url=https://princevault.com/index.php?title=Sister_Fate |website=Princevault.com}}</ref> | studio = Cheshire Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA (tracking)<br />(mobile studio outside) The Summit, Houston, TX (overdubs) | genre = R&B, funk | length = 3:50 (album version)<br />3:39 (single version)<br />5:45 (extended 12" version) | label = Paisley Park, Warner Bros. | writer = Sheila E. (Prince) | producer = Prince, Sheila E. | prev_title = Noon Rendezvous | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = Bedtime Story | next_year = 1985 }}
"'''Sister Fate'''" is a song by Sheila E. from the album ''Romance 1600''. It was released as the first single from the album in 1985. The album version of the song features an organ and percussion intro and has a running time of 3:50; the single version omits the intro and has a running time of 3:39.
==Music video== The video introduced a new image for Sheila E., dressed in a brocaded "cloud jacket" that harkened back to Prince's "cloud suit" from his contemporaneously (1985) released video "Raspberry Beret". At the timestamp of 3:06 within the video, an image of Prince from "Raspberry Beret" is superimposed for one second over a newspaper graphic with the headline "WHO IS SHEILA E.'S MYSTERY LOVE?"
==Chart performance== The song stalled on the charts; it went no higher than number 36 on the R&B charts,<ref name="R&B"/> and did not chart on the Hot 100. It peaked at number 8 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. Because of the underperformance of "Sister Fate", the third single, "A Love Bizarre" (which featured Prince) was rush-released.
==Formats and track listings== '''US 7"''' # "Sister Fate" (edit) – 3:39 # "Sister Fate" (instrumental) – 3:39
'''US 12"''' # "Sister Fate" (extended) – 5:45 # "Save the People" – 8:28
==Personnel== Credits from Duane Tudahl and Benoît Clerc<ref>{{cite book|last=Tudahl |first=Duane |date=2021 |title=Prince and the Parade and Sign O' The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781538144527}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Clerc |first=Benoît |date=October 2022 |title=Prince: All the Songs |publisher=Octopus |isbn=9781784728816}}</ref>
*Sheila E. – lead and backing vocals, drums, Simmons SDSV, congas, cowbells, timbales, shaker, cymbal *Prince – Yamaha DX7, Hammond organ, piano, bass guitar, Linn LM-1, handclaps *Ken Grey – Yamaha DX7 (album intro) *Steph Birnbaum – electric guitars *Benny Rietveld – bass guitar (album intro) *Eddie M. – saxophone
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Chart performance for "Sister Fate" !scope="col"|Chart (1986) !scope="col"|Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite book |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |last=Kent |first=David |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> |align="center"|81 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles |align="center"|8 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs<ref name="R&B">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sheila-e/chart-history/bsi/|title=Sheila E. Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 25, 2021}}</ref> |align="center"|36 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sheila-e/chart-history/dsa/|title=Sheila E. Chart History: Dance Singles Sales|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 25, 2021}}</ref> |align="center"|26 |}
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Category:1985 singles Category:1985 songs Category:Sheila E. songs Category:Songs written by Prince (musician) Category:Paisley Park Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by Prince (musician)