When You Were Mine

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from the album Dirty Mind promo single sleeve for When You Were Mine Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 8 October 1980 - Dirty Mind album Album(s): Dirty Mind The Hits 1 The Hits / The B-Sides One Nite Alone... Live! 4Ever Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 4 December 1980: Shea’s Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA 18 January 2013 (show 1): Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, Minneapolis, Minnesota Performed regularly on tour: Dirty Mind Tour Controversy Tour Lovesexy Tour One Nite Alone... Tour Performed occasionally in shows: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013

When You Were Mine is the second track on Prince’s third album Dirty Mind, and, in late 1980, When You Were Mine was available as a promotional single (following the album’s second single, Head), although this acted as more of an album sampler rather than a promo for this particular song. In 1993, the track was included as the sixth track on Prince’s compilation album The Hits 1 (also included as the first disc of The Hits / The B-Sides). In 2002, a live version (titled When U Were Mine) was included as the ninth track on the first disc of Prince’s first live album One Nite Alone... Live! (along with Anna Stesia from the same show). While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place from May to June 1980, in Prince’s North Arm Drive Home Studio in Orono, Minnesota (credited as "Somewhere in Uptown"), and completed in June 1980 at Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info May-June 1980 North Arm Drive Home Studio, Orono, MN, USA Tracking June 1980 Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, USA Overdubs, mixing Recording Personnel Studio version Prince - all vocals and instruments One Nite Alone... Live! version Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted John Blackwell - drums Rhonda Smith - bass guitar Renato Neto - keyboards Candy Dulfer - saxophone Greg Boyer - trombone Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info When You Were Mine 3:44 Dirty Mind When You Were Mine promo Gotta Stop (Messin’ About) promo Controversy single Nothing Compares 2 Him promotional album The Hits 1 The Hits / The B-Sides 4Ever Studio When You Were Mine 3:18 NPG Ahdio Show # 9 mp3 (not available as a separate track) Live 26 March 1993, Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA When U Were Mine 3:47 One Nite Alone... Live! Live 20 April 2002, Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, CA, USA Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info When You Were Mine 1:40 Lovesexy Live 2 VHS Live 9 September 1988, Westfalenhallen (Halle 1), Dortmund, West Germany When You Were Mine (coda) 1:24 Lovesexy Live 2 VHS Live 9 September 1988, Westfalenhallen (Halle 1), Dortmund, West Germany

Additional Information See also Trivia Dirty Mind album When You Were Mine single References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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