PRINCE

According to the Purple Rain DVD, Prince was asked by the director to write a song to match the theme of a particular segment of the film – one which involved intermingled parental difficulties and a love affair. The next morning, Prince had reportedly composed two songs, one of which was "When Doves Cry". According to Per Nilsen, Prince's biographer, the song was inspired by his relationship with Vanity 6 member Susan Moonsie. (Wikipedia)
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Prince - lead vocals, other vocals, all instruments

Produced: Prince and The Revolution
Engineered: David Leonard, Peggy Mac
Recorded: Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California, USA
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The song tells of a teenage romance and first sexual experience with a girl who wears the titular hat. ..... Although the song was originally recorded in 1982, Prince drastically reworked it with The Revolution to give it more of an international sound. (Wikipedia)
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Prince – lead vocals, most instruments
Novi Novog – violin
David Coleman - cello
Suzie Katayama – cello
Wendy Melvoin – background vocals
Lisa Coleman – background vocals
Susannah Melvoin – background vocals

Produced: Prince
Engineered: Susan Rogers
Recorded: Paisley Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Prince: "When there's blood in the sky - red and blue= purple... purple rain pertains to the end of the world and being with the one you love and letting your faith/god guide you through the purple rain."
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Prince – lead vocals, other instruments
Wendy Melvoin – guitar, backing vocals
Brown Mark – bass
Bobby Z. – drums, percussion
Lisa Coleman – keyboards, backing vocals
Matt Fink – keyboards
Novi Novog – violin, viola
David Coleman – cello
Suzie Katayama – cello

Produced: Prince and the Revolution
Engineered:
Recorded at: (live) First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnisota, USA, August 3, 1983
(Overdubs: Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California, USA)
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Written during the height of the Cold War, this party jam has a much deeper meaning, as Prince was expressing his fears of a nuclear Armageddon. Under the Reagan administration, the United States was stockpiling nuclear weapons and taking a hawkish stance against the Soviet Union, which he referred to as the "Evil Empire." In this song, Prince sings about enjoying our time on earth while we still can, since by year 2000, we probably won't be here. (Songfacts)

Prince created "1999" around the central riff of the 1966 song, "Monday, Monday" by The Mamas & the Papas. Prince, writing under the pseudonym "Christopher", reused the verse melody in the song "Manic Monday", recorded by The Bangles. (Wikipedia)
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Prince - lead vocals, all instruments
Dez Dickerson - co-lead vocals
Lisa Coleman - co-lead vocals
Jill Jones - co-lead vocals

Produced: Prince
Engineered: Peggy McCreary
Recorded: ??
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Common to much of Prince's writing, the song is thought to be exhortation to follow Christian ethics, with the "De-elevator" of the lyrics being a metaphor for the Devil. (Wikipedia)

The lyrics are about getting through life and the battle against evil, Satan being the de-elevator. We are encouraged to not allow the devil to break us down and instead to turn to God to help us by going crazy and punching a higher floor (God). (Songfacts)
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"Batdance" was a last-minute replacement for a brooding track titled "Dance with the Devil", which Prince felt was too dark. ..... "Batdance" is almost two songs in one—a chaotic, mechanical dance beat that changes gears into a slinky, funky groove before changing back for the song's conclusion (except on the single version in which it eliminates the guitar solo before the middle section, then goes straight to the mechanical Joker laughter from the end of the movie and an earlier movie soundbyte of Michael Keaton saying "Stop"). The track is an amalgam of many musical ideas of Prince's at the time. Elements from at least seven songs (some unreleased) were incorporated into "Batdance": "200 Balloons", "We Got the Power", "House in Order", "Rave Unto the Joy Fantastic" (later released on the album Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic), "The Future", and "Electric Chair", as well as the 1966 "Batman Theme" by Neal Hefti. Some of these were mere snippets, and other segments showed up only in remixes of the track. The song was also loaded with dialog samples from the film. (Wikipedia)
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Prince - lead vocals, all instruments

Produced: Prince
Engineered/Mixed: Femi Jiya, Prince
Recorded at: Paisley Park Studios, Mineapolis, Minnisota, USA, 1989
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Alan Leeds (concert tour organizer): "Prince wrote the clever song while nodding off in Lisa Coleman’s pink Edsel following an exhausting all-night recording session. The lyrics came to him in pieces as he’d jot something to memory in between catnaps. Given the opening line – I guess I should have known by the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn’t last – you almost want to put him to sleep again just to see what else he’d come up with. Reaching No. 6 on the pop charts, LITTLE RED CORVETTE was easily his biggest hit to date – in fact, his first significant run on pop radio since I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER."

