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| |writer(s) = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie Lionel Richie] and Ronald LaPread | | |writer(s) = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie Lionel Richie] and Ronald LaPread |
| |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) |
− | |previous song = [[Everyday Is A Winding Road]] | + | |previous song = [[Family Affair (Mary J. Blige)|Family Affair]] |
| |next song = [[Fast Car]] | | |next song = [[Fast Car]] |
| |introduction = '''Fancy Dancer''' is an unreleased cover version of the song by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodores Commodores] (written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie Lionel Richie] and Ronald LaPread, from the 1976 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_on_the_Tracks Hot On The Tracks]), recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 11|11 September 1990]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same session as [[Horny Pony]], [[Jughead]], [[The Flow]] and a reworked version of [[Something Funky (This House Comes)]]) within hours of returning to the USA from the [[Nude Tour]] in Japan. It was tentatively intended for an album by his band, and would presumably have been credited to the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] if completed and released, but it is credited here as [[Prince and the New Power Generation]] as he likely recorded vocals for the track, and other tracks from the same session were released with that credit. | | |introduction = '''Fancy Dancer''' is an unreleased cover version of the song by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodores Commodores] (written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie Lionel Richie] and Ronald LaPread, from the 1976 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_on_the_Tracks Hot On The Tracks]), recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 11|11 September 1990]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same session as [[Horny Pony]], [[Jughead]], [[The Flow]] and a reworked version of [[Something Funky (This House Comes)]]) within hours of returning to the USA from the [[Nude Tour]] in Japan. It was tentatively intended for an album by his band, and would presumably have been credited to the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] if completed and released, but it is credited here as [[Prince and the New Power Generation]] as he likely recorded vocals for the track, and other tracks from the same session were released with that credit. |