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|single image            = [[File:Peoplepleaser single.jpg|100px|People Pleaser|link=Single: People Pleaser]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: People Pleaser|People Pleaser]]</small>
 
|single image            = [[File:Peoplepleaser single.jpg|100px|People Pleaser|link=Single: People Pleaser]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: People Pleaser|People Pleaser]]</small>
 
|performer                = [[Andy Allo]]
 
|performer                = [[Andy Allo]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 17|17 October, 2012]] - [[Single: People Pleaser|People Pleaser]] single
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 17|17 October 2012]] - [[Single: People Pleaser|People Pleaser]] single
 
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Superconductor|Superconductor]]
 
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Superconductor|Superconductor]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Andy Allo]] (uncredited)
 
|writer(s)                = [[Andy Allo]] (uncredited)
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|introduction              = '''People Pleaser''' is the second track on [[Andy Allo]]'s second album [[Album: Superconductor|Superconductor]] (her first on [[NPG Records]]), and [[Single: People Pleaser|People Pleaser]] was released as a digital single two weeks before the album's release.  
 
|introduction              = '''People Pleaser''' is the second track on [[Andy Allo]]'s second album [[Album: Superconductor|Superconductor]] (her first on [[NPG Records]]), and [[Single: People Pleaser|People Pleaser]] was released as a digital single two weeks before the album's release.  
  
A studio version of the track was recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_21|21 November, 2011]], at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, with additional recording and horn overdubs by [[Maceo Parker]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombone_Shorty Trombone Shorty] the following day; it is not known if an earlier studio version (with or without [[Prince]] input) was recorded earlier, however.  
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A studio version of the track was recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_21|21 November 2011]], at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, with additional recording and horn overdubs by [[Maceo Parker]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombone_Shorty Trombone Shorty] the following day. it is not known if a studio version (with or without [[Prince]] input) was recorded earlier.
  
A 1:09 sample of the track was premiered on [http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2012/03/08/new-andy-allo-featuring-prince-coming-soon-listen-now-to-people-pleaser/ Drfunkenberry.com] over six months before the album's planned release. More than a year before the album's planned release, it was played by [[Prince]] (with lead vocals by [[Andy Allo]]) live on [[27_June,_2011|27 June, 2011, Le Grand Journal, Studios Rive Gauche, Paris, France]], broadcast live on TV and online (it was first played live at a [[Prince]] concert three days earlier, [[24_June,_2011|24 June, 2011, Métropolis, Montreal, QC, Canada]]).  
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A 1:09 sample of the track was premiered on [http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2012/03/08/new-andy-allo-featuring-prince-coming-soon-listen-now-to-people-pleaser/ Drfunkenberry.com] six months before the album's planned release. More than a year before the album's planned release, it was played by [[Prince]] (with lead vocals by [[Andy Allo]]) live on [[27_June 2011|27 June 2011, Le Grand Journal, Studios Rive Gauche, Paris, France]], broadcast live on TV and online (it was first played live at a [[Prince]] concert three days earlier, [[24_June 2011|24 June 2011, Métropolis, Montreal, QC, Canada]]).  
  
The song was written by [[Andy Allo]]. When asked by the Irish newspaper [http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/the-royal-visit-2830346.html The Independent] if there is any song he wished he had written, [[Prince]] replied by saying "'''People Pleaser'''", confirming that he did not write it (although he also jokingly responded "[[Nothing Compares 2 U]]", which he did write but is famously regarded as a song by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_O%27Connor Sinéad O'Connor], who covered it).  
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The song was written by [[Andy Allo]]. When asked by the Irish newspaper [http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/the-royal-visit-2830346.html The Independent] if there is any song he wished he had written, [[Prince]] replied by saying "'''People Pleaser'''", confirming that he did not write it (although he also jokingly responded "[[Nothing Compares 2 U]]", which he did write, but is erroneously regarded as a song by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_O%27Connor Sinéad O'Connor], who covered it).  
  
 
[[Andy Allo]] explained in a interview to [http://www.bonedo.de/artikel/einzelansicht/play-alike-60-andy-allo-video-workshop-und-interview.html Bonedo.de] that '''People Pleaser''' was initially more a blues number which evolved into a funk number when she played it to [[Prince]], who then added the song to his live repertoire with [[The NPG]].
 
