Make Believe is an unreleased track first recorded in mid-late March, 1992 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions as I'll Do Anything, My Little Pill and a re-recording of Empty Room). The song was written specifically for the James L. Brooks movie I'll Do Anything. The track was re-recorded in mid-April, 1992, at Platinum Studios, Melbourne, Australia (while also on the Diamonds And Pearls Tour, during the same set of sessions as Don't Talk 2 Strangers, Poor Little Bastard, The Rest Of My Life, There Is Lonely, Be My Mirror, Wow 51 Hours and a re-recording of I'll Do Anything). The track was re-recorded both by actor Nick Nolte and by the ensemble cast for the movie, and was weaved into the movie at three different points during a rough cut of the movie. One of these versions (most likely the Nick Nolte version, although this is unconfirmed) was included as the second track on a planned I'll Do Anything album. While Prince was not directly involved in this version, it is included in the listing here as his own version remains unreleased and was intended as a demo for the soundtrack version. When preview audience reactions to the music were overwhelmingly negative, all production numbers from the film were cut, and the album was abandoned. The song remains unreleased.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Additional info
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Mid-late March, 1992
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Initial tracking
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Mid-April, 1992
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Platinum Studios, Melbourne, Australia
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Re-recording
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Mid-late 1992 - 1993
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Studio information needed
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Initial tracking (I'll Do Anything movie versions, no Prince input)
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Recording Personnel
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Paisley Park Studios version
- Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed)
- Other recording personnel not known.
Platinum Studios version
I'll Do Anything Nick Nolte version
- Nick Nolte - vocals
- Other recording personnel not known.
I'll Do Anything chorus version
- I'll Do Anything chorus - vocals (unconfirmed singers)
- Other recording personnel not known.
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Versions
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Unreleased Versions
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Additional Info
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Make Believe
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Recorded mid-late March, 1992
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Make Believe
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Studio
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Recorded mid-April, 1992
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Make Believe
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I'll Do Anything movie version with Nick Nolte vocals
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Make Believe
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I'll Do Anything movie version with chorus vocals
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Make Believe
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I'll Do Anything "funky" movie version
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