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| |introduction = <b>1999</b> was originally the first single to be released from [[Prince]]'s fifth album [[Album: 1999|1999]], but the release listed here is a stand-alone single re-recorded and released to coincide with the calendar year 1999 (on the same day as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station's] album [[Album:_GCS_2000|GCS 2000]]). | | |introduction = <b>1999</b> was originally the first single to be released from [[Prince]]'s fifth album [[Album: 1999|1999]], but the release listed here is a stand-alone single re-recorded and released to coincide with the calendar year 1999 (on the same day as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station's] album [[Album:_GCS_2000|GCS 2000]]). |
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− | Although [[Prince]] was using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] at the time, the tracks and single were credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]], although the original track and single were recorded and credited only to [[Prince]], and no original [[Prince and the Revolution|Revolution]] members appear on this re-recording (instead, [[Rosie Gaines]], [[Larry Graham]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_E._Fresh Doug E. Fresh] appear). | + | Although [[Prince]] was using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] at the time, the tracks and single were credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]], although the original track and single were recorded and credited only to [[Prince]], although voices of [[Dez Dickerson]] and [[Jill Jones]] as well as [[Lisa Coleman]] are still present in the background, the voices of [[Rosie Gaines]], [[Larry Graham]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_E._Fresh Doug E. Fresh] appear more prominently on this new version. |
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| The single was released independently by [[NPG Records]] within six weeks of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.]' re-release of the original [[Single: 1999-98|1999]] single, but there was no video accompanying the single and without much marketing, the single did not sell well, reaching only number 150 in the US Billboard Pop Chart, and number 58 on the Billboard R&B Chart. | | The single was released independently by [[NPG Records]] within six weeks of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.]' re-release of the original [[Single: 1999-98|1999]] single, but there was no video accompanying the single and without much marketing, the single did not sell well, reaching only number 150 in the US Billboard Pop Chart, and number 58 on the Billboard R&B Chart. |