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|song name                = Acknowledge Me
|song name                = Acknowledge Me
|single image              = [[Image:Crystalball_album.png|100px|link=Album: Crystal Ball]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]]</small>
|single image              = [[Image:Crystalball_album.png|100px|link= Album: Crystal Ball]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]]</small>
|performer                = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]
|performer                = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 29|29 January 1998]] - [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 29|29 January 1998]] - [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album
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|introduction              = '''Acknowledge Me''' is the third track on the first disc of [[Prince]]’s 20th album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] (his fourth using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). Four years before its release, however, a video for the song had been included on [[TV Film: The Beautiful Experience|The Beautiful Experience]] TV movie.
|introduction              = '''Acknowledge Me''' is the third track on the first disc of [[Prince]]’s 20th album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] (his fourth using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). Four years before its release, however, a video for the song had been included on [[TV Film: The Beautiful Experience|The Beautiful Experience]] TV movie.


While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in October 1993 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Gold]], [[319]], [[Billy Jack Bitch]], [[Chaos And Disorder]] and [[Right The Wrong]]). The track was included as the ninth track (fifth song) on a March 1994 configuration of [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], and was kept as the ninth track (fifth song) on a May 1994 configuration, as well as the third song on an August 1994 configuration. It was removed for an [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 13|13 October 1994]] configuration (replaced by [[Shhh]]). A version containing vocals by [[Sonny T.]] (with virtually identical backing music) was recorded at an unknown time in 1994 (possibly at around the time of its removal from [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], and this version (credited to [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]), was included (joined together with [[Slave 2 The System]]) as the third track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 2|2 December 1994]] configuration of [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s album [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]] (titled [[Slave 2 The System|Slave]]/[[Acknowledge Me]]), before its removal for the album’s release. Both [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s and the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s versions include an opening scream sampled from [[The Line]] and a spoken segment lifted directly from [[All My Dreams]].
While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in October 1993 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Gold]], [[319]], [[Billy Jack Bitch]], [[Chaos And Disorder]] and [[Right The Wrong]]). The track was included as the ninth track (fifth song) on a March 1994 configuration of [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], and was kept as the ninth track (fifth song) on a May 1994 configuration, as well as the third song on an August 1994 configuration. It was removed for an [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 13|13 October 1994]] configuration (replaced by [[Shhh]]). A version containing vocals by [[Sonny T.]] (with virtually identical backing music) was recorded at an unknown time in 1994 (possibly at around the time of its removal from [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], and this version (credited to [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]), was included (joined together with [[Slave 2 The System]]) as the third track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 2|2 December 1994]] configuration of [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s album [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]] (titled [[Slave 2 The System|Slave]]/[[Acknowledge Me]]), before its removal for the album’s release. Both [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s and the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s versions include an opening scream sampled from [[The Line]] (along with some background vocals already used on some remixes of [[Partyman]] and possibly distorded horn samples from that same song) and a spoken segment lifted directly from [[All My Dreams]].
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*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
*[[Boni Boyer]] - vocal intro (incorrectly credited as "Bonni Boyer", sampled from [[The Line]])
*[[Boni Boyer]] - vocal intro (incorrectly credited as "Bonni Boyer", sampled from [[The Line]])
*[[Jana Anderson]] - vocals (uncredited, sampled from [[Partyman|Partyman (The Video Mix)]])
*[[Sheila E.]], [[Boni Boyer]] and likely [[Cat]] - sampled vocals (uncredited sample of background vocals from [[The Line]])
*[[Eric Leeds]] - horn (assumed - possible distorded sample from [[The Line]])
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'''New Power Generation version'''
'''New Power Generation version'''
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*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all background vocals and instruments, except where noted
*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all background vocals and instruments, except where noted
*[[Boni Boyer]] - vocal intro (sampled from [[The Line]])
*[[Boni Boyer]] - vocal intro (sampled from [[The Line]])
*[[Jana Anderson]] - vocals (sampled from [[Partyman|Partyman (The Video Mix)]])
*[[Sheila E.]], [[Boni Boyer]] and likely [[Cat]] - sampled vocals (uncredited sample of background vocals from [[The Line]])
*[[Eric Leeds]] - horn (assumed - possible distorded sample from [[The Line]])
|released versions        =
|released versions        =
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|1= '''Acknowledge Me'''
|1= '''Acknowledge Me'''
|2= 3:15
|2= 3:15
|3= Live lip-synch TV broadcast
|3= Lip-synch TV broadcast
|4= Studio, (small differences in mix compared to released version)
|4= Studio, (small differences in mix compared to released version)
|5= [[09_April 1994|9 April 1994, Soul Train, Paramount Studios, Stage 30, Hollywood, CA, USA]]
|5= [[09_April 1994|9 April 1994, Soul Train, Paramount Studios, Stage 30, Hollywood, CA, USA]]
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|1= '''[[Video:_Glam_Slam_Wallpaper|95 Tour Wallpaper]] (video)'''
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|3= Unreleased
|4= Glam Slam clubs in-house video
|5= Long-form video-mix with vocal samples from [[Acknowledge Me]] among others.
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|first live appearance    = [[09_April 1994|9 April 1994, Soul Train, Paramount Studios, Stage 30, Hollywood, CA, USA]] <small>(lip-synch performance)</small>; [[03_May 1994-am|3 May 1994 (a.m.): Stars ‘N’ Bars, Monte-Carlo, Monaco]] <small>(first live performance)</small> <br>
|first live appearance    = [[09_April 1994|9 April 1994, Soul Train, Paramount Studios, Stage 30, Hollywood, CA, USA]] <small>(lip-synch performance)</small>; [[03_May 1994-am|3 May 1994 (a.m.): Stars ‘N’ Bars, Monte-Carlo, Monaco]] <small>(first live performance)</small> <br>
* [[28 April 2007-am|28 April 2007 (a.m.): 3121 @ Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV, USA]]
* [[28 April 2007-am|28 April 2007 (a.m.): 3121 @ Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV, USA]]
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* [[TV Film: The Beautiful Experience|The Beautiful Experience]] movie
* [[TV Film: The Beautiful Experience|The Beautiful Experience]] movie
|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:1998]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1993]]
|categories                = [[Category:1998]][[Category:Recorded 1993]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
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Latest revision as of 09:23, 10 October 2024

