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|album image              = [[File:come.jpg|100px|link=Album: Come]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Come|Come]] </small>
 
|album image              = [[File:come.jpg|100px|link=Album: Come]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Come|Come]] </small>
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
 
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 9|9 August 1994]] - [[Single: Letitgo|Letitgo]] single
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 5|5 August 1994]] (In Germany on [[Single: Letitgo|Letitgo]] single)
 
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Come|Come]]  
 
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Come|Come]]  
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
 
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|introduction              = '''Letitgo''' is the ninth track on [[Prince]]'s fifteenth album [[Album: Come|Come]], and, a week before the album's release, [[Single: Letitgo|Letitgo]] was released as the album's first single, released worldwide.  
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|introduction              = '''Letitgo''' is the ninth track on [[Prince]]’s fifteenth album [[Album: Come|Come]]. It was released as the lead single, a week before the album.  
  
 
In 2001, a 1995 live version was released as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_2|NPG Music Club Edition # 2]].  
 
In 2001, a 1995 live version was released as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_2|NPG Music Club Edition # 2]].  
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Although credited to [[Prince]] (along with the rest of the album, which was recorded prior to the name change), [[Letitgo]] was recorded eight months after [[Prince]] began using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]].  
 
Although credited to [[Prince]] (along with the rest of the album, which was recorded prior to the name change), [[Letitgo]] was recorded eight months after [[Prince]] began using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]].  
  
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The album version's opening ("Ready or not, here I come") is sampled from the unreleased [[Vanity 6]] track [[Vibrator]], although actually extracted from [[Orgasm|Poem]], which was divided up throughout the album as segues (culminating in the final track, [[Orgasm]]).  
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The album version’s opening ("Ready or not, here I come") is sampled from the unreleased [[Vanity 6]] track [[Vibrator]], although actually extracted from [[Orgasm|Poem]], which was divided up throughout the album as segues (culminating in the final track, [[Orgasm]]).  
  
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Recording dates and studio details are not known for the remixes, which did not contain any new input by [[Prince]]. For some unknown reason, the maxi-single contains two remixes with slightly different names and durations ('''Caviar Radio Edit''' and '''Cavi 'Street Edit'''), but these two versions are identical. The '''Caviar Radio Edit''' and its variants were remixed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones_III Q.D. III], son of famed producer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones Quincy Jones].  
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Recording dates and studio details are not known for the remixes, which did not contain any new input by [[Prince]]. For some unknown reason, the maxi-single contains two remixes with slightly different names and durations ('''Caviar Radio Edit''' and '''Cavi 'Street Edit'''), but these two versions are identical. The '''Caviar Radio Edit''' and its variants were remixed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones_III Q.D. III], son of famed producer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones Quincy Jones]. Interestingly, these remixes uses an instrumentation not too far removed from a remix [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones_III Q.D. III] did of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] song’s ''When I Get To Heaven'', also released in 1994 on the compilation [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootlegs_%26_B-Sides Bootleg & B-Sides]. The ''When I Get To Heaven (Remix)'' also contains additional vocals by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Cube], including the line "Microphone Check" later sampled by [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] on [[The Good Life|The Good Life (Big City Remix)]] and [[Mr. Happy]].  
  
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Of note, though, is that the '''Sherm Stick Edit''' and the '''(-) Sherm Stick Edit''' are both based around looped samples of [[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]] (uncredited), which can be heard throughout the song.
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The '''Sherm Stick Edit''' and the '''(-) Sherm Stick Edit''' are both based around looped uncredited samples of [[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Funk_Railroad Grand Funk Railroad]’s ''Nothing Is The Same'' (from their 1970 album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closer_to_Home Closer To Home]), which can be heard throughout the song.
 
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 16|16 March 1994]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 16|16 March 1994]]
 
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|date                      = Spring - Fall, 1994
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|date                      = Spring - Fall 1994
 
|studio                    = Unknown studios (details needed)
 
|studio                    = Unknown studios (details needed)
 
|additional info          = Remixes by various outside remixers
 
|additional info          = Remixes by various outside remixers
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|5= a.k.a '''[[Letitgo]] (Caviar Radio Edit)'''. Remix by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones_III Q.D. III], rap by Young Soldier Of Time.
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|5= a.k.a '''[[Letitgo]] (Caviar Radio Edit)'''. Remix by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones_III Q.D. III], rap by Young Soldier Of Time.
 
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|5= Contains looped samples from [[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]]; remix by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-Swift J-Sw!ft]
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|5= Contains looped samples from [[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]]; contains samples of ''Nothing Is The Same'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Funk_Railroad Grand Funk Railroad]; remix by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-Swift J-Sw!ft]
 
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[[Album: Come|Come]] promo
 
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|5= a.k.a. '''[[Letitgo]] (J. Swift #3 Instrumental)'''; instrumental version of '''[[Letitgo]] (Sherm Stick Edit)'''; contains looped samples from [[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]]; remix by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-Swift J-Sw!ft]
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|5= a.k.a. '''[[Letitgo]] (J. Swift #3 Instrumental)'''; instrumental version of '''[[Letitgo]] (Sherm Stick Edit)'''; contains looped samples from [[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]]; contains samples of ''Nothing Is The Same'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Funk_Railroad Grand Funk Railroad]; remix by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-Swift J-Sw!ft]
 
