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|song name                = Dear Michaelangelo
 
|song name                = Dear Michaelangelo
|single image              = [[File:Romance1600_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Romance 1600]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Romance 1600|Romance 1600]] </small>
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|single image              = [[File:Romance1600_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Romance 1600]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Romance 1600|Romance 1600]]</small> <br>[[File:Originals.jpg|100px|border|Originals album artwork]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Originals|Originals]]</small><br>
|performer                = [[Sheila E.]]
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|performer                = [[Sheila E.]]; [[Prince]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 12|12 August 1985]] - [[Single: Bedtime Story|Bedtime Story]] single
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 12|12 August 1985]] - [[Single: Bedtime Story|Bedtime Story]] single<br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 7|7 June 2019]] - [[Album: Originals|Originals]] album ([[Prince]] version)
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Romance 1600|Romance 1600]]
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Romance 1600|Romance 1600]]<br> [[Album: Originals|Originals]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Sheila E.]])
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Sheila E.]])
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Sheila E.]])
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Sheila E.]])
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Basic tracking took place in January 1985 at Master Sound, Atlanta, Georgia (along with [[Bedtime Story]], [[Fish Fries]], [[Small Grey Monkey]] and [[Toy Box]]), while in Atlanta for dates on the [[Purple Rain Tour]].
 
Basic tracking took place in January 1985 at Master Sound, Atlanta, Georgia (along with [[Bedtime Story]], [[Fish Fries]], [[Small Grey Monkey]] and [[Toy Box]]), while in Atlanta for dates on the [[Purple Rain Tour]].
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In 2019, [[Prince]]'s own version was released as the thirteenth track on the posthumous album [[Album:_Originals|Originals]].
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|date                      = January 1985
 
|date                      = January 1985
|studio                    = Master Sound, Atlanta, GA, USA
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|studio                    = Master Sound,<br>Atlanta, GA, USA
 
|additional info          = Basic tracking
 
|additional info          = Basic tracking
 
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|date                      = January 1985
 
|date                      = January 1985
|studio                    = Master Sound, Atlanta, GA, USA
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|studio                    = Master Sound,<br>Atlanta, GA, USA
 
|additional info          = overdubs by [[Sheila E.]] and [[Eddie M.]]
 
|additional info          = overdubs by [[Sheila E.]] and [[Eddie M.]]
 
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'''Sheila E. version'''
 
*[[Sheila E.]] - vocals, bass, bongos, congas, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion (credits given for full album - instrument credits may not be accurate for this track)
 
*[[Sheila E.]] - vocals, bass, bongos, congas, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion (credits given for full album - instrument credits may not be accurate for this track)
 
*[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted
 
*[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted
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*[[Ken Grey]] - keyboards (credited, uncertain involvement)
 
*[[Ken Grey]] - keyboards (credited, uncertain involvement)
 
*[[Eddie M.]] - saxophone
 
*[[Eddie M.]] - saxophone
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'''Prince version''' (on [[Album: Originals|Originals]])
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*[[Prince]] - vocals and all instruments, except where noted
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*[[Sheila E.]] - percussion and background vocals
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*[[Eddie Mininfield]] - saxophone
 
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|1= '''Dear Michaelangelo'''
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|2= 5:22
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|3= [[Album:_Originals|Originals]]
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|4= [[Prince]] vocal version
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|5= released in 2019
 
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|3= Solo version by [[Prince]], before studio overdubs with [[Sheila E.]] bandmembers
 
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|1= '''The Scandalous Sex Suite: [[The Rapture]]'''
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|1= '''[[Scandalous|The Scandalous Sex Suite: The Rapture]]'''
 
|2= 6:39
 
|2= 6:39
|3= [[http://www.princevault.com/index.php?title=Single:_Scandalous!|The Scandalous Sex Suite]]  
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|3= [[Single:_Scandalous!|The Scandalous Sex Suite]]  
 
|4= Studio
 
|4= Studio
 
|5= Re-uses the guitar solo from '''Dear Michaelangelo'''
 
|5= Re-uses the guitar solo from '''Dear Michaelangelo'''

Revision as of 13:05, 27 October 2019

Dead On It   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Dear Mr. Man
Dear Michaelangelo

Romance1600 album.jpg
from the album Romance 1600
Originals album artwork
from the album Originals
Song details
Performer: Sheila E.; Prince
First Released: 12 August 1985 - Bedtime Story single
7 June 2019 - Originals album (Prince version)
Album(s): Romance 1600
Originals
Writer(s): Prince (credited to Sheila E.)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to Sheila E.)
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

Dear Michaelangelo is the second track on Sheila E.'s second album Romance 1600, and, two weeks before the album's release, was included as the b-side of Bedtime Story, the album's second single.

Basic tracking took place in January 1985 at Master Sound, Atlanta, Georgia (along with Bedtime Story, Fish Fries, Small Grey Monkey and Toy Box), while in Atlanta for dates on the Purple Rain Tour.

In 2019, Prince's own version was released as the thirteenth track on the posthumous album Originals.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
January 1985 Master Sound,
Atlanta, GA, USA
Basic tracking
January 1985 Master Sound,
Atlanta, GA, USA
overdubs by Sheila E. and Eddie M.
Recording Personnel

Sheila E. version

  • Sheila E. - vocals, bass, bongos, congas, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion (credits given for full album - instrument credits may not be accurate for this track)
  • Prince - all instruments, except where noted
  • Susie Davis - backing vocals and keyboards (credited, uncertain involvement)
  • Benny Rietveld - bass guitar (credited, uncertain involvement)
  • Karl Perazzo - drums (credited, uncertain involvement)
  • Ken Grey - keyboards (credited, uncertain involvement)
  • Eddie M. - saxophone


Prince version (on Originals)


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Dear Michaelangelo 4:38 Romance 1600

Bedtime Story single

Studio
Dear Michaelangelo 5:22 Originals Prince vocal version released in 2019


Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
The Scandalous Sex Suite: The Rapture 6:39 The Scandalous Sex Suite Studio Re-uses the guitar solo from Dear Michaelangelo
Unreleased Versions
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • Dear Michaelangelo's title contains a misspelling of the Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as Michelangelo. It is likely this misspelling was unintentional, but it is consistent across the single and album release.

References
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