Possessed was released in a live version as the eighth track on the Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS in a double VHS case sometimes referred to as Double Live, (later re-released as a single VHS). No audio version of the track (as played live) had been released.
Initial tracking took place in August 1983 with The Revolution at The Warehouse in St. Louis Park, MN Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA. A new version, recorded from scratch was tracked on 17 March 1984 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA for use in Purple Rain. A short instrumental portion of this version plays in the movie in the background of a scene in which Morris Day tries to seduce Apollonia.
The song is dedicated to James Brown in the credits of the Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS.
The 1984 studio version (incorrectly attributed as the 1983 version) was released as the sixth track on the From The Vault & Previously Unreleased disc of the Purple Rain Deluxe album in June 2017.
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