The Walk
{{song|
|song name = The Walk
|album image = 
from the album What Time Is It?
|single image = 
single art for The Walk
|performer = The Time
|first released = 25 August 1982 - What Time Is It? album
|album(s) = What Time Is It?
|writer(s) = Prince (credited to The Time)
|producer(s) = Prince (as The Starr Company) (credited to Morris Day and The Starr Company)
|previous song = Waiting Room
|next song = Walk Don't Walk
|introduction = The Walk is the fourth track on The Time's second album What Time Is It?, and, three months after the album's release, The Walk was released as the album's second single.
The song was written by Prince, although the song is officially credited to The Time (as is most of the rest of the album). It was produced by Prince (as The Starr Company), but was credited to Morris Day and The Starr Company.
Basic tracking was long thought to have taken place on 14 January 1982 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (three days after Bold Generation and Gigolos Get Lonely Too, the same day as International Lover, and the day before Colleen), but the actual 2" tape in the Paisley Park Studios Vault has a date of 1 July 1981.
As with most of the rest of the album, the track features only Morris Day and Prince as musicians. The song's spoken section introduces the idea of Morris Day referring to a woman as "Grace" regardless of her real name; an idea also used on Grace. It also refers to the chorus of The Stick. |recording info = {{RecordingLine| |date = 1 July 1981 |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN (assumed) |additional info = Basic Tracking }} |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|14 January 1982 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|overdubbing |recording personnel =
- Morris Day - vocals and drums
- Prince - background vocals and all instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
- Vanity - spoken vocals (credited as Vanity 6)
- Jellybean Johnson - credited for drums and percussion, but did not appear
- Terry Lewis - credited for bass guitar and vocals, but did not appear
- Jesse Johnson - credited for guitar and vocals, but did not appear
- Jimmy Jam - credited for keyboards and vocals, but did not appear
- Monte Moir - credited for keyboards and vocals, but did not appear
- Brenda Bennett - credited for spoken vocals (credited as Vanity 6), but did not appear
- Susan Moonsie - credited for spoken vocals (credited as Vanity 6), but did not appear
|released versions =
| Title | Length | Released | Version | Additional info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Walk | 9:30 | What Time Is It? The Walk single |
Studio | |
| The Walk (Single Version) | 3:24 | The Walk single | Edit | |
| The Walk | 3:24 | The Walk &' promo | Edit | same as above, but in mono |
|video versions = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Video Versions
|- | valign="top"|
| Title | Length | Released | Version | Additional info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Walk | 3:27 | Promotional release only | Promo video | See The Walk video for more details |
|broadcasts, streaming = |unreleased versions = |sampled in = |first live appearance = 11 November 1982, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN, USA (during set by The Time)
- This song is not known to have been performed by Prince except for short interpolations on 24 October 1995 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA and 29 October 2002 (a.m.): Le Bataclan, Paris, France
|performed regularly on = 1999 Tour (during set by The Time) |performed occasionally in = This song is not known to have been performed at a Prince show outside of the 1999 Tour |trivia = |see also = What Time Is It? album
|references = The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)
|categories = }}
