Difference between revisions of "1000 X's & O's"
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|song name = 1000 X's & O's | |song name = 1000 X's & O's | ||
− | |single image | + | |single image = [[File:Hitnrun album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Hitnrun Phase One]]<br><small>from the album [[Album: Hitnrun Phase One|Hitnrun Phase One]]</small> |
|performer = [[Prince]]; [[Rosie Gaines]]; [[Nona Gaye]] | |performer = [[Prince]]; [[Rosie Gaines]]; [[Nona Gaye]] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 7|7 September 2015]] - [[Album: Hitnrun Phase One|Hitnrun Phase One]] album stream | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 7|7 September 2015]] - [[Album: Hitnrun Phase One|Hitnrun Phase One]] album stream | ||
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The track was originally recorded as '''A 1,000 Hugs And Kisses''' in late April - early May 1992, at [[Studios 301]], Sydney, Australia, while [[Prince]] was in Sydney on the [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] (during the same set of sessions as [[Goldnigga]], [[Deuce & A Quarter]], [[Goldie's Parade]], [[Everybody Get On Up]] and [[Baby Doll]]). At the time of recording, the track was intended for [[Rosie Gaines]], who sang lead vocals on the recording. [[Prince]] had planned on recording a rap by [[Carmen Electra]] to include in the song, but he decided against it on the advice of his bandmembers. | The track was originally recorded as '''A 1,000 Hugs And Kisses''' in late April - early May 1992, at [[Studios 301]], Sydney, Australia, while [[Prince]] was in Sydney on the [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] (during the same set of sessions as [[Goldnigga]], [[Deuce & A Quarter]], [[Goldie's Parade]], [[Everybody Get On Up]] and [[Baby Doll]]). At the time of recording, the track was intended for [[Rosie Gaines]], who sang lead vocals on the recording. [[Prince]] had planned on recording a rap by [[Carmen Electra]] to include in the song, but he decided against it on the advice of his bandmembers. | ||
− | In late 1993 or early 1994, [[Rosie Gaines]]' vocals were replaced by [[Nona Gaye]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] | + | In late 1993 or early 1994, [[Rosie Gaines]]' vocals were replaced by [[Nona Gaye]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and her version (still known as '''A 1,000 Hugs And Kisses''') was intended for a planned project titled [[Album: MPLS|MPLS]], but this project remained unfinished. Around the same time, however, it was considered for inclusion on a proposed album by [[Nona Gaye]], but this was also left unfinished. |
During [[Prince]]'s 2007 [[21 Nights In London : The Earth Tour]], he unexpectedly played the track during a solo piano set at the [[31 August 2007]] show, marking its first live performance, over 15 years after its initial recording. | During [[Prince]]'s 2007 [[21 Nights In London : The Earth Tour]], he unexpectedly played the track during a solo piano set at the [[31 August 2007]] show, marking its first live performance, over 15 years after its initial recording. |
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