[[Andy Allo]] explained in a interview to [http://www.bonedo.de/artikel/einzelansicht/play-alike-60-andy-allo-video-workshop-und-interview.html Bonedo.de] that '''People Pleaser''' was initially more a blues number which evolved into a funk number when she played it to [[Prince]], who then added the song to his live repertoire with [[The NPG]].
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|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_21|21 November, 2011]]
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_21|21 November 2011]]
 
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|additional info          = Initial tracking
 
|additional info          = Initial tracking
 
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}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_22|22 November, 2011]]
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_22|22 November 2011]]
 
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|additional info          = Additional recording and saxophone overdubs by [[Maceo Parker]]
 
|additional info          = Additional recording and saxophone overdubs by [[Maceo Parker]]
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|3= Live performance TV broadcast / online stream
 
|3= Live performance TV broadcast / online stream
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
|5= [[27_June,_2011|27 June, 2011, Le Grand Journal, Studios Rive Gauche, Paris, France]]
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|5= [[27_June 2011|27 June 2011, Le Grand Journal, Studios Rive Gauche, Paris, France]]
 
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{{Songline|
 
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|3= [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show # 15]] live concert video stream  
 
|3= [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show # 15]] live concert video stream  
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
|5= [[06_July,_2013|6 July, 2013, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]
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|5= [[06_July 2013|6 July 2013, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]
 
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|1= '''People Pleaser'''
 
|1= '''People Pleaser'''
 
|2= Remix
 
|2= Remix
|3= Dance/house remix; premiered by DJ Rashida prior to [[Prince]]'s DJ set on [[19_January,_2013|19 January, 2013, Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, Minneapolis, MN, USA]]
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|3= Dance/house remix; premiered by DJ Rashida prior to [[Prince]]'s DJ set on [[19_January 2013|19 January 2013, Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, Minneapolis, MN, USA]]
 
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|performed regularly on    = none
 
|performed regularly on    = none
 
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2011|2011]], [[All Concerts#2012|2012]], [[All Concerts#2013|2013]], [[All_Concerts#2014|2014]]
 
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2011|2011]], [[All Concerts#2012|2012]], [[All Concerts#2013|2013]], [[All_Concerts#2014|2014]]
|trivia                    = [[Andy Allo]] and the [[Band: New Power Generation|NPG]] performed this track on three Chicago-area TV stations on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_24|24 September, 2012]] (WCIU's You And Me morning show, broadcast the next day) and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_26|26 September, 2012]] (WGN's Morning News, followed by another performance of the song on Fox Chicago' Good Day Chicago), while in town for [[Prince]]'s "Welcome 2 Chicago" series of shows; since these performances were without [[Prince]], they are not listed above.  
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|trivia                    = [[Andy Allo]] and the [[Band: New Power Generation|NPG]] performed this track on three Chicago-area TV stations on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_24|24 September 2012]] (WCIU's You And Me morning show, broadcast the next day) and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_26|26 September 2012]] (WGN's Morning News, followed by another performance of the song on Fox Chicago' Good Day Chicago), while in town for [[Prince]]'s "Welcome 2 Chicago" series of shows; since these performances were without [[Prince]], they are not listed above.  
 
* In 2013 [[Prince]] started performing this song without [[Andy Allo]] in the band. He shares the lead vocals with [[Shelby J.]], [[Liv Warfield]] and [[Elisa Dease]]
 
* In 2013 [[Prince]] started performing this song without [[Andy Allo]] in the band. He shares the lead vocals with [[Shelby J.]], [[Liv Warfield]] and [[Elisa Dease]]
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Superconductor|Superconductor]] album
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Superconductor|Superconductor]] album
 
*[[Single: People Pleaser|People Pleaser]] single
 
*[[Single: People Pleaser|People Pleaser]] single
 
*[[Andy Allo]]
 
