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|single image              = [[File:Letspretendweremarried single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Let's Pretend We're Married]]<br><small> single art for [[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]]</small>
 
|single image              = [[File:Letspretendweremarried single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Let's Pretend We're Married]]<br><small> single art for [[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]]</small>
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October, 1982]] - [[Album: 1999|1999]] album
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October 1982]] - [[Album: 1999|1999]] album
|album(s)                  = [[Album: 1999|1999]]
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: 1999|1999]]<br>
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[[Album: 1999  Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]<br>
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[[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
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|introduction              = '''Let's Pretend We're Married''' is the fourth track on [[Prince]]'s fifth album [[Album: 1999|1999]], and, 13 months after the album's release, [[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] was released as the album's sixth single worldwide (although it was the fourth single in all territories where it was released).
 
|introduction              = '''Let's Pretend We're Married''' is the fourth track on [[Prince]]'s fifth album [[Album: 1999|1999]], and, 13 months after the album's release, [[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] was released as the album's sixth single worldwide (although it was the fourth single in all territories where it was released).
  
Initial tracking for [[Let's Pretend We're Married]] took place at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 30|30 March, 1982]] (during the same set of sessions which produced [[If A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up)]], [[3 x 2 = 6]] and [[If It'll Make U Happy]]).
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Basic tracking for [[Let's Pretend We're Married]] took place at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 30|30 March 1982]] (during the same set of sessions which produced [[If A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up)]], [[3 x 2 = 6]] and [[If It'll Make U Happy]]).  
 
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The song is notable for being the earliest [[Prince]]-related track to be engineered by [[Peggy McCreary]] (credited as "Peggy Mac").
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 30|30 March, 1982]]
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 30|30 March 1982]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Initial tracking
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|additional info          = Basic tracking
 
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|3= [[Album: 1999|1999]]<br>
 
|3= [[Album: 1999|1999]]<br>
 
[[Single: 1999|1999]] single<br>
 
[[Single: 1999|1999]] single<br>
[[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] single
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[[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] single<br>
 
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|1= '''Let's Pretend We're Married'''
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|2= 7:20
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|3= [[Album: 1999  Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]
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|4= Studio
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|5= Remastered in 2019
 
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{{Songline|
 
|1= '''Let's Pretend We're Married (Edit)'''
 
|1= '''Let's Pretend We're Married (Edit)'''
 
|2= 3:40
 
|2= 3:40
|3= [[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] single
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|3= [[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] single<br>
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[[Album: 1999  Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]
 
|4= Edit
 
|4= Edit
 
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|1= '''Let's Pretend We're Married (Edit)'''
 
|1= '''Let's Pretend We're Married (Edit)'''
 
|2= 3:40
 
|2= 3:40
|3= [[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] promo
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|3= [[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] promo<br>
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[[Album: 1999  Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]
 
|4= Edit, mono version
 
|4= Edit, mono version
 
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|1= '''Let's Pretend We're Married (Video version)'''
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|2= 4:03
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|3= [[Album: 1999  Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]
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|4= Video version
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|1= '''Let's Pretend We're Married'''
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|2= 2:11
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|3= [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]]
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|4= Live
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|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]
 
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|1= '''Let's Pretend We're Married'''  
 
|1= '''Let's Pretend We're Married'''  
 
|2= 4:15
 
|2= 4:15
|3= [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc
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|3= [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc<br>
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[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)]]
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
|5= [[30 March, 1985|30 March, 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]<br>
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|5= [[30 March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]<br>
 
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|unreleased versions      =  
 
|unreleased versions      =  
 
|sampled in                =  
 
|sampled in                =  
|first live appearance    = [[02_December,_1982-1|2 December, 1982 (Show 1: Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA]] ''(lyrics only)''  
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|first live appearance    = [[02_December 1982-1|2 December 1982 (show 1): Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA]] ''(lyrics only)'' ; [[27 February 1983|27 February 1983: Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI, USA]]<br>
* [[27 February, 1983|27 February, 1983: Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI, USA]]
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* [[07 April 1985|7 April 1985: Orange Bowl, Miami, FL, USA]]
 
|performed regularly on    = [[1999 Tour]]
 
|performed regularly on    = [[1999 Tour]]
 
* [[Purple Rain Tour]]
 
* [[Purple Rain Tour]]
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* [[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] single
 
* [[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] single
 
* [[Video: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] video
 
* [[Video: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] video
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* [[Album: 1999  Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]
 
|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:1982]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1982]]
 
|categories                = [[Category:1982]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1982]]
 
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Revision as of 18:11, 3 July 2020

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Let's Pretend We're Married

1999.jpg
from the album 1999
Letspretendweremarried single.jpg
single art for Let's Pretend We're Married
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 27 October 1982 - 1999 album
Album(s): 1999

1999 Deluxe
Prince And The Revolution: Live

Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Let's Pretend We're Married is the fourth track on Prince's fifth album 1999, and, 13 months after the album's release, Let's Pretend We're Married was released as the album's sixth single worldwide (although it was the fourth single in all territories where it was released).

Basic tracking for Let's Pretend We're Married took place at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California on 30 March 1982 (during the same set of sessions which produced If A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up), 3 x 2 = 6 and If It'll Make U Happy).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
30 March 1982 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Basic tracking
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Let's Pretend We're Married 7:20 1999

1999 single
Let's Pretend We're Married single

Studio
Let's Pretend We're Married 7:20 1999 Deluxe Studio Remastered in 2019
Let's Pretend We're Married (Edit) 3:40 Let's Pretend We're Married single

1999 Deluxe

Edit
Let's Pretend We're Married (Edit) 3:40 Let's Pretend We're Married promo

1999 Deluxe

Edit, mono version
Let's Pretend We're Married (Video version) 4:03 1999 Deluxe Video version
Let's Pretend We're Married 2:11 Prince And The Revolution: Live Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Let's Pretend We're Married 4:03 Promotional release only Promo video See Let's Pretend We're Married video for more details
Let's Pretend We're Married 4:15 Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS/laserdisc

Purple Rain Deluxe – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)

Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA


 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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