'll Never B Another Fool (originally titled I'll Never Open My Legs Again) is the eighth track (seventh song) on Chaka Khan's tenth solo studio album Come 2 My House.
The track was written by Prince (as ), Sandra St. Victor, Chaka Khan, T. Hammer (uncredited) and Vince Reid (uncredited), and produced by Chaka Khan and Prince (as )
While specific recording dates are not known, the track was originally written by Sandra St. Victor, T. Hammer and Vince Reid as I'll Never Open My Legs Again, and was sent to Prince in Spring 1995, following a loose agreement for Prince and Sandra St. Victor to work together (along with Love Is (later renamed Van Gogh), Sanctuary (later renamed Soul Sanctuary), How We Livin' (later renamed Livin' 2 Die) and Nothing Left To Give (later renamed Stone).
Additional lyrics and music were added by Prince before recording in Spring 1995, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions as the other songs sent by St. Victor). The song ( as I'll Never B Another Fool) was then placed on a mid-1995 Playtime By Versace project that remains unreleased.
Initial tracking for Chaka Khan's version (renamed 'll Never B Another Fool as Prince thought the initial title was too blunt) took place in late 1997 or early 1998 at Paisley Park Studios.
It was included as the fifth track on a February 1998, configuration of Come 2 My House, before the tracklist was revised for the final release. T. Hammer and Vince Reid were left off the writers' credits; other tracks by St. Victor were also released with inaccurate credits, causing her to make legal threats against Prince, but she eventually opted not to sue.
On 22 June 2013, a 2:49 unreleased version of Eye'll Never B Another Fool was streamed on 3rdEye TV broadcast #3, containing unidentified female lead vocals.
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