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|song name                 = If The Kid Can’t Make You Come
|single image              = [[File:Icecreamcastles album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Ice Cream Castle]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]</small>
|performer                 = [[The Time]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 9|9 July 1984]] - [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]] album
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]
|writer(s)                 = [[Prince]] (as [[Jamie Starr]], credited to [[Morris Day]])
|producer(s)               = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Morris Day]] and [[The Starr Company]])
|previous song             = [[If It’ll Make U Happy]]
|next song                 = [[If U Let Me Undress U]]
|introduction              = '''If The Kid Can’t Make You Come''' is the fifth track on [[The Time]]’s third album [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]. '''If The Kid Can’t Make You Come''' was written by [[Prince]] under the pseudonym [[Jamie Starr]], but was credited on the album to [[Morris Day]]. It was co-produced by [[Morris Day]] and [[Prince]] under the name [[The Starr Company]]. [[Prince]] plays most instruments on the track.

Basic tracking (initially listed as '''If The Boy Can’t Make You Come''') took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 16|16 April 1983]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (two days after basic tracking of [[Chili Sauce]] (as [[Chili Sauce|Proposition 17]]), the day before [[Chocolate]]). While reflecting about the song’s history on [http://www.facebook.com/JesseJohnsonfan/posts/10152293702581224 Facebook] in 2014, [[Jesse Johnson]] stated:<blockquote> ''"[[Morris Day|Morris]] who is a very, very gifted drummer went in sat down to play "'''Kid'''", but he kept speeding up [[Prince]] tried it, he kept speeding up too! So we got this brilliant idea, when looking back at it now it’s funny the [[Prince|P]] and I thought this was a really good resolution. [[Morris Day|Morris]] out of the three of us was the only one that had a drink now and again, or let me put it clearer, [[Morris Day|Morris]] was the only one that knew how to drink. [[Prince|P]] & I were real amateurs, honestly ... [[Prince]] & I drank a glass of wine or my case a glass of WHINE! (ohh my head the room is spinning, I don’t feel well, etc, etc) will I’m playing the DRUMS on "'''The Kid'''" and of course all guitars."''</blockquote>

"The Kid" mentioned in the song’s title is a deliberate reference to [[Prince]]’s character "The Kid" in the [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] movie, in which [[The Time]] appeared as The Kid’s nemesis.
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 16|16 April 1983]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 2,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info           = Tracking
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 17|17 April 1983]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 2,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info           = overdubs 
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 20|20 April 1983]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info           = Mixing, overdubs, editing
}}
|recording personnel       = 
*[[Morris Day]] - lead vocals
*[[Prince]] - vocals and all instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
*[[Jesse Johnson]] - drums (uncredited), vocals and guitar
*[[Jill Jones]] - background vocals (uncredited)
*Sharon Hughes - dialogue
<hr>
*Richard McKernan - assistant engineer
*[[Peggy McCreary]] -  engineer 
|released versions         =
{{Songchart|
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{{Songline|
|1= '''If The Kid Can’t Make You Come'''
|2= 7:33
|3= [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]
|4= Studio
|5= 
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}}
|unreleased versions       = 
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{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''If The Kid Can’t Make You Come'''
|2= Studio
|3= Before overdubs
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{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''If The Kid Can’t Make You Come'''
|2= Studio
|3= Long version edited for release
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|video versions            = 
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|first live appearance     = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]] or [[The Time]].
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed occasionally in = none
|trivia                    = For the hi-hat this song uses the LinnDrum, the successor of the Linn LM-1 usually utilized by [[Prince]], 
|see also                  = [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]] album
*[[The Time]]
|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.facebook.com/JesseJohnsonfan/posts/10152293702581224
|categories                = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Recorded 1983]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (The Time)‏]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]]
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