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{{song|
{{song|
|song name                = Irresistible Bitch
|song name                = Irresistible Bitch
|album image              = [[File:Letspretendweremarried single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Let's Pretend We're Married]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] </small><br>
|album image              = [[File:Letspretendweremarried single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Let’s Pretend We’re Married]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Let’s Pretend We’re Married|Let’s Pretend We’re Married]] </small><br>
[[File:1999_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: 1999 Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] </small>
[[File:1999_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: 1999 Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] </small>
|single image              = [[Image:thehitsthebsides.jpg|117px|link=Album: The Hits / The B-Sides ]] <br> <small> included on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]</small>
|single image              = [[Image:thehitsthebsides.jpg|117px|link=Album: The Hits / The B-Sides ]] <br> <small> included on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]</small>
|performer                = [[Prince]]
|performer                = [[Prince]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 16|16 November 1983]] - [[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] single
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 16|16 November 1983]] - [[Single: Let’s Pretend We’re Married|Let’s Pretend We’re Married]] single
|album(s)                  = [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br>
|album(s)                  = [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br>
[[Album: 1999  Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br>
[[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
|previous song            = [[Into The Light]]
|previous song            = [[Into The Light]]
|next song                = [[It]]
|next song                = [[It]]
|introduction              = '''Irresistible Bitch''' was released as the b-side of the single [[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]], the fourth and final single from [[Prince]]'s fifth album [[Album: 1999|1999]].  
|introduction              = '''Irresistible Bitch''' was released as the b-side of the single [[Single: Let’s Pretend We’re Married|Let’s Pretend We’re Married]], the fourth and final single from [[Prince]]’s fifth album [[Album: 1999|1999]].  


In 1993, it was included as the eleventh track on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The B-Sides]] compilation (included as the third and final disc on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]).
In 1993, it was included as the eleventh track on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The B-Sides]] compilation (included as the third and final disc on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]).


In 2019 the original 1981 recording, mixed together with [[Feel U Up]] was released as a track on one of the bonus discs with the deluxe edition of the [[Album: 1999|1999]] album.
In 2019, the original 1981 recording (mixed together with [[Feel U Up]]) was released as the second track on the ''Vault Tracks part 1'' disc of a ''Super Deluxe Edition'' edition of the [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999]] album.


While specific recording dates for the first incarnation of the song are not known, it was initially recorded in November 1981 (estimate) at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. This version was recorded separate from the earliest incarnation of [[Feel U Up]], recorded around the same time, but [[Prince]] soon after mixed them together.<br>  
While specific recording dates for the first incarnation of the song are not known, it was initially recorded in November 1981 (estimate) at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. This version was recorded separate from the earliest incarnation of [[Feel U Up]], recorded around the same time, but [[Prince]] soon after mixed them together. Both [[Feel U Up]] and [[Irresistible Bitch]] were at one point intended for [[The Time]]'s third album [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]], but the songs were probably not reworked with [[Morris Day]].<br>


