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|single image = [[File:Icecreamcastles single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Ice Cream Castles]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Icecreamcastles single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Ice Cream Castles]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[The Time]] | |performer = [[The Time]] | ||
| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/ | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 30|30 May 1984]] - [[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]] single |
|album(s) = None | |album(s) = None | ||
| − | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Morris Day]]) | + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Morris Day]] (credited to [[Morris Day]]) |
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Morris Day]] and [[The Starr Company]]) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Morris Day]] and [[The Starr Company]]) | ||
|previous song = [[Tres]] | |previous song = [[Tres]] | ||
| − | |next song = [[ | + | |next song = [[The Trouble With Emma]] |
| − | |introduction = '''Tricky''' was released as the b-side of [[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]], the first single from [[The Time]] | + | |introduction = '''Tricky''' was released as the b-side of [[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]], the first single from [[The Time]]’s third album, [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]. It was also included on some versions of the album’s third single, [[Single: Jungle Love|Jungle Love]]. '''Tricky''' was written by [[Prince]] and [[Morris Day]], but credited to [[Morris Day]] only. It was co-produced by [[Morris Day]] and [[Prince]] under the name [[The Starr Company]]. |
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_12|12 January 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (as un unnamed track initially), during sessions that yielded material for the [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]] album. The bass and drum parts were very similar to another jam that [[Prince]] recorded with [[Morris Day]] on drums, [[Cloreen Bacon Skin]], which was tracked in March 1983 but released in 1998, and with which it even shares some lyrics. | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_12|12 January 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (as un unnamed track initially), during sessions that yielded material for the [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]] album. The bass and drum parts were very similar to another jam that [[Prince]] recorded with [[Morris Day]] on drums, [[Cloreen Bacon Skin]], which was tracked in March 1983 but released in 1998, and with which it even shares some lyrics. | ||
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| + | '''Tricky''' was written about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] (with whom [[Prince]] would work starting in 1988) and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootsy_Collins Bootsy Collins]. The track was recorded as a response to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-Funk_All-Stars P-Funk All-Stars]’song ''Copy Cat'' (from their 1983 album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Dancefloor_Guerillas Urban Dancefloor Guerillas]) which contains a couple of lines directed against [[Morris Day]]. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_12|12 January 1984]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_12|12 January 1984]] | ||
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
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* This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]] in full, although it was performed as an interpolation in [[D.M.S.R.]] on [[16 March 2004-am|16 March 2004 (a.m.): Club Black, New York, NY, USA]] <small> (only known performance) </small> | * This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]] in full, although it was performed as an interpolation in [[D.M.S.R.]] on [[16 March 2004-am|16 March 2004 (a.m.): Club Black, New York, NY, USA]] <small> (only known performance) </small> | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
| − | |performed occasionally in = 2011 <small>(by [[Morris Day]] & [[The Time]])</small> | + | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1988|1988]] <small>(horn interpolation during [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]])</small>; 2011 <small>(by [[Morris Day]] & [[The Time]])</small> |
| − | |trivia = | + | |trivia = A part of the theme song for ''The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson'' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%27s_Theme ''Johnny’s Theme''] which in itself is an adaptation of Paul Anka’s 'It’s Really Love') is sung by [[Prince]] at 2:48 when he yells: 'Johnny, Johnny'. |
| − | + | *In the song, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] is referred to as ''the old [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_Man Michelin Man]'' and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootsy_Collins Bootsy Collins] as being ''big, tossed-salad, hairdo-havin’, long, tall, snaggly gold-toothed / funkin’ habit-formed, leather-wearin’, beanpole-lookin’ ''. | |
|see also = [[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]] single | |see also = [[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]] single | ||
|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)]]'' | ||
* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]'' | * ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]'' | ||
| − | |categories = [[Category:1984]][[Category: | + | *<b>Podcast</b>: [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/morris-day/id1485250501?i=1000526566369 '''Questlove Supreme: Morris Day''' on ''Questlove Supreme'' (23 June 2021)] |
| + | *<b>Copyright(s)</b>: [https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/500367062 ASCAP Work ID: 500367062 / ISWC: T0701861702] | ||
| + | |categories = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Recorded 1984]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (The Time)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]] | ||
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