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|introduction = '''We Can Funk''' is the seventh track on [[Prince]]'s 12th album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]], and is credited as a duet between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] and [[Prince]]. The track is also featured in the movie [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. In 2011, a 1:00 video (audio only with a static image) of an acoustic demo of the track recorded by [[Andy Allo]] (as '''Oui Can Luv''', with a revised chorus to match) was streamed on her [[Andy Allo Facebook Streams|Facebook page]], with the tagline "CHECK OUT WHAT EYE FOUND IN PRINCE'S VAULT (Demo recorded in Sacramento on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_31|8/31/11]] using ProTools 9 & a Sterling Audio ST69 Mic)", followed a few weeks later by a full-length version of the same track. [[Prince]] is believed to play acoustic guitar on this version. | |introduction = '''We Can Funk''' is the seventh track on [[Prince]]'s 12th album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]], and is credited as a duet between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] and [[Prince]]. The track is also featured in the movie [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. In 2011, a 1:00 video (audio only with a static image) of an acoustic demo of the track recorded by [[Andy Allo]] (as '''Oui Can Luv''', with a revised chorus to match) was streamed on her [[Andy Allo Facebook Streams|Facebook page]], with the tagline "CHECK OUT WHAT EYE FOUND IN PRINCE'S VAULT (Demo recorded in Sacramento on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_31|8/31/11]] using ProTools 9 & a Sterling Audio ST69 Mic)", followed a few weeks later by a full-length version of the same track. [[Prince]] is believed to play acoustic guitar on this version. | ||
− | Initial tracking for [[Prince]]'s original solo version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December, 1983]] at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA, as '''We Can Fuck''' (the day after [[Erotic City]] and [[She's Always In My Hair]]), with additional work the following day, [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 1|1 January, 1984]]. [[Prince]] later toned down the title and lyrics of the song, and re-recorded the track on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 17|17 June, 1986]] at the [[ | + | Initial tracking for [[Prince]]'s original solo version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December, 1983]] at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA, as '''We Can Fuck''' (the day after [[Erotic City]] and [[She's Always In My Hair]]), with additional work the following day, [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 1|1 January, 1984]]. [[Prince]] later toned down the title and lyrics of the song, and re-recorded the track on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 17|17 June, 1986]] at the [[Crosstown Circle Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA (in sequence after [[Data Bank]] and [[Can't Stop This Feeling I Got]], the day before recording [[Girl O' My Dreams]]). The 1983 recording was returned to and updated in 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, and this updated version, without [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] on vocals, was included as the sixth track on a 1989 configuration of [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] added vocal overdubs in late 1989-1990, also at [[Paisley Park Studios]], and the final version was included as the seventh track on a 1990 configuration of [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]], where it remained for release. |
The track's lyrics mention the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra Kama Sutra], considered to be the most important work in a long line of Indian erotic literature, written by the Hindu philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%81tsy%C4%81yana Vātsyāyana] ([[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] later named the first and only album by [[The NPG Orchestra]] [[Album: Kamasutra|Kamasutra]]). | The track's lyrics mention the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra Kama Sutra], considered to be the most important work in a long line of Indian erotic literature, written by the Hindu philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%81tsy%C4%81yana Vātsyāyana] ([[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] later named the first and only album by [[The NPG Orchestra]] [[Album: Kamasutra|Kamasutra]]). | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 17|17 June, 1986]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 17|17 June, 1986]] | ||
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|additional info = Initial tracking (as '''We Can Funk''') | |additional info = Initial tracking (as '''We Can Funk''') | ||
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|date = Summer, 1986 | |date = Summer, 1986 | ||
− | |studio = [[ | + | |studio = [[Crosstown Circle Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA |
|additional info = Additional recording | |additional info = Additional recording | ||
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