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| |introduction = '''Power From Above''' is an unreleased song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_26|26 August 1991]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota (the day before the release of the album [[Album: Martika’s Kitchen|Martika’s Kitchen]]) for [[Carmen Electra]]’s first album, which was planned to be called [[Album: Carmen Electra|On Top]]. It was included as the first track on a configuration compiled on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_15|15 June 1992]]. | | |introduction = '''Power From Above''' is an unreleased song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_26|26 August 1991]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota (the day before the release of the album [[Album: Martika’s Kitchen|Martika’s Kitchen]]) for [[Carmen Electra]]’s first album, which was planned to be called [[Album: Carmen Electra|On Top]]. It was included as the first track on a configuration compiled on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_15|15 June 1992]]. |
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− | The song was ultimately rejected from the album, however, and the album was renamed [[Album: Carmen Electra|Carmen Electra]]. '''Power From Above''' was written by [[Prince]], Karen "K-Dean" Cover and Chris Tyles. [[Prince]] plays most of the instruments and can be heard reciting a few lines in the same voice as on [[Black M.F. In The House]] (although the use there was not a sample from this song). He is also and background vocals with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples] and [[Jevetta Steele]]. | + | The song was ultimately rejected from the album, however, and the album was renamed [[Album: Carmen Electra|Carmen Electra]]. '''Power From Above''' was written by [[Prince]], Karen "K-Dean" Cover and Chris Tyles. [[Prince]] plays most of the instruments and can be heard reciting a few lines in the same voice as on [[Black M.F. In The House]] (although the use there was not a sample from this song). He is also on background vocals with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples] and [[Jevetta Steele]]. |
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| The song reuses the phrasing "Hey, we got the power, oh, we got the soul" previously used in both [[We Got The Power]] and [[Batdance]] and a synth-line borrowed from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen Bruce Springsteen]’s song "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_in_the_U.S.A._(song) Born In The U.S.A]." One version of the song also contains a spoken sample of "We will not give up the fight" coming from a speech by Black Panther and activist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhoruba_al-Mujahid_bin_Wahad Dhoruba al-Mujahid bin Wahad]. | | The song reuses the phrasing "Hey, we got the power, oh, we got the soul" previously used in both [[We Got The Power]] and [[Batdance]] and a synth-line borrowed from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen Bruce Springsteen]’s song "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_in_the_U.S.A._(song) Born In The U.S.A]." One version of the song also contains a spoken sample of "We will not give up the fight" coming from a speech by Black Panther and activist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhoruba_al-Mujahid_bin_Wahad Dhoruba al-Mujahid bin Wahad]. |