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|song name = Nothing Compares 2 U | |song name = Nothing Compares 2 U | ||
|album image = [[File:Thefamily album.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Family]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: The Family|The Family]]</small> | |album image = [[File:Thefamily album.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Family]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: The Family|The Family]]</small> | ||
− | |single image = [[File:thehits1.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Hits 1]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: The Hits 1|The Hits 1]]</small> | + | |single image = [[File:thehits1.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Hits 1]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: The Hits 1|The Hits 1]]</small> [[File:Nothing_Compares_2_U_Tidal.jpg|100px|link=Tidal]] <br> |
|performer = [[The Family]]; [[Prince and the New Power Generation]] | |performer = [[The Family]]; [[Prince and the New Power Generation]] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 19|19 August 1985]] - [[Album: The Family|The Family]] ([[The Family]] version)<br> | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 19|19 August 1985]] - [[Album: The Family|The Family]] ([[The Family]] version)<br> | ||
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He played it live consistently from 1990 onwards, and in 2002, released another live version as the twelfth track on the second disc of his first live album, [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] (along with [[Xenophobia]], [[Extraordinary]], [[Avalanche]], [[Family Name]], [[Raspberry Beret]], [[The Everlasting Now]], [[File:EyeBlue.png|link=I Wanna Be Your Lover]][[I Wanna Be Your Lover| Wanna B Ur Lover]], [[Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds & Pearls]], [[The Beautiful Ones]] and [[How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore]] from the same show). | He played it live consistently from 1990 onwards, and in 2002, released another live version as the twelfth track on the second disc of his first live album, [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] (along with [[Xenophobia]], [[Extraordinary]], [[Avalanche]], [[Family Name]], [[Raspberry Beret]], [[The Everlasting Now]], [[File:EyeBlue.png|link=I Wanna Be Your Lover]][[I Wanna Be Your Lover| Wanna B Ur Lover]], [[Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds & Pearls]], [[The Beautiful Ones]] and [[How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore]] from the same show). | ||
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Basic tracking for [[Prince]]'s original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 15|15 July 1984]] at the [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]] in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. [[Paul Peterson|St. Paul Peterson]] and [[Susannah Melvoin]] overdubbed vocals onto the track in late 1984 - early 1985, and [[Clare Fischer]] added orchestral overdubs during the same period. | Basic tracking for [[Prince]]'s original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 15|15 July 1984]] at the [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]] in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. [[Paul Peterson|St. Paul Peterson]] and [[Susannah Melvoin]] overdubbed vocals onto the track in late 1984 - early 1985, and [[Clare Fischer]] added orchestral overdubs during the same period. | ||
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[[Prince]] was partly inspired in writing the the song by Sandy Scipioni, his personal assistant in the 1980s, who had to leave suddenly after her father's death ([[Prince]] and Scipioni were not in a romantic relationship, however). | [[Prince]] was partly inspired in writing the the song by Sandy Scipioni, his personal assistant in the 1980s, who had to leave suddenly after her father's death ([[Prince]] and Scipioni were not in a romantic relationship, however). | ||
− | [[Prince]]'s live version from [[Album: The Hits 1|The Hits 1]] went on to be simulcast on US radio stations at 5:07 p.m. CT (6:07 ET/3:07 PT) on May 4 2016, marking exactly "7 hours and 13 days" since [[Prince]] was pronounced dead. | + | [[Prince]]'s live version from [[Album: The Hits 1|The Hits 1]] went on to be simulcast on US radio stations at 5:07 p.m. CT (6:07 ET/3:07 PT) on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 4|4 May 2016]], marking exactly "7 hours and 13 days" since [[Prince]] was pronounced dead. |
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+ | On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 19|19 April 2018]] [[Prince]]'s original version was released on [[Tidal]], Apple Music and spotify, as well as on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpGA0azFdCs&feature=youtu.be youtube] with an accompanying video made up of [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]] rehearsal footage. | ||
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*[[Kathy Jensen]] - baritone saxophone | *[[Kathy Jensen]] - baritone saxophone | ||
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− | ''' | + | '''Original version''' |
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | ||
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|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
|5= [[30_April 2002|30 April 2002, Portland Center for the Perf. Arts - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR, USA]] | |5= [[30_April 2002|30 April 2002, Portland Center for the Perf. Arts - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR, USA]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Nothing Compares 2 U''' | ||
+ | |2= 4:40 | ||
+ | |3= [[Tidal]], Apple Music download | ||
+ | |4= Studio | ||
+ | |5= [[Prince]] original version | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
|5= [[18_December 1999|18 December 1999, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] | |5= [[18_December 1999|18 December 1999, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Nothing Compares 2 U''' | ||
+ | |2= 4:40 | ||
+ | |3= [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpGA0azFdCs&feature=youtu.be youtube] (2018) | ||
+ | |4= Studio | ||
+ | |5= [[Prince]]'s original version | ||
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