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|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Vibrator]] | |previous song = [[Vibrator]] | ||
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− | |introduction = '''Vicki Waiting''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Vicki Waiting''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]]’s eleventh album [[Album: Batman|Batman]] (the motion picture soundtrack to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton Tim Burton] movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]). A different version, possibly an instrumental remix, is heard in the background during a scene in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]. In 2001, a 1995 live version was released as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_2|NPG Music Club Edition # 2]]. In 2005, the same live version was included on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_26|Live From Paisley Park]] download EP. |
− | Although specific recording dates are not known, the track was a reworked version of the track '''Anna Waiting''', for which basic tracking took place in December 1988 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (at around the same time [[Prince]] was approached about writing songs for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] movie). The song was written for [[Anna Garcia]], and was given to her upon her arrival at [[Paisley Park]] on which she says was her eighteenth birthday, [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December 1988]], (although it seems more likely she in fact turned 19 on that day) along with a pink cashmere coat (the song [[Pink Cashmere]] had been recorded six months previously). [[Prince]] asked [[Anna Garcia]] for permission to change the lyrics for use in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] movie to fit the lead female character [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicki_Vale Vicki Vale], and the title and other lyrics were changed in | + | Although specific recording dates are not known, the track was a reworked version of the track '''Anna Waiting''', for which basic tracking took place in December 1988 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (at around the same time [[Prince]] was approached about writing songs for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] movie). The song was written for [[Anna Garcia]], and was given to her upon her arrival at [[Paisley Park]] on which she says was her eighteenth birthday, [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December 1988]], (although it seems more likely she in fact turned 19 on that day) along with a pink cashmere coat (the song [[Pink Cashmere]] had been recorded six months previously). [[Prince]] asked [[Anna Garcia]] for permission to change the lyrics for use in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] movie to fit the lead female character [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicki_Vale Vicki Vale], and the title and other lyrics were changed in February 1989. |
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+ | The vocals on the album are credited to a character from the movie, as if [[Prince]] is singing on their behalf. [[Vicki Waiting]], like [[Lemon Crush]], is attributed to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman Bruce Wayne]. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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|date = December 1988 | |date = December 1988 | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking (as '''Anna Waiting''') |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = | + | |date = Mid-to-late February 1989 |
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Additional recording, reworking and overdubs (as '''Vicki Waiting''') | |additional info = Additional recording, reworking and overdubs (as '''Vicki Waiting''') | ||
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicholson Jack Nicholson] - sampled vocals (as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(comics) The Joker], sampled from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]) (credited for "special guest presence") | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicholson Jack Nicholson] - sampled vocals (as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(comics) The Joker], sampled from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]) (credited for "special guest presence") | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Basinger Kim Basinger] - sampled vocals (as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicki_Vale Vicki Vale], sampled from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]) (credited for "special guest presence") | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Basinger Kim Basinger] - sampled vocals (as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicki_Vale Vicki Vale], sampled from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]) (credited for "special guest presence") | ||
+ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Keaton Michael Keaton] - credited for "special guest presence", but not heard | ||
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'''Live version''' | '''Live version''' | ||
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|1= '''Anna Waiting Instr.''' | |1= '''Anna Waiting Instr.''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= Instrumental of the above, given to [[Anna Garcia]] w/ the original version |
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* [[Anna Garcia]] | * [[Anna Garcia]] | ||
|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)]] '' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:1989]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1989]][[Category:Recorded 1988]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
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