Difference between revisions of "Make-Up"

• 23 October 1982, Cramton Auditorium - Howard University, Washington D.C., USA (Vanity 6'solo' show, possibly preceded by other shows)
• 11 November 1982, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN, USA (first performance as part of a Prince show, during Vanity 6 opening act, no Prince input)

• 1999 Tour (during Vanity 6 opening act, no Prince input)

• This track is not known to have been performed live as part of a Prince show other than on the 1999 Tour.

Make-Up is the sixth track on Vanity 6's first and only album Vanity 6. The track was written, produced and largely performed by Prince (as was the rest of the album). Five months after the album's release, it was included as the b-side of He's So Dull, the album's third single, and soon after also the b-side of Drive Me Wild, the album's fourth and final single.

While specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in Summer 1981 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced Wet Dream, Drive Me Wild and I Need A Man). The tracks were intended for an album by The Hookers, which was abandoned in Fall 1981, and which later evolved into Vanity 6. Vocal overdubs by Vanity and Brenda Bennett were added in Spring, 1982, when the band had evolved into Vanity 6.

Vanity 6 version

• Susan Moonsie - lead vocals
• Vanity - vocals (uncertain)
• Brenda Bennett - vocals (uncertain)
• Prince - all instruments (credited as The Time)

The Hookers version

• Susan Moonsie - lead vocals
• Jamie Shoop - vocals
• Prince - all instruments

Original version

• Prince - all instruments and vocals

• Don Batts - engineer

• Vanity 6 album
• Vanity 6
• The Hookers unreleased album

• The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)