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Acknowledge Me

from the album Crystal Ball
Song details
Performer:
First Released: 29 January 1998 - Crystal Ball album
Album(s): Crystal Ball
Writer(s): Prince (as )
Producer(s): Prince (as )
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:

Acknowledge Me is the third track on the first disc of Prince’s 20th album Crystal Ball (his fourth using the name ). Four years before its release, however, a video for the song had been included on The Beautiful Experience TV movie.

While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in October 1993 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced Gold, 319, Billy Jack Bitch, Chaos And Disorder and Right The Wrong). The track was included as the ninth track (fifth song) on a March 1994 configuration of The Gold Experience, and was kept as the ninth track (fifth song) on a May 1994 configuration, as well as the third song on an August 1994 configuration. It was removed for an 13 October 1994 configuration (replaced by Shhh). A version containing vocals by Sonny T. (with virtually identical backing music) was recorded at an unknown time in 1994 (possibly at around the time of its removal from The Gold Experience, and this version (credited to New Power Generation), was included (joined together with Slave 2 The System) as the third track on a 2 December 1994 configuration of New Power Generation’s album Exodus (titled Slave/Acknowledge Me), before its removal for the album’s release. Both ’s and the New Power Generation’s versions include an opening scream sampled from The Line (along with some background vocals already used on some remixes of Partyman and possibly distorded horn samples from that same song) and a spoken segment lifted directly from All My Dreams.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
October 1993 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking
Late 1994 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Sonny T. vocal recording
Recording Personnel

version


New Power Generation version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Acknowledge Me 5:26 Crystal Ball Studio
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Acknowledge Me 4:05 Promotional release only Studio See Acknowledge Me video for details
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Acknowledge Me ?:?? The Beautiful Experience TV movie Studio Same as video version above; see The Beautiful Experience for details
Acknowledge Me 3:15 Lip-synch TV broadcast Studio, (small differences in mix compared to released version) 9 April 1994, Soul Train, Paramount Studios, Stage 30, Hollywood, CA, USA
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
95 Tour Wallpaper (video) Unreleased Glam Slam clubs in-house video Long-form video-mix with vocal samples from Acknowledge Me among others.
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Acknowledge Me Studio Original 1993 recording edited for release; contains longer spoken segment from All My Dreams
Acknowledge Me Re-recording New Power Generation version; Sonny T. on vocals
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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