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{{song|
|song name                = Live 4 Love
|song name                = Live 4 Love
|single image              = [[Image:Diamondsandpearls.jpg|100px|link=Album: Diamonds And Pearls]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]]</small>
|album image              = [[Image:Diamondsandpearls.jpg|100px|link=Album: Diamonds And Pearls]] <br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] </small>
|single image              = [[Image:D&P_SDE.jpg|100px|link=Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe]] <br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''(Super) Deluxe Edition'']] </small>
|performer                = [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]
|performer                = [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 1|1 October 1991]] - [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] album
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 1|1 October 1991]] - [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] album
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]]<br>
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]]<br>
[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] and [[Tony M.]] (credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]])
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] and [[Tony M.]] (credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]])
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]])
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]])
|previous song            = [[Little Rock]]
|previous song            = [[Little Rock]]
|next song                = [[Live Out Loud]]
|next song                = [[Live Out Loud]]
|introduction              = '''Live 4 Love''' is the 13th and final track on [[Prince]]'s 13th album [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]], the first album to be credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]].  
|introduction              = '''Live 4 Love''' (full title in the booklet '''Live 4 Love (Last Words From The Cockpit)''') is the 13th and final track on [[Prince]]’s 13th album [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]], the first album to be credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]].  


In 1993, the track was included as the b-side of [[Single: The Morning Papers|The Morning Papers]], the fifth and final single from [[Prince]]'s 14th album [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album:_Symbol]].  
In 1993, the track was included as the b-side of [[Single: The Morning Papers|The Morning Papers]], the fifth and final single from [[Prince]]’s 14th album [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album:_Symbol]].  


In 2001, a 1992 live version was released as a video and audio download as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_10|NPG Music Club Edition # 10]].
In 2001, a 1992 live version was released as a video and audio download as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_10|NPG Music Club Edition # 10]].


Original tracking of this song was at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota, most likely on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 20|20 November 1990]] after midnight, continuing the session tracking [[Diamonds And Pearls]]. The original recording was over 7 and a half minutes long, and did not yet feature [[Tony M.]]’s rap.  An edit of this version, made its way to the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 27|27 November 1990]] configuration of [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] as the tenth track.


'''Recording process'''
The song was worked on further in early December, when [[Prince]] added rapped the lyrics from the pre-existing [[The Flow]] (recorded as a stand alone track on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 11|11 September 1990]]), and incorporating a bassline that would later be included on the released 1992 version of [[The Flow]]. This different 7:30 ‘Early Version’ with [[Prince]]’s [[The Flow]] rap was featured on the early December 1990 configuration of the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] album, and was released on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 28|28 September 2023]] as '''Live 4 Love (Early Version)''', as a preview for the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']], where it was featured as the ninth track of ''Vault Tracks part 1'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the box-set.


Initial tracking took place in the last week of December 1989, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] (during the same session as [[Diamonds And Pearls]]).
After further work and replacing the [[The Flow]] rap with something [[Tony M.]] came up with specifically for the song, it became the final track on a January 1991 configuration. It continued its life as the last track on the subsequent [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_1|1 March 1991]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 8|8 May 1991]] configurations, and remained there for the released version of the album.
 
The track's robotic countdown introduction was first used in the unreleased 1988 track [[We Got The Power]]. The track was included as the tenth track on the December 1990, configuration of [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]], but was moved to become the 13th and final track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_1|1 March 1991]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 8|8 May 1991]] configurations, where it remained for release.
 