Renata Kanclerz (Wendy & Lisa's manager): "We would love that you correct the error going forward and present the real story and the real car! We are car people, so it’s like fingernails on a chalkboard every time it’s misquoted as being an Edsel. “Little Red Corvette” is actually a 1964 Mercury Montclair Marauder. Prince helped her buy it at auction in 1980 in Minneapolis. Lisa still owns the car. (Although, we need to restore it.) It’s still essentially original… Prince even gave it a few dents. "
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In the song, Prince narrates a one-night stand with a beautiful but promiscuous woman (the "Little Red Corvette" of the title); although he enjoys the experience, he urges her to "slow down" and "find a love that's gonna last" before she destroys herself. In addition to the title, he uses several other automobile metaphors, for example comparing their lovemaking to a ride in a limousine. (Wikipedia)
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Prince - lead vocals, all instruments except guitar Dez Dickerson - guitar solos, backing vocals Lisa Coleman - backing vocals Produced: Prince
Engineered/Mixed: Peggy McCreary
Recorded at: Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1982
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"Kiss" started as a short acoustic demo, about a minute in length, consisting of a single 12-bar blues verse. Prince gave the song to the funk band Mazarati for their debut album. Mazarati and producer David Z drastically reworked the song, giving it its stripped-down minimalist sound. When Mazarati delivered the song to Prince, he was amazed at their work and decided to take back the song for himself. He replaced their lead vocal, added the guitar break in the chorus and edited the song to its present form. Mazarati were credited for their backing vocals, which Prince left intact. Prince added the song at the last minute to Parade. Despite Warner Bros. not wanting to release it as a single, "Kiss" became Prince's third number-one U.S. hit following 1984's highly successful "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy". (Wikipedia)
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Prince — lead vocals. bass
Craig Powell — guitar
Marr Star — drums
Aaron Keith — drums
Tony Christian — keyboards
Mazarati — backing vocals
Kevin Patrick — backing vocals

Produced: Prince
Engineered: David Z.
Recorded: Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1982
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"Sign o' the Times" was written and composed on a Sunday, when Prince usually wrote his most introspective songs. ... The song was constructed by Prince almost entirely on the Fairlight sampling synthesizer, which provides the primary keyboard riff and sampled electronic bass sounds heard on the track. Unlike some artists, Prince did not program new sounds for this song. He simply used the stock sounds the Fairlight offered, including the famed "orchestra hit" towards the end of the composition. The single marked a shift from those pulled from the albums Parade and Around the World in a Day, with a spare, electronic-based arrangement, simple drum machine hits and minimal stacked synth patterns, as well as a bluesy, funk-rock guitar part (cut from the single edit of the song). The record was noticeably bluesier and more downcast (both melodically and lyrically) than any of Prince's previous singles, addressing various socio-political problems including AIDS, gang violence, natural disasters, poverty, drug abuse, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and impending nuclear holocaust. This record showcased Prince's ability to merge classic and modern rhythm and blues characteristics into one song. (Wikipedia)
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Prince - lead vocals, all instruments
Susannah Melvoin - backing vocals
Wendy Melvoin - backing vocals

Produced: Prince
Recorded at: Paisley Park Studio, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
(Overdubs: Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA)
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Prince - lead/backing vocals, most instruments
Rosie Gaines - lead vocals
Sonny T. - bass
Michael B. - drums
Sheila E. - synth drum fills
Tommy Barbarella - keyboards
Produced: Prince
Engineered:
Recorded: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnisota, USA, Dec. 1989
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Prince – lead vocals, other instruments
Wendy Melvoin – guitar, backing vocals
Brown Mark – bass
Bobby Z. – drums, percussion
Lisa Coleman – keyboards, backing vocals
Matt Fink – keyboards

