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|single image              = [[File:1999.jpg|100px|link=Album: 1999]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: 1999|1999]]</small>
 
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October 1982]] - [[Album: 1999|1999]] album
 
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On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 1|1 November 2013]], the same rehearsal recording was made available on the [[3rdEyeTunes.com]].
 
On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 1|1 November 2013]], the same rehearsal recording was made available on the [[3rdEyeTunes.com]].
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A different early take if the song was released in 2019 as thr 11th track on the third of the deluxe edition of the [[Album: 1999|1999]] album.
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Basic tracking took place at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, in mid-April 1982.  
 
Basic tracking took place at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, in mid-April 1982.  
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|5= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 30|30 October 2013]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota
 
|5= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 30|30 October 2013]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota
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* [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]
 
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
 
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|categories                = [[Category:1982]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1982]]
 
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Revision as of 10:52, 15 September 2019

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Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)

1999 Deluxe.jpg
from the album 1999 Deluxe
1999.jpg
from the album 1999
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 27 October 1982 - 1999 album
Album(s): 1999
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:

Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) is the seventh track on Prince's fifth album 1999, and, eleven months after the album's release, it was included as the b-side of the album's fourth single, Automatic, released in Australia only.

On 31 October 2013, a rehearsal recording of Something In The Water (Does Not Compute), recorded on 30 October 2013 at Paisley Park Studios, was made available on the 3rdEyeGirl YouTube account as a static video with artwork by Stella Blu.

On 1 November 2013, the same rehearsal recording was made available on the 3rdEyeTunes.com.

A different early take if the song was released in 2019 as thr 11th track on the third of the deluxe edition of the 1999 album.


Basic tracking took place at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, in mid-April 1982. Prince re-recorded the song on 28 April 1982 (two days after How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore, a day after an original, unused recording of Raspberry Beret and four days before Automatic) at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
mid-April 1982 Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Basic tracking
28 April 1982 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Re-recording
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) 4:00 1999

Automatic single

Studio
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) 7:20 3rdEyeTunes.com Rehearsal Recorded 30 October 2013 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) 4:00 1999 Deluxe
Studio
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) 3:20 Streaming video on Andy Allo's Facebook page Live 30 May 2012, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) 2:53 3rdEye TV Show # 15 live concert video stream Live 6 July 2013, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) 7:22 3rdEyeGirl YouTube account static video stream Rehearsal Recorded 30 October 2013 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) 2:29 3rdEyeGirl YouTube account live video stream Live 29 December 2013, Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT, USA
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) 4:45 3rdEyeGirl's YouTube account Live 22 February 2014, Manchester Academy 1, Manchester, England


 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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