My Love Is Forever

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My Love Is Forever

from the album For You Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 7 April 1978 - For You album Album(s): For You Writer(s): Prince and Chris Moon (credited only to Prince) Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince. Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: none

My Love Is Forever is the seventh track on Prince’s first album For You. In 1979, it was included as the b-side on some versions of I Wanna Be Your Lover, the first single from Prince’s second album Prince. An early version of the song was recorded in the Summer of 1976 at Moon Sound in Minneapolis, Minnesota, under the name Love Is Forever, using Chris Moon’s original lyrics (during the same set of sessions as Aces, Baby, Diamond Eyes, Don’t Forget, Don’t Hold Back, Fantasy, I’m Yours, Jelly Jam (which was later used as the instrumental portion of Just As Long As We’re Together), Leaving For New York, Make It Through The Storm, Since We’ve Been Together, Surprise and Soft And Wet). Love Is Forever was included as the third track on Prince’s 1976 demo tape he took to various record companies in New York. In 1976-1977, Prince re-wrote some of the lyrics, and recorded the song at Sound 80 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, under the title My Love Is Forever prior to signing a contract or beginning work on the album. A tape with some of the other tracks (Just As Long As We’re Together and the Jelly Jam portion as first at fifth track with Baby, Soft And Wet, My Love Is Forever and We’ll Make It Through The Storm) was made of that session. Prince took full credit for My Love Is Forever and gave in exchange full credit on Make It Through The Storm to Chris Moon, which Moon also wrote lyrics for. Specific recording dates for the album version of song are not known, but the album was recorded at the Record Plant in Sausalito, California, from 1 October 1977 to 22 December 1977, before overdubs and mixing took place, in early January 1978 at Sound Labs in Los Angeles, California. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info Summer 1976 Moon Sound, Minneapolis, MN, USA Preliminary recording (as Love Is Forever) 1976-1977 Sound 80, Minneapolis, MN, USA Re-recording October - December 1977 Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, USA Tracking Early January 1978 Sound Labs, Los Angeles, CA, USA Overdubs and mixing Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info My Love Is Forever 4:09 For You I Wanna Be Your Lover single Studio Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Love Is Forever Studio 1976 Moon Sound sessions My Love Is Forever Studio 1976-1977 Sound 80 sessions My Love Is Forever Studio 1977 Record Plant version before Sound Labs Overdubs and mixing

Additional Information See also Trivia For You album References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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