Difference between revisions of "You're All I Want"
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|song name = You're All I Want | |song name = You're All I Want | ||
− | |single image = [[File: | + | |single image = [[File:1999_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: 1999 Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] </small> |
+ | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_29|29 November 2019]] - [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] album | ||
+ | |album(s) = [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]<br> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] |
− | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] |
|previous song = [[Your Show]] | |previous song = [[Your Show]] | ||
|next song = [[You're My Love]] | |next song = [[You're My Love]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''You're All I Want''' (a.k.a. '''U're All I | + | |introduction = '''You're All I Want''' (a.k.a. '''U're All I Want''') is a song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_11|11 January 1982]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (the same day as [[Bold Generation]] and [[Gigolos Get Lonely Too]]). In a [http://www.startribune.com/sometimes-he-dreamed-his-songs-a-portrait-of-prince-in-the-recording-studio/510918872/?fbclid=IwAR0vwL3s5nGrbsgcg3_SccakyBgukJtwph2g7z3UvWJ86UuuN-5D1Ag0NFo 2019 interview], engineer [[Peggy McCreary]] talked to Jon Bream about the recording session: |
:''Usually dressed in his customarily stylish manner, [[Prince]] showed up this time with a completely different look: bluejeans, white T-shirt, black leather motorcycle jacket, black leather boots.''<br> | :''Usually dressed in his customarily stylish manner, [[Prince]] showed up this time with a completely different look: bluejeans, white T-shirt, black leather motorcycle jacket, black leather boots.''<br> | ||
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:''“That was him.”''''<br> | :''“That was him.”''''<br> | ||
− | + | The repeated rockabilly motif in the song is not unlike the lead synth line in [[Horny Toad]], recorded a few months later. | |
− | [[Prince]] gave the song to [[Eric Leeds]] in July 1989 (along with [[My Summertime Thang]], [[Pickle]], [[U Should Be Mine]], [[Wet Dream Cousin]], [[Vibrator]], [[The Max-2|The Max]] and [[XYZ]]) when considering songs for a new [[Madhouse]] album (later called [[Album:_Times_Squared#Quotations_and_trivia|26]], which later evolved into [[Eric Leeds]]' solo album [[Album: Times Squared|Times Squared]]). [[Eric Leeds]] later added saxophone overdubs on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 12|12 May 1991]] (two days after [[Gett Off]] was recorded, on the same day as [[Blue Light]]), and the song was copyrighted (retitled '''U're All I Want''') on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 17|17 June 1991]]; it is likely that this version was instrumental. In 2000, it was listed (as '''U're All Eye Want''') as one of 22 tracks [[Prince: A Celebration]] attendees could vote on for inclusion in the [[Album: Crystal Ball Volume II|Crystal Ball Volume II]] release, and was chosen as one of the 17 final selections. It is unknown if the version intended for inclusion was the original 1982 recording or the 1991 version (or an unknown third recording). The project was ultimately abandoned, however, and the track | + | In a session at a later date [[Prince]] had his (girl)friend [[Kim Upsher]] record lead vocals on the song. The song initial recording date and overdub date likely fall before [[Prince]] meeting [[Vanity]], so the fact he had [[Kim Upsher]] record volcas for it might indicate [[Prince]] considered using it for the girl group [[The Hookers]] that he was recording for, and ultimately became [[Vanity 6]]. |
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+ | [[Prince]] gave the song to [[Eric Leeds]] in July 1989 (along with [[My Summertime Thang]], [[Pickle]], [[U Should Be Mine]], [[Wet Dream Cousin]], [[Vibrator]], [[The Max-2|The Max]] and [[XYZ]]) when considering songs for a new [[Madhouse]] album (later called [[Album:_Times_Squared#Quotations_and_trivia|26]], which later evolved into [[Eric Leeds]]' solo album [[Album: Times Squared|Times Squared]]). [[Eric Leeds]] later added saxophone overdubs on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 12|12 May 1991]] (two days after [[Gett Off]] was recorded, on the same day as [[Blue Light]]), and the song was copyrighted (retitled '''U're All I Want''') on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 17|17 June 1991]]; it is likely that this version was instrumental. In 2000, it was listed (as '''U're All Eye Want''') as one of 22 tracks [[Prince: A Celebration]] attendees could vote on for inclusion in the [[Album: Crystal Ball Volume II|Crystal Ball Volume II]] release, and was chosen as one of the 17 final selections. It is unknown if the version intended for inclusion was the original 1982 recording or the 1991 version (or an unknown third recording). The project was ultimately abandoned, however, and the track remained unreleased until the original 1982 recording was released in 2019 as a track on one of the bonus discs with the deluxe edition of the [[Album: 1999|1999]] album. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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|studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Basic tracking | |additional info = Basic tracking | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = January 1982 (assumed) | ||
+ | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, MN (assumed) | ||
+ | |additional info = [[Kim Upsher Overdubs]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
+ | '''Kim Upsher version''' | ||
+ | *[[Kim Upsher]] – lead vocal | ||
+ | *[[Prince]] - all other vocals and instruments (assumed) | ||
'''1991 version''' | '''1991 version''' | ||
*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | ||
*[[Prince]] - all other instruments | *[[Prince]] - all other instruments | ||
+ | |released versions = | ||
+ | {{Songchart| | ||
+ | |line = | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''You're All I Want''' | ||
+ | |2= 4:00 | ||
+ | |3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]<br> | ||
+ | |4= Studio | ||
+ | |5= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |unreleased versions = | ||
+ | {{SongUnreleased| | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
{{Unreleased| | {{Unreleased| | ||
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|1= '''You're All I Want''' | |1= '''You're All I Want''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= [[Kim Upsher]] lead vocal version |
}} | }} | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
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|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= 1991 instrumental version | |3= 1991 instrumental version | ||
+ | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
− | |first live appearance = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]] | + | |first live appearance = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]]. |
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = |
− | |see also = [[ | + | |see also = [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] album |
|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)]]'' | ||
*''[http://www.startribune.com/sometimes-he-dreamed-his-songs-a-portrait-of-prince-in-the-recording-studio/510918872/?fbclid=IwAR0vwL3s5nGrbsgcg3_SccakyBgukJtwph2g7z3UvWJ86UuuN-5D1Ag0NFo Sometimes he dreamed his songs: A portrait of Prince in the recording studio]'' by Jon Bream, Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 6, 2019 | *''[http://www.startribune.com/sometimes-he-dreamed-his-songs-a-portrait-of-prince-in-the-recording-studio/510918872/?fbclid=IwAR0vwL3s5nGrbsgcg3_SccakyBgukJtwph2g7z3UvWJ86UuuN-5D1Ag0NFo Sometimes he dreamed his songs: A portrait of Prince in the recording studio]'' by Jon Bream, Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 6, 2019 | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:1982]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1982]][[Category:2019]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince]][[Category:Recorded 1982]] |
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