The better known released version is a re-recording done at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 15|15 September 1983]] (five days before [[The Beautiful Ones]]).
The better known released version is a re-recording done at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 15|15 September 1983]] (five days before [[The Beautiful Ones]]).
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|date                      = November 1981 (estimate)
|date                      = November 1981 (estimate)
|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking original version
|additional info          = Tracking original version
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 7|7 September 1982]]
|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Tracking of re-recording
}}
}}
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 15|15 September 1983]]
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 15|15 September 1983]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking of re-recording
|additional info          = Overdubs, mixing on 1982 version
}}
}}
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_16|16 September 1983]]   
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_16|16 September 1983]]   
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*[[Lisa Coleman]] - background vocals
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - background vocals
*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - background vocals
*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - background vocals
'''1981 Version'''
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments
|released versions        =
|released versions        =
{{Songchart|
{{Songchart|
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|1= '''Irresistible Bitch'''
|1= '''Irresistible Bitch'''
|2= 4:11
|2= 4:11
|3= [[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] - single
|3= [[Single: Let’s Pretend We’re Married|Let’s Pretend We’re Married]] - single
[[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br>
[[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br>
[[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]
|4= Studio
|4= Studio
|5=  
|5=  
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{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''Irresistible Bitch'''
|1= '''Irresistible Bitch'''
|2= 2:02
|2= 4:11
|3= [[NPG Ahdio Show 9|NPG Ahdio Show # 9]] mp3 (not available as a separate track)
|3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''(Super) Deluxe Edition'']]
|4= Live
|4= Studio
|5= [[26 March 1993|26 March 1993, Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA]]
|5= Remastered in 2019
}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''Irresistible Bitch'''
|1= '''Irresistible Bitch'''
|2= 4:39
|2= 4:39
|3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]<br>
|3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br>
|4= Studio
|4= Studio
|5=  
|5= 1981 version
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Irresistible Bitch'''
|2= 1:56
|3= [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]]
|4= Live
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Irresistible Bitch'''
|2= 1:55
|3= [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] (2022 re-release)
|4= Live
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]. Remastered
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Irresistible Bitch'''
|2= 2:02
|3= [[NPG Ahdio Show 9|NPG Ahdio Show # 9]] mp3 (not available as a separate track)
|4= Live
|5= [[26 March 1993|26 March 1993, Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA]]
}}
}}
}}
}}
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|2= 2:00
|2= 2:00
|3= [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc<br>
|3= [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc<br>
[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)]]  
[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Super Deluxe Edition'' – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)]] <br>
[[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] (2022 re-release)
|4= Live
|4= Live
|5= [[30 March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY]]<br>
|5= [[30 March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY]]<br>
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}}
|unreleased versions      =  
|unreleased versions      =  
{{SongUnreleased|
|unreleased versions      =
{{Unreleased|
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{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''Irresistible Bitch'''
|2= Studio
|3= Early mix with different ending
}}
}}
}}
|broadcasts, streaming    =
|broadcasts, streaming    =
|first live appearance    = [[07 June 1984|7 June 1984: First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]]<br>
|first live appearance    = [[07 June 1984|7 June 1984: First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]]<br>
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|performed regularly on    = [[Purple Rain Tour]]
|performed regularly on    = [[Purple Rain Tour]]
* [[Act II]]
* [[Act II]]
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1985|1985]], [[All Concerts#1988|1988]] <small>(chants only, during [[Head]])</small>, [[All Concerts#1990|1990]] <small>(lyric interpolation during [[Baby I'm A Star]]</small>, [[All Concerts#2002|2002]] <small>(interpolation during [[All The Critics Love U In New York]]</small>, [[All Concerts#2007|2007]] <small>(during sampler set)</small>, [[All Concerts#2009|2009]]  
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1985|1985]], [[All Concerts#1988|1988]] <small>(chants only, during [[Head]])</small>, [[All Concerts#1990|1990]] <small>(lyric interpolation during [[Baby I’m A Star]]</small>, [[All Concerts#2002|2002]] <small>(interpolation during [[All The Critics Love U In New York]]</small>, [[All Concerts#2007|2007]] <small>(during sampler set)</small>, [[All Concerts#2009|2009]]  
|trivia                    =  
|trivia                    = The released mix of the November 1981 version was done by Niko Bolas specifically for the [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] release. It was made to replicate an original mix from 1981, as much as possible. So even when a slightly different mix of this track might exist, the now released version is not considered a true alternate mix of the track.
|see also                  = [[Single: Let's Pretend We're Married|Let's Pretend We're Married]] single
* main synth in the song is the Oberheim OB-X
*[[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] album
|see also                  = [[Single: Let’s Pretend We’re Married|Let’s Pretend We’re Married]] single
*[[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] 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)]]''
|categories                = [[Category:1981]][[Category:1983]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1981]] [[Category:Recorded 1983]]
*[https://motr.podbean.com/e/ep63-jimmy-jam/ '''Music On The Run - Episode 63 — Jimmy Jam''' by ''St. Paul Peterson '' (24 June 2024)]
|categories                = [[Category:1983]][[Category:2019]][[Category:Recorded 1981]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 12:18, 27 June 2024

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Irresistible Bitch

single art for Let’s Pretend We’re Married


from the album 1999 Super Deluxe Edition


included on The Hits / The B-Sides
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 16 November 1983 - Let’s Pretend We’re Married single
Album(s): The Hits / The B-Sides

1999 Super Deluxe Edition
Prince And The Revolution: Live

Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Irresistible Bitch was released as the b-side of the single Let’s Pretend We’re Married, the fourth and final single from Prince’s fifth album 1999.

In 1993, it was included as the eleventh track on The B-Sides compilation (included as the third and final disc on The Hits / The B-Sides).

In 2019, the original 1981 recording (mixed together with Feel U Up) was released as the second track on the Vault Tracks part 1 disc of a Super Deluxe Edition edition of the 1999 album.

While specific recording dates for the first incarnation of the song are not known, it was initially recorded in November 1981 (estimate) at Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. This version was recorded separate from the earliest incarnation of Feel U Up, recorded around the same time, but Prince soon after mixed them together. Both Feel U Up and Irresistible Bitch were at one point intended for The Time's third album Ice Cream Castle, but the songs were probably not reworked with Morris Day.

The better known released version is a re-recording done at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California on 15 September 1983 (five days before The Beautiful Ones).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
November 1981 (estimate) Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking original version
7 September 1982 Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking of re-recording
15 September 1983 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Overdubs, mixing on 1982 version
16 September 1983 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Overdubs, mixing
17 September 1983 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Lisa Coleman & Wendy Melvoin vocal overdubs
18 September 1983 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Overdubs, mixing
Recording Personnel

1981 Version

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Irresistible Bitch 4:11 Let’s Pretend We’re Married - single

The Hits / The B-Sides

 Studio
Irresistible Bitch 4:11 1999 (Super) Deluxe Edition Studio Remastered in 2019
Irresistible Bitch 4:39 1999 Super Deluxe Edition
 Studio 1981 version
Irresistible Bitch 1:56 Prince And The Revolution: Live Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA
Irresistible Bitch 1:55 Prince And The Revolution: Live (2022 re-release) Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA. Remastered
Irresistible Bitch 2:02 NPG Ahdio Show # 9 mp3 (not available as a separate track) Live 26 March 1993, Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Irresistible Bitch 2:00 Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS/laserdisc

Purple Rain Super Deluxe Edition – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)
Prince And The Revolution: Live (2022 re-release)

Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Purple Medley 11:03 Purple Medley single Studio medley Lyrics of Irresistible Bitch spoken over Sexy M.F. music; see Purple Medley for more details
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Irresistible Bitch Studio Early mix with different ending
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
  • The released mix of the November 1981 version was done by Niko Bolas specifically for the 1999 Super Deluxe Edition release. It was made to replicate an original mix from 1981, as much as possible. So even when a slightly different mix of this track might exist, the now released version is not considered a true alternate mix of the track.
  • main synth in the song is the Oberheim OB-X
References
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