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| |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)]] '' |
| *[https://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/12/prweb565415.htm '''Prince and Spike Lee Reaping From Another's Sweat: Barbados Attorney Files Lawsuit with Supreme Court and Goes After Corporate Giants In Copyright Scandal''' by ''Ernest W. Jackman'', LLB, Bardabos (PRWEB: 6 december, 2007)] | | *[https://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/12/prweb565415.htm '''Prince and Spike Lee Reaping From Another's Sweat: Barbados Attorney Files Lawsuit with Supreme Court and Goes After Corporate Giants In Copyright Scandal''' by ''Ernest W. Jackman'', LLB, Bardabos (PRWEB: 6 december, 2007)] |
− | *[https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/phone-sex-song.pdf '''United States District Court Southern District Of New York Case 1:19-cv-01923-GHW Document 159''' Filed 04/30/20] | + | *[https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/phone-sex-song.pdf '''United States District Court Southern District Of New York Case 1:19-cv-01923-GHW Document 159''' (Memorandum) Filed 04/30/20] |
| |categories = [[Category:1996]][[Category:Released Songs (New Power Generation)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (New Power Generation)]][[Category:Recorded 1995]] | | |categories = [[Category:1996]][[Category:Released Songs (New Power Generation)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (New Power Generation)]][[Category:Recorded 1995]] |
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Girl 6 is the thirteenth and final track (third of three previously-unreleased tracks) on the soundtrack album Girl 6 (a compilation of music by Prince and associated artists for the movie Girl 6, directed by Spike Lee), and, a week after the album's release, Girl 6 was released as the album's first and only single. The song contained lyrics written by Prince and music written by Tommy Barbarella, and was largely recorded by Prince.
While specific recording dates are now known, basic tracking took place in December 1995, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, based on Tommy Barbarella's home studio recording (which had no musical input by Prince). Although Prince had changed his name to two and a half years previously, the song used the name Prince in its credits, perhaps because the rest of the album contained songs by "Prince". The track samples Raspberry Beret's counted lead-in and Housequake's phrase "Shut up, already! Damn!" It also contains various spoken samples from the Girl 6 movie, featuring actress Theresa Randle as "Girl 6".
In November 2007, James Brandon, manager of a band named GOMAB, filed a lawsuit against Prince for copyright infringement. Brandon states that Girl 6 plagiarized a GOMAB track called Phone-Sex recorded in 1993. Brandon claims he gave a demo-tape which contained the song to Spike Lee's uncle, Clarence Lee, during a meeting in 1994 to promote his group and asked him to forward it to Lee (who is also sued). New Power Generation, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Corporation, Warner Brothers and various media outlets were also included in the complaint filed from Barbados (where Brandon lived at that time) for the exploitation and distribution of the soundtrack and the use of the song in the movie. Brandon brought the action in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida for copyright infringement in 2015, adding Tommy Barbarella (co-author of the song) to the long list of defendants. The case was still not settled before Prince's passing and the action was brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in April 2020. The case is still pending at the time of writing.
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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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December 1995
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Tommy Barbarella home studio, Minnesota, MN, USA
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Demo recording (no Prince input)
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December 1995
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Basic tracking
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Recording Personnel
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Length
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Released
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Girl 6
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4:04
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Girl 6
Girl 6 single
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Video Versions
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Title
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Length
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Released
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Girl 6
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4:30
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Girl 6 VHS/DVD
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Extended version
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Extended studio version played over movie credits
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Girl 6
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2:23
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Girl 6 VHS/DVD
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Edit
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Version in the movie w/ phone call over music
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Unreleased Versions
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