There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool is an unreleased song recorded in late spring 1981 at Prince's at Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. It was worked on further in mid-June 1981, at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California, and was mixed at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California, on the first two days of mixing for the Controversy, 14 and 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 not known 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's Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, for use by American blues singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, during a short-lived collaboration between the two artists. Eric Leeds recorded saxophone overdubs on 25 January 1987 (four days after recording saxophone overdubs on I Need A Man). Raitt recorded vocals for the track in 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 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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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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Late spring 1981
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Basic tracking
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Mid-June 1981
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Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Additional recording
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14-15 August 1981
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Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA
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Mixing
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Early January 1987
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Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Additional recording or re-recording
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25 January 1987
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Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Saxophone overdubs by Eric Leeds
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April 1987
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Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Bonnie Raitt lead vocal overdubs
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Recording Personnel
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1981 version
- Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed)
1987 version
- Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (assumed)
- Eric Leeds - saxophone
1987 Bonnie Raitt version
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Versions
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Unreleased Versions
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Title
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Version
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Additional Info
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There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool
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Studio
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Recorded Late Spring 1981
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There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool
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Studio
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After mid-June 1981, overdubs
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There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool
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Studio
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After early January 1987, overdubs (or re-recording)
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There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool
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Studio
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After Eric Leeds saxophone overdubs
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There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool
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Studio
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After Bonnie Raitt lead vocal overdubs
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