Difference between revisions of "Strange Relationship"
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|song name = Strange Relationship | |song name = Strange Relationship | ||
| − | |album image = [[File:sott.jpg|100px|link=Album: Sign | + | |album image = [[File:sott.jpg|100px|link=Album: Sign O’ The Times]] <br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] </small> <br> [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] |
|single image = [[Image:Piano&amicrophone1983.jpg|100px|link=Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]]</small> | |single image = [[Image:Piano&amicrophone1983.jpg|100px|link=Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 30|30 March 1987]] - [[Album: Sign | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 30|30 March 1987]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] album |
| − | |album(s) = [[Album: Sign | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]<br> |
[[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] | [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
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|previous song = [[Strange But True]] | |previous song = [[Strange But True]] | ||
|next song = [[Strange Way]] | |next song = [[Strange Way]] | ||
| − | |introduction = '''Strange Relationship''' is the third track on the second disc of [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Strange Relationship''' is the third track on the second disc of [[Prince]]’s ninth album [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]. |
In 2001, a 1987 live version was included as part of [[NPG Ahdio Show 4|NPG Ahdio Show # 4]], and the same version was offered as an individual download in 2005. | In 2001, a 1987 live version was included as part of [[NPG Ahdio Show 4|NPG Ahdio Show # 4]], and the same version was offered as an individual download in 2005. | ||
| − | In 2002, a live version was also included as the sixth track on the second disc of [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]], [[Prince]] | + | In 2002, a live version was also included as the sixth track on the second disc of [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]], [[Prince]]’s first live album (along with [[Muse 2 The Pharaoh]], [[Mellow]] and [[The Other Side Of The Pillow]] from the same show). |
| − | A brief solo piano rehearsal of the track was released on the 2018 posthumous album [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]], preceded by [[Mary | + | A brief solo piano rehearsal of the track was released on the 2018 posthumous album [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]], preceded by [[Mary Don’t You Weep]], which also includes some lyrics from '''Strange Relationship'''. |
| − | Initial tracking is believed to have taken place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 14|14 March 1983]] at [[Prince]] | + | Initial tracking is believed to have taken place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 14|14 March 1983]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] reworked the track heavily in one or more sessions in mid-late June 1985, adding Fairlight CMI sitar and other overdubs at [[The Complex Studios]], Los Angeles, California. |
This overdubbed version was edited down in a later session and included as the seventh track on a late April 1986 configuration of [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]], and as the album expanded, it was included as the sixth track on the first disc on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 3|3 June 1986]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1986]] configurations. | This overdubbed version was edited down in a later session and included as the seventh track on a late April 1986 configuration of [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]], and as the album expanded, it was included as the sixth track on the first disc on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 3|3 June 1986]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1986]] configurations. | ||
| − | When [[Prince and the Revolution|the Revolution]] disbanded, [[Prince]] remixed the song at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, to minimize [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] | + | When [[Prince and the Revolution|the Revolution]] disbanded, [[Prince]] remixed the song at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, to minimize [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]]’s involvement. [[Eric Leeds]] recorded a saxophone overdub, but [[Prince]] removed it from the final mix, which was included as the third track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 5|5 November 1986]] configuration of the [[Album: Camille|Camille]] album (to be credited to [[Alias: Camille|Camille]]). |
| − | A few weeks later, it was included as the sixth track on the second disc of the triple-album [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]] configuration, which was eventually pared down and became [[Album: Sign | + | A few weeks later, it was included as the sixth track on the second disc of the triple-album [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]] configuration, which was eventually pared down and became [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]. |
| − | Probably after its release on [[Album: Sign | + | Probably after its release on [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] [[Prince]] commisioned Shep Pettibone to remix the song, possibly around the same time Pettibone also remixed [[Hot Thing]]. Club Mix remaiunedunreleased at the time, but was released on [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe| Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] in 2020 together with the Initial [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]] overdubbed version, called ‘Original Version’ here, even while the true original version was recorded in 1983. |
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|1= '''Strange Relationship''' | |1= '''Strange Relationship''' | ||
|2= 4:04 | |2= 4:04 | ||
| − | |3= [[Album: Sign | + | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
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|1= '''Strange Relationship''' | |1= '''Strange Relationship''' | ||
|2= 4:04 | |2= 4:04 | ||
| − | |3= [[Album: Sign | + | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe| Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
|5= Remastered in 2020 | |5= Remastered in 2020 | ||
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|1= '''[[Strange Relationship]] (Original Version)''' | |1= '''[[Strange Relationship]] (Original Version)''' | ||
|2= 6:41 | |2= 6:41 | ||
| − | |3= [[Album: Sign | + | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
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|1= '''[[Strange Relationship]] (1987 Shep Pettibone Club Mix)''' | |1= '''[[Strange Relationship]] (1987 Shep Pettibone Club Mix)''' | ||
|2= 7:07 | |2= 7:07 | ||
| − | |3= [[Album: Sign | + | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] |
|4= Remix | |4= Remix | ||
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|1= '''Strange Relationship''' | |1= '''Strange Relationship''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
| − | |3= | + | |3= ’sitar' version, edit, as placed on [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] |
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{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
| − | |1= '''[[Mary | + | |1= '''[[Mary Don’t You Weep]]''' |
|2= 4:42 | |2= 4:42 | ||
|3= [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]] album pre-order download | |3= [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]] album pre-order download | ||
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|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#1987|1987]], [[All Concerts#1988|1988]], [[All Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All Concerts#2003|2003]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2011|2011]], [[All_Concerts#2013|2013]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small> | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#1987|1987]], [[All Concerts#1988|1988]], [[All Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All Concerts#2003|2003]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2011|2011]], [[All_Concerts#2013|2013]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small> | ||
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
| − | |see also = [[Album: Sign | + | |see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] album |
| − | *[[Album: Sign | + | *[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album |
*[[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] unreleased album | *[[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] unreleased album | ||
*[[Album: Camille|Camille]] unreleased album | *[[Album: Camille|Camille]] unreleased album | ||
Revision as of 16:53, 22 September 2020
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