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|single image = [[File:Artofficialage_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Art Official Age]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] </small> | |single image = [[File:Artofficialage_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Art Official Age]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] </small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 1|1 September | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 1|1 September 2014]] - [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] album pre-order download |
|album(s) = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | ||
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|previous song = [[U Just Can't Stop]] | |previous song = [[U Just Can't Stop]] | ||
|next song = [[U Make My Sun Shine]] | |next song = [[U Make My Sun Shine]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''U Know''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]]'s 37th album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]], and was released four weeks earlier as a pre-order download hours after the track was debuted by [http://www.celebuzz.com/2014-09-01/first-listen-princes-u-know-from-art-official-age/ Celebuzz], and it was also available to purchase separately (on the same day [[Whitecaps]] was released to promote [[Album: Plectrumelectrum|Plectrumelectrum]]). | + | |introduction = '''U Know''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]]'s 37th album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]], and was released four weeks earlier as a pre-order download, hours after the track was debuted by [http://www.celebuzz.com/2014-09-01/first-listen-princes-u-know-from-art-official-age/ Celebuzz], and it was also available to purchase separately (on the same day [[Whitecaps]] was released to promote [[Album: Plectrumelectrum|Plectrumelectrum]]). |
− | While specific recording dates are not known, it is assumed to have been recorded in early 2014 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] | + | While specific recording dates are not known, it is assumed to have been recorded in early 2014 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. |
− | The track uses a musical backing sampled from ''Blinded'' by Los Angeles singer/songwriter/rapper [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mila_J Mila J] (only available as a streaming video in 2012), and a short sample of the ''Blinded'' music was first used in the sampler set in March | + | The track uses a musical backing sampled from ''Blinded'' by Los Angeles singer/songwriter/rapper [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mila_J Mila J] (only available as a streaming video in 2012), and a short sample of the ''Blinded'' music was first used in the sampler set in March 2014, indicating that '''U Know''' had been recorded by this point (though it is possible that he was simply using ''Blinded'', with '''U Know''' recorded later). |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = Early 2014 (assumed) | |date = Early 2014 (assumed) | ||
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Basic tracking |
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
− | |first live appearance = [[15 March | + | |first live appearance = [[15 March 2014|15 March 2014: Fox Theater, San Francisco, CA, USA]] <small>(short sample of ''Blinded'' musical backing only)</small> <br> |
+ | * [[26 February 2016-am|26 February 2016 (a.m.): Burswood, WA, Australia]] <small>(during sampler set) </small> | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#2014|2014]] <small>(short sample of ''Blinded'' musical backing only)</small> [[All_Concerts#2015|2015]] <small>(short sample of ''Blinded'' musical backing only)</small> | |performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#2014|2014]] <small>(short sample of ''Blinded'' musical backing only)</small> [[All_Concerts#2015|2015]] <small>(short sample of ''Blinded'' musical backing only)</small> | ||
|trivia = While the title is reminiscent of [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]] from the [[Album: Lovesexy|Lovesexy]] album, the tracks are unrelated. | |trivia = While the title is reminiscent of [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]] from the [[Album: Lovesexy|Lovesexy]] album, the tracks are unrelated. | ||
− | * While not being a single, the track entered SNEP Top Singles chart on 1 September | + | * While not being a single, the track entered SNEP Top Singles chart on 1 September 2014 at position 182. It remained in the chart only one week. |
|see also = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] album | |see also = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] album | ||
− | |references = [http://www.spin.com/articles/prince-u-know-art-official-age-single-stream/ '''Prince Is a Sexy Purple Robot on His New Single, "U Know"''' (SPIN: 1 September | + | |references = [http://www.spin.com/articles/prince-u-know-art-official-age-single-stream/ '''Prince Is a Sexy Purple Robot on His New Single, "U Know"''' (SPIN: 1 September 2014)] |
* [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Prince/U-KNOW-s33621.html Charts In France Prince / U Know] | * [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Prince/U-KNOW-s33621.html Charts In France Prince / U Know] | ||
|categories = [[Category:2014]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 2014]] | |categories = [[Category:2014]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 2014]] | ||
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