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|song name                = Dance To The Music Of The World
 
|song name                = Dance To The Music Of The World
|single image             = [[File:Minneapolisgenius_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Minneapolis Genius]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]</small>
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|album image               = [[File:Minneapolisgenius_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Minneapolis Genius]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]</small>
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|single image              = [[File:Symbolicbeginning album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Symbolic Beginning]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]</small>
 
|performer                = [[94 East]]
 
|performer                = [[94 East]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 12|12 February, 1986]] - [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]] album
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 12|12 February 1986]] - [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]] album
 
|album(s)                = [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]<br>
 
|album(s)                = [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]<br>
[[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]]<br>
 
 
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
 
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] <br>
[[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] <br>  
[[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]] <br>
[[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']]
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|writer(s)                = [[Pepé Willie]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Pepé Willie]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Pepé Willie]] and Tony Silvester
 
|producer(s)              = [[Pepé Willie]] and Tony Silvester
 
|previous song            = [[Cure]]
 
|previous song            = [[Cure]]
|next song                = [[Day Tripper]]
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|next song                = [[Dancing Machine]]
|introduction              = '''Dance To The Music Of The World''' is the fifth track on [[94 East]]'s first collection of studio recordings [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], featuring [[Prince]] on drums, guitar and synthesizer. The track has featured on every collection of [[94 East]]'s early recordings. In 1992, two versions were included on [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]]. In 1995, the original, previously-unreleased, version was included as the fifth track on the first disc of [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]], along with a second version (re-released in 1999 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]). In 2000, two versions were included on [[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]. Also in 2000, two versions were included on [[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]. In 2002, two versions were included on [[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']].
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|introduction              = '''Dance To The Music Of The World''' is the fifth track on [[94 East]]’s first collection of studio recordings [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], featuring [[Prince]] on drums, guitar and synthesizer.  
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A preliminary version of the song was recorded in Summer 1978 at [[Sound 80]], Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Lovin’ Cup]] and [[Just Another Sucker]]). As with the other tracks included on [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], additional recording was done by [[Pepé Willie]] at Blue Wave Recording Studio, St. Philip, Barbados. The original 1978 version remains unreleased.
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In 1995, two versions (the [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]] overdubbed version and a rehearsal take from 1978) were included on [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] (re-released in 1999 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]], in 2000 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] and in 2020 on [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]]).
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A preliminary version of the song was recorded in Summer 1978 at [[Sound 80]], Minneapolis, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions as [[Lovin' Cup]] and [[Just Another Sucker]]). As with the other tracks included on [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], additional recording was done by [[Pepé Willie]], for which details are not known.
 
 
|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = Summer 1978
 
|date                      = Summer 1978
|studio                    = Willie household, Minneapolis area, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Upton Avenue S., Pepe Willie house]], <br>Minneapolis, MN, USA
 
|additional info          = Rehearsal recording
 
|additional info          = Rehearsal recording
 
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{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = Summer 1978
 
|date                      = Summer 1978
|studio                    = [[Sound 80]], Minneapolis, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Sound 80]], <br>Minneapolis, MN, USA
|additional info          = Initial tracking
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|additional info          = Tracking
 
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}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = 1978 - 1985
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|date                      = 1984 - 1985
|studio                    = Studio information needed
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|studio                    = Blue Wave Recording Studio,<br>St. Philip, Barbados
 
|additional info          = Additional recording by [[Pepé Willie]]
 
|additional info          = Additional recording by [[Pepé Willie]]
 
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|recording personnel      =  
 
|recording personnel      =  
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'''94 East version'''
 
*[[Prince]] - guitar, synthesizer, keyboards and drums
 
*[[Prince]] - guitar, synthesizer, keyboards and drums
*[[Pepé Willie]] - percussion
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*[[Pepé Willie]] - percussion and vocoder
 
