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| − | |song name = If You See Me
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| − | |single image = [[File:Minneapolisgenius_album 1992.jpg|100px|link=Album: Minneapolis Genius]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - featuring Prince]]</small>
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| − | |performer = [[94 East]]
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| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 30|30 June 1992]] - [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - featuring Prince]] album re-issue
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| − | |album(s) = [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]]<br>
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| − | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
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| − | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]<br>
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| − | [[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br>
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| − | [[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]<br>
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| − | [[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']]<br>
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| − | [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]]
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| − | |writer(s) = [[Pepé Willie]]
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| − | |producer(s) = [[Pepé Willie]] and Tony Silvester
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| − | |previous song = [[If You Feel Like Dancin']]
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| − | |next song = [[In The Name Of Love]]
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| − | |introduction = '''If You See Me''' (a.k.a. '''Do Yourself A Favor''') was first released without [[Prince]] input as ''Do Yourself A Favor'', by [[Jesse Johnson]] (on ''Shockadelica'', 1986), but the first release containing input by [[Prince]], recorded much earlier, was in two versions (instrumental and vocal) on a 1992 reissue of [[94 East]]'s first collection of studio recordings [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], featuring [[Prince]] on guitar.
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| − | The track has featured on every subsequent collection of [[94 East]]'s early recordings. In 1995 both versions were included on [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] (re-released in 1999 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]). In 2000 the vocal version was included as the seventh track on [[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]].
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| − | Also in 2000, both versions were included on [[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]. In 2002, both versions were included on [[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']]. In 2011, a remixed version by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] was included as the second track on the digital collection [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]].
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| − | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]], at [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Games]], [[I'll Always Love You]], [[If We Don't]] and [[Better Than You Think]]), marking the earliest recording sessions featuring [[Prince]] to have been released.
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| − | [[Pepé Willie]] later recounted that [[Prince]] was unhappy with his guitar playing at one part of the track and asked the next day if he could re-record a section of his part; [[Pepé Willie|Willie]] arranged with the studio for this to happen while [[Pepé Willie|Willie]] himself played golf. Due to a change in the recording equipment's EQ levels (which had been changed for another artist's recording session), [[Prince]]'s re-recorded guitar segment is audibly different than his guitar on the rest of the track.
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| − | [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] remixed the track in June 2010, at StarVu Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with the other [[Cookhouse Studios]] tracks from the same session.
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| − | In 1982, [[Prince]] recorded an entirely new version of the track at his at [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, titled '''Do Yourself A Favor'''; according to [[Pepé Willie]], [[Prince]] recorded it from memory and had not heard it for years.
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| − | [[Jesse Johnson]] released a similar version, also titled '''Do Yourself A Favor''', on his album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockadelica ''Shockadelica''], in 1986, but it misses [[Prince]]'s own lyrical contribution to the track, a humorous spoken section in his "[[Jamie Starr]]" voice, so his version is not considered to have any input by [[Prince]].
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| − | [[Prince]]'s own version of '''Do Yourself A Favor''' remains unreleased.
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| − | |recording info =
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| − | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]]
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| − | |studio = [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, Minnesota
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| − | |additional info = Basic tracking ([[94 East]] version)
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| − | |date = Early December 1975 (assumed)
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| − | |studio = [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, Minnesota
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| − | |additional info = Additional guitar recording by [[Prince]]
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| − | {{RecordingLine|
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| − | |date = 1982
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| − | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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| − | |additional info = Re-recording ([[Prince]] version, as '''Do Yourself A Favor''')
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| − | {{RecordingLine|
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| − | |date = June 2010
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| − | |studio = StarVu Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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| − | |additional info = Remix of [[94 East]] version by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]]
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| − | |recording personnel =
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| − | '''94 East version'''
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| − | *[[Pepé Willie]] - vocals and guitar
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| − | *Dale Alexander - drums
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| − | *Wendell Thomas - bass guitar
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| − | *[[Prince]] - guitar
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| − | *Marcy Ingvoldstad - vocals
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| − | *Kristie Lazenberry - vocals
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| − | '''Unreleased Prince version'''
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| − | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (assumed)
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| − | |released versions =
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| − | |line =
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| − | {{Songline|
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| − | |1= '''If You See Me'''
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| − | |2= 4:09
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| − | |3= [http://www.discogs.com/94-East-If-You-See-Me-Games/release/5007273 If You See Me (single)]
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| − | |4= Studio
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| − | |5= additional info needed
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| − | {{Songline|
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| − | |1= '''If You See Me'''
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| − | |2= 5:40
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| − | |3= [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]]<br>
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| − | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
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| − | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]<br>
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| − | [[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br>
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| − | [[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]<br>
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| − | [[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']]
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| − | |4= Studio
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| − | |5= a.k.a. '''If You See Me (Vocal)'''
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| − | {{Songline|
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| − | |1= '''If You See Me (Instr.)'''
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| − | |2= 5:40
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| − | |3= [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]]<br>
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| − | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
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| − | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]<br>
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| − | [[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]<br>
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| − | [[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']]
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| − | |4= Instrumental
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| − | |5= a.k.a. '''If You See Me (Instrumental Version)'''
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| − | }}
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| − | {{Songline|
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| − | |1= '''If You See Me'''
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| − | |2= 5:40
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| − | |3= [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]]
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| − | |4= Remix
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| − | |5= Remix by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]]
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| − | |unreleased versions =
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| − | |unreleased versions =
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| − | |1= '''If You See Me'''
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| − | |2= Studio
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| − | |3= Initial 1975 recording before [[Prince]]'s additional guitar overdubs
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| − | {{Unreleasedline|
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| − | |1= '''Do Yourself A Favor'''
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| − | |2= Studio
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| − | |3= 1982 re-recording by [[Prince]]
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| − | |sampled in =
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| − | |first live appearance = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]].
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| − | |performed regularly on = none
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| − | |performed occasionally in = none
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| − | |trivia = This track, recorded in December 1975, marks a part of the earliest-recorded sessions featuring [[Prince]] to have been released.
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| − | |see also = [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - featuring Prince]] album re-issue
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| − | *[[94 East]]
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| − | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
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| − | *''[[Book:_Prince_(Faber)|Prince by Matt Thorne (2012)]] ''
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| − | |categories = [[Category:1992]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category: Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Recorded 1975]]
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