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|song name = Count The Days | |song name = Count The Days | ||
|album image = [[File:Exodus_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Exodus]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]] </small> | |album image = [[File:Exodus_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Exodus]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]] </small> | ||
|single image = [[File:Countthedays single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Count The Days]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Count The Days|Count The Days]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Countthedays single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Count The Days]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Count The Days|Count The Days]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] | |performer = [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] | ||
| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 27|27 March | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 27|27 March 1995]] - [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]]<br> | ||
[[Album: Girl 6|Girl 6]] | [[Album: Girl 6|Girl 6]] | ||
| − | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]) | + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]], [[Sonny T.]], [[Michael B.]], [[Mr. Hayes]] and [[Tommy Barbarella]] (credited to the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]) |
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]) | ||
|previous song = [[Cosmic Day]] | |previous song = [[Cosmic Day]] | ||
| − | |next song = [[ | + | |next song = [[Country Player]] |
| − | |introduction = '''Count The Days''' is the eighth track (third song) on the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] | + | |introduction = '''Count The Days''' is the eighth track (third song) on the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s second 'solo' album [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]]. Seven months later, [[Single: Count The Days|Count The Days]] was released as the album’s third single in the UK and Europe. The single contained an "edit" version, which includes instrumental fills overdubbed onto the song’s curse words (the edit is the same length as the album version). In 1996, the song was also included as the third track on the soundtrack album [[Album: Girl 6|Girl 6]] (a compilation of music by [[Prince]] and associated artists for the movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_6 Girl 6], directed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Lee Spike Lee]). |
| − | [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] recorded a preliminary version of the song in early-to-mid May | + | [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] recorded a preliminary version of the song in early-to-mid May 1994. Basic tracking in the studio took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May 1994]], at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Get Wild]], [[New Power Soul]], [[The Exodus Has Begun]], [[Hallucination Rain]], [[Slave 2 The System]] and [[It Takes 3]]). The song was included as the sixth track (third song) on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_19|19 June 1994]] configuration of [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]], and was included as the sixth track (fifth song) on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 2|2 December 1994]] configuration. |
| − | The | + | The track’s lyrics at one point mention singer and musican [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Beverly Frankie Beverly] and his band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maze_(band) Maze]. |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| − | |date = Early-to-mid May | + | |date = Early-to-mid May 1994 (assumed) |
| − | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) |
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking ([[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] version) |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| − | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May 1994]] |
| − | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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|4= Remix | |4= Remix | ||
|5= Instrumental fills overdubbed onto curse words | |5= Instrumental fills overdubbed onto curse words | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{Songline| | ||
| + | |1= '''Count The Days''' | ||
| + | |2= 0:34 | ||
| + | |3= [[Sampler: NPG Records Sampler Experience|NPG Records Sampler Experience]] | ||
| + | |4= Excerpt | ||
| + | |5= clip only | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|1= '''[[Free The Music]] ''' | |1= '''[[Free The Music]] ''' | ||
|2= 3:24 | |2= 3:24 | ||
| − | |3= [[ | + | |3= [[Sampler: The Good Life Exodus Sampler Experience|The Good Life Exodus Sampler Experience]] promo |
|4= Extended version | |4= Extended version | ||
| − | |5= Original full-length version with [ | + | |5= Original full-length version with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Richard Little Richard] samples |
}} | }} | ||
{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
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|3= Delayed performance TV broadcast | |3= Delayed performance TV broadcast | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
| − | |5= [[05 April | + | |5= [[05 April 1995|5 April 1995, The White Room, Westway Studio, London, England]] |
}} | }} | ||
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|1= '''Count The Days''' | |1= '''Count The Days''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
| − | |3= [[Prince]] | + | |3= [[Prince]]’s version before band recording |
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | |first live appearance = [[05 April | + | |first live appearance = [[05 April 1995|5 April 1995, The White Room, Westway Studio, London, England]] <small>(as [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]])</small> <br> |
| + | * [[24 October 1995-am|24 October 1995 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#1995|1995]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#1995|1995]] | ||
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* [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] | * [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] | ||
|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:1995]][[Category: | + | *[https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/330541383 ASCAP Work ID: 330541383 / ISWC: T0710588503] |
| + | |categories = [[Category:1995]][[Category:Recorded 1994]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (New Power Generation)]][[Category:Released Songs (New Power Generation)]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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