Difference between revisions of "Mr. Happy"
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|introduction = '''Mr. Happy''' is the eleventh track on the first disc of [[Prince]]’s 19th album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], the third album to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. | |introduction = '''Mr. Happy''' is the eleventh track on the first disc of [[Prince]]’s 19th album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], the third album to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. | ||
− | While exact recording dates are not known, it is likely that basic tracking took place in early 1996 (the track was filed for copyright registration with [[Style]] on 3 March 1996), at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota<!--(during the same set of sessions where [[Scrap D.]] recorded raps for [[I Rock, Therefore I Am]] and [[Da, Da, Da]], and shouts for [[Style]])-->. | + | While exact recording dates are not known, it is likely that basic tracking took place in early 1996 (the track was filed for copyright registration with [[Style]] on 3 March 1996), at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota<!--(during the same set of sessions where [[Scrap D.]] recorded raps for [[I Rock, Therefore I Am]] and [[Da, Da, Da]], and shouts for [[Style]])-->. '''Mr. Happy''' was premiered at a [[Paisley Park Studios]] party on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_24|24 August 1996 (a.m.)]]. |
− | + | The track contains two lines sampled from songs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] previously used on the [[The Good Life|Big City Remix]] of [[The Good Life]]: "bought a house next to [[Prince]]", taken from the "''Westside Remix''" of ''What Can I Do?'' (also called ''What Can I Do? (Remix)'') released on a single in 1994 and "Microphone check" from ''When I Get To Heaven (Remix)''. Both tracks were included on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Cube]’s 1994 compilation [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootlegs_%26_B-Sides Bootleg & B-Sides]. | |
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*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | *[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
*[[Scrap D.]] - rap | *[[Scrap D.]] - rap | ||
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] - sampled vocals (from ''What Can I Do?'' | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] - sampled vocals (from ''What Can I Do? (Remix)'' and ''When I Get To Heaven (Remix)'') |
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