Prince returns with new track 'Screwdriver'

Prince has debuted a new song, ‘Screwdriver’, on the equally new Prince website..

The video shows His Royal Purpleness flanked by an all-female band including pre-Christmas recruit Donna Grantis.

Soundwise, it’s classic Prince mixed with a chugging AC/DC-esque rock boogie beat and – we kid you not – a few Def Leppard-isms.

Lyrically, he’s being a right old saucepot with couplets like, “I can make you swear that you did something/What you don’t know, won’t hurt you/So we got a long, long way to go/Might as well enjoy the view (enjoy the view)/I’m your driver, you’re my screw/You said you were my screw.”

Unless Prince has developed a newfound interest in DIY, we assume he’s being sexually euphemistic.

His plans are, as ever, shrouded in mystery but industry sources suggest a new album and world tour are very much on the cards. Given how wondrous those Malahide Castle shows were in 2011, let us pray Ireland is on the itinerary.