Produced: Prince and the Revolution
Engineered:
Recorded at: (live) First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnisota, USA, August 3, 1983
(Overdubs: Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA)
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When the son of a Warner Bros. executive suggested to Prince that he didn't have another hit record in him, he wrote this song the next day. ..... This was released by Prince on his own NPG label and it was his first release since changing his stage name to the unpronounceable symbol. ..... In January 2009, an Italian court ruled that this song was plagiarized by Prince from "Takin' Me to Paradise," written by Bruno Bergonzi and Michele Vicino. (Songfacts)
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Prince - lead/backing vocals, most instruments
Ricky Peterson - additional keyboards
James Behringer - additional guitar

Produced: Prince, Ricky Peterson
Recorded: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA, 1993
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"Delirious" is a standard 8-bar blues number that tells how Prince is being driven crazy by a beautiful woman. The song teases the listener with sexual metaphors, hidden enough to avoid being censored. (Wikipedia)
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Prince - lead vocals, all instruments
Lisa Coleman - backing vocals

Produced: Prince
Engineered: Peggy McCreary
Recorded: Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1982
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The song was inspired by the Book of Revelation, the final book of the Christian Bible. ..... "7" is composed of heavy drums and bass in an acoustic style. It has a distinct Middle Eastern theme, and an opera-like chorus which features Prince's multi-tracked vocals. (Wikipedia)
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(Prince, Lowell Fulson, Jimmy McCracklin)

Prince - lead/backing vocals, most instruments
Unknown - drums

Produced: Prince
Recorded: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnisota, USA
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Prince states that he wrote the song while standing in front of a mirror. (Wikipedia)
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Prince - lead/backing vocals, most instruments
Levi Seacer, Jr. - rhythm guitar
Sonny T. - bass
Michael B. - drums
Tommy Barbarella - keyboards
Rosie Gaines - keyboards, backing vocals

Produced: Prince
Recorded: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnisota, USA, 1990/1991
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"I Wanna Be Your Lover" is a song by American recording artist Prince. It was recorded in 1979 as part of a group of songs Prince hastily wrote and recorded when Warner Bros. asked for a follow-up to his debut album, For You, which did not fare well on the pop charts and did not contain a hit single. In response, Prince recorded "I Wanna Be Your Lover."

Musically, it is a disco-pop song sung exclusively in falsetto, detailing Prince's love for a woman and how he would treat her better than the men she is with, and frustration that she thinks of him as "a child". (Wikipedia)
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Prince - lead/backing vocals, all instruments

Produced: Prince
Recorded: Alpha Studios, Burbank, California, USA, Apr.-June 1979
(Overdubs: Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, Cal., USA, Apr.-June 1979) **KILL ME**

Sheena Easton: "U Got The Look was a track he'd basically finished for himself. It was just a Prince track. He said, 'Do you want to just come in and sing some backup vocals on the choruses?' So I went into the studio, and because I didn't know I was singing against him... I was all over the place - and he said he kind of liked that, so he expanded it into a duet." **KILL ME**

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Prince - lead vocals, most instruments
Sheena Easton - lead vocals
Sheila E. - drums, percussion

Produced: Prince
Recorded: Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California, USA, Dec 21, 1986
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The vocals are emotional, and accuse the subject of rejecting Prince and lying to him. The "temple" in the title recalls the ever-present spirituality in many of Prince's songs. .... Added at the last minute, it was the final song recorded for the album (Graffiti Bridge). (Wikipedia) **KILL ME**

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Prince - lead vocals, most instruments
Lester Chambers - harmonica
Jevetta Steele - backing vocals
Fred Steele - backing vocals
JD Steele - backing vocals
Jearlyn Steele - backing vocals

Produced: Prince
Engineered: Michael Koppelman, Tom Garneau
Recorded: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnisota, USA, Feb 11, 1990
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(Prince, Chris Moon)

