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|song name = And God Created Woman | |song name = And God Created Woman | ||
− | |single image | + | |single image = [[Image:symbolalbum.jpg|100px|link=Album: Symbol]]<br><small> from the album [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]]</small> |
|performer = [[Prince and the New Power Generation]] | |performer = [[Prince and the New Power Generation]] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 13|13 October 1992]] - [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 13|13 October 1992]] - [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album | ||
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|previous song = [[An Honest Man]] | |previous song = [[An Honest Man]] | ||
|next song = [[And How]] | |next song = [[And How]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''And God Created Woman''' is the 15th track (14th song) on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''And God Created Woman''' is the 15th track (14th song) on [[Prince]]’s 14th album [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]], the second album to be credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]. |
− | While specific recording dates are not known, | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in early December 1991, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Sexy M.F.]], [[The Morning Papers]], [[The Sacrifice Of Victor]] and [[Arrogance]]). It was included as the 21st track (13th song) on a March 1992, configuration of the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album, and the 21st track (14th song) on a late-Summer 1992, configuration, before many of the album’s [[Symbol_segues|segues]] were removed for release. |
− | The | + | The song’s lyrics refer heavily to the Biblical account of God’s creation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve Eve], the first woman, in [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis%202:21-23&version=NLT Genesis 2:21-23] ([[3rd Eye|3rd]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=3rd Eye]] is also based on the Biblical story of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_and_Eve Adam and Eve]). |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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|date = Early December 1991 | |date = Early December 1991 | ||
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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*[[Brian Gallagher]] - tenor saxophone | *[[Brian Gallagher]] - tenor saxophone | ||
*[[Steve Strand]] - trumpet | *[[Steve Strand]] - trumpet | ||
+ | *[[Mayte]] - background vocals (uncredited) | ||
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{Songchart| | {{Songchart| | ||
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|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
− | |first live appearance = [[08_March 1993|8 March 1993, Sunrise Musical Theatre, Sunrise, FL, USA]] <small>(in medley with [[3 Chains | + | |first live appearance = [[08_March 1993|8 March 1993, Sunrise Musical Theatre, Sunrise, FL, USA]] <small>(in medley with [[3 Chains O’ Gold]])</small><br> |
* [[28 June 2001|28 June 2001: Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI, USA]] <small> (as interlude) </small> | * [[28 June 2001|28 June 2001: Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI, USA]] <small> (as interlude) </small> | ||
− | |performed regularly on =[[Act I]] <small>(in medley with [[3 Chains | + | |performed regularly on =[[Act I]] <small>(in medley with [[3 Chains O’ Gold]])</small> |
*[[Act II]] <small>(as part of medley)</small> | *[[Act II]] <small>(as part of medley)</small> | ||
− | *[[A Celebration]] <small>(instrumental prelude to [[3 Chains | + | *[[A Celebration]] <small>(instrumental prelude to [[3 Chains O’ Gold]])</small> |
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2002|2002]] <small>(during [[NPG Music Club]] open soundcheck)</small> | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2002|2002]] <small>(during [[NPG Music Club]] open soundcheck)</small> | ||
− | |trivia = The title of this song is also the title of the 1956 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Vadim Roger Vadim] film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_God_Created_Woman_(1956_film) And God Created Woman] (original French title ''Et Dieu... créa la femme''), which launched the career of | + | |trivia = The title of this song is also the title of the 1956 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Vadim Roger Vadim] film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_God_Created_Woman_(1956_film) And God Created Woman] (original French title ''Et Dieu... créa la femme''), which launched the career of Vadim’s then-wife [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bardot Brigitte Bardot]. Vadim is also the director of the film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062711/ Barbarella] (1968), from which [[Prince]] took great inspiration. He sampled from it in [[Space]], mentions it in a segue on the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album and used clips from it in the [[Home Video: Gett Off|Gett Off]] home video. Last but not least keyboard player [[Tommy Barbarella]] (né Elm) is believed to be named after the film. |
|see also = [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album | |see also = [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album | ||
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:1992]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1992]][[Category:Recorded 1991]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the New Power Generation)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
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