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|song name = The Cocoa Boys | |song name = The Cocoa Boys | ||
− | |single image = [[File: | + | |single image = [[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'']] |
+ | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] – [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] | ||
+ | |album(s) = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |writer(s) = | + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] |
− | |producer(s) = | + | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] |
|previous song = [[Coca-Cola]] | |previous song = [[Coca-Cola]] | ||
|next song = [[Coincidence Or Fate?]] | |next song = [[Coincidence Or Fate?]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''The Cocoa Boys''' | + | |introduction = '''The Cocoa Boys''' (previously assumed to be titled '''Coco Boys''') is the track recorded bu [[Prince]] alone on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 14|14 September 1986]] at his [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. |
− | [[ | + | The song was written specifically for the planned musical [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] (along with [[Crucial]] and [[When The Dawn Of The Morning Comes]]), but the musical was ultimately abandoned, and the song was never intended for any other of [[Prince]]’s many late-1986 album projects. |
− | + | Overdubs, including background vocals, horns and a bed of looped audiences, presumed to be from the [[25 August 1986]] show at Le Zénith, Paris, France, where [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]] were added at a later session. | |
− | + | The song also has the lines ''‘All the boys and all the girls, you are the new kings of the world’'', later reused in [[Positivity]], as well as a chant of ''‘We are beautiful, it’s gonna be beautiful night’'' from [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]]. | |
− | The | + | The '''Cocoa Boys''' was the name of a band of fictional brothers Joey and Frankie Coco, included as characters in the musical. The Cocoa in the band name supposedly a play on words in the fictional story of the song. While the band names changed, the idea of rival bands was reused in the initial 1987 draft of the [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] movie. |
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+ | In September 2020 the studio version of the song was released on one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] set. | ||
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+ | It’s unclear if, but alleged that the song was played as an instrumental jam during a soundcheck session on [[25 August 1986]] at Le Zénith, Paris, France, hours before the [[Parade Tour]] show there (along with recordings of [[Susannah’s Blues]], [[Strange Relationship]], [[Last Heart]], a cover version of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptations The Temptations]’ [[I Can’t Get Next To You]] and a first run-through of [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]], which was then recorded live at the show). | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[25 August 1986]] | |date = [[25 August 1986]] | ||
|studio = [[25 August 1986|Le Zénith,<br>Paris, France]] | |studio = [[25 August 1986|Le Zénith,<br>Paris, France]] | ||
− | |additional info = Soundcheck recording | + | |additional info = Soundcheck recording, ‘audience’ of main show (assumed) |
}} | }} | ||
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|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Basic tracking | |additional info = Basic tracking | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = September 1986 | ||
+ | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = overdubs, including horns | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November 1986]] | ||
+ | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = possible overdubs and mix | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
− | '''Soundcheck version''' | + | <!--'''Soundcheck version''' |
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
*[[Bobby Z.]] - drums | *[[Bobby Z.]] - drums | ||
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*[[Wally Safford]] - background vocals (unknown participation) | *[[Wally Safford]] - background vocals (unknown participation) | ||
*[[Greg Brooks]] - background vocals (unknown participation) | *[[Greg Brooks]] - background vocals (unknown participation) | ||
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<br> | <br> | ||
− | + | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments | |
− | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments | + | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone |
+ | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet | ||
+ | |released versions = | ||
+ | {{Songchart| | ||
+ | |line = | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''The Cocoa Boys''' | ||
+ | |2= 6:06 | ||
+ | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] | ||
+ | |4= Studio | ||
+ | |5= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |unreleased versions = | ||
+ | {{SongUnreleased| | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
{{Unreleased| | {{Unreleased| | ||
|line= | |line= | ||
− | {{Unreleasedline| | + | <!--{{Unreleasedline| |
|1= '''The Cocoa Boys''' | |1= '''The Cocoa Boys''' | ||
|2= Soundcheck | |2= Soundcheck | ||
− | |3= Recorded [[25 August 1986]] | + | |3= Recorded [[25 August 1986]] (instrumental jam) |
− | }} | + | }}--> |
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
|1= '''The Cocoa Boys''' | |1= '''The Cocoa Boys''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= Version, before background vocals, horn- and other overdubs |
+ | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = * the intro of [[The Cocoa Boys]] opens with the same Sequential Circuits Prophet VS, FILMUSIC (patch 69) preset synth opening heard in [[U Got The Look]] and [[Nine]]. |
− | |see also = [[ | + | * The pseudonym [[Joey Coco]] was used by [[Prince]] as the writer of of at least eight songs for other artists: [[101]], [[Baby Go-Go]], [[Cool Love]], [[Neon Telephone]]), [[Telepathy]] and [[You’re My Love]], with [[Jill Jones]]' [[My Man]] and [[Violet Blue]] listed as [[Prince]] compositions on her [[Album: Jill Jones| album]], but registered to [[Joey Coco]] at the Library of Congress. |
− | * | + | It is unclear why the character in the song and planned musical [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] was Joey Coco but used as a writing synonym as [[Joey Coco]]. |
− | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | + | |see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album |
− | |categories = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category: | + | * [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] musical |
+ | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | ||
+ | |categories = [[Category:2020]] ]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Recorded 1986]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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