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− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = The horn arrangement on this song was initially played live in [[Controversy]] on the 1986 shows. [[Eric Leeds]] and [[Atlanta Bliss]] subsequently introduced them over the intro of [[Kiss]] when it was played live on the [[Sign O’ The Times Tour]] and [[Lovesexy Tour]]. |
| |see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album | | |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 |
I Need A Man is a track released posthumously on the 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 The Hookers, but was abandoned when The Hookers developed into Vanity 6.
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 Bonnie Raitt, during a short-lived proposed collaboration between the two artists. Horn overdubs by Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss were recorded on 21 January 1987.
Although Prince offered four songs to 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.
Prince worked on the track again on 31 May 1988, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. the resulting version after those overdubs remains unreleased
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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1981 (assumed)
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Basic tracking ( The Hookers version)
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Late '86/Early 1987
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Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Basic tracking of new version
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21 January 1987
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Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Saxophone overdubs by Eric Leeds
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April 1987
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Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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vocal overdubs by Bonnie Raitt
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31 May 1988
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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overdubs on 1987 version
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Recording Personnel
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Released version
- Prince - lead vocals and all instruments, except where noted
- Bonnie Raitt - credited for vocals and slide guitar; contribution unconfirmed
- Eric Leeds - saxophone (uncredited)
The Hookers version
Bonnie Raitt version
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Unreleased Versions
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Title
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Version
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Additional Info
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I Need A Man
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Studio
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Recorded 1981; The Hookers version
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I Need A Man
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Studio
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Re-recorded 1986/1987; before saxophone overdubs
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I Need A Man
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Studio
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1987 version with Bonnie Raitt vocal overdubs
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I Need A Man
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Studio
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Overdubbed 1988 (Prince) version
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