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|song name = I Need A Man | |song name = I Need A Man | ||
| − | |single image = [[File: | + | |single image = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] |
| − | |performer = [[Vanity 6|The Hookers]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 17|17 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] pre-release download |
| − | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] |
| − | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |performer = [[Prince]]; [[Vanity 6|The Hookers]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] |
| + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
| + | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[I Met A Virgin Queen]] | |previous song = [[I Met A Virgin Queen]] | ||
|next song = [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]] | |next song = [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]] | ||
| − | |introduction = '''I Need A Man''' is | + | |introduction = '''I Need A Man''' is a track released posthumously on the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] set. A week earlier, it was released as the album’s sixth and final pre-release download. |
| − | + | While the released version is from (with overdubs in 1987), the song was originally recorded in Summer 1981 at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Make-Up]], [[Wet Dream]] and [[Drive Me Wild]]). The track contained lead vocals by [[Jamie Shoop]], and was intended for an album by [[Album: The Hookers (1982)|'''The Hookers''']], but was abandoned when [[Vanity 6|The Hookers]] developed into [[Vanity 6]]. | |
| − | [[Prince]] worked on the track again | + | The track was then re-recorded in late 1986 or early 1987, [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, when it was revamped to be offered to American blues singer-songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt], during a short-lived proposed collaboration between the two artists. Horn overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] and [[Atlanta Bliss]] were recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_21|21 January 1987]]. |
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| + | Although [[Prince]] offered four songs to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Raitt] ('''I Need A Man''', [[Jealous Girl]], [[Promise 2 Be True]] and [[There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool]]), it is unclear whether this collaboration was intended to lead to an album or to a particular project. | ||
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| + | [[Prince]] worked on the track again on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_31|31 May 1988]], at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. the resulting version after those overdubs remains unreleased | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_31|31 May 1988]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_31|31 May 1988]] | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = overdubs on 1987 version |
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
| + | '''Released version''' | ||
| + | *[[Prince]] - lead vocals and all instruments, except where noted | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] - credited for vocals and slide guitar; contribution unconfirmed | ||
| + | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone (uncredited) | ||
'''The Hookers version''' | '''The Hookers version''' | ||
*[[Jamie Shoop]] - lead vocals | *[[Jamie Shoop]] - lead vocals | ||
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*[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted (assumed) | *[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted (assumed) | ||
*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | ||
| + | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet | ||
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'''Unreleased 1988 version''' | '''Unreleased 1988 version''' | ||
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (assumed) | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (assumed) | ||
| − | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | + | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone |
| + | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet | ||
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<hr> | <hr> | ||
* [[Eddie Miller]] - engineer | * [[Eddie Miller]] - engineer | ||
| + | |released versions = | ||
| + | {{Songchart| | ||
| + | |line = | ||
| + | {{Songline| | ||
| + | |1= '''I Need A Man''' | ||
| + | |2= 5:33 | ||
| + | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] | ||
| + | |4= Studio | ||
| + | |5= 1986/1987 recording; see notes above | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | |unreleased versions = | ||
| + | {{SongUnreleased| | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
{{Unreleased| | {{Unreleased| | ||
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|1= '''I Need A Man''' | |1= '''I Need A Man''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
| − | |3= | + | |3= Re-recorded 1986/1987; before saxophone overdubs |
}} | }} | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
|1= '''I Need A Man''' | |1= '''I Need A Man''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
| − | |3= | + | |3= 1987 version with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] vocal overdubs |
}} | }} | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
|1= '''I Need A Man''' | |1= '''I Need A Man''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
| − | |3= | + | |3= Overdubbed 1988 ([[Prince]]) version |
| + | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
|video versions = | |video versions = | ||
| − | |broadcasts, streaming = | + | |broadcasts, streaming = |
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
| − | |first live appearance = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]] | + | |first live appearance = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]], although the horn line of the track originated in 1986 live performances of [[Controversy]] and was subsequently introduced over the intro of [[Kiss]] on the [[Sign O’ The Times Tour]] and [[Lovesexy Tour]]. |
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
| − | |trivia = | + | |trivia = |
| − | |see also = [[ | + | |see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album |
*[[Album: The Hookers (1982)|The Hookers]] unreleased album | *[[Album: The Hookers (1982)|The Hookers]] unreleased album | ||
|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: | + | |categories = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1981]][[Category:Recorded 1986]][[Category:Recorded 1987]][[Category:Recorded 1988]] |
}} | }} | ||
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