Difference between revisions of "Somebody’s Somebody"
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|single image = [[File:Somebodyssomebody_single.jpg|100px|Song name|link=Single: Somebody’s Somebody]] <br> <small> promo single sleeve for [[Single: Somebody’s Somebody|Somebody’s Somebody]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Somebodyssomebody_single.jpg|100px|Song name|link=Single: Somebody’s Somebody]] <br> <small> promo single sleeve for [[Single: Somebody’s Somebody|Somebody’s Somebody]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] | |performer = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 3|3 March 1995]] - [[Sampler: NPG Records Sampler Experience|NPG Records Sampler Experience]] ([ | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 3|3 March 1995]] - [[Sampler: NPG Records Sampler Experience|NPG Records Sampler Experience]] ([https://www.hoodoomusic.com/derick-hughes Derick Hughes] clip)<br> |
[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 19|19 November 1996]] - [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album (full [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] version) | [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 19|19 November 1996]] - [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album (full [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] version) | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] | ||
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|previous song = [[Some Kind Of Lover]] | |previous song = [[Some Kind Of Lover]] | ||
|next song = [[Someone 2 Call]] | |next song = [[Someone 2 Call]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Somebody’s Somebody''' is the third track on the first disc of [[Prince]]’s 19th album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], the third to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. Two months after the album’s release, [[Single: Somebody’s Somebody|Somebody’s Somebody]] was released as the album’s second promotional single, available only in the USA (in the UK, the same tracks were included on the retail release of [[Single: The Holy River|The Holy River]], released on the same date). A year before the album’s release, however, a clip of the song containing vocals by [ | + | |introduction = '''Somebody’s Somebody''' is the third track on the first disc of [[Prince]]’s 19th album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], the third to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. Two months after the album’s release, [[Single: Somebody’s Somebody|Somebody’s Somebody]] was released as the album’s second promotional single, available only in the USA (in the UK, the same tracks were included on the retail release of [[Single: The Holy River|The Holy River]], released on the same date). A year before the album’s release, however, a clip of the song containing vocals by [https://www.hoodoomusic.com/derick-hughes Derick Hughes] (a friend of [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]]’s) was included as the fourteenth track (eighth song) on [[Sampler: NPG Records Sampler Experience|NPG Records Sampler Experience]], a cassette sampler given out to select audience members during [[The Ultimate Live Experience]] tour in UK and Europe. |
Writing credit for the track is shared with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Lee_Eager Brenda Lee Eager] and Hilliard Wilson (who also wrote the original lyrics for [[Hide The Bone]]). Eager gave the lyrics to her friend [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples] (presumably when she was working on her second album [[Album: The Voice|The Voice]] in 1992). [[Prince]] liked the lyrics and put music to it, but at the time didn’t use it for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]' album. [[Prince]] then asked Eager and Hilliard for more material, which yielded [[Hide The Bone]]. | Writing credit for the track is shared with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Lee_Eager Brenda Lee Eager] and Hilliard Wilson (who also wrote the original lyrics for [[Hide The Bone]]). Eager gave the lyrics to her friend [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples] (presumably when she was working on her second album [[Album: The Voice|The Voice]] in 1992). [[Prince]] liked the lyrics and put music to it, but at the time didn’t use it for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]' album. [[Prince]] then asked Eager and Hilliard for more material, which yielded [[Hide The Bone]]. | ||
− | Basic tracking dates are unknown, but [ | + | Basic tracking dates are unknown, but [https://www.hoodoomusic.com/derick-hughes Derick Hughes]’ vocals were likely recorded in November 1994, around the same time as [[Proud Mary]] and possibly [[1000 X’s & O’s|Thousand Hugs And Kisses]], at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. It is not known if [[Prince]]’s vocals pre-date this or were recorded later. It is also not known when [[Prince]] worked on the '''Ultrafantasy Edit''' and '''Livestudio Mix''' versions of the track, but these were likely recorded in the second half of 1996 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], shortly after [[Rhonda Smith]] joined the band. The song’s instrumentation was also used as the background of '''On Sale Now!''', an advertisement skit featuring [[Prince]] as a customer calling [[1-800 New Funk]] and ordering products. It is likely that it was recorded in late 1996, and is included here as it is not a song in its own right. |
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|date = November 1994 | |date = November 1994 | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
− | |additional info = Tracking ([ | + | |additional info = Tracking ([https://www.hoodoomusic.com/derick-hughes Derick Hughes] vocals, and possibly [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] vocals) |
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'''Derick Hughes version''' | '''Derick Hughes version''' | ||
− | *[ | + | *[https://www.hoodoomusic.com/derick-hughes Derick Hughes] - vocals |
*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all other vocals and instruments | *[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all other vocals and instruments | ||
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|3= [[Sampler: NPG Records Sampler Experience|NPG Records Sampler Experience]] | |3= [[Sampler: NPG Records Sampler Experience|NPG Records Sampler Experience]] | ||
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− | |5= [ | + | |5= [https://www.hoodoomusic.com/derick-hughes Derick Hughes] vocal version; clip of song only |
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