What Have You Done For Me Lately

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What Have You Done For Me Lately

from the Blu-Ray included on the Deluxe Edition of Welcome 2 America Song details Performer: Shelby J., Liv Warfield, Elisa Dease First Released: 30 July 2021 - Welcome 2 America Deluxe Edition Album(s): None Writer(s): Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Producer(s): Prince (assumed, no official credits given) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 3 March 1986: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA (interpolation during Controversy); 4 August 1990: Festival Terrein, Werchter, Belgium 9 April 2015: Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA Performed regularly on tour: Nude Tour, Támar Tour Performed occasionally in shows: 1986 (interpolation during Controversy), 1990, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

What Have You Done For Me Lately, a live cover version (from the show given on 28 April 2011 at The Forum, Inglewood, California, USA) of the track by Janet Jackson, was released as the seventh track on the Blu-Ray included on the Deluxe Edition of Welcome 2 America. No audio-only version of this performance has been released. The song was the first single released in 1986 from Janet Jackson’s third album Control. It was her first record produced by former Time members Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info n/a n/a This track is not believed to have been recorded in the studio by Prince Recording Personnel N.B. - recording personnel below refer to released live version; this track is not known to have been recorded in the studio by Prince Live version from 2011 Prince - vocals, guitar Shelby J. - co-lead vocals Liv Warfield - co-lead vocals Elisa Fiorillo - co-lead vocals John Blackwell - drums Ida Nielsen - bass, vocals Morris Hayes - keyboards Renato Neto - keyboards Cassandra O’Neal - keyboards, vocals Elisa Dease - vocals Liv Warfield - vocals Maya McClean - dance Nandy McClean – dance Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info What Have You Done For Me Lately n/a n/a n/a There have been no audio-only releases of this track on ‘hard-format’. Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info What Have You Done For Me Lately ?:?? Welcome 2 America Deluxe Edition Live 28 April 2011, The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info Partyman/What Have You Done For Me Lately ?:?? Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 31 August 1990, Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム), Tokyo, Japan What Have You Done For Me Lately ?:?? 3121 Radio audio stream Live 25 February 2006, Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Additional Information See also Trivia When Prince started to play What Have You Done For Me Lately in 1986, he often asked the crowd « Who wrote that ? » causing debates whether or not he was involved in the writing the song. It was probably more of a tease or a provocation towards his former colleagues than anything else. However Morris Day has said in an interview that Prince recorded songs after hearing grooves created by The Time members during rehearsals and considered them to be 'his' songs as the band was signed to his company. What Have You Done For Me Lately may contains musical ideas that originate from one these rehearsals and used by Prince on one his songs that remains unreleased, but that’s purely speculative and he did not claim a credit at the ASCAP like he did for the song Pandemonium. The original version of What Have You Done For Me Lately was recorded Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis after they were fired from The Time and intended for a project called 'The Secret' planned to be released in 1984. That album remained on the shelves and some of the songs were given to other artists over the years. They rewrote some of the lyrics with Janet Jackson and included it in Control. References Podcast: ‎Questlove Supreme: Morris Day on Questlove Supreme (23 June 2021) ‎‎Questlove Supreme: QLS Classic: Jimmy Jam (Part 2) on Questlove Supreme (14 June 2017)

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