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|song name                = Do Yourself A Favor
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|album image              = [[File:1999_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: 1999 Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] </small>
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|single image              = [[File:Minneapolisgenius_album 1992.jpg|100px|link=Album: Minneapolis Genius]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - featuring Prince]]</small>
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|performer                = [[94 East]]
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 30|30 June 1992]] - [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - featuring Prince]] album re-issue
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]<br>
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[[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br>
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[[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]<br>
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[[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']]<br>
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[[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]]
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[[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999  ''Deluxe'']]<br>
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|writer(s)                = [[Pepé Willie]]
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|producer(s)              = [[Pepé Willie]] and Tony Silvester
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|previous song            = [[If You Feel Like Dancin']]
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|next song                = [[In The Name Of Love]]
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|introduction              = '''Do Yourself A Favor''' a.k.a. '''If You See Me''') was first released without [[Prince]] input by [[Jesse Johnson]] (on ''Shockadelica'', 1986), but the first release containing input by [[Prince]], recorded much earlier as '''If You See Me''', was in two versions (instrumental and vocal) on a 1992 reissue of [[94 East]]'s first collection of studio recordings [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], featuring [[Prince]] on guitar.
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The track has featured on every subsequent collection of [[94 East]]'s early recordings. In 1995 both versions were included on [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] (re-released in 1999 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]). In 2000 the vocal version was included as the seventh track on [[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]].
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Also in 2000, both versions of '''If You See Me''' were included on [[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]. In 2002, both versions were included on [[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']]. In 2011, a remixed version by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] was included as the second track on the digital collection [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]].
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Basic tracking of '''If You See Me''' took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]], at [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Games]], [[I'll Always Love You]], [[If We Don't]] and [[Better Than You Think]]), marking the earliest recording sessions featuring [[Prince]] to have been released.
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[[Pepé Willie]] later recounted that [[Prince]] was unhappy with his guitar playing at one part of the track and asked the next day if he could re-record a section of his part; [[Pepé Willie|Willie]] arranged with the studio for this to happen while [[Pepé Willie|Willie]] himself played golf. Due to a change in the recording equipment's EQ levels (which had been changed for another artist's recording session), [[Prince]]'s re-recorded guitar segment is audibly different than his guitar on the rest of the track.
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[[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] remixed the track in June 2010, at StarVu Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with the other [[Cookhouse Studios]] tracks from the same session.
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Somewhere during the summer of 1982, [[Prince]] recorded an entirely new version of the track at his at [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, now titled '''Do Yourself A Favor'''; according to [[Pepé Willie]], [[Prince]] recorded it from memory and had not heard it for years.
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[[Jesse Johnson]] released a version, clearly inspired by [[Prince]]'s 1982 take, also  titled '''Do Yourself A Favor''', on his album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockadelica ''Shockadelica''], in 1986, but it misses [[Prince]]'s own lyrical contribution to the track, a humorous spoken section in his "[[Jamie Starr]]" voice, so his version is not considered to have any input by [[Prince]].
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[[Prince]]'s 1982 version of '''Do Yourself A Favor''' was released in 2019 as a track on one of the bonus discs with the deluxe edition of the [[Album: 1999|1999]] album.
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]]
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|studio                    = [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, Minnesota
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|additional info          = Basic tracking ([[94 East]] version) (as '''If You See Me''')
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = Early December 1975 (assumed)
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|studio                    = [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, Minnesota
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|additional info          = Additional guitar recording by [[Prince]] (as '''If You See Me''')
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = 1982
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|studio                  = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|additional info          = Re-recording ([[Prince]] version, as '''If You See Me''')
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = June 2010
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|studio                    = StarVu Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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|additional info          = Remix of [[94 East]] version by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] (as '''If You See Me''')
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}}
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|recording personnel      =
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'''If You See Me''' / 94 East version
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*[[Pepé Willie]] - vocals and guitar
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*Dale Alexander - drums
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*Wendell Thomas - bass guitar
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*[[Prince]] - guitar
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*Marcy Ingvoldstad - vocals
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*Kristie Lazenberry - vocals
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<br>
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'''Do Yourself A Favor'''
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (assumed)
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|released versions        =
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{{Songchart|
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|line =
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''If You See Me'''
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|2= 4:09
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|3= [http://www.discogs.com/94-East-If-You-See-Me-Games/release/5007273 If You See Me (single)]
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|4= Studio
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|5= additional info needed
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''If You See Me'''
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|2= 5:40
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|3= [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]<br>
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[[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br>
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[[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= Studio
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|5= a.k.a. '''If You See Me (Vocal)'''
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''If You See Me (Instr.)'''
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|2= 5:40
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|3= [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]<br>
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[[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= Instrumental
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|5= a.k.a. '''If You See Me (Instrumental Version)'''
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''If You See Me'''
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|2= 5:40
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|3= [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]]
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|4= Remix
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|5= Remix by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]]
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= ''' Do Yourself A Favor'''
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|2= 9:01
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|3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]<br>
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|4= Studio
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|5= 1982 solo [[Prince]] re-recording
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}}
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}}
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|unreleased versions      =
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{{SongUnreleased|
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|unreleased versions      =
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{{Unreleased|
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{{Unreleasedline|
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|1= '''If You See Me'''
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|2= Studio
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|3= Initial 1975 recording before [[Prince]]'s additional guitar overdubs
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}}
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}}
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}}
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|video versions            =
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|broadcasts, streaming    =
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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                    = This track, recorded in December 1975, marks a part of the earliest-recorded sessions featuring [[Prince]] to have been released.
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|see also                  = [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - featuring Prince]] album re-issue
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*[[94 East]]
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|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
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* ''Prince by Matt Thorne (2012)''
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|categories                = [[Category:1975]] [[Category:1982]] [[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category: Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Recorded 1975]] [[Category:Recorded 1982]]
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}}

