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|song name = Hardrocklover | |song name = Hardrocklover | ||
− | |single image = [[File:Hardrocklover_artwork.jpg|100px|link=Single:Hardrocklover]]<br><small> single art for [[Single: Hardrocklover|Hardrocklover]]</small> | + | |album image = [[File:Hitnrun_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Hitnrun Phase One]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Hitnrun Phase One|Hitnrun Phase One]]</small> |
+ | |single image = [[File:Hardrocklover_artwork.jpg|100px|link=Single: Hardrocklover]]<br><small> single art for [[Single: Hardrocklover|Hardrocklover]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 1|1 July | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 1|1 July 2015]] - [http://soundcloud.com/prince3EG/hardrocklover/s-WiPyF Prince3EG Soundcloud stream]<br> |
+ | [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 7|7 July 2015]] - [[Single: Hardrocklover|Hardrocklover]] single | ||
|album(s) = None | |album(s) = None | ||
− | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Joshua Welton]] |
− | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Joshua Welton]] | + | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Joshua Welton]] |
|previous song = [[Hard To Get]] | |previous song = [[Hard To Get]] | ||
|next song = [[Have A Heart|Have A ♥]] | |next song = [[Have A Heart|Have A ♥]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Hardrocklover''' | + | |introduction = '''Hardrocklover''' is the eighth track on [[Prince]]’s 38th album [[Album: Hitnrun Phase One|Hitnrun Phase One]]. Ten weeks before the album’s release, [[Single: Hardrocklover|Hardrocklover]] was released as the album’s second single (although no album was announced at the time of the single’s release, and when the album was announced [[Single: Hardrocklover|Hardrocklover]] was retroactively called the album’s lead-off single, as [[Single: Fallinlove2nite|Fallinlove2nite]] had been over a year earlier). |
− | While specific recording dates are not known, | + | The song was first made available to stream on the [http://soundcloud.com/prince3EG/hardrocklover/s-WiPyF Prince3EG Soundcloud account] the week before, and was added to [http://listen.tidal.com/album/48543483 Tidal] before the single release. |
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+ | While specific recording dates are not known, a [http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34126942 BBC interview] with [[Joshua Welton]] seemed to confirm that '''Hardrocklover''' was recorded in late June 2015, very shortly before its release, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as [[June]]). When discussing the track, [[Joshua Welton|Welton]] is quoted as saying: | ||
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+ | :''[[Prince]] said to me: "I need something that starts off quiet, and then I just want it to erupt and then I want you to go back… like this roller coaster". And so I said, "ok, cool".''<br> | ||
+ | :''So '''Hardrocklover''' was done literally almost as soon as it came out. Actually, that and the last song on the album were made literally in the same hour.'' | ||
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+ | The lyrics mention [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chant%C3%A9_Moore Chanté Moore] (who did some recordings with [[Prince]]/[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] in 1995 and was also cited in [[Ripopgodazippa]]) and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babyface_(musician) Babyface]. | ||
+ | The track title may have been inspired by the track ''Hard Rock Lover'' from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother’s_Finest Mother’s Finest] album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Mother_Further Another Mother Further] (the phrase "anotha motha furtha" was included on [[Funknroll]], and the album also includes [[Baby Love]], which was released as a live version by [[Prince]] on [[Album: Indigo Nights|Indigo Nights]]). | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = | + | |date = Late June 2015 |
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
− | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and | + | *[[Prince]] - all vocals, bass and guitar, except where noted (assumed) |
+ | *[[Joshua Welton]] - keyboards & drum programming (assumed) | ||
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{Songchart| | {{Songchart| | ||
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|3= [[Single: Hardrocklover|Hardrocklover]] single | |3= [[Single: Hardrocklover|Hardrocklover]] single | ||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
− | |5= | + | |5= Clean opening and ending to track |
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Hardrocklover''' | ||
+ | |2= 3:42 | ||
+ | |3= [[Album: Hitnrun Phase One|Hitnrun Phase One]] | ||
+ | |4= Studio | ||
+ | |5= Same version as above, but track opening overlaps with prior track [[X’s Face]] and following track [[Mr. Nelson]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
− | |see also = [[Single: Hardrocklover|Hardrocklover]] single | + | |see also = [[Album: Hitnrun Phase One|Hitnrun Phase One]] album |
+ | *[[Single: Hardrocklover|Hardrocklover]] single | ||
|references = [http://soundcloud.com/prince3EG/hardrocklover/s-WiPyF Prince3EG Soundcloud account] | |references = [http://soundcloud.com/prince3EG/hardrocklover/s-WiPyF Prince3EG Soundcloud account] | ||
− | *[http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33649080 | + | *[http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33649080 '''Prince’s band 3rdEyeGirl confirm new album for 2015''' (BBC: 24 July 2015)] |
− | |categories = [[Category:2015]][[Category:Recorded 2015]] | + | *[http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34126942 '''HITNRUN: Behind the scenes of Prince’s new album''' ''by Mark Savage'' (BBC: 3 September 2015)] |
+ | |categories = [[Category:2015]][[Category:Recorded 2015]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] | ||
}} | }} |
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