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| − | |song name = Hold Me
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| − | |album image = [[File:Hereitis album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Here It Is]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]] </small><br><br>[[Image:D&P_SDE.jpg|100px|left|link=Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]</small>
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| − | |single image = [[File:Holdme single.jpeg|100px|link=Single: Hold Me]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Hold Me|Hold Me]]</small>
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| − | |performer = [[Jevetta Steele]]; [[Prince]]
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| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 10|10 August 1993]] - [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]] album (re-issue)
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| − | |album(s) = [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]]<br>[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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| − | |writer(s) = [[Prince]]
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| − | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[Alias: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]])
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| − | |previous song = [[Hit U In The Socket]]
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| − | |next song = [[Holla & Shout]]
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| − | |introduction = '''Hold Me''' is the second track on the worldwide re-issue of [[Jevetta Steele]]’s first solo album [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]] ([[Jevetta Steele]] is also part of the group [[The Steeles]]). At around the same time as the album’s release, [[Single: Hold Me|Hold Me]] was released as a promo-only single in the USA, but there was no commercial release of the single.
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| − | Previously though to have been recorded in June 1990 in London, England, the earliest version of this song is a recording of [[Prince]] teachnig the snog to the band in late December 1990.
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| − | A more complete take of it was done on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 31|31 January 1991]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, Minnesota.
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| − | More work was done on the track in October 1991, when it was send to [[Clare Fischer]] to add an orchestral arrangement to it. Around this time the track was offered to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Baker Anita Baker], who turned it down, before [[Prince]] offered it to [[Jevetta Steele]], who presumably overdubbed her vocals in late 1991.
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| − | In late 1993, the song was tried out during early sessions for [[Mayte]]’s first album at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and was included as the ninth track on an early version of the album, which was titled [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Latino Barbie Doll]] at the time. The track was removed when the album evolved into [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]], however.
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| − | [[Prince]]’s original 1990 version was released in 2023 as part of the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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| − | |recording info =
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| − | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 27|27 December 1990]]
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| − | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |additional info = Tracking
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| − | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 31|31 January 1991]]
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| − | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
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| − | |additional info = Second take, mix
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| − | |date = 1991 (assumed)
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| − | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
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| − | |additional info = [[Jevetta Steele]] vocals overdub
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| − | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 30|30 October 1991]]
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| − | |studio = [[Mad Hatter Studios]],<br> Los Angeles, CA, USA
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| − | |additional info = [[Clare Fischer]] orchestra overdubs
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| − | |date = Late 1993
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| − | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
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| − | |additional info = Vocal overdubs by [[Mayte]]
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| − | |recording personnel =
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| − | '''Prince version'''
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| − | *[[Prince]] - vocals
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| − | *[[Michael B.]] - drums
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| − | *[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar
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| − | *[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - guitar
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| − | *[[Tommy Barbarella]] - keyboards
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| − | *[[Kathleen Johnson]] - backing vocals
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| − | *[[Kirk Johnson]] - backing vocals
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| − | '''Jevetta Steele version'''
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| − | *[[Jevetta Steele]] - vocals
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| − | *[[Michael B.]] - drums
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| − | *[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar
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| − | *[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - guitar
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| − | *[[Tommy Barbarella]] - keyboards
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| − | *[[Kathleen Johnson]] - backing vocals
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| − | *[[Kirk Johnson]] - backing vocals
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| − | '''Unreleased Mayte version'''
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| − | *[[Mayte]] - vocals
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| − | *[[Michael B.]] - drums
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| − | *[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar
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| − | *[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - guitar
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| − | *[[Tommy Barbarella]] - keyboards
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| − | *[[Kathleen Johnson]] - backing vocals
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| − | *[[Kirk Johnson]] - backing vocals
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| − | |released versions =
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| − | |line =
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| − | {{Songline|
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| − | |1= '''Hold Me'''
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| − | |2= 4:36
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| − | |3= [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]] re-issue<br>
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| − | [[Single: Hold Me|Hold Me]] promo
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| − | |4= Studio
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| − | |5= [[Jevetta Steele]] version
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| − | {{Songline|
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| − | |1= '''Hold Me (Edit)'''
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| − | |2= 4:09
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| − | |3= [[Single: Hold Me|Hold Me]] promo
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| − | |4= Edit
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| − | |5= Edited by Mike Corbett
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| − | {{Songline|
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| − | |1= '''Hold Me'''
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| − | |2= 4:36
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| − | |3= [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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| − | |4= Studio
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| − | |5= 1990 version with [[Prince]] on vocals
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| − | |unreleased versions =
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| − | |unreleased versions =
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| − | |1= '''Hold Me'''
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| − | |2= Studio
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| − | |3= Version w/ Prince vox, without [[Claire Fischer]] arrangement
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| − | {{Unreleasedline|
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| − | |1= '''Hold Me'''
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| − | |2= Studio
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| − | |3= 1993 version with [[Mayte]] on vocals
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| − | |sampled in =
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| − | |first live appearance = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]]
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| − | |performed regularly on = none
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| − | |performed occasionally in = none
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| − | |trivia =
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| − | |see also = [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]] album
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| − | * [[Single: Hold Me|Hold Me]] promo
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| − | * [[Jevetta Steele]]
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| − | * [[Mayte]]
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| − | * [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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| − | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
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| − | |categories = [[Category:1993]] [[Category:2023]] [[Category:Recorded 1990]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
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