Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful (incorrectly listed on the album's rear cover as Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful) is the sixth track on Prince's 33rd studio album Lotusflow3r. The song was initially previewed in an early form as a 1:25 fade-out edit in June, 2006, on the NPG Music Club a week before the website closed permanently, in a new section known as "Fresh From The Studio", including an option for leaving comments/criticisms to help Prince to finish the track (the only time this section was used). The page included the note: "Fresh from the studio, take a listen 2 a taste of a new demo from Prince, Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful, recorded this past week at Paisley Park. All instruments and vox by Prince. It's still being worked on and we'd like 2 hear some feedback from U. What's missing? What would U do 2 make it better?" The album version is a re-recording, or features drastic overdubs, but the structure of the first section of the song remains the same. In October, 2009, a live version, recorded for a short radio gig in Paris, France, was released as an mp3 download on Lotusflow3r.com, known simply as Feel Better, Feel Good.
The early version of the song was recorded in late June, 2006, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA. No information has been verified about the album version, however.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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Late June, 2006
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Initial tracking
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Summer 2006 - early 2009
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Unknown studio (Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA is likely)
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Re-recording and overdubs
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Recording Personnel
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- Prince - all vocals and instruments
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Broadcasts/streaming (only)
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Title
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful
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1:25
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NPG Music Club stream
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Studio
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June, 2006 Preliminary version fade-out edit
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Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful
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T.B.C.
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Delayed performance TV broadcast
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Live
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27 March, 2009, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, NBC Studio lot, Burbank, CA; contains 1999 intro and ( Like) Funky Music chants
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Unreleased Versions
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Title
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Version
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Additional Info
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Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful
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Studio
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Full 2006 version, edited for preview on NPG Music Club
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