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|song name = There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool | |song name = There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool | ||
|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'']] | |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]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] |
|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 | |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 | ||
|album(s) = [[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'']] | ||
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|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. | |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 unclear if additional instrumentation or vocals were recorded at this point. | + | [[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 re-recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_25|25 January 1987]] | + | 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. | [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. | ||
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|date = Mid-June 1981 | |date = Mid-June 1981 | ||
|studio = [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders],<br>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 = [[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 = [[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]] | ||
+ | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] | ||
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|1= '''There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' | |1= '''There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= August 1981 | + | |3= August 1981 mixing |
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|see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album | |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: | + | |categories = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Recorded 1981]][[Category:Recorded 1987]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]] |
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