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|song name = Power Fantastic | |song name = Power Fantastic | ||
− | | | + | |album image = [[Image:thehitsthebsides.jpg|117px|link=Album: The Hits / The B-Sides ]] <br> <small> included on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]</small> |
+ | |single image = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] | ||
|performer = [[Prince and the Revolution]] | |performer = [[Prince and the Revolution]] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 14|14 September 1993]] - [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]] album | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 14|14 September 1993]] - [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]] album | ||
|album(s) = [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]] | |album(s) = [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]] | ||
− | |writer(s) = [[Prince]], [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] (credited to [[Prince | + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]], [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] (credited to [[Prince]]) |
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Pour Me A Cup]] | |previous song = [[Pour Me A Cup]] | ||
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The song was based on a track called ''Carousel'', written by [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] in 1985. Before recording [[Prince]] came up with a melody and wrote lyrics for the song. [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]] names were left off the credits on the initial release on [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]], and the song was initially registered at ASCAP as a [[Prince]] solo composition. However this was corrected in September 1993. | The song was based on a track called ''Carousel'', written by [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] in 1985. Before recording [[Prince]] came up with a melody and wrote lyrics for the song. [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]] names were left off the credits on the initial release on [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]], and the song was initially registered at ASCAP as a [[Prince]] solo composition. However this was corrected in September 1993. | ||
− | The track was recorded live on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_19|19 March 1986]] (the same day as [[And How]]) at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, during | + | The track was recorded live on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_19|19 March 1986]] (the same day as [[And How]]) at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, during the the first session that yielded material for the [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]].album. [[Prince]] first recorded a rough vocal guiding the band through the song and later in the same session mixed an instrumental and a version where he re-recorded his vocal, the version that subesquently ended up on the version released on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]). |
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+ | The song was not included on the intinial, late April configuration of the [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]].album, but was included on a configuration made on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 3|3 June 1986]], before being removed again for the July configuration. The instrumental intro to the song was removed when the track was placed on [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]] in 1993. | ||
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+ | In September 2020 the initial take with [[Prince]] guide vocal and instructions, and preserving the original intro, was released on [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] as '''[[Power Fantastic]] (Live In Studio)''' | ||
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+ | |1= '''[[Power Fantastic]] (Live In Studio)''' | ||
+ | |2= 7:18 | ||
+ | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] | ||
+ | |4= Studio | ||
+ | |5= including [[Prince]] rough vocal and directing the band | ||
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|3= Includes instrumental intro removed for inclusion on [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]] | |3= Includes instrumental intro removed for inclusion on [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]] | ||
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|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All_Concerts#2009|2009]], [[All_Concerts#2011|2011]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All_Concerts#2009|2009]], [[All_Concerts#2011|2011]] | ||
− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]] liner notes incorrectly state that this song was recorded at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota |
|see also = [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]] album | |see also = [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]] album | ||
+ | * [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] album | ||
+ | *[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album | ||
|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:1993]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1986]] | + | |categories = [[Category:1993]] [[Category:2020]] [[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1986]] |
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