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{{song-2|
|song name                 = With You
|single image              = [[File:Prince.jpg|100px|link=Album: Prince]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Prince|Prince]]</small>
|performer                 = [[Prince]]; [[Jill Jones]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 19|19 October 1979]] - [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Prince|Prince]]<br>
[[Album: Jill Jones|Jill Jones]]
|writer(s)                 = [[Prince]]
|producer(s)               = [[Prince]]
|previous song             = [[With This Tear]]
|next song                 = [[Witness 4 The Prosecution]]
|introduction              = '''With You''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]]’s second album [[Album: Prince|Prince]]. In 1987, a re-recorded version (essentially a cover version, but mixed by [[Prince]]) was included as the fourth track on [[Jill Jones]]' first and only album [[Album: Jill Jones|Jill Jones]].

An early version of the song was recorded in February 1978 at [[Music Farm Studios]] in New York, NY, USA, around the same time as of sessions led by [[Pepé Willie]] intended for Tony Silvester, leader of the group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Main_Ingredient The Main Ingredient] to use as demos for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Anthony_and_the_Imperials Little Anthony and the Imperials], who he wanted to produce (the one-day session also produced [[I Feel For You]], [[Thrill You Or Kill You]], and [[André Cymone]]’s original version of [[Do Me, Baby]]), although '''With You''' was recorded with extra studio time and was not intended for use by Tony Silvester. 

While specific recording dates for the album version are not known, the album sessions took place from late April to late May 1979 at [[Alpha Studios]] in Burbank, California. Overdubs and mixing took place at [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California. 

In November 1985, [[Jill Jones]] re-recorded the track, at [[Prince]]’s request, for inclusion on her 1987 eponymous album [[Album: Jill Jones|Jill Jones]]. This is essentially a cover version of the track, without musical input by [[Prince]], except for some mixing. 

[[Prince]] did commission an orchestral arrangement for it from [[Clare Fischer]], recorded in December, but the orchestral arrangement is not used in the released version on [[Album: Jill Jones|Jill Jones]].

|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = February 1978
|studio                    = [[Music Farm Studios]],<br>New York, NY, USA
|additional info           = Preliminary version
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = April - May 1979
|studio                    = [[Alpha Studios]],<br>Burbank, CA, USA
|additional info           = Tracking
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = May - [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 13|13 June 1979]] (assumed)
|studio                    = [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]],<br>Los Angeles, CA, USA
|additional info           = Overdubs, mixing
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = November 1985
|studio                    = Electric Lady Studios - Studio A,<br>New York, NY, USA (assumed)
|additional info           = [[Jill Jones]] re-recording
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Mid December 1985
|studio                    = Studio information needed, California
|additional info           = [[Clare Fischer]] overdubs (unused)
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_22|22 December 1985]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3 ,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info           = Mix with orchestra ([[Jill Jones]] version)
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 29|29 January 1986]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info           = Mix, overdub (guitar and piano), edit ([[Jill Jones]] version)
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 20|20 February 1986]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info           = Mixing [[Jill Jones]] album compilation 
}}
|recording personnel       = 
'''Prince version'''
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments
<br>
'''Unreleased Prince Version'''
*[[Prince]] - lead vocals, guitar, synthesizer and keyboards (assumed)
*[[André Cymone]] - bass guitar (assumed)
*[[Pepé Willie]] - synthesizer, percussion (assumed)
<br>
'''Jill Jones version'''
*[[Jill Jones]] - vocals
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gadd Steve Gadd] - drums
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_McCracken Hugh McCracken] - guitar
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stevens Steve Stevens] - guitar
*Mike Chase - keyboards
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Mounsey Rob Mounsey] - piano
*[[Prince]] - guitar, piano (overdubs)
|released versions         =
{{Songchart|
|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''With You'''
|2= 3:59
|3= [[Album: Prince|Prince]]
|4= Studio
|5= 
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''With You'''
|2= 4:00
|3= [[Album: Jill Jones|Jill Jones]]
|4= Studio
|5=
}}
}}
|video versions            = 
|broadcasts, streaming     = 
|unreleased versions       = 
{{SongUnreleased|
|unreleased versions       = 
{{Unreleased|
|line=
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''With You'''
|2= Studio
|3= Recorded in February 1978
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''With You'''
|2= [[Jill Jones]] version with [[Clare Fischer]] overdubs
|3= Recorded in mid December 1985
}}
}}
}}
|sampled in                = 
|first live appearance     = [[02_December 1982|2 December 1982: Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA]]<br>
* [[28 February 2016-2|28 February 2016 (show 2): Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA, USA]]  
|performed regularly on    = [[1999 Tour]]
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1985|1985]], [[All Concerts#1989|1989]] <small>(instrumental)</small>, [[All Concerts#1993|1993]] <small>(instrumental)</small>, [[All Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All Concerts#2015|2015]] <small>(instrumental)</small>
|trivia                    = 
|see also                  = [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album
* [[Album: Jill Jones|Jill Jones]] album
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
*''[https://www.amazon.com/If-You-See-Me-Six-Decade/dp/168134176X If You See Me: My Six-Decade Journey in Rock and Roll, Pepé Willie (2021)]''
* ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]''
|categories                = [[Category:1979]][[Category:Recorded 1979]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
}}