*[[André Cymone]] - bass guitar
 
*[[André Cymone]] - bass guitar
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'''Dance To The Music Of The World (Practice Session)'''
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*[[Prince]] - guitar and vocals
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*[[Pepé Willie]] - vocals
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*[[André Cymone]] - bass guitar and vocals
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|released versions        =
 
|released versions        =
 
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|2= 5:09
 
|2= 5:09
 
|3= [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]<br>
 
|3= [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]<br>
[[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
[[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] <br>
[[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] <br>  
[[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']]
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]] <br>
 
|4= Studio
 
|4= Studio
|5= a.k.a. '''Dance To The Music Of The World (Vocal)'''
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|5=  
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|1= '''Dance To The Music Of The World'''
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|2= 5:03
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|3= [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]
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|4= Studio
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|5= Original 1978 version before overdubs; a.k.a. '''Dance To The Music Of The World (Vocal)'''
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{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
 
|1= '''Dance To The Music Of The World (Practice Session)'''
 
|1= '''Dance To The Music Of The World (Practice Session)'''
 
|2= 6:03
 
|2= 6:03
|3= [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]]<br>
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|3= [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] <br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] <br>  
[[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]] <br>
[[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]<br>
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[[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']]
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|4= Rehearsal
 
|4= Rehearsal
|5= a.k.a. '''Dance To The Music Of The World (Vocal)'''
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|5=  
 
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|broadcasts, streaming    =
 
 
|unreleased versions      =  
 
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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]]
 
|first live appearance    = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]]
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|trivia                    =  
 
|trivia                    =  
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]] album
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]] album
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*[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] collection
 
*[[94 East]]
 
*[[94 East]]
 
|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:1986]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category: Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Recorded 1978]]
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*''[https://www.amazon.com/If-You-See-Me-Six-Decade/dp/168134176X If You See Me: My Six-Decade Journey in Rock and Roll, Pepé Willie (2021)]''
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|categories                = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Recorded 1978]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category: Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]]
 
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Latest revision as of 14:19, 26 June 2022

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Dance To The Music Of The World

Minneapolisgenius album.jpg
from the album Minneapolis Genius
Symbolicbeginning album.jpg
from the album Symbolic Beginning
Song details
Performer: 94 East
First Released: 12 February 1986 - Minneapolis Genius album
Album(s): Minneapolis Genius

Symbolic Beginning
The Early Years
One Man Jam
94 East Featuring Prince

Writer(s): Pepé Willie
Producer(s): Pepé Willie and Tony Silvester
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Dance To The Music Of The World is the fifth track on 94 East’s first collection of studio recordings Minneapolis Genius, featuring Prince on drums, guitar and synthesizer.

A preliminary version of the song was recorded in Summer 1978 at Sound 80, Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as Lovin’ Cup and Just Another Sucker). As with the other tracks included on Minneapolis Genius, additional recording was done by Pepé Willie at Blue Wave Recording Studio, St. Philip, Barbados. The original 1978 version remains unreleased.

In 1995, two versions (the Minneapolis Genius overdubbed version and a rehearsal take from 1978) were included on Symbolic Beginning (re-released in 1999 as The Early Years, in 2000 as One Man Jam and in 2020 on 94 East Featuring Prince).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Summer 1978 Upton Avenue S., Pepe Willie house,
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Rehearsal recording
Summer 1978 Sound 80,
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Tracking
1984 - 1985 Blue Wave Recording Studio,
St. Philip, Barbados
Additional recording by Pepé Willie
Recording Personnel

94 East version


Dance To The Music Of The World (Practice Session)


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Dance To The Music Of The World 5:09 Minneapolis Genius

Symbolic Beginning
The Early Years
One Man Jam
94 East Featuring Prince

Studio
Dance To The Music Of The World (Practice Session) 6:03 Symbolic Beginning

The Early Years
One Man Jam
94 East Featuring Prince

Rehearsal


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Dance To The Music Of The World Studio Original 1978 version before overdubs
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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