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|single image = [[File:Spellbound album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Spellbound]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Spellbound|Spellbound]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Spellbound album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Spellbound]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Spellbound|Spellbound]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[The Rebels]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul Paula Abdul] | |performer = [[The Rebels]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul Paula Abdul] | ||
| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 14|14 May | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 14|14 May 1991]] - [[Album: Spellbound|Spellbound]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: Spellbound|Spellbound]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Spellbound|Spellbound]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[Alias: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]]) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[Alias: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]]) | ||
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|introduction = '''U''' (a.k.a. '''You''') is the sixth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul Paula Abdul]'s second album [[Album: Spellbound|Spellbound]] (seventh track on the UK and Japanese editions), and was written, produced, and largely recorded by [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince|Paisley Park]]). | |introduction = '''U''' (a.k.a. '''You''') is the sixth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul Paula Abdul]'s second album [[Album: Spellbound|Spellbound]] (seventh track on the UK and Japanese editions), and was written, produced, and largely recorded by [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince|Paisley Park]]). | ||
| − | The track was initially recorded (as '''You''') between 10-21 July | + | The track was initially recorded (as '''You''') between 10-21 July 1979 at [[Mountain Ears Sound Studio]], Boulder, CO, USA, during sessions for [[The Rebels]], with [[Gayle Chapman]] singing lead vocals (the same set of sessions that produced [[Too Long]], [[Disco Away]], [[Thrill You Or Kill You]], [[If I Love U 2 Nite|If I Love You Tonight]], [[The Loser]], [[Hard To Get]], an ''[[Instrumental-Rebels 1|untitled instrumental by Dez Dickerson]] '' and an ''[[Instrumental-Rebels 2|untitled instrumental by André Cymone]] ''). This version, a hard rock track, contained many different lyrics. |
| − | While specific recording dates for the released version are not known, initial tracking took place in October | + | While specific recording dates for the released version are not known, initial tracking took place in October 1987, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. It was sent to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul Paula Abdul] at some point between 1988 and 1990, when she added her vocals at Studio Masters, Los Angeles, CA, USA; her vocals were produced by Peter Lord and V. Jeffrey Smith; who produced much of the album. |
Background vocals on her version of the song were performed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_St._Victor Sandra St. Victor], with whom [[Prince]] would work in Summer, 1995 (co-writing [[Soul Sanctuary|Sanctuary]] (later renamed [[Soul Sanctuary]]), [[Van Gogh|Love Is]] (later renamed [[Van Gogh]]), [[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|I'll Never Open My Legs Again]] (later renamed [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye'll Never B Another Fool]][[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|'ll Never B Another Fool]]), [[How We Livin']] and [[Stone|Nothing Left To Give]]). | Background vocals on her version of the song were performed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_St._Victor Sandra St. Victor], with whom [[Prince]] would work in Summer, 1995 (co-writing [[Soul Sanctuary|Sanctuary]] (later renamed [[Soul Sanctuary]]), [[Van Gogh|Love Is]] (later renamed [[Van Gogh]]), [[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|I'll Never Open My Legs Again]] (later renamed [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye'll Never B Another Fool]][[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|'ll Never B Another Fool]]), [[How We Livin']] and [[Stone|Nothing Left To Give]]). | ||
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| − | |date = 10-21 July | + | |date = 10-21 July 1979 |
|studio = [[Mountain Ears Sound Studio]], Boulder, CO, USA | |studio = [[Mountain Ears Sound Studio]], Boulder, CO, USA | ||
|additional info = Initial tracking | |additional info = Initial tracking | ||
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| − | |date = October | + | |date = October 1987 |
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Re-recording | |additional info = Re-recording | ||
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