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− | |song name = | + | |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 Edition'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] |
+ | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] – [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | ||
+ | |album(s) = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | ||
|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 = '''Coco Boys''' is | + | |introduction = '''The Cocoa Boys''' (initially listed as '''The Coco Boys''') is a track recorded by [[Prince]] alone on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 14|14 September 1986]] at his [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. 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]] was recorded, were added at a later session. |
− | + | Along with [[When The Dawn Of The Morning Comes]] and [[Crucial]], the song was written specifically for the planned musical [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]]. Other songs recorded earlier ([[Heaven]], [[God Is Everywhere]], [[Others Here With Us]] and [[All My Dreams]]) were also considered for the film, but the project was ultimately abandoned, and the song was never intended for any of [[Prince]]’s many late-1986 album projects. | |
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+ | 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 '''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 is 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. | |
− | + | In September 2020 the song was released as the eleventh track of ''Vault Tracks part 2'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]. | |
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|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[25 August 1986]] | |date = [[25 August 1986]] | ||
− | |studio = [[25 August 1986|Le Zénith, Paris, France]] | + | |studio = [[25 August 1986|Le Zénith,<br>Paris, France]] |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = looped ‘audience ambiance’ of main show (assumed) |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 14|14 September 1986]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 14|14 September 1986]] | ||
− | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking (Version 1; live drums), overdubs unfinished |
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 14|14 September 1986]] | ||
+ | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Tracking (Version 2; Linn drums) overdubs, mix) | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 14|14 September 1986]] | ||
+ | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Overdubs, including horn, mix | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November 1986]] | ||
+ | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Overdubs | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
− | + | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments | |
− | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments | + | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone |
− | + | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet | |
− | + | *[[Susannah Melvoin]] - background vocals | |
− | + | |released versions = | |
− | + | {{Songchart| | |
− | + | |line = | |
− | + | {{Songline| | |
− | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | + | |1= '''The Cocoa Boys''' |
− | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet | + | |2= 6:06 |
− | *[[ | + | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] |
− | + | |4= Studio | |
− | + | |5= | |
− | + | }} | |
− | ''' | + | }} |
− | + | |unreleased versions = | |
+ | {{SongUnreleased| | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
{{Unreleased| | {{Unreleased| | ||
|line= | |line= | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
− | |1= ''' | + | |1= '''The Cocoa Boys''' |
− | |2= | + | |2= Studio |
− | |3= | + | |3= unfinished live drums version. |
}} | }} | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
− | |1= ''' | + | |1= '''The Cocoa Boys''' |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= Version before background vocals, horns 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]], [[Make Your Mama Happy]], [[Eight]] 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 Cocoa but used as a writing synonym as [[Joey Coco]]. | ||
+ | *It has long been 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 (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), but this is now considered to have been misinformation. | ||
+ | *The lyrics refer to three different dances that Prince (often together with other band members) would sometimes incorporate in live shows during 1986-7: the 'Detroit Crawl', the 'Wooden Leg' and the 'Kangaroo'. | ||
+ | |see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album | ||
+ | * ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]'' | ||
* [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] musical | * [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] musical | ||
− | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | + | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' |
− | |categories = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category: | + | * ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]'' |
+ | |categories = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Recorded 1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]] | ||
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