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|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_23|23 June 2017]] - [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_23|23 June 2017]] - [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br> | ||
− | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Jill Jones]] | + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Jill Jones]] (lyrics), [[Prince]] (music) (credited to [[Prince]]) |
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Witness 4 The Prosecution]] | |previous song = [[Witness 4 The Prosecution]] | ||
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|introduction = '''Wonderful Ass''' was released posthumously in 2017, as the seventh track on the second disc (titled ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'') of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]. | |introduction = '''Wonderful Ass''' was released posthumously in 2017, as the seventh track on the second disc (titled ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'') of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]. | ||
− | While specific recording dates have not been confirmed, basic tracking took place in the first two weeks of January 1983 (or in November 1982) at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The track’s lyrics were supposedly inspired by [[Vanity]]. [[Jill Jones]] was in the studio with [[Prince]] during the recording and helped come up with the rhyming words ending in "... | + | While specific recording dates have not been confirmed, basic tracking took place in the first two weeks of January 1983 (or in November 1982) at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The track’s lyrics were supposedly inspired by [[Vanity]]. [[Jill Jones]] was in the studio with [[Prince]] during the recording and helped come up with the rhyming words ending in "...ate" at the end of the song. It is unknown if the track was intended for any project at the time of recording, although in 1983 there was some discussion of the track being used by [[Vanity 6]], [[Apollonia 6]] or [[The Time]]. |
[[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] worked on the track further at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, most likely on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 27|27 September 1984]], adding vocals and possibly other instrumentation. Again, it is not known if this song was intended for any project at the time of additional recording. The liner notes for [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] state that the track was recorded in September 1984, but this refers only to the overdubs by [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] and [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]]. | [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] worked on the track further at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, most likely on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 27|27 September 1984]], adding vocals and possibly other instrumentation. Again, it is not known if this song was intended for any project at the time of additional recording. The liner notes for [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] state that the track was recorded in September 1984, but this refers only to the overdubs by [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] and [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]]. | ||
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|date = Early-mid January 1983 | |date = Early-mid January 1983 | ||
|studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
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|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)]]'' | ||
* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]'' | * ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]'' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:2017]][[Category:Recorded 1983]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]] |
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