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|song name = Dead On It | |song name = Dead On It | ||
| − | |single image = [[File:blackalbum.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Black Album]]<br> <small> from the album [[Album: The Black Album|'' | + | |single image = [[File:blackalbum.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Black Album]]<br> <small> from the album [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']]</small> |
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November 1994]] - [[Album: The Black Album|'' | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November 1994]] - [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']] album |
| − | |album(s) = [[Album: The Black Album|'' | + | |album(s) = [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']] |
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Days Of Wild]] | |previous song = [[Days Of Wild]] | ||
|next song = [[Dear Michaelangelo]] | |next song = [[Dear Michaelangelo]] | ||
| − | |introduction = '''Dead On It''' is the third song on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Dead On It''' is the third song on [[Prince]]’s sixteenth album [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']] (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no artist credit). |
| − | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracks were recorded in March 1987 at [[Prince]] | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracks were recorded in March 1987 at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Cindy C.]]). |
| − | The song includes a sampled line by [[Sheila E.]] taken directly from [[Holly Rock]] ( | + | The song includes a sampled line by [[Sheila E.]] taken directly from [[Holly Rock]] (“badder than a wicked witch”). Although unreleased at the time, lyrics (ridiculing rappers) from [[Dead On It]] were rapped by [[Tony M.]] (over music from [[Race]]) as an introduction to [[Jughead]] on each date of the [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]]. |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = March 1987 | |date = March 1987 | ||
|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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|1= '''Dead On It''' | |1= '''Dead On It''' | ||
|2= 4:37 | |2= 4:37 | ||
| − | |3= [[Album: The Black Album|'' | + | |3= [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']] |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
|5= | |5= | ||
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|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
| − | |first live appearance = [[20 May 1987|20 May 1987, Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland]] <small>(interpolation in [[ | + | |first live appearance = [[20 May 1987|20 May 1987, Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland]] <small>(interpolation in [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]])</small> <br> |
* [[12 July 1992|12 July 1992: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France]] <small>(intro to [[Jughead]])</small> <br> | * [[12 July 1992|12 July 1992: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France]] <small>(intro to [[Jughead]])</small> <br> | ||
|performed regularly on =[[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] <small>(first verse only, over music from [[Race]] as introduction to [[Jughead]])</small> | |performed regularly on =[[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] <small>(first verse only, over music from [[Race]] as introduction to [[Jughead]])</small> | ||
| − | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]] <small>(interpolation in [[ | + | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]] <small>(interpolation in [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]])</small>, [[All Concerts#1988|1988]] <small>(interpolation in [[Head]])</small> |
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
| − | |see also = [[Album: The Black Album|'' | + | |see also = [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']] album |
|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:1994]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1994]][[Category:Recorded 1987]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
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