Difference between revisions of "The Arms Of Orion"
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|single image = [[File:Thearmsoforion single.jpg|100px|link=Single: The Arms Of Orion]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: The Arms Of Orion|The Arms Of Orion]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Thearmsoforion single.jpg|100px|link=Single: The Arms Of Orion]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: The Arms Of Orion|The Arms Of Orion]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] | |performer = [[Prince]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 20|20 June | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 20|20 June 1989]] - [[Album: Batman|Batman]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: Batman|Batman]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Batman|Batman]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] | ||
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|introduction = '''The Arms Of Orion''' is the third track on [[Prince]]'s eleventh album [[Album: Batman|Batman]] (the motion picture soundtrack to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton Tim Burton] movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]), and, four months after the album's release, [[Single: The Arms Of Orion|The Arms Of Orion]] was released as the album's third single. | |introduction = '''The Arms Of Orion''' is the third track on [[Prince]]'s eleventh album [[Album: Batman|Batman]] (the motion picture soundtrack to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton Tim Burton] movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]), and, four months after the album's release, [[Single: The Arms Of Orion|The Arms Of Orion]] was released as the album's third single. | ||
− | While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in mid-late March | + | While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in mid-late March 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Partyman]], [[Trust]], [[Dance With The Devil]] and [[Batdance]]). |
In a 2012 interview, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] detailed the writing of the song:<br><blockquote>''"I sent him the lyrics to [[The Arms Of Orion]]. He really liked it, put music to it and it ended up being on the [[Album: Batman|Batman]] soundtrack. I'm totally into the stars. Right outside my bedroom window, right over my front guest house, you looked right into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constellation) Orion]. I loved the concept of two lovers apart, looking up at the same stars and wishing they could be together."''</blockquote> | In a 2012 interview, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] detailed the writing of the song:<br><blockquote>''"I sent him the lyrics to [[The Arms Of Orion]]. He really liked it, put music to it and it ended up being on the [[Album: Batman|Batman]] soundtrack. I'm totally into the stars. Right outside my bedroom window, right over my front guest house, you looked right into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constellation) Orion]. I loved the concept of two lovers apart, looking up at the same stars and wishing they could be together."''</blockquote> | ||
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− | |date = Mid-late March | + | |date = Mid-late March 1989 |
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Initial tracking | |additional info = Initial tracking | ||
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|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
− | |first live appearance = [[16_August | + | |first live appearance = [[16_August 1990|16 August 1990, Stade de la Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland]] |
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#1990|1990]], [[All_Concerts#1993|1993]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#1990|1990]], [[All_Concerts#1993|1993]] |
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