Revision as of 11:58, 23 November 2019

If You Feel Like Dancin'   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   In The Name Of Love
Do Yourself A Favor
1999 Deluxe.jpg
from the album 1999 Deluxe 		Minneapolisgenius album 1992.jpg
from the album Minneapolis Genius - featuring Prince
Song details
Performer: 94 East
First Released: 30 June 1992 - Minneapolis Genius - featuring Prince album re-issue
Album(s): Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince

Symbolic Beginning
The Legends Collection
94 East Featuring Prince
One Man Jam
If You Feel Like Dancin'
The Cookhouse Five 1999 Deluxe

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

Do Yourself A Favor a.k.a. If You See Me) was first released without Prince input by Jesse Johnson (on Shockadelica, 1986), but the first release containing input by Prince, recorded much earlier as If You See Me, was in two versions (instrumental and vocal) on a 1992 reissue of 94 East's first collection of studio recordings Minneapolis Genius, featuring Prince on guitar.

The track has featured on every subsequent collection of 94 East's early recordings. In 1995 both versions were included on Symbolic Beginning (re-released in 1999 as The Legends Collection). In 2000 the vocal version was included as the seventh track on 94 East Featuring Prince.

Also in 2000, both versions of If You See Me were included on One Man Jam. In 2002, both versions were included on If You Feel Like Dancin'. In 2011, a remixed version by Matt "Dr." Fink was included as the second track on the digital collection The Cookhouse Five.

Basic tracking of If You See Me took place on 4 December 1975, at Cookhouse Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as Games, I'll Always Love You, If We Don't and Better Than You Think), marking the earliest recording sessions featuring Prince to have been released.

Pepé Willie later recounted that Prince was unhappy with his guitar playing at one part of the track and asked the next day if he could re-record a section of his part; Willie arranged with the studio for this to happen while Willie himself played golf. Due to a change in the recording equipment's EQ levels (which had been changed for another artist's recording session), Prince's re-recorded guitar segment is audibly different than his guitar on the rest of the track.

Matt "Dr." Fink remixed the track in June 2010, at StarVu Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with the other Cookhouse Studios tracks from the same session.

Somewhere during the summer of 1982, Prince recorded an entirely new version of the track at his at Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, now titled Do Yourself A Favor; according to Pepé Willie, Prince recorded it from memory and had not heard it for years.

Jesse Johnson released a version, clearly inspired by Prince's 1982 take, also titled Do Yourself A Favor, on his album Shockadelica, in 1986, but it misses Prince's own lyrical contribution to the track, a humorous spoken section in his "Jamie Starr" voice, so his version is not considered to have any input by Prince.


Prince's 1982 version of Do Yourself A Favor was released in 2019 as a track on one of the bonus discs with the deluxe edition of the 1999 album.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
4 December 1975 Cookhouse Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota Basic tracking (94 East version) (as If You See Me)
Early December 1975 (assumed) Cookhouse Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota Additional guitar recording by Prince (as If You See Me)
1982 Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Re-recording (Prince version, as If You See Me)
June 2010 StarVu Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota Remix of 94 East version by Matt "Dr." Fink (as If You See Me)
Recording Personnel

If You See Me / 94 East version

  • Pepé Willie - vocals and guitar
  • Dale Alexander - drums
  • Wendell Thomas - bass guitar
  • Prince - guitar
  • Marcy Ingvoldstad - vocals
  • Kristie Lazenberry - vocals


Do Yourself A Favor

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed)

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
If You See Me 4:09 If You See Me (single) Studio additional info needed
If You See Me 5:40 Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince

Symbolic Beginning
The Legends Collection
94 East Featuring Prince
One Man Jam
If You Feel Like Dancin'

Studio a.k.a. If You See Me (Vocal)
If You See Me (Instr.) 5:40 Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince

Symbolic Beginning
The Legends Collection
One Man Jam
If You Feel Like Dancin'

Instrumental a.k.a. If You See Me (Instrumental Version)
If You See Me 5:40 The Cookhouse Five Remix Remix by Matt "Dr." Fink
Do Yourself A Favor 9:01 1999 Deluxe
 Studio 1982 solo Prince re-recording


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
If You See Me Studio Initial 1975 recording before Prince's additional guitar overdubs
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
  • This track, recorded in December 1975, marks a part of the earliest-recorded sessions featuring Prince to have been released.
References
If You Feel Like Dancin'   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   In The Name Of Love
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