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| |introduction = '''Drive Me Wild''' is the third track on [[Vanity 6]]’s first and only album [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]], and, six weeks after the album’s release, it was included as the b-side of [[Single: Nasty Girl|Nasty Girl]], the album’s first single. In Spring 1983, [[Single: Drive Me Wild|Drive Me Wild]] was released as the album’s fourth and final single. | | |introduction = '''Drive Me Wild''' is the third track on [[Vanity 6]]’s first and only album [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]], and, six weeks after the album’s release, it was included as the b-side of [[Single: Nasty Girl|Nasty Girl]], the album’s first single. In Spring 1983, [[Single: Drive Me Wild|Drive Me Wild]] was released as the album’s fourth and final single. |
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− | While specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in Summer 1981 at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same time as [[Pizza]] and [[Jealous Girl]]. [[Make-Up]], [[Wet Dream]] and [[I Need A Man]] are also thought to be from around this time). | + | While specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in Summer 1981 at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, likely around the same time as [[I Need A Man]], [[Jealous Girl]], [[Pizza]], [[Make-Up]] and [[Wet Dream]]. |
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| The tracks were intended for an album by [[Album: The Hookers (1982)|'''The Hookers''']], which was abandoned in Fall 1981, and which later evolved into [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]]. Vocal overdubs by [[Vanity]] and [[Brenda Bennett]] were added in Spring 1982, when the band had evolved into [[Vanity 6]]. | | The tracks were intended for an album by [[Album: The Hookers (1982)|'''The Hookers''']], which was abandoned in Fall 1981, and which later evolved into [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]]. Vocal overdubs by [[Vanity]] and [[Brenda Bennett]] were added in Spring 1982, when the band had evolved into [[Vanity 6]]. |
Drive Me Wild is the third track on Vanity 6’s first and only album Vanity 6, and, six weeks after the album’s release, it was included as the b-side of Nasty Girl, the album’s first single. In Spring 1983, Drive Me Wild was released as the album’s fourth and final single.
While specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in Summer 1981 at Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, likely around the same time as I Need A Man, Jealous Girl, Pizza, Make-Up and Wet Dream.
The tracks were intended for an album by The Hookers, which was abandoned in Fall 1981, and which later evolved into Vanity 6. Vocal overdubs by Vanity and Brenda Bennett were added in Spring 1982, when the band had evolved into Vanity 6.
Prince worked on the extended version for a 12" release during the week of 7-14 January 1983 (during the same sessions as the extended version of Little Red Corvette), five months after the album had been released, at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California.
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Released Versions
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Length
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Drive Me Wild
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2:31
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Vanity 6
Nasty Girl single
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Studio
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Drive Me Wild (Extended Version)
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7:08
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Drive Me Wild single
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Extended Version
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Drive Me Wild
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2:20
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Drive Me Wild single
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Remix edit
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Edited from the Extended Version above
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Drive Me Wild
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2:20
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Drive Me Wild 7" Promo
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Remix edit
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same as above, but in mono
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Video Versions
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Drive Me Wild
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6:06
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Promotional release only
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Promo video
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See Drive Me Wild video for more details
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Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
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Let’s Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)
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7:35
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Let’s Go Crazy Maxi-single
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Studio
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A guitar riff from the extended version of Drive Me Wild is also used on the Special Dance Mix of Let’s Go Crazy
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Unreleased Versions
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Title
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Drive Me Wild
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Studio
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Original The Hookers version before vocal overdubs
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