The track features [[Michael B.]] (drums), who had just joined [[Prince]]'s band rehearsing for the [[Nude Tour]], as well as [[Sonny T.]] (bass guitar), whom [[Prince]] had recruited to play for [[Flash]], a backing band for [[Margie Cox]]. This is believed to be the earliest [[Prince]]-related recording to feature [[Tony M.]], who contributes a rap.
|recording info            =
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Late December 1989
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 20|20 November 1990]] (a.m.)
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Initial tracking
|additional info          = Tracking
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = November 1990 (assumed)
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Editing
}}
}}
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Early 1991 (assumed)
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 5|5 December 1990]]
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]] Minneapolis, MN, USA (assumed)
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA  
|additional info          = Additional recording
|additional info          = Additional recording
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Late January 1991 (assumed)
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
|additional info          = Additional recording, editing
}}
}}
|recording personnel      =  
|recording personnel      =  
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (liner notes state "insatiable")
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (listed in liner notes as ‘Insatiable’)
*[[Michael B.]] - drums
*[[Michael B.]] - drums
*[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar (credited for "bass and backing vox")
*[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar (credited for "bass and backing vox")
*[[Tommy Barbarella]] - keyboards
*[[Tony M.]] - rap (credited for "lead raps and backing vox")
*[[Tony M.]] - rap (credited for "lead raps and backing vox")
*[[Tim Penn]] - vocals (uncredited)
'''Live 4 Love (Early version)'''
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
*[[Michael B.]] - drums
*[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar
*[[Tommy Barbarella]] - keyboards
|released versions        =
|released versions        =
{{Songchart|
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{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''X-cerpts From The Songs: [[Thunder]], [[Daddy Pop]], [[Strollin']], [[Jughead]], [[Money Don't Matter 2 Night]], [[Push]], [[Live 4 Love]] '''
|1= '''Live 4 Love'''
|2= 6:58
|3= [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''(Super) Deluxe Edition'']]
|4= Studio
|5= Remastered 2023
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''X-cerpts From The Songs: [[Thunder]], [[Daddy Pop]], [[Strollin’]], [[Jughead]], [[Money Don’t Matter 2 Night]], [[Push]], [[Live 4 Love]] '''
|2= 5:04
|2= 5:04
|3= [[Single: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] single
|3= [[Single: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] single
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|3= [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_10|NPG Music Club Edition # 10]] mp3 download
|3= [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_10|NPG Music Club Edition # 10]] mp3 download
|4= Live
|4= Live
|5= April / May 1992 (exact date unknown), Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
|5= Late April (exact date unknown), Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Live 4 Love (Early Version)'''
|2= 7:33
|3= [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|4= Studio
|5=
}}
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}}
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{{Songchart|
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|line =
|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''Live 4 Love (Live)'''
|2= 6:38
|3= [[Home Video: Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection|Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection]] VHS/DVD<br>
[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''(Super) Deluxe Edition'']] blu-ray
|4= Live
|5= [[24 June 1992|24 June 1992: Earls Court, London, England]]
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''Live 4 Love (Live)'''  
|1= '''Live 4 Love (Live)'''  
|2= 6:52
|2= 6:52
|3= [[Home Video: Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection|Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection]] <br>
|3= [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_10|NPG Music Club Edition # 10]] .mov download
[[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_10|NPG Music Club Edition # 10]] .mov download
|4= Live
|4= Live
|5= April / May 1992 (exact date unknown), Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
|5= Late April 1992: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
}}
}}
}}
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|1= '''Live 4 Love'''
|1= '''Live 4 Love'''
|2= Studio
|2= Studio
|3= Fewer sound effects than released version, with falsetto vocal and slightly different lyrics in places
|3= Shorter edit of the so called ‘Early Version’
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''Live 4 Love'''
|2= Studio
|3= Fewer sound effects than released version, with falsetto vocal and slightly different lyrics in places
}}
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|performed regularly on    = [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]]
|performed regularly on    = [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]]
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1992|1992]]
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1992|1992]]
|trivia                    =  
|trivia                    = The track’s robotic countdown introduction comes from a sound library set by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Ideas Sound Ideas] and was first used in the unreleased 1988 track [[We Got The Power]].
* The crowd chanting “Live for love” audible in the song is most likely from the show in [[05_August 1990|5 August 1990, IJsstadion Thialf, Heerenveen, The Netherlands]].
* When the “Early Version” of '''Live 4 Love''' was uploaded to Spotify and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ShEt29hDrU youtube] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 28|28 September 2023]], to promote the upcoming [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']], the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCxwdU0xsvU  video on youtube] erroneously played the album version, instead of the advertised ‘Early Version’. This was not corrected until a few hours later.
: [[Image: Live4LoveEarlyCassette.png|200px]]
|see also                  = [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] album<br>
|see also                  = [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] album<br>
* [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''(Super) Deluxe Edition'']]
* [[Video: Live 4 Love|Live 4 Love]] video
* [[Home Video: Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection|Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection]] VHS/DVD
* [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_10|NPG Music Club Edition # 10]]
* [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_10|NPG Music Club Edition # 10]]
|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)]] ''  
|categories                = [[Category:1991]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the New Power Generation)]][[Category:Recorded 1989]]
|categories                = [[Category:1991]] [[Category:2023]] [[Category:Recorded 1989]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the New Power Generation)‏‎]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 16:32, 25 June 2024

