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|song name = Promise To Be True | |song name = Promise To Be True | ||
| − | |single image = [[File: | + | |single image = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] |
| − | |performer = [[Vanity 6]]; [ | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] |
| − | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] |
| − | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |performer = [[Prince]]; [[Vanity 6|The Hookers]]; [[Dez Dickerson]] |
| + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
| + | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Promise/Broken]] | |previous song = [[Promise/Broken]] | ||
| − | |next song = [[Props | + | |next song = [[Props N’ Pounds]] |
| − | |introduction = '''Promise To Be True''' is | + | |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 | + | 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]]). |
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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'']]. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| − | |date = | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 30|30 April 1983]] |
| − | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| − | |date = | + | |date = May 1983 |
| − | |studio = [[ | + | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Vocal and guitar overdubs by [[Dez Dickerson]] |
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_25|25 January 1987]] | ||
| + | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA | ||
| + | |additional info = Re-tracking | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_25|25 January 1987]] | ||
| + | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
| + | |additional info = Saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
| − | '''Vanity 6 version''' | + | '''Released version''' |
| − | *[[Vanity]] - vocals | + | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted |
| + | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | '''Possible unreleased Vanity 6 version''' | ||
| + | *[[Vanity]] - vocals (assumed) | ||
*[[Brenda Bennett]] - vocals | *[[Brenda Bennett]] - vocals | ||
*[[Susan Moonsie]] - vocals | *[[Susan Moonsie]] - vocals | ||
| − | *[[Prince]] - all instruments (assumed) | + | *[[Prince]] - all instruments except where noted (assumed) |
| − | ''' | + | |
| − | *[ | + | '''Unreleased Dez Dickerson version''' |
| − | *[[Prince]] - all instruments | + | *[[Dez Dickerson]] - vocals, guitar (and possibly keyboard) overdubs |
| + | *[[Prince]] - all instruments except where noted (assumed) | ||
| + | |released versions = | ||
| + | {{Songchart| | ||
| + | |line = | ||
| + | {{Songline| | ||
| + | |1= '''Promise To Be True''' | ||
| + | |2= 3:37 | ||
| + | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | ||
| + | |4= Studio | ||
| + | |5= | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | |unreleased versions = | ||
| + | {{SongUnreleased| | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
{{Unreleased| | {{Unreleased| | ||
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|1= '''Promise To Be True''' | |1= '''Promise To Be True''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
| − | |3= | + | |3= '[[Vanity 6]]' version |
}} | }} | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
|1= '''Promise To Be True''' | |1= '''Promise To Be True''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
| − | |3= | + | |3= [[Dez Dickerson]] version |
| + | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
| − | |see also = [[ | + | |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 | ||
|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/ | + | * ''[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:1983]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Recorded 1983]][[Category:Recorded 1987]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]] |
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 19:55, 24 September 2023
| Promise/Broken < < < | Non-Prince Songs | All Prince Songs | Unreleased Songs | > > > Props N’ Pounds |
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| Promise/Broken < < < | All Songs | Unreleased Songs | > > > Props N’ Pounds |
