Difference between revisions of "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)"
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|single image = [[File:thehitsthebsides.jpg|117px|link=Album: The Hits / The B-Sides]] <br> <small> included on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]</small> | |single image = [[File:thehitsthebsides.jpg|117px|link=Album: The Hits / The B-Sides]] <br> <small> included on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 29|29 May | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 29|29 May 1981]] - [[Single: Gotta Stop (Messin' About)|Gotta Stop (Messin' About)]] single |
|album(s) = [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br> | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
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|introduction = '''Gotta Stop (Messin' About)''' is [[Prince]]'s first non-album track, released only in the UK as [[Prince]]'s 12th worldwide single (the single was not commercially released in the US). In 1982, it was included as the b-side of the 12" version of [[Single: Let's Work|Let's Work]] (in the USA and Canada only), the second single from [[Prince]]'s fourth album [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]]. In 1993, it was included as the fourth track on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The B-Sides]] compilation (included as the third and final disc on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]). | |introduction = '''Gotta Stop (Messin' About)''' is [[Prince]]'s first non-album track, released only in the UK as [[Prince]]'s 12th worldwide single (the single was not commercially released in the US). In 1982, it was included as the b-side of the 12" version of [[Single: Let's Work|Let's Work]] (in the USA and Canada only), the second single from [[Prince]]'s fourth album [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]]. In 1993, it was included as the fourth track on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The B-Sides]] compilation (included as the third and final disc on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]). | ||
− | While specific recording dates are not known, '''Gotta Stop (Messin' About)''' was recorded during the [[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]] album sessions, which took place from May to June | + | While specific recording dates are not known, '''Gotta Stop (Messin' About)''' was recorded during the [[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]] album sessions, which took place from May to June 1980, in [[Prince]]'s [[Wayzata Home Studio]], Wayzata, MN, USA (assumed), and completed in June 1980 at [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders], Los Angeles, CA, USA. |
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− | |first live appearance = [[04_December | + | |first live appearance = [[04_December 1980|4 December 1980, Shea's Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, NY, USA]] |
|performed regularly on = [[Dirty Mind Tour]] | |performed regularly on = [[Dirty Mind Tour]] | ||
|performed occasionally in = This track is not known to have been performed live by [[Prince]] other than on the [[Dirty Mind Tour]]. | |performed occasionally in = This track is not known to have been performed live by [[Prince]] other than on the [[Dirty Mind Tour]]. |
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