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Live 4 Love

from the album
Diamonds And Pearls
from the album
Diamonds And Pearls (Super) Deluxe Edition
Song details
Performer: Prince and the New Power Generation
First Released: 1 October 1991 - Diamonds And Pearls album
Album(s): Diamonds And Pearls

Diamonds And Pearls Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition

Writer(s): Prince and Tony M. (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Live 4 Love (full title in the booklet Live 4 Love (Last Words From The Cockpit)) is the 13th and final track on Prince’s 13th album Diamonds And Pearls, the first album to be credited to Prince and the New Power Generation.

In 1993, the track was included as the b-side of The Morning Papers, the fifth and final single from Prince’s 14th album .

In 2001, a 1992 live version was released as a video and audio download as part of NPG Music Club Edition # 10.

Original tracking of this song was at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnesota, most likely on 20 November 1990 after midnight, continuing the session tracking Diamonds And Pearls. The original recording was over 7 and a half minutes long, and did not yet feature Tony M.’s rap. An edit of this version, made its way to the 27 November 1990 configuration of Diamonds And Pearls as the tenth track.

The song was worked on further in early December, when Prince added rapped the lyrics from the pre-existing The Flow (recorded as a stand alone track on 11 September 1990), and incorporating a bassline that would later be included on the released 1992 version of The Flow. This different 7:30 ‘Early Version’ with Prince’s The Flow rap was featured on the early December 1990 configuration of the Diamonds And Pearls album, and was released on 28 September 2023 as Live 4 Love (Early Version), as a preview for the Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition, where it was featured as the ninth track of Vault Tracks part 1, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the box-set.

After further work and replacing the The Flow rap with something Tony M. came up with specifically for the song, it became the final track on a January 1991 configuration. It continued its life as the last track on the subsequent 1 March 1991 and 8 May 1991 configurations, and remained there for the released version of the album.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
20 November 1990 (a.m.) Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking
November 1990 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Editing
5 December 1990 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Additional recording
Late January 1991 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) 		Additional recording, editing
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (listed in liner notes as ‘Insatiable’)
  • Michael B. - drums
  • Sonny T. - bass guitar (credited for "bass and backing vox")
  • Tommy Barbarella - keyboards
  • Tony M. - rap (credited for "lead raps and backing vox")
  • Tim Penn - vocals (uncredited)

Live 4 Love (Early version)


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Live 4 Love 6:58 Diamonds And Pearls album

The Morning Papers single

Studio
Live 4 Love 6:58 Diamonds And Pearls (Super) Deluxe Edition Studio Remastered 2023
X-cerpts From The Songs: Thunder, Daddy Pop, Strollin’, Jughead, Money Don’t Matter 2 Night, Push, Live 4 Love 5:04 Diamonds And Pearls single Edits Edits of each song; Live 4 Love edit is 0:37
Live 4 Love (Live) 6:52 NPG Music Club Edition # 10 mp3 download Live Late April (exact date unknown), Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
Live 4 Love (Early Version) 7:33 Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Studio
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Live 4 Love (Live) 6:38 Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection VHS/DVD

Diamonds And Pearls (Super) Deluxe Edition blu-ray

Live 24 June 1992: Earls Court, London, England
Live 4 Love (Live) 6:52 NPG Music Club Edition # 10 .mov download Live Late April 1992: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Live 4 Love Studio Shorter edit of the so called ‘Early Version’
Live 4 Love Studio Fewer sound effects than released version, with falsetto vocal and slightly different lyrics in places
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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