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]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] | |performer = [[Prince]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] | ||
− | |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 as [[Jill Jones|Jones]] did not like the lyrics. |
− | The track was | + | The track was re-recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_25|25 January 1987]], at [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]] in Edina, 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. [[Prince]] approached her about recording some songs together and signing to his [[Paisley Park Records]] label in December 1986 after seeing her perform at The Beverly Theater, Los Angeles, CA, USA. He offered four songs to work on ([[I Need A Man]], [[Jealous Girl]], [[Promise 2 Be True]] and [[There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool]]). |
+ | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Raitt] recorded vocals for [[There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool]] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_3|3 April 1987]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] with [[Susan Rogers]] overseeing. | ||
− | Engineer [[Don Batts]] has mentioned that [[Steve Fargnoli]] loved the song, and wishes it had been released by [[Prince]]. The | + | No further work was done as [[Prince]] was busy preparing for his next tour ([[Sign O’ The Times Tour]]). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] commented on the songs by saying "''I appreciated the enthusiasm, but they were not in my key. The topics were not things I was comfortable singing."''. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] also wanted to cut tie with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] after the failure of her 1986 album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Lives_(Bonnie_Raitt_album) Nine Lives]. None of the songs offered by [[Prince]] ended up on her 1989 acclaimed album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_of_Time_(album) Nick Of Time], released on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records Capitol Records]. |
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+ | Engineer [[Don Batts]] has mentioned that [[Steve Fargnoli]] loved the song, and wishes it had been released by [[Prince]]. The lyrics deal with an unfaithful woman who crashes the narrator’s car (an idea revisited 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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+ | [[Prince]]’s version of the song was released in 2020 as the seventh track of ''Vault Tracks part 3'', 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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|date = Mid-June 1981 | |date = Mid-June 1981 | ||
− | |studio = [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders], Los Angeles, CA, USA | + | |studio = [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders],<br>Los Angeles, CA, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
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− | |date = | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_25|25 January 1987]] |
− | |studio = [[ | + | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Re-tracking |
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_25|25 January 1987]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_25|25 January 1987]] | ||
|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] |
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− | |date = April 1987 | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_3|3 April 1987]] |
|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] lead vocal overdubs | |additional info = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] lead vocal overdubs | ||
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
− | ''' | + | '''Released version''' |
− | + | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | |
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− | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | + | |
*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | ||
− | ''' | + | |
+ | '''Unreleased 1981 version''' | ||
+ | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (assumed) | ||
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+ | '''Unreleased Bonnie Raitt version''' | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] - lead vocals | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] - lead vocals | ||
*[[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 = | ||
+ | {{SongUnreleased| | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
{{Unreleased| | {{Unreleased| | ||
|line= | |line= | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
− | |1= ''' | + | |1= '''There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= Mid-June 1981 |
}} | }} | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
− | |1= ''' | + | |1= '''There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= August 1981 mixing |
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{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
− | |1= ''' | + | |1= '''There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= January 1987, overdubs (or re-recording) before [[Eric Leeds]] saxophone overdubs |
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− | |1= ''' | + | |1= '''There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= After [ | + | |3= After [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] lead vocal overdubs |
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|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = The song contains the brief line ‘Free Nelson Mandela’, seemingly quoting the 1984 single [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Nelson_Mandela Free Nelson Mandela] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Specials The Special A.K.A.] |
− | |see also = [[ | + | * The released mix of this track was done by Niko Bolas specifically for the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] release. It was made to replicate the original mix from the time the song was initially tracked, as much as possible. So even when a slightly different mix of this track might exist, the now released version is not considered a true alternate mix of the track. |
+ | |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:2020]][[Category:Recorded 1981]][[Category:Recorded 1987]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]] |
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