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|song name                = He’s So Dull
|song name                = He’s So Dull
|album image              = [[File:Vanity6_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Vanity 6]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]] </small>
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|performer                = [[Vanity 6]]
|performer                = [[Vanity 6]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 11|11 August 1982]] - [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]] album
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 11|11 August 1982]] - [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]] album
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|writer(s)                = [[Dez Dickerson]] (credited to [[Dez Dickerson]] and [[Vanity]])
|writer(s)                = [[Dez Dickerson]] (credited to [[Dez Dickerson]] and [[Vanity]])
|producer(s)              = [[Dez Dickerson]]
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|introduction              = '''He’s So Dull''' is the fourth track on [[Vanity 6]]’s first and only album [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]], and, in some territories the track was also included on the 12" version of [[Single: Nasty Girl|Nasty Girl]], the album’s first single. Five and a half months after the album’s release, [[Single: He’s So Dull|He’s So Dull]] was released as the album’s third single. The track was written and produced by [[Dez Dickerson]], and features [[Prince]] as a musician only (unlike the rest of the album, which was written and produced by [[Prince]]).
|introduction              = '''He’s So Dull''' is the fourth track on [[Vanity 6]]’s first and only album [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]]. The song was released as the album’s [[Single: He’s So Dull|first single]] and, in some territories the track was also included on the 12" version of [[Single: Nasty Girl|Nasty Girl]], the album’s second single. '''He’s So Dull''' was written and produced by [[Dez Dickerson]], and features [[Prince]] as a musician only (unlike the rest of the album, which was written and produced by [[Prince]]).


While specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in late March 1982 at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Bite The Beat]], [[If A Girl Answers (Don’t Hang Up)]] and [[Nasty Girl]]).
While specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in late March 1982 at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Bite The Beat]], [[If A Girl Answers (Don’t Hang Up)]] and [[Nasty Girl]]).
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Latest revision as of 12:35, 10 October 2024

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He’s So Dull

from the album Vanity 6 		He’s So Dull
single art for He’s So Dull
Song details
Performer: Vanity 6
First Released: 11 August 1982 - Vanity 6 album
Album(s): Vanity 6
Writer(s): Dez Dickerson (credited to Dez Dickerson and Vanity)
Producer(s): Dez Dickerson
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

He’s So Dull is the fourth track on Vanity 6’s first and only album Vanity 6. The song was released as the album’s first single and, in some territories the track was also included on the 12" version of Nasty Girl, the album’s second single. He’s So Dull was written and produced by Dez Dickerson, and features Prince as a musician only (unlike the rest of the album, which was written and produced by Prince).

While specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in late March 1982 at Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced Bite The Beat, If A Girl Answers (Don’t Hang Up) and Nasty Girl).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Late March 1982 Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
He’s So Dull 2:31 Vanity 6

Nasty Girl single
He’s So Dull single

Studio
He’s So Dull 2:31 He’s So Dull 7" promo Studio mono
He’s So Dull (Long Version) 4:05 He’s So Dull single

Nasty Girl single

Extended version
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
He’s So Dull 2:34 Promotional release only Promo video See He’s So Dull video for more details
He’s So Dull 2:12 Promotional release only Promo video See He’s So Dull video for more details


 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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