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|song name = Fight The Power | |song name = Fight The Power | ||
| − | |single image = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]] | + | |single image = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]] |
|performer = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] | |performer = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] | ||
|writer(s) = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D Chuck D], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_%22Vietnam%22_Sadler Eric "Vietnam" Sadler], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Shocklee Hank Shocklee] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Shocklee Keith Shocklee] | |writer(s) = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D Chuck D], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_%22Vietnam%22_Sadler Eric "Vietnam" Sadler], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Shocklee Hank Shocklee] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Shocklee Keith Shocklee] | ||
| − | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | + | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] <small>(assumed)</small> |
|previous song = [[Fast Car]] | |previous song = [[Fast Car]] | ||
|next song = [[Fire]] | |next song = [[Fire]] | ||
| − | |introduction = '''Fight The Power''' is an unreleased cover version of the song by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Enemy_(band) Public Enemy] (written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D Chuck D], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_%22Vietnam%22_Sadler Eric "Vietnam" Sadler], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Shocklee Hank Shocklee] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Shocklee Keith Shocklee], from the 1990 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_a_Black_Planet Fear Of A Black Planet]), | + | |introduction = '''Fight The Power''' is an unreleased cover version of the song by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Enemy_(band) Public Enemy] (written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D Chuck D], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_%22Vietnam%22_Sadler Eric "Vietnam" Sadler], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Shocklee Hank Shocklee] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Shocklee Keith Shocklee], from the 1989 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing Do the Right Thing] soundtrack (and included on the band’s 1990 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_a_Black_Planet Fear Of A Black Planet]). According to engineer [[H.M. Buff]], [[Kirk Johnson]] created a drumloop for the song, in early July 1999, after which [[Prince]] recorded a guitar over it. That was all the work done to that song on that day. |
| − | |recording info = | + | |
| + | The song was then performed live on [[10_July 1999-am|10 July 1999 (a.m.)]] before its studio version premiered during a [[Paisley Park Studios]] party on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_7|7 August 1999 (a.m.)]]. [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s version of the track remains unreleased, although soon after its recording, [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s track [[Undisputed]], featuring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D Chuck D] (who rapped on and co-wrote '''Fight The Power'''), was released on [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]]. | ||
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| + | Interestingly, [[Wendy Melvoin]] said in an [https://pandora.app.link/8JoNasgAiHb interview in 2016] that '''Fight The Power''' was the song that changed [[Prince]]’s appreciation of rap music: ''"I remember after we broke the band up ([[The Revolution]]), and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing Do The Right Thing] has just come out, [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]] and I went to Minneapolis and I was a fanatic for the main title song. I put it on there, at Paisley, and he seemed visibly angry at the track. It was because he was so uneasy, I think, with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D Chuck D] and the cadence of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D Chuck]’s voice being in that lower, sort of demanding frequency, kind of freaked him out. It was like, "why am I being assaulted with that?". And as soon as it was played in the room, everybody was getting up and dancing. I think it’s like when the Metal people when they heard [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band) Nirvana] they said "Oh my God, it’s changed". I think he knew it changed, right there [with '''Fight The Power'''], he knew it."'' According to [[Lisa]]: ''"It was almost the antithesis of what [[Prince]] was trying to do. He was aiming at your grandmother now, not at your kids. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D Chuck D] was aiming at the kids."'' | ||
| + | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| − | |date = July | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_7|7 July 1999]] |
| − | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], <br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
| − | *[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] - | + | *[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] - guitar |
| − | * | + | * [[Kirk Johnson]] - drum programming |
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
{{Unreleased| | {{Unreleased| | ||
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| − | |1= '''Fight The Power''' | + | |1= '''Fight The Power''' (instrumental) |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
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|first live appearance = [[10_July 1999-am|10 July 1999 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]<br> | |first live appearance = [[10_July 1999-am|10 July 1999 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]<br> | ||
* [[23 November 2000-am|23 November 2000 (a.m.): Eleven50, Atlanta, GA, USA]] | * [[23 November 2000-am|23 November 2000 (a.m.): Eleven50, Atlanta, GA, USA]] | ||
| − | |performed regularly on = | + | |performed regularly on = None |
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1999|1999]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1999|1999]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]] | ||
| − | |trivia = | + | * See the trivia section for the original version |
| + | |trivia = The intro of the original version by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Enemy_(band) Public Enemy] uses a sample of "Grip It" by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trouble_Funk Trouble Funk]. This part was incorporated into most of the live versions of [[Bambi]] from 1990 to 2014. It is unclear if [[Prince]] included this part in reference to this little known song by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trouble_Funk Trouble Funk] or to its sample on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_the_Power_(Public_Enemy_song) Fight The Power] (see the trivia section of [[Bambi]] for details). | ||
|see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] | |see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] | ||
| − | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | + | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' |
| − | |categories = [[Category:1999]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Studio)]][[Category: | + | *<b>Podcast</b>: [https://pandora.app.link/8JoNasgAiHb '''Questlove Supreme: The Revolution''' on ''Questlove Supreme'' (29 September 2016)] |
| + | |categories = [[Category:1999]][[Category:Recorded 1999]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Studio)]][[Category:Cover Songs (Live)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]] | ||
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