77 Bleeker St. was released as the b-side of Jill Jones's single Mia Bocca, the first single from her first and only Paisley Park Records album Jill Jones, released seven weeks prior to the album. Prince appears on the track as a musician, having re-recorded most of the instruments and adding background vocals, after Jill wrote and did it in New York. It has long been thought that the song was written by Jill Jones and produced by David Z. and Jill Jones. But the credits at the ASCAP, which were seemingly changed after Prince's passing, indicate that this song was composed by Jill Jones and Prince, acknowledging he mostly re-did the music.
While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place at some point in 1986, most likely at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California. Prince recorded some overdubs in mid-January 1987 at Prince's Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota after completion of the Sign O' The Times album (during the same set of sessions that produced Come Home and La, La, La, He, He, Hee).
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