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|single image = [[File:Dirtymind.jpg|100px|link=Album: Dirty Mind]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]] | |single image = [[File:Dirtymind.jpg|100px|link=Album: Dirty Mind]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]] | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 8|8 October | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 8|8 October 1980]] - [[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]]<br> | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Morris Day]] (music) (credited to [[Prince]]) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Morris Day]] (music) (credited to [[Prince]]) | ||
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|introduction = '''Partyup''' is the eighth and final track on [[Prince]]'s third album [[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]], and, in late 1980, it was included on the US promo 12" of [[Single: Head|Head]] (which acted more as an album sampler than a promo for [[Head]] itself). | |introduction = '''Partyup''' is the eighth and final track on [[Prince]]'s third album [[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]], and, in late 1980, it was included on the US promo 12" of [[Single: Head|Head]] (which acted more as an album sampler than a promo for [[Head]] itself). | ||
− | While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place from May to June | + | While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place from May to June 1980, in [[Prince]]'s [[Wayzata Home Studio]], Wayzata, MN, USA (credited as "Somewhere in Uptown"), and completed in June 1980 at [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders], Los Angeles, CA, USA. The song was based on a groove created by [[Morris Day]]. In return for using the groove, [[Prince]] offered a choice of $10,000 or help in getting a record deal. [[Morris Day|Day]] rejected the money, and instead, [[Prince]] helped to create [[The Time]] for [[Morris Day|Day]] in early 1981. |
Although it was not released as a single in the USA, [[Partyup]] reached position 5 in the Billboard Disco Top 100, indicating the track was a DJ favorite in US clubs. | Although it was not released as a single in the USA, [[Partyup]] reached position 5 in the Billboard Disco Top 100, indicating the track was a DJ favorite in US clubs. | ||
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− | |date = May-June | + | |date = May-June 1980 |
|studio = [[Wayzata Home Studio]], Wayzata, MN, USA | |studio = [[Wayzata Home Studio]], Wayzata, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Initial tracking | |additional info = Initial tracking | ||
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− | |date = June | + | |date = June 1980 |
|studio = [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders], Los Angeles, CA, USA | |studio = [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders], Los Angeles, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Overdubs, mixing | |additional info = Overdubs, mixing | ||
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|3= Saturday Night Live TV broadcast | |3= Saturday Night Live TV broadcast | ||
|4= Live TV performance broadcast | |4= Live TV performance broadcast | ||
− | |5= [[21 February | + | |5= [[21 February 1981]], NBC Studios, New York, NY, USA |
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|video versions = | |video versions = | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
− | |first live appearance = [[04_December | + | |first live appearance = [[04_December 1980|4 December 1980, Shea's Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA]] |
|performed regularly on = [[Dirty Mind Tour]] | |performed regularly on = [[Dirty Mind Tour]] | ||
* [[Controversy Tour]] | * [[Controversy Tour]] |
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