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|introduction = '''The Future''' is the first 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]). The song is briefly heard in the movie. Eleven months after the album’s release, a remix of the track by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Orbit William Orbit] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Moore Mark Moore] was included on [[Single: The Future|The Future]], the album’s fifth and final commercially-released single (available in Europe only). | |introduction = '''The Future''' is the first 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]). The song is briefly heard in the movie. Eleven months after the album’s release, a remix of the track by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Orbit William Orbit] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Moore Mark Moore] was included on [[Single: The Future|The Future]], the album’s fifth and final commercially-released single (available in Europe only). | ||
− | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in mid-late February 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Lemon Crush]] and a revamped version of [[Vicki Waiting|Anna Waiting]], now known as [[Vicki Waiting]]). The track samples strings by [[Clare Fischer]] from [[Crystal Ball]], and includes samples of vocals by Minneapolis gospel group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds of Blackness], which may have been recorded specifically for this track. | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in mid-late February 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Lemon Crush]] and a revamped version of [[Vicki Waiting|Anna Waiting]], now known as [[Vicki Waiting]]). The track samples strings by [[Clare Fischer]] from [[Crystal Ball]], and includes samples of vocals by Minneapolis gospel group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds of Blackness], which may not have been recorded specifically for this track. |
The vocals on the album are credited to a character from the movie, as if [[Prince]] is singing on their behalf. [[The Future]], like [[Scandalous]], is attributed to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman Batman]. | The vocals on the album are credited to a character from the movie, as if [[Prince]] is singing on their behalf. [[The Future]], like [[Scandalous]], is attributed to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman Batman]. | ||
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
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*[[Clare Fischer]] - string orchestration (sampled from [[Crystal Ball]]) | *[[Clare Fischer]] - string orchestration (sampled from [[Crystal Ball]]) | ||
+ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds of Blackness] - background vocals (sampled) | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Keaton Michael Keaton] - sampled vocals (as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman Batman]'', sampled from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]) (credited for "special guest presence") | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Keaton Michael Keaton] - sampled vocals (as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman Batman]'', sampled from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]) (credited for "special guest presence") | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicholson Jack Nicholson] - sampled vocals (as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(comics) The Joker]'', sampled from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]) (credited for "special guest presence") | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicholson Jack Nicholson] - sampled vocals (as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(comics) The Joker]'', sampled from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]) (credited for "special guest presence") |
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