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|song name                = Hold Me
 
|song name                = Hold Me
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|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>
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|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>
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|performer                = [[Jevetta Steele]]
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|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)
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]]
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Here It Is|Here It Is]]<br>[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (as [[Alias: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]])
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (as [[Alias: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]])
 
|previous song            = [[Hit U In The Socket]]
 
|previous song            = [[Hit U In The Socket]]
 
|next song                = [[Holla & Shout]]
 
|next song                = [[Holla & Shout]]
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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.
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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.
  
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Although specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracks were recorded in June 1990 in London, England ([[Prince]] worked in three different London studios, [[Olympic Studios]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townhouse_Studios Townhouse Studios] and [[Metropolis]] - it isn't known which studio was used for this song). The same set of sessions produced [[Daddy Pop]], [[Schoolyard]] and [[Walk Don't Walk]], but mostly focused on a solo album by [[Rosie Gaines]], for which [[Hold Me]] was recorded, along with [[Pain]], [[Streetwalker]], [[In The Name Of Love]], [[Turn Your Lights Down Low]] and [[My Tender Heart]]. More work was done on the track in October 1991, and the track was offered to Anita Baker, who turned it down, before [[Prince]] offered it to [[Jevetta Steele]], who simply overdubbed her vocals.
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[[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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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.
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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.
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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.
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[[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            =
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = June 1990
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 27|27  December 1990]]
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|studio                    = [[Olympic Studios]],<br>London, England;<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townhouse_Studios Townhouse Studios] <br>London, England<br>or<br>[[Metropolis]],<br>London, England
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|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|additional info           = Basic tracking
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|additional info = Rehearsal
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = October 1991
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|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
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|additional info          = Additional recording and [[Jevetta Steele]] vocal overdubs
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|additional info          = Tracking, mix
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = 1991 (assumed)
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|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
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|additional info          = [[Jevetta Steele]] vocals overdub
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 30|30 October 1991]]
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|studio                    = [[Mad Hatter Studios]],<br> Los Angeles, CA, USA
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|additional info          = [[Clare Fischer]] orchestra overdubs
 
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|recording personnel      =  
 
|recording personnel      =  
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'''Released version'''
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'''Jevetta Steele version'''
 
*[[Jevetta Steele]] - vocals
 
*[[Jevetta Steele]] - vocals
 
*[[Michael B.]] - drums
 
*[[Michael B.]] - drums
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*[[Kathleen Johnson]] - backing vocals
 
*[[Kathleen Johnson]] - backing vocals
 
*[[Kirk Johnson]] - backing vocals
 
*[[Kirk Johnson]] - backing vocals
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*[[Clare Fischer]] - string orchestration
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'''Prince version'''
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*[[Prince]] - vocals
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*[[Michael B.]] - drums
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*[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar
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*[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - guitar
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*[[Tommy Barbarella]] - keyboards
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*[[Kathleen Johnson]] - backing vocals
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*[[Kirk Johnson]] - backing vocals
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<br>
 
'''Unreleased Mayte version'''
 
'''Unreleased Mayte version'''
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[[Single: Hold Me|Hold Me]] promo
 
[[Single: Hold Me|Hold Me]] promo
 
|4= Studio
 
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|5= [[Jevetta Steele]] version
 
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|4= Edit
 
|4= Edit
 
|5= Edited by Mike Corbett
 
|5= Edited by Mike Corbett
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''Hold Me'''
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|2= 4:36
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|3= [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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|4= Studio
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|5= 1990 version with [[Prince]] on vocals
 
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|1= '''Hold Me'''
 
|1= '''Hold Me'''
 
|2= Studio
 
|2= Studio
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|3= 1990 version with [[Prince]] on vocals
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|3= December 1990 take
 
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{{Unreleasedline|
 
{{Unreleasedline|
 
|1= '''Hold Me'''
 
|1= '''Hold Me'''
 
|2= Studio
 
|2= Studio
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|3= 1993 version with [[Mayte]] on vocals
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|3= 1993 version with [[Mayte]] on vocals
 
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* [[Jevetta Steele]]
 
* [[Jevetta Steele]]
 
* [[Mayte]]
 
* [[Mayte]]
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* [[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)]] ''
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|categories                = [[Category:1993]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1990]]
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|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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Latest revision as of 15:39, 8 November 2023

Hit U In The Socket   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Holla & Shout
Hold Me
Hereitis album.jpg
from the album Here It Is

left
from the album
Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition 		Holdme single.jpeg
single art for Hold Me
Song details
Performer: Jevetta Steele; Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
First Released: 10 August 1993 - Here It Is album (re-issue)
Album(s): Here It Is
Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince (as Paisley Park)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Hold Me is the second track on the worldwide re-issue of Jevetta Steele’s first solo album Here It Is (Jevetta Steele is also part of the group The Steeles). At around the same time as the album’s release, 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 27 December 1990, before a studio recording was made on 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 Diamonds And Pearls at one point but rejected because of its similarities with the title track.

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 Anita Baker, who turned it down, before Prince offered it to Jevetta Steele, who presumably overdubbed her vocals in late 1991.

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 Latino Barbie Doll at the time. The track was removed when the album evolved into Child Of The Sun, however.

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 Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
27 December 1990 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Rehearsal
31 January 1991 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking, mix
1991 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) 		Jevetta Steele vocals overdub
30 October 1991 Mad Hatter Studios,
Los Angeles, CA, USA 		Clare Fischer orchestra overdubs
Late 1993 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Vocal overdubs by Mayte
Recording Personnel

Jevetta Steele version


Prince version


Unreleased Mayte version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Hold Me 4:36 Here It Is re-issue

Hold Me promo

Studio Jevetta Steele version
Hold Me (Edit) 4:09 Hold Me promo Edit Edited by Mike Corbett
Hold Me 4:36 Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Studio 1990 version with Prince on vocals


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Hold Me Studio December 1990 take
Hold Me Studio 1993 version with Mayte on vocals
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
Hit U In The Socket   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Holla & Shout
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