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|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Time Waits For No One]] | |previous song = [[Time Waits For No One]] | ||
| − | |next song = [[Tip | + | |next song = [[Tip O’ My Tongue]] |
| − | |introduction = '''Times Squared''' is the tenth track on [[Eric Leeds]] | + | |introduction = '''Times Squared''' is the tenth track on [[Eric Leeds]]’ first album [[Album: Times Squared|Times Squared]] (on the CD release, ninth track on other formats). The track was written by [[Eric Leeds]] and [[Prince]], and produced by [[Prince]]. The song was initially recorded with the title '''Sticky Wicked''' on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_9|9 June 1988]], at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (three days after [[Electric Chair]] in the same session that yielded [[Pickle]] and [[Pink Cashmere]], the tracking of which was actually started after midnight on the 10th, and two days before an entirely different song named [[Sticky Wicked]], the later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan] song). [[Eric Leeds]] recorded flute and tenor and baritone saxophone overdubs on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_14|14 June 1988]], also at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. <br> |
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In August 1989, [[Prince]] asked [[Eric Leeds]] to compile tracks from the vault for a projected third [[Madhouse]] album. This track was one of ten selected, and in keeping with previous [[Madhouse]] releases tracks were now given tentative numerical titles of [[Andorra|17]] to [[Once Upon A Time|26]] (the album would be titled [[Album: Times Squared|26]]) - this track, until then known as 'Sticky Wicked' was given the title of '''25''' as the ninth track on the album at the time. When [[Prince]] suggested the album should be released as a solo album by [[Eric Leeds]], Leeds came up with (new) titles for each track, in Spring 1990; this track became known as '''Times Squared''' with the original title of 'Sticky wicked' already used for the song recorded two days after this song and released by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan] on her [[Album: CK|CK]] album. Leeds' album became known as [[Album: Times Squared|Times Squared]]. | In August 1989, [[Prince]] asked [[Eric Leeds]] to compile tracks from the vault for a projected third [[Madhouse]] album. This track was one of ten selected, and in keeping with previous [[Madhouse]] releases tracks were now given tentative numerical titles of [[Andorra|17]] to [[Once Upon A Time|26]] (the album would be titled [[Album: Times Squared|26]]) - this track, until then known as 'Sticky Wicked' was given the title of '''25''' as the ninth track on the album at the time. When [[Prince]] suggested the album should be released as a solo album by [[Eric Leeds]], Leeds came up with (new) titles for each track, in Spring 1990; this track became known as '''Times Squared''' with the original title of 'Sticky wicked' already used for the song recorded two days after this song and released by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan] on her [[Album: CK|CK]] album. Leeds' album became known as [[Album: Times Squared|Times Squared]]. | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_9|9 June 1988]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_9|9 June 1988]] | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]] (Studio B), <br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]] (Studio B), <br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking as 'Sticky Wicked' |
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
| − | *[[Prince]] – drum programming, bass guitar and | + | *[[Prince]] – drum programming, bass guitar, synthesizer and piano |
*[[Eric Leeds]] – flute and saxophone | *[[Eric Leeds]] – flute and saxophone | ||
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|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
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| − | |first live appearance = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]] except as a horn interpolation in [[Days Of Wild]] by [[Eric Leeds]] on [[25 October 2002|25 October 2002, Falconer Salen, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark]] | + | |first live appearance = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]] <!-- except as a horn interpolation in [[Days Of Wild]] by [[Eric Leeds]] on [[25 October 2002|25 October 2002, Falconer Salen, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark]] --> |
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
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* [[Madhouse]] | * [[Madhouse]] | ||
|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)]]'' | ||
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