Difference between revisions of "Acknowledge Me"
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| − | |introduction = '''Acknowledge Me''' is the third track on the first disc of [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Acknowledge Me''' is the third track on the first disc of [[Prince]]’s 20th album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] (his fourth using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). Four years before its release, however, a video for the song had been included on [[TV Film: The Beautiful Experience|The Beautiful Experience]] TV movie. |
| − | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in October 1993 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Gold]], [[319]], [[Billy Jack Bitch]], [[Chaos And Disorder]] and [[Right The Wrong]]). The track was included as the ninth track (fifth song) on a March 1994 configuration of [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], and was kept as the ninth track (fifth song) on a May 1994 configuration, as well as the third song on an August 1994 configuration. It was removed for an [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 13|13 October 1994]] configuration (replaced by [[Shhh]]). A version containing vocals by [[Sonny T.]] (with virtually identical backing music) was recorded at an unknown time in 1994 (possibly at around the time of its removal from [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], and this version (credited to [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]], was included (joined together with [[Slave 2 The System]]) as the third track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 2|2 December 1994]] configuration of [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in October 1993 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Gold]], [[319]], [[Billy Jack Bitch]], [[Chaos And Disorder]] and [[Right The Wrong]]). The track was included as the ninth track (fifth song) on a March 1994 configuration of [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], and was kept as the ninth track (fifth song) on a May 1994 configuration, as well as the third song on an August 1994 configuration. It was removed for an [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 13|13 October 1994]] configuration (replaced by [[Shhh]]). A version containing vocals by [[Sonny T.]] (with virtually identical backing music) was recorded at an unknown time in 1994 (possibly at around the time of its removal from [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], and this version (credited to [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]], was included (joined together with [[Slave 2 The System]]) as the third track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 2|2 December 1994]] configuration of [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s album [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]] (titled [[Slave 2 The System|Slave]]/[[Acknowledge Me]]), before its removal for the album’s release. Both [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s and the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s versions include an opening scream sampled from [[The Line]] and a spoken segment lifted directly from [[All My Dreams]]. |
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| − | |first live appearance = [[09_April 1994|9 April 1994, Soul Train, Paramount Studios, Stage 30, Hollywood, CA, USA]] <small>(lip-synch performance)</small>; [[03_May 1994-am|3 May 1994 (a.m.): Stars | + | |first live appearance = [[09_April 1994|9 April 1994, Soul Train, Paramount Studios, Stage 30, Hollywood, CA, USA]] <small>(lip-synch performance)</small>; [[03_May 1994-am|3 May 1994 (a.m.): Stars ‘N’ Bars, Monte-Carlo, Monaco]] <small>(first live performance)</small> <br> |
* [[28 April 2007-am|28 April 2007 (a.m.): 3121 @ Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV, USA]] | * [[28 April 2007-am|28 April 2007 (a.m.): 3121 @ Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV, USA]] | ||
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