Difference between revisions of "La, La, La, He, He, Hee"
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|single image = [[Image:thehitsthebsides.jpg|117px|link=Album: The Hits / The B-Sides ]] <br> <small> included on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]</small> | |single image = [[Image:thehitsthebsides.jpg|117px|link=Album: The Hits / The B-Sides ]] <br> <small> included on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 18|18 February | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 18|18 February 1987]] - [[Single: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] single |
|album(s) = [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]] | |album(s) = [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (music and lyrics), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] (lyrics) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (music and lyrics), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] (lyrics) | ||
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In 1993, it was included as the 13th track on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The B-Sides]] compilation (included as the third and final disc on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]). | In 1993, it was included as the 13th track on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The B-Sides]] compilation (included as the third and final disc on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]). | ||
− | While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in mid-January | + | While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking of the track, originally titled '''My Tree''', took place in mid-January 1987 at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA after completion of the [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] album (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Come Home]] and overdubs onto [[77 Bleeker St.]]). |
According to the liner notes of [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The B-Sides]], the track was created as a response to a dare by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] who claimed that [[Prince]] couldn't write a song from such a basic phrase (resulting in her writing co-credit). | According to the liner notes of [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The B-Sides]], the track was created as a response to a dare by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] who claimed that [[Prince]] couldn't write a song from such a basic phrase (resulting in her writing co-credit). | ||
− | In a 2012 interview, however, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] indicates that her writing role was slightly larger:<br>''"That was something I was writing, just a stupid little thing. See, I have six cats. It was about a cat up in a tree teasing a dog. I was actually being sarcastic. He said, 'Ya, that could be a song,' and I was like 'Oh ya, like what do you want me to sing? La La La, He He | + | In a 2012 interview, however, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] indicates that her writing role was slightly larger:<br>''"That was something I was writing, just a stupid little thing. See, I have six cats. It was about a cat up in a tree teasing a dog. I was actually being sarcastic. He said, 'Ya, that could be a song,' and I was like 'Oh ya, like what do you want me to sing? La La La, He He He – I love you, you love me? That's how talented I am?' He said, 'Actually, that'd be kind of cute! Go ahead and write it.' I don't really write any more as I'm out of the game now, but back then, that was my thing. Then, all my songs were little stories. I liked storytelling songs. He used to think they were amusing. I don't think other people did but he used to think they were."'' |
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− | |date = Mid-January | + | |date = Mid-January 1987 |
|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Initial tracking | |additional info = Initial tracking | ||
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|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
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+ | |1= '''My Tree''' | ||
+ | |2= Studio | ||
+ | |3= Different vocal take and mix | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | }} | ||
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|first live appearance = [[08 May 1987|8 May 1987, Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden]] <small>(lyrics and instrumental interpolation in [[When Doves Cry]])</small> <br> | |first live appearance = [[08 May 1987|8 May 1987, Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden]] <small>(lyrics and instrumental interpolation in [[When Doves Cry]])</small> <br> |
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