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While the song emerged from a jam on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 30|30 December 1983]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, basic tracking for the original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December 1983]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 1|1 January 1984]] (still at [[Sunset Sound]]), as '''We Can Fuck''' (although listed as "The Dawn" and "Moral Majority" respectively, as the original title was considered 'too raunchy'). | While the song emerged from a jam on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 30|30 December 1983]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, basic tracking for the original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December 1983]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 1|1 January 1984]] (still at [[Sunset Sound]]), as '''We Can Fuck''' (although listed as "The Dawn" and "Moral Majority" respectively, as the original title was considered 'too raunchy'). | ||
− | [[Prince]] would later tone 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 [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]] in | + | [[Prince]] would later tone 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 [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]] in Edina, Minnesota (in sequence after [[Data Bank]] and [[Can't Stop This Feeling I Got]], the day before recording [[Girl O' My Dreams]]). This version was later sent to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O%27Clock Three O'Clock] for consideration along with [[Neon Telephone]], [[Can't Stop This Feeling I Got]], [[Girl O' My Dreams]] and [[Teacher, Teacher]], but the band decided to use only [[Neon Telephone]]. At one point Prince had [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micki_Free Micki Free] fly to Minneapolis to record lead vocals. It is unclear when this took place and to which version the vocals were added. |
The 1983 recording was returned to and updated in 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, 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]]. Some musical overdubs with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) Clinton]'s musicians were recorded at [http://www.unitedsounddetroit.com/ United Sound Studio] in Detroit, Michigan, 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 1983 recording was returned to and updated in 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, 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]]. Some musical overdubs with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) Clinton]'s musicians were recorded at [http://www.unitedsounddetroit.com/ United Sound Studio] in Detroit, Michigan, 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. | ||
− | In 1992, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] updated the song with his musicians (with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Shider Garry Shider] replacing some of [[Prince]] | + | In 1992, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] updated the song with his musicians (with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Shider Garry Shider] replacing some of [[Prince]]'s vocals). This version was included as the second track on a 1992 configuration of [[Album: Hey_Man... Smell My Finger| Hey Man... Smell My Finger]] but didn't make the final cut of the album and remains unreleased. |
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]] | ||
− | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br> | + | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA |
|additional info = Basic tracking (as '''We Can Funk''') | |additional info = Basic tracking (as '''We Can Funk''') | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|date = Summer 1986 | |date = Summer 1986 | ||
− | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br> | + | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA |
|additional info = Additional recording | |additional info = Additional recording | ||
}} | }} |
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