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− | |song name = Ronnie Talk To Russia | + | |song name = Ronnie, Talk To Russia |
|single image = [[File:Controversy.jpg|100px|link=Album: Controversy]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Controversy.jpg|100px|link=Album: Controversy]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
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|previous song = [[Romance 1600]] | |previous song = [[Romance 1600]] | ||
|next song = [[Rootie Kazootie]] | |next song = [[Rootie Kazootie]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Ronnie Talk To Russia''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Ronnie, Talk To Russia''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]]’s fourth album [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]], and, three months after the album’s release, it was released on the b-side of [[Single: Let’s Work|Let’s Work]], the album’s second single. |
− | While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place in Spring and Summer 1981, at [[Prince]] | + | While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place in Spring and Summer 1981, at [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California, after [[Prince]] cut an unfinished earlier version at his [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota earlier in the year. |
+ | The album was completed at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, between [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_23|23 August 1981]]. | ||
The title and lyrics of the song refer to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan Ronald Reagan], the 40th President of the United States of America. | The title and lyrics of the song refer to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan Ronald Reagan], the 40th President of the United States of America. | ||
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|date = Spring-Summer 1981 | |date = Spring-Summer 1981 | ||
− | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking of initial version |
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = Spring-Summer 1981 | ||
+ | |studio = [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]],<br>Los Angeles, CA, USA (unverified) | ||
+ | |additional info = Re-Tracking | ||
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− | |1= '''Ronnie Talk To Russia''' | + | |1= '''Ronnie, Talk To Russia''' |
|2= 1:48 | |2= 1:48 | ||
|3= [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] | |3= [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] | ||
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|video versions = | |video versions = | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
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+ | |unreleased versions = | ||
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+ | |1= '''Ronnie Talk To Russia''' | ||
+ | |2= Studio | ||
+ | |3= unfinished home studio recording | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
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|see also = [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] album | |see also = [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] 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:1981]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1981]][[Category:Recorded 1981]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]] |
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