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{{song| | {{song| | ||
|song name = Hold Me | |song name = Hold Me | ||
| − | |album image = [[File:Hereitis album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Here It Is]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]] </small><br><br>[[Image:D&P_SDE.jpg|100px|left|link=Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]</small> | + | |album image = [[File:Hereitis album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Here It Is]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]] </small><br><br>[[Image:D&P_SDE.jpg|100px|left|link=Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe]] <br><small> from the album<br>[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]</small> |
|single image = [[File:Holdme single.jpeg|100px|link=Single: Hold Me]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Hold Me|Hold Me]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Holdme single.jpeg|100px|link=Single: Hold Me]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Hold Me|Hold Me]]</small> | ||
| − | |performer = [[Jevetta Steele]]; [[Prince]] | + | |performer = [[Jevetta Steele]]; [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]) |
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 10|10 August 1993]] - [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]] album (re-issue) | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 10|10 August 1993]] - [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]] album (re-issue) | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]]<br>[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | |album(s) = [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]]<br>[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | ||
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|introduction = '''Hold Me''' is the second track on the worldwide re-issue of [[Jevetta Steele]]’s first solo album [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]] ([[Jevetta Steele]] is also part of the group [[The Steeles]]). At around the same time as the album’s release, [[Single: Hold Me|Hold Me]] was released as a promo-only single in the USA, but there was no commercial release of the single. | |introduction = '''Hold Me''' is the second track on the worldwide re-issue of [[Jevetta Steele]]’s first solo album [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]] ([[Jevetta Steele]] is also part of the group [[The Steeles]]). At around the same time as the album’s release, [[Single: Hold Me|Hold Me]] was released as a promo-only single in the USA, but there was no commercial release of the single. | ||
| − | + | [[Prince]] taught the song to the band at a rehearsal at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 27|27 December 1990]], before a studio recording was made on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 31|31 January 1991]] (on the same day as the re-recording of [[Darkside]] as [[Blood On The Sheets]]). The song may have been considered for [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] at one point but rejected because of its similarities with the title track. | |
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More work was done on the track in October 1991, when it was send to [[Clare Fischer]] to add an orchestral arrangement to it. Around this time the track was offered to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Baker Anita Baker], who turned it down, before [[Prince]] offered it to [[Jevetta Steele]], who presumably overdubbed her vocals in late 1991. | More work was done on the track in October 1991, when it was send to [[Clare Fischer]] to add an orchestral arrangement to it. Around this time the track was offered to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Baker Anita Baker], who turned it down, before [[Prince]] offered it to [[Jevetta Steele]], who presumably overdubbed her vocals in late 1991. | ||
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In late 1993, the song was tried out during early sessions for [[Mayte]]’s first album at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and was included as the ninth track on an early version of the album, which was titled [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Latino Barbie Doll]] at the time. The track was removed when the album evolved into [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]], however. | In late 1993, the song was tried out during early sessions for [[Mayte]]’s first album at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and was included as the ninth track on an early version of the album, which was titled [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Latino Barbie Doll]] at the time. The track was removed when the album evolved into [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]], however. | ||
| − | [[Prince]]’s original 1991 version was released in 2023 as part of the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]. | + | [[Prince]]’s original 1991 version was released in October 2023 as the eighth track of ''Vault Tracks part 2'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]. |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 27|27 December 1990]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 27|27 December 1990]] | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Rehearsal |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 31|31 January 1991]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 31|31 January 1991]] | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking, mix |
}} | }} | ||
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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| − | *[[ | + | '''Jevetta Steele version''' |
| + | *[[Jevetta Steele]] - vocals | ||
*[[Michael B.]] - drums | *[[Michael B.]] - drums | ||
*[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar | *[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar | ||
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*[[Kathleen Johnson]] - backing vocals | *[[Kathleen Johnson]] - backing vocals | ||
*[[Kirk Johnson]] - backing vocals | *[[Kirk Johnson]] - backing vocals | ||
| + | *[[Clare Fischer]] - string orchestration | ||
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| − | ''' | + | '''Prince version''' |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Prince]] - vocals |
*[[Michael B.]] - drums | *[[Michael B.]] - drums | ||
*[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar | *[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar | ||
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*[[Kathleen Johnson]] - backing vocals | *[[Kathleen Johnson]] - backing vocals | ||
*[[Kirk Johnson]] - backing vocals | *[[Kirk Johnson]] - backing vocals | ||
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'''Unreleased Mayte version''' | '''Unreleased Mayte version''' | ||
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* [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | * [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | ||
|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:1993]] [[Category:2023]] [[Category:Recorded 1990]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] | + | |categories = [[Category:1993]] [[Category:2023]] [[Category:Recorded 1990]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the New Power Generation)]] |
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