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|first live appearance    = [[15_January 1995-am|15 January 1995 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]<br>
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|first live appearance    = [[25_November 1994-am|25 November 1994 (a.m.): Tränenpalast, Berlin, Germany]] <small>(interpolation in [[Dark]])</small><br>
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* [[12_December 1994|12 December 1994: Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, USA]]<br>
 
* [[20 January 1996|20 January 1996: Yokohama Arena (横浜アリーナ), Yokohama, Japan]]; [[17 March 2007-am|17 March 2007 (a.m.): 3121 @ Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA]] <small> (lyrics only) </small>
 
* [[20 January 1996|20 January 1996: Yokohama Arena (横浜アリーナ), Yokohama, Japan]]; [[17 March 2007-am|17 March 2007 (a.m.): 3121 @ Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA]] <small> (lyrics only) </small>
 
|performed regularly on    = [[The Ultimate Live Experience]]
 
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* [[Video: Letitgo|Letitgo]] video
 
* [[Video: Letitgo|Letitgo]] video
 
|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)]] ''
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Latest revision as of 15:30, 26 April 2023

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Letitgo
Come.jpg
from the album Come 		Letitgo single.jpg
single art for Letitgo
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 5 August 1994 (In Germany on Letitgo single)
Album(s): Come
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Letitgo is the ninth track on Prince’s fifteenth album Come. It was released as the lead single, a week before the album.

In 2001, a 1995 live version was released as part of NPG Music Club Edition # 2.

In 2005, the same live version was included on the Live From Paisley Park download EP.

Basic tracks were recorded on 16 March 1994 at Paisley Park Studios (hours before premiering studio versions of EyeBlue.png Hate U, Billy Jack Bitch, Now, Days Of Wild and a remix of Pope at a party at Glam Slam in Minneapolis, Minnesota), five days after delivering the original configuration of the Come album to Warner Bros.

Although credited to Prince (along with the rest of the album, which was recorded prior to the name change), Letitgo was recorded eight months after Prince began using the name SymbolSmallerBlue.png.

The album version’s opening ("Ready or not, here I come") is sampled from the unreleased Vanity 6 track Vibrator, although actually extracted from Poem, which was divided up throughout the album as segues (culminating in the final track, Orgasm).

Recording dates and studio details are not known for the remixes, which did not contain any new input by Prince. For some unknown reason, the maxi-single contains two remixes with slightly different names and durations (Caviar Radio Edit and Cavi 'Street Edit), but these two versions are identical. The Caviar Radio Edit and its variants were remixed by Q.D. III, son of famed producer Quincy Jones. Interestingly, these remixes uses an instrumentation not too far removed from a remix Q.D. III did of Ice Cube song’s When I Get To Heaven, also released in 1994 on the compilation Bootleg & B-Sides. The When I Get To Heaven (Remix) also contains additional vocals by Cube, including the line "Microphone Check" later sampled by SymbolSmallerBlue.png on The Good Life (Big City Remix) and Mr. Happy.

The Sherm Stick Edit and the (-) Sherm Stick Edit are both based around looped uncredited samples of The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker and Grand Funk Railroad’s Nothing Is The Same (from their 1970 album Closer To Home), which can be heard throughout the song.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
16 March 1994 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking
Spring - Fall 1994 Unknown studios (details needed) Remixes by various outside remixers
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Letitgo 5:33 Come Studio Fade-out segues into Orgasm
Letitgo (Original Album Version) 5:35 Letitgo single Alternate mix Fades out fully
Letitgo (Edit) 4:15 Letitgo single Edit a.k.a. Letitgo (Original Radio Edit); edited by Chronic Freeze
Letitgo (Cavi' Street Edit) 5:04 Letitgo single Remix a.k.a Letitgo (Caviar Radio Edit). Remix by Q.D. III, rap by Young Soldier Of Time.
Letitgo (Caviar Radio Edit / Short Version) 3:55 Letitgo single Remix edit
Letitgo (Instrumental) 5:02 Letitgo single

Come promo

Remix a.k.a. Letitgo (Q.D. III Instrumental); instrumental of Letitgo (Cavi' Street Edit) (not of the album version); Remix by Q.D. III
Letitgo (On The Cool-Out Tip Radio Edit) 4:34 Letitgo single Remix a.k.a. Letitgo (Gerald B. On The Cool-Out Tip Radio Edit); remix by Gerald "G Bomb" Baillergeau
Letitgo (Sherm Stick Edit) 5:42 Letitgo single Remix Contains looped samples from The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker; contains samples of Nothing Is The Same by Grand Funk Railroad; remix by J-Sw!ft
Letitgo ((-)Sherm Stick Edit) 5:42 Letitgo single

Come promo

Remix a.k.a. Letitgo (J. Swift #3 Instrumental); instrumental version of Letitgo (Sherm Stick Edit); contains looped samples from The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker; contains samples of Nothing Is The Same by Grand Funk Railroad; remix by J-Sw!ft
Letitgo 3:44 NPG Music Club Edition # 2 mp3 download

Live From Paisley Park download EP

Live 22 October 1995 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Letitgo 4:13 Promotional release only Studio See Letitgo video for details


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Letitgo (J. Swift Extended Remix) Remix Unreleased remix
Letitgo (Grand Jury Remix) Remix Unreleased remix
Letitgo (Caviar 12" Extended Mix) Remix Unreleased remix
Letitgo (On The Cool-Out Mix) Remix Unreleased remix
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
  • "Letitgo" is written as one word to match the "one-word" rule of the rest of the album; it is likely that the track was initially known as "Let It Go".
References
Let Me Touch You   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Let’s Go Crazy
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