Anna Stesia

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Anna Stesia

Lovesexy.jpg
from the album Lovesexy
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 10 May 1988 - Lovesexy album
Album(s): Lovesexy

One Nite Alone... Live!

Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Anna Stesia is the fourth track on Prince's tenth album Lovesexy.

In 2002, a live version was included as the seventeenth and final track on the second disc of Prince's first live release One Nite Alone... Live! (along with When You Were Mine, from the same show).

While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in December 1987 or January 1988, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA during final sessions for the Lovesexy album.

The song was played at the end of the first half of each Lovesexy Tour show, acting as a response to and rebirth from the darker music of the show, before an intermission preceded the more positive material in the second half.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
December 1987 - January 1988 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Initial tracking
Recording Personnel

Lovesexy version


One Nite Alone... Live! version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Anna Stesia 4:57 Lovesexy Studio
Anna Stesia 13:12 One Nite Alone... Live! Live 19 April 2002, Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, CA, USA; includes The Greatest Romance Ever Sold drum loop
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Anna Stesia T.B.C. Lovesexy Live 2 VHS Live 9 September 1988, Westfalenhallen (Halle 1), Dortmund, West Germany


 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • The name "Anna Stesia" is likely derived from the word "anesthesia".

References
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