Difference between revisions of "Daddy Pop"

• 3 June 1991 Hollywood, California - The China Club (likely, but unconfirmed); 4 September 1991, Arsenio Hall Show, Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA, USA (first confirmed performance)
  
• 12 July 1992: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France

• Diamonds And Pearls Tour

• 1991, 1992

Daddy Pop is the second track on the album Diamonds And Pearls, the first album credited to Prince and the New Power Generation. In 1992, it was included on some versions of the Sexy M.F. single.

Basic tracking took place on 2 July 1990 at Olympic Studios in London, England (during the same set of sessions that produced Schoolyard, Walk Don’t Walk and Oobey Doop, but mostly focused on Rosie Gaines’ first solo album, recording My Tender Heart, Hold Me, Pain, Streetwalker, In The Name Of Love and Turn Your Lights Down Low). Additional recordings took place after the Nude Tour at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnesota on 14 September 1990.

The song is essentially a solo performance by Prince, but was edited together with the ending of a rehearsal performance of Partyman to create the ending. It also includes a sampled drum loop from Aretha Franklin’s track Rock Steady from her 1972 album Young, Gifted And Black (played by Bernard Purdie).

With Rosie Gaines, Elisa Fiorillo added her background vocals to the song, having been invited by Prince to take in the Nude Tour show in Cork Ireland, on 7 July 1990. She flew to London with the band after the show, and then joined them in the studio the next day.

The track was included as the first track on the December 1990, configuration of Diamonds And Pearls, but was moved to become the second track on the 1 March 1991 and 8 May 1991 configurations, where it remained for release.

• Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (liner notes state "insatiable")
• Bernard Purdie - drum loop (sampled from Rock Steady by Aretha Franklin, Young, Gifted And Black, uncredited)
• Michael B. - drums
• Levi Seacer, Jr. - bass guitar (credited for "rhythm guitar and backing vox")
• Tommy Barbarella - keyboards (liner notes state "Purpleaxxe™ sampler, other various keys and sex symbol")
• Rosie Gaines - background vocals and keyboards (liner notes state "co-lead backing vox, Purpleaxxe™ sampler and organ")
• Tony M. - rap (credited for "lead raps and backing vox")
• Elisa Fiorillo - additional vocals
• Damon Dickson - background vocals (credited for "backing vox and percussion")
• Kirk Johnson - background vocals (credited for "backing vox and percussion")

• Diamonds And Pearls album
• Daddy Pop unreleased video

• Elisa Fiorillo’s lines in the studio version of the song ("Oh daddy" / "Oh, sock it to me" / "You’re The Best") actually borrowed from the 1977 movie Which Way Is Up?. Gloria Edwards’ voice lifted from the original film was used for the live performances. Another dialogue from that same scene is also samped on Return Of The Bump Squad.

• The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)
• Elisa Fiorillo on X (Twitter)