Prince - lead/backing vocals, guitars, bass, synthesizers, drums, slapstick

Produced: Prince
Recorded: The Record Plant, Sausalito, California, USA, Oct-Dec 1977
(Overdubs: Sound Labs, Los Angeles, California, USA, Jan 1978)
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Prince - lead/backing vocals, most instruments
Sheila E. - drums
Atlanta Bliss - trumpet
Eric Leeds - saxophone
Cat Glover - rap

Produced: Prince
Recorded: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnisota, USA, Dec 30, 1987
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It was the first sign that Prince was getting tired of the celebrity game - the lyrics are about the trappings of being a celebrity in the music business, the drugs and pressure he was feeling. At the time, Prince was one of the biggest artists in the world. (Songfacts)

"Pop Life" was recorded before Purple Rain was completed, indicating the new direction Prince wanted to take after the success of that album and film. (Wikipedia)
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Prince – lead vocals Wendy Melvoin – guitars, background vocals
Brown Mark – bass, background vocals
Bobby Z. – drums, percussion
Sheila E. – drums
Lisa Coleman – keyboards, background vocals
Dr. Fink – keyboards
Jonathan Melvoin – tambourine, background vocals

Produced: Prince
Engineered: Peggy Mac*
Recorded: Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California, USA, February 19, 1984
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The song consists of two verses and two choruses, followed by a lengthy instrumental coda. The lyrics paint the image of a woman seeking a man to replace the one who left, while Prince refuses, saying that she would not be satisfied with a one-night stand. ..... The track was originally cut in Prince's home studio in 1982. It was brought out of the vault and updated for the unreleased, final album with The Revolution, Dream Factory. At this time, the song had a few seconds of the bluesy coda just before the main guitar solo. It was edited out before Sign “?” the Times. (Wikipedia)
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Prince - lead/backing vocals, all instruments

Produced: Prince
Recorded: Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, Minnisota, USA, 1982
(Reworked: Sunset Sound, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Cal., USA, July 16, 1986)
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Prince - lead/backing vocals, all instruments

Produced: Prince
Recorded at: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnisota, USA, March 1989

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The track title may have been inspired by the track Hard Rock Lover from the Mother's Finest album Another Mother Further (the phrase "anotha motha furtha" was included on Funknroll, and the album also includes Baby Love, which was released as a live version by Prince on Indigo Nights. (Prince Vault)
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(Prince, Joshua Welton)

Prince - lead/backing vocals, bass, guitar
Joshua Welton - keyboards, drum programming

Produced: Prince, Joshua Welton
Recorded at: Paisley Park Studios, Minneapolis, Minnisota, USA, June 2015
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Prince sings in delicate falsetto about a cheating woman, whom he hates "like a day without sunshine". A church-like organ moves the song along, while a musical segment borrowed from "Baby" (a track from his 1978 album For You) provides breaks throughout the track. After the second verse and chorus, the song enters a lengthy middle section which is sung/spoken in Prince's normal voice. This section is a "courtroom drama" where Prince submits his evidence of his cheating lover to a judge. When he asks the woman to state her name for the court, he interrupts her with a vocal reference from the album's previous track — "Billy Jack Bitch". Toward the end of the drama, he states that being without her is killing him emotionally and that he actually still loves her. After a final chorus, again using an impassioned falsetto, Prince launches into a brief but effective guitar solo which climaxes and ends the song. (Wikipedia)
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Prince - lead/backing vocals, some instruments
Sonny T. - bass
Michael B. - drums
Tommy Barbarella - keyboards
Mr. Hayes - keyboards
Ricky Peterson - keyboards

Produced: Prince, Ricky Peterson
Recorded: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnisota, USA, 1994

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Co-written with Rosie Gaines, the lyrics deal directly with money, poverty, and greed. The vocal delivery is similar to that of "When Doves Cry", but more subtle.[vague] Overall, the song is a smooth delivery with layered vocals by Prince. While the distorted vocals on the song[vague] were unintentional, engineer Michael Koppelman liked the effect and it is assumed that Prince did as well, since his performance was never replaced with a non-distorted take. (Wikipedia)
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(Prince, Rosie Gaines)

