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|single image              = [[File:3rdEyeGirlTV.png|100px|link=]]<br> <small> logo from [[3rdEye TV]] (no official artwork) </small>
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 23|23 June, 2013]] - [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show # 4]] video stream
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 23|23 June 2013]] - [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show # 4]] video stream
 
|album(s)                  = None
 
|album(s)                  = None
 
|performer                = [[Prince]] and the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]
 
|performer                = [[Prince]] and the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]
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|3= [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show # 4]] concert video stream
 
|3= [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show # 4]] concert video stream
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
|5= [[21 September, 2007|21 September, 2007, The O<sub>2</sub> Arena, London, England]]
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|first live appearance = [[01_August,_2007|1 August, 2007, The O<sub>2</sub> Arena, London, England]]
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|first live appearance = [[01_August 2007|1 August 2007, The O<sub>2</sub> Arena, London, England]]
 
|performed regularly on    = [[21 Nights In London : The Earth Tour]] <small>(lyrics over [[Sexy Dancer]] music)</small>
 
|performed regularly on    = [[21 Nights In London : The Earth Tour]] <small>(lyrics over [[Sexy Dancer]] music)</small>
 
*[[Prince 20TEN Tour]] <small>(lyrics over [[Sexy Dancer]] music)</small>
 
*[[Prince 20TEN Tour]] <small>(lyrics over [[Sexy Dancer]] music)</small>

Revision as of 19:59, 27 February 2016

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Le Freak

3rdEyeGirlTV.png
logo from 3rdEye TV (no official artwork)
Song details
Performer: Prince and the New Power Generation
First Released: 23 June 2013 - 3rdEye TV Show # 4 video stream
Album(s): None
Writer(s): Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
Producer(s): Prince (assumed, no official credits given)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Le Freak, a cover version of the track by Chic, was performed as part of a streamed live medley with Sexy Dancer during 3rdEye TV Show # 4 in 2013. The track appeared on the band's 1978 album C'est Chic, and was released as a single shortly before the album. The track was written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.

The version streamed was a live performance recorded during the final night of Prince's 21 Nights In London : The Earth Tour , with lead vocals by Shelby J. No studio version by Prince of Le Freak is believed to exist, though Sexy Dancer and Le Freak have been performed in a medley consistently between 2007 and 2012.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
n/a n/a This track is not believed to have been recorded in the studio by Prince
Recording Personnel

N.B. - recording personnel below refer to streamed versions; this track is not known to have been recorded in the studio by Prince


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Le Freak n/a n/a n/a No 'hard format' release of this song was made available.
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Sexy Dancer/Le Freak - A Love Bizarre - Pass The Peas 6:00 3rdEye TV Show # 4 concert video stream Live 21 September 2007, The O2 Arena, London, England


 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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