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|song name = Nine | |song name = Nine | ||
| − | |single image = [[File: | + | |single image = [[File:16 album.jpg|100px|link=Album: 16]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 16|16]]</small> |
|performer = [[Madhouse]] | |performer = [[Madhouse]] | ||
| − | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] ( | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 18|18 November 1987]] - [[Album: 16|16]] album |
| − | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] ( | + | |album(s) = [[Album: 16|16]] |
| + | |writer(s) = = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Madhouse]]) | ||
| + | |producer(s) = = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Madhouse]]) | ||
|previous song = [[Nightingale]] | |previous song = [[Nightingale]] | ||
| − | |next song = [[Nine]] | + | |next song = [[Nine Lives]] |
| − | |introduction = '''Nine''' is | + | |introduction = '''Nine''' is the first track on [[Madhouse]]’s second and final album [[Album: 16|16]]. The Track was written and performed by [[Prince]] (credited as [[Madhouse]]), with saxophone by [[Eric Leeds]]. |
| + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in March 1987, at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Cindy C.]] and [[Dead On It]]). The rest of the album was recorded in late July and early August 1987. | ||
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| + | The track contains interpolations of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemia_Allen Euphemia Allen]’s 1877 piano composition [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopsticks_(music) Chopsticks] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rodgers Richard Rodgers]' and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_II Oscar Hammerstein II]’s 1959 composition [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music_(song) The Sound Of Music] (originally from the stage musical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music The Sound Of Music], as well as opening with Sequential Circuits Prophet VS, FILMUSIC (patch 69) pre-set synth, previously used on [[U Got The Look]] and [[The Cocoa Boys]]. | ||
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| + | The track [[Six And 1/2|Six And ½]] was originally recorded as '''Nine''', logically following the last recorded [[Madhouse]] track “[[Eight]]”, but when that was dubbed [[Six And 1/2|Six And ½]] when utilized as b-side for the single [[Single: 6|6]], Now vacant agai,n the title [[Nine]] was subsequently used for this track. | ||
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|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| − | |date = | + | |date = March 1987 |
| − | |studio = [[ | + | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
|additional info = Tracking | |additional info = Tracking | ||
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
| − | *[[Prince]] | + | *[[Eric Leeds]] – baritone saxophone |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Prince]] – all other instruments, except where noted (uncredited)<small> |
| − | | | + | *[[Dr. Fink]] - credited for keyboards, but does not appear |
| − | {{ | + | *[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - credited for bass guitar, but does not appear |
| − | + | *John Lewis - credited for drums, but does not appear</small> | |
| − | {{ | + | |released versions = |
| + | {{Songchart| | ||
| + | {{Songline| | ||
|1= '''Nine''' | |1= '''Nine''' | ||
| − | |2= | + | |2= 2:06 |
| − | |3= | + | |3= [[Album: 16|16]] |
| + | |4= Studio | ||
| + | |5= | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | |unreleased versions = | ||
|video versions = | |video versions = | ||
|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
| − | |first live appearance = | + | |first live appearance = [[14 May 1987|14 May 1987, Deutschlandhalle, (West) Berlin, (West) Germany]] <small>(during [[Madhouse]] opening act; including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A8re_Jacques Frère_Jacques])</small> |
| + | * [[15 June 1987-am|15 June 1987 (a.m.): New Morning, Paris, France]] | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
| − | |performed occasionally in = | + | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]] <small>(performed by [[Madhouse]])</small> |
| − | + | |trivia = The ''"Bizarre!"'' sample used in this song is originally from ''Our Bizarre Relationship'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa Frank Zappa]’s band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mothers_of_Invention The Mothers of Invention] (from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Meat Uncle Meat]'', 1969). It was one of the preset samples in the Fairlight CMI sample-synthesizer and [[Prince]] took it from there. It was utilized in quite a few songs recorded between 1985 and 1987: [[All My Dreams]], [[Bob George]], [[Christopher Tracy’s Parade]], [[Lovesexy]], and [[Madhouse]] songs [[Nine]] and [[Six|6 (The End Of The World Mix)]] all contain this sample. | |
| − | |trivia = | + | |see also = [[Album: 16|16]] album |
| − | |see also | + | |
*[[Madhouse]] | *[[Madhouse]] | ||
|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: | + | |categories = [[Category:1987]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Madhouse)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1987]] |
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