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from the album Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 25 September 2020 - Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition album Album(s): Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: none

Love And Sex is a track recorded on 3 January 1986 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California. The mid-tempo song is driven by searing guitar and a whimsical staccato synth, with multi-tracked vocals, with Prince passionately delivering a plea to an unnamed object of affection, but written from a female perspective (“Look at you, out of control with a crazy girl”). On 25 March 1986, three months after the initial tracking it was re-recorded for possible inclusion on Sheila E.’s third album Sheila E.. For this re-recording the song was faster paced and with a funkier groove. Sheila E. added vocals and congas on it. Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss also adding horns at this time. The title Love And Sex was previously used for an otherwise-unrelated 1984 recording; see Love And Sex for details of that track. During Prince: A Celebration in June 2000, computer screens at Paisley Park Studios offered names of a selection of tracks which users could vote on for inclusion on Crystal Ball Volume II, and while Love And Sex was chosen by fans, the project was ultimately abandoned. It is unclear if this concerned the 1984 or 1986 song. In September 2020, Prince’s January ’86 version was released as the twelfth track of Vault Tracks part 1, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition. The faster paced version with Sheila E. singing lead remains unreleased. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 3 January 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Tracking 25 March 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Tracking (Re-recording), overdubs mix 26 March 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Overdubs, including Sheila E. vocal, mix (session sans Prince) 3 June 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 2, Hollywood, CA, USA Edits, crossfades (Sheila E., sans Prince) Recording Personnel Prince - all voices and instruments Unreleased Sheila E. version Sheila E. – lead vocals, congas Prince - all instruments except where noted Eric Leeds - saxophone Atlanta Bliss - trumpet Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Love And Sex 4:11 Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Studio Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Love And Sex Studio Sheila E. vocal version

Additional Information See also Trivia Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition album Prince had previously used the title Love And Sex for an otherwise-unrelated 1984 recording; see Love And Sex for details of that track. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)

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