Prince - lead/backing vocals, most instruments
Levi Seacer, Jr. - bass
Michael B. - drums

Produced: Prince
Engineered: Michael Koppelman
Recorded: Warner Pioneer Studio, Tokyo, Japan, 1990
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Prince – lead vocals, other instruments
Wendy Melvoin – guitar, backing vocals
Brown Mark – bass
Bobby Z. – drums, percussion
Lisa Coleman – keyboards, backing vocals
Matt Fink – keyboards
Novi Novog – violin, viola
David Coleman – cello
Suzie Katayama – cello

Produced: Prince and the Revolution
Engineered: David Leonard, Peggy Mac
Recorded: Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Prince - lead vocals, many instruments
Levi Seacer, Jr. - rhythm guitar, bass
Sonny T. - bass
Michael B. - drums
Damon Dickson - percussion
Kirk Johnson - percussion
Rosie Gaines - keyboards, backing vocals
Tommy Barbarella - keyboards
Eric Leeds - flute
Tony M. - rap

Produced: Prince
Recorded: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnisota, USA, May 10, 1991

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The lyrics speak of Prince's disappointment with Warner Bros. Records' decision not to release music as quickly as Prince created it. He chides them that they will be sorry when he leaves the company. (Wikipedia)
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Prince - lead/backing vocals, many instruments
Ricky Peterson - keyboards
Eric Leeds - flute
Michael B. Nelson - trombone
Steve Strand - trumpet
Dave Jensen - trumpet
Kathy J. - baritone saxophone
Brian Gallagher - tenor saxophone
Kathleen Bradford - background vocals

Produced: Prince
Recorded: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnisota, USA
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The song is about Prince himself, and his musical prowess. He changed his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol not long after the release of this single. ..... The intro to the song features vocal samples from Prince's earlier songs "I Wanna Be Your Lover", "Partyup", and "Controversy". (Wikiepdia)
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(Prince, Tony M.)

Prince - lead/backing vocals, all instruments
Tony M. - rap

Produced: Prince
Recorded at: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnisota, USA

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The song is delivered from an androgynous male perspective to a woman, wherein Prince explores the possibilities of a more intimate relationship if he were his lover's platonic girlfriend. ..... It is believed that "If I Was Your Girlfriend" deals with the jealousy Prince felt at the close bond shared between then girlfriend/fiancée Susannah Melvoin with her twin sister Wendy.

It was originally from the Camille project of 1986, which was to be released under the guise of Prince's alter ego named Camille.

According to engineer Susan Rogers, a rare technical error on her part led to distortion—albeit only on certain words. As recounted in Alex Hahn's book Possessed: The Rise and Fall of Prince, Rogers thought Prince "was going to rip my head off" for the mistake. Yet, after hearing the playback, Prince loved the effect, which is featured on the released version. (Wikipedia)
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Produced:
Engineered:
Recorded: Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California, USA, Nov 2, 1986
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IF I WERE YOUR GIRLFRIEND	.	1987	67	VIDEO	[I] The song is delivered from an androgynous male perspective to a woman, wherein Prince explores the possibilities of a more intimate relationship if he were his lover's platonic girlfriend. ..... It is believed that "If I Was Your Girlfriend" deals with the jealousy Prince felt at the close bond shared between then girlfriend/fiancée Susannah Melvoin with her twin sister Wendy. It was originally from the Camille project of 1986, which was to be released under the guise of Prince's alter ego named Camille. According to engineer Susan Rogers, a rare technical error on her part led to distortion—albeit only on certain words. As recounted in Alex Hahn's book Possessed: The Rise and Fall of Prince, Rogers thought Prince "was going to rip my head off" for the mistake. Yet, after hearing the playback, Prince loved the effect, which is featured on the released version. (Wikipedia) KILL ME [P] (Prince) Produced: Engineered: Recorded: Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California, USA, Nov 2, 1986 ..... (intro segue recorded mid Jan, 1987) KILL ME W

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