*[[Andy Allo]]
|references                = [http://monq.biz/article-4422-Prince+en+live+au+grand+journal+_+Interview+et+Live.monQ '''Le Grand Journal''' (Canal+: 27 June, 2011)]<br>
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|references                = [http://monq.biz/article-4422-Prince+en+live+au+grand+journal+_+Interview+et+Live.monQ '''Le Grand Journal''' (Canal+: 27 June 2011)]<br>
*[http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/the-royal-visit-2830346.html '''The Royal Visit''' ''by Barry Egan'' (The Independent: 25 July, 2011)]
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*[http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/the-royal-visit-2830346.html '''The Royal Visit''' ''by Barry Egan'' (The Independent: 25 July 2011)]
*[http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2012/03/08/new-andy-allo-featuring-prince-coming-soon-listen-now-to-people-pleaser/ '''New Andy Allo CD Coming Soon!''' (Drfunkenberry: 8 March, 2012)]
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*[http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2012/03/08/new-andy-allo-featuring-prince-coming-soon-listen-now-to-people-pleaser/ '''New Andy Allo CD Coming Soon!''' (Drfunkenberry: 8 March 2012)]
 
*[http://www.bonedo.de/artikel/einzelansicht/play-alike-60-andy-allo-video-workshop-und-interview.html '''Andy Allo Video-Workshop und Interview''' (Bonedo: December 2013)]
 
*[http://www.bonedo.de/artikel/einzelansicht/play-alike-60-andy-allo-video-workshop-und-interview.html '''Andy Allo Video-Workshop und Interview''' (Bonedo: December 2013)]
 
|categories                = [[Category:2012]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Recorded 2011]]
 
|categories                = [[Category:2012]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Recorded 2011]]
 
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Revision as of 09:00, 28 February 2017

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People Pleaser

Superconductor
from the album Superconductor
People Pleaser
single art for People Pleaser
Song details
Performer: Andy Allo
First Released: 17 October 2012 - People Pleaser single
Album(s): Superconductor
Writer(s): Andy Allo (uncredited)
Producer(s): Prince (assumed)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:

People Pleaser is the second track on Andy Allo's second album Superconductor (her first on NPG Records), and People Pleaser was released as a digital single two weeks before the album's release.

A studio version of the track was recorded on 21 November 2011, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA, with additional recording and horn overdubs by Maceo Parker and Trombone Shorty the following day. it is not known if a studio version (with or without Prince input) was recorded earlier.

A 1:09 sample of the track was premiered on Drfunkenberry.com six months before the album's planned release. More than a year before the album's planned release, it was played by Prince (with lead vocals by Andy Allo) live on 27 June 2011, Le Grand Journal, Studios Rive Gauche, Paris, France, broadcast live on TV and online (it was first played live at a Prince concert three days earlier, 24 June 2011, Métropolis, Montreal, QC, Canada).

The song was written by Andy Allo. When asked by the Irish newspaper The Independent if there is any song he wished he had written, Prince replied by saying "People Pleaser", confirming that he did not write it (although he also jokingly responded "Nothing Compares 2 U", which he did write, but is erroneously regarded as a song by Sinéad O'Connor, who covered it).

Andy Allo explained in a interview to Bonedo.de that People Pleaser was initially more a blues number which evolved into a funk number when she played it to Prince, who then added the song to his live repertoire with The NPG.

The song is the earliest-released Prince-related studio track to feature Ida Nielsen, although she had appeared on various live tracks since joining Prince's band in 2010. It is also the earliest-released Prince-related track to feature Trombone Shorty.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
21 November 2011 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Initial tracking
22 November 2011 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Additional recording and saxophone overdubs by Maceo Parker
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
People Pleaser 5:32 Superconductor album

People Pleaser single

Studio
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
People Pleaser 5:41 Official YouTube stream Promo video See People Pleaser video for more details
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
People Pleaser 1:09 Online stream clip clip streamed on Drfunkenberry.com
People Pleaser T.B.C. Live performance TV broadcast / online stream Live 27 June 2011, Le Grand Journal, Studios Rive Gauche, Paris, France
People Pleaser 3:45 3rdEye TV Show # 15 live concert video stream Live 6 July 2013, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
People Pleaser Remix Dance/house remix; premiered by DJ Rashida prior to Prince's DJ set on 19 January 2013, Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, Minneapolis, MN, USA
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • Andy Allo and the NPG performed this track on three Chicago-area TV stations on 24 September 2012 (WCIU's You And Me morning show, broadcast the next day) and 26 September 2012 (WGN's Morning News, followed by another performance of the song on Fox Chicago' Good Day Chicago), while in town for Prince's "Welcome 2 Chicago" series of shows; since these performances were without Prince, they are not listed above.
  • In 2013 Prince started performing this song without Andy Allo in the band. He shares the lead vocals with Shelby J., Liv Warfield and Elisa Dease

References
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