Difference between revisions of "There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool"
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− | |song name = | + | |song name = There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool |
− | |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'']] |
− | |performer = [[Prince]] | + | |performer = [[Prince]] |
− | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |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 |
− | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Sign O' The Times Deluxe|Sign O' The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] |
− | |previous song = [[( | + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] |
+ | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
+ | |previous song = [[(There'll Never B) Another Like Me]] | ||
|next song = [[Thieves In The Temple]] | |next song = [[Thieves In The Temple]] | ||
− | |introduction = ''' | + | |introduction = '''There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' is a song recorded in late spring 1981 at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. It was worked on further in mid-June 1981, at [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders] in Los Angeles, California, and was mixed at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, on the first two days of mixing for the [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]], [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_15|15 August 1981]], indicating that it was intended for the album until the last minute. |
− | [[Prince]] pulled out the track in 1985 for possible use by [[Jill Jones]], but it is | + | [[Prince]] pulled out the track in 1985 for possible use by [[Jill Jones]], but it is unclear if additional instrumentation or vocals were recorded at this point. |
− | The track was worked on further (or perhaps re-recorded) in early 1987, at [[Prince]] | + | The track was worked on further (or perhaps re-recorded) in early 1987, at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, for use by American blues singer-songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt], during a short-lived collaboration between the two artists, that was never fully developed. [[Eric Leeds]] recorded saxophone overdubs on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_25|25 January 1987]] (four days after recording saxophone overdubs on [[I Need A Man]]). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Raitt] recorded vocals for the track in April 1987, at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] with [[Susan Rogers]] overseeing. Although [[Prince]] offered four songs to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] ([[I Need A Man]], [[Jealous Girl]], [[Promise 2 Be True]] and '''There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool'''), it is unclear whether this collaboration was intended to lead to an album or to a particular project. The track remains unreleased, however. |
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+ | Engineer [[Don Batts]] has mentioned that [[Steve Fargnoli]] loved the song, and wishes it had been released by [[Prince]]. The track is a fast rockabilly-style track, with lyrics about an unfaithful woman who crashes the narrator's car (an idea revisted in [[Adore]]), but the narrator is willing to make up with her, "because there's something I like about being your fool". | ||
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+ | In September 2020 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 Edition'']] set. | ||
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*[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted (assumed) | *[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted (assumed) | ||
*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | ||
+ | |released versions = | ||
+ | {{Songchart| | ||
+ | |line = | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool'''|2= 3:48 | ||
+ | |3= [[Album: Sign O' The Times Deluxe|Sign O' The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]|4= Studio|5= }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |unreleased versions = | ||
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|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
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− | |1= ''' | + | |1= '''There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= Recorded Late Spring 1981 | |3= Recorded Late Spring 1981 | ||
}} | }} | ||
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− | |1= ''' | + | |1= '''There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= After mid-June 1981, overdubs | |3= After mid-June 1981, overdubs | ||
}} | }} | ||
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− | |1= ''' | + | |1= '''There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= After early January 1987, overdubs (or re-recording) | |3= After early January 1987, overdubs (or re-recording) | ||
}} | }} | ||
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− | |1= ''' | + | |1= '''There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= After [[Eric Leeds]] saxophone overdubs | |3= After [[Eric Leeds]] saxophone overdubs | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
− | |1= ''' | + | |1= '''There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= After [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] lead vocal overdubs | |3= After [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] lead vocal overdubs | ||
+ | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
− | |see also = [[ | + | |see also = [[Album: Sign O' The Times Deluxe|Sign O' The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album |
|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:1981]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1981]] [[Category:2020]] [[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Recorded 1981]] |
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