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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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|performer                = [[Prince]]
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|performer                = [[Prince]]; [[Vanity 6|The Hookers]]; [[Dez Dickerson]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]  
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]  
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]  
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]  
 
|previous song            = [[Promise/Broken]]
 
|previous song            = [[Promise/Broken]]
 
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|introduction              = '''Promise 2 Be True''' (originally titled '''Promise To Be True''') is a song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 30|30 April 1983]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, the same day as basic tracking for [[Sex Shooter]]. It was initially intended for [[Vanity 6]]’s planned [[Album: Vanity 6 (1984)|second album]], although it is unclear if [[Vanity]] ever recorded vocals for it. [[Dez Dickerson]] worked on it in May 1983, but when [[Vanity]] decided in August not to participate in the [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] movie, the song was shelved for the time being.
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|introduction              = '''Promise To Be True''' (also known as '''Promise 2 Be True''') is a song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 30|30 April 1983]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, the same day as basic tracking for [[Sex Shooter]]. It was initially intended for [[Vanity 6]]’s planned [[Album: Vanity 6 (1984)|second album]], although it is unclear if [[Vanity]] ever recorded vocals for it. [[Dez Dickerson]] worked on it in May 1983, but when [[Vanity]] decided in August not to participate in the [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] movie, the song was shelved for the time being.
  
The track was re-recorded in early 1987, at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],Chanhassen, MN, USA, for use by American blues singer-songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt], during a short-lived collaboration between the two artists, where [[Prince]] offered four songs to her ([[I Need A Man]], [[Jealous Girl]], '''Promise 2 Be True''' and [[There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool]]). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Raitt] recorded her vocals on only two of them ([[I Need A Man]] and [[There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool]]).
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The track was re-recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_25|25 January 1987]], at [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],Edina, Minnesota for use by American blues singer-songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt], during a short-lived planned collaboration between the two artists, where [[Prince]] offered four songs to her ([[I Need A Man]], [[Jealous Girl]], '''Promise To Be True''' and [[There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool]]).
  
In September 2020, the [[Prince]] version of song was released on one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] set.
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[[Prince]]’s version of the song was released in 2020 as the seventh track of ''Vault Tracks part 3'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']].
 
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 30|30 April 1983]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 30|30 April 1983]]
 
|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking
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|additional info          = Tracking
 
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{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = May 1983
 
|date                      = May 1983
 
|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = vocal and guitar overdubs by [[Dez Dickerson]]
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|additional info          = Vocal and guitar overdubs by [[Dez Dickerson]]
 
}}
 
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{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Early 1987
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_25|25 January 1987]]
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|studio                    = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA
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|additional info          = Re-tracking
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_25|25 January 1987]]
 
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking or overdubs ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] version)
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|additional info          = Saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]]
 
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|recording personnel      =  
 
|recording personnel      =  
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (assumed)
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'''Released version'''
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
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*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone
 
<br>
 
<br>
'''Vanity 6 version'''
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'''Possible unreleased Vanity 6 version'''
*[[Vanity]] - vocals
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*[[Vanity]] - vocals (assumed)
 
*[[Brenda Bennett]] - vocals
 
*[[Brenda Bennett]] - vocals
 
*[[Susan Moonsie]] - vocals
 
*[[Susan Moonsie]] - vocals
 
*[[Prince]] - all instruments except where noted (assumed)
 
*[[Prince]] - all instruments except where noted (assumed)
''' Dez Dickerson version'''
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'''Unreleased Dez Dickerson version'''
 
*[[Dez Dickerson]] - vocals, guitar (and possibly keyboard) overdubs
 
*[[Dez Dickerson]] - vocals, guitar (and possibly keyboard) overdubs
 
*[[Prince]] - all instruments except where noted (assumed)
 
*[[Prince]] - all instruments except where noted (assumed)
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|1= '''Promise 2 Be True'''
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|1= '''Promise To Be True'''
 
|2= 3:37
 
|2= 3:37
|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]
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|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
 
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|see also                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album
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|see also                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album
 
* [[Album: Vanity 6 (1984)|Vanity 6]] second unreleased album
 
* [[Album: Vanity 6 (1984)|Vanity 6]] second unreleased 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)]]''
 
* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]''
 
* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]''
|categories                = [[Category:2020]] [[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]] [[Category:Recorded 1983]] [[Category:Recorded 1987]] [[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
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|categories                = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Recorded 1983]][[Category:Recorded 1987]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]]
 
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Latest revision as of 19:55, 24 September 2023

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Promise To Be True

Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
from the album
Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
Song details
Performer: Prince; The Hookers; Dez Dickerson
First Released: 25 September 2020 - Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
Album(s): Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Promise To Be True (also known as Promise 2 Be True) is a song recorded on 30 April 1983 at Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, the same day as basic tracking for Sex Shooter. It was initially intended for Vanity 6’s planned second album, although it is unclear if Vanity ever recorded vocals for it. Dez Dickerson worked on it in May 1983, but when Vanity decided in August not to participate in the Purple Rain movie, the song was shelved for the time being.

The track was re-recorded on 25 January 1987, at Washington Avenue Warehouse,Edina, Minnesota for use by American blues singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, during a short-lived planned collaboration between the two artists, where Prince offered four songs to her (I Need A Man, Jealous Girl, Promise To Be True and There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool).

Prince’s version of the song was released in 2020 as the seventh track of Vault Tracks part 3, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
30 April 1983 Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Tracking
May 1983 Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Vocal and guitar overdubs by Dez Dickerson
25 January 1987 Washington Avenue Warehouse,
Edina, MN, USA
Re-tracking
25 January 1987 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Saxophone overdubs by Eric Leeds
Recording Personnel

Released version


Possible unreleased Vanity 6 version

Unreleased Dez Dickerson version

  • Dez Dickerson - vocals, guitar (and possibly keyboard) overdubs
  • Prince - all instruments except where noted (assumed)

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Promise To Be True 3:37 Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Studio


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Promise To Be True Studio 'Vanity 6' version
Promise To Be True Studio Dez Dickerson version
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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