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{{song| | {{song| | ||
|song name = I Feel For You | |song name = I Feel For You | ||
|album image = [[File:Prince.jpg|100px|link=Album: Prince]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Prince|Prince]]</small> | |album image = [[File:Prince.jpg|100px|link= Album: Prince]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Prince|Prince]]</small> | ||
|single image = | |single image = [[File:Ifeelforyouacousticdemo single.jpg|100px|link= Single: I Feel For You]]<br> <small>single art for [[Single:_I_Feel_For_You|I Feel For You (2019)]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 19|19 October 1979]] - [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 19|19 October 1979]] - [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album | ||
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|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[I | |previous song = [[I Don’t Wanna Stop]] | ||
|next song = [[I Got Over It]] | |next song = [[I Got Over It]] | ||
|introduction = '''I Feel For You''' is the eighth track on [[Prince]] | |introduction = '''I Feel For You''' is the eighth track on [[Prince]]’s second album [[Album: Prince|Prince]]. [[Prince]] did not release it as a single at the time, but four years later it became a worldwide hit when performed by soul singer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan] (with whom [[Prince]] would work many years later). | ||
In 1993, the track was included as the fourth track on [[Prince]] | In 1993, the track was included as the fourth track on [[Prince]]’s first compilation album [[Album: The Hits 1|The Hits 1]] (also included as the first disc of [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]). | ||
In 2019 an acoustic demo version from late 1978 or early 1979, with just [[Prince]] accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, was released as a stand alone digital track and as a limited-run ’made-to-order' 7" purple vinyl single (with orders taken for seven days from [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_18|18 October 2019]]) to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album. | |||
An early more fleshed out version of the song was recorded in February 1978 at [[Music Farm Studios]] in New York, NY, USA, around the same time as of sessions led by [[Pepé Willie]] intended for Tony Silvester, leader of the group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Main_Ingredient The Main Ingredient] to use as demos for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Anthony_and_the_Imperials Little Anthony and the Imperials], who he wanted to produce (the one-day session also produced [[Thrill You Or Kill You]], [[With You]] and [[André Cymone]]’s original version of [[Do Me, Baby]]). | |||
While specific recording dates for the album version are not known, the album sessions took place from late April to late May 1979 at [[Alpha Studios]] in Burbank, California. Overdubs and mixing took place at [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California. The song was edited down for the album. This included cutting out an instrumental section and some more explicit lyrics. | |||
The liner notes on [[Album: The Hits 1|The Hits 1]] (also on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]), written by [[Alan Leeds]], state that [[I Feel For You]] was a ''"demo written 4 the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Rushen Patrice Rushen] project. PRN tended 2 write more Top 40 when writing 4 other artists."'' | |||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Rushen Patrice Rushen] has worked with [[Prince]] on the song [[Baby]] in late 1977. '''I Feel For You''' may have been offered for her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_(album) fourth album] (released in October 1978) or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzazz Pizzazz] (released just four days after [[Prince]]’s [[Album: Prince|second]] album). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Rushen Rushen] did not re-recorded her own version of the song however. It has been suggested that [[I Wanna Be Your Lover]] was also written about and for her. | |||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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|date = | |date = February 1978 | ||
|studio = [[ | |studio = [[Music Farm Studios]],<br>New York, NY, USA | ||
|additional info = | |additional info = Preliminary version | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = | |date = December 1978 / January 1979 (estimate) | ||
|studio = | |studio = [[France Avenue Home Studio]] <small>(assumed)</small> | ||
|additional info = | |additional info = Tracking | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = May | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_30|30 May 1979]] | ||
|studio = [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]],<br>Los Angeles, CA, USA | |studio = [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]],<br>Los Angeles, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Overdubs, mixing onto re-recording | |additional info = Overdubs, mixing onto re-recording | ||
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|1= '''I Feel For You (Acoustic Demo)''' | |1= '''I Feel For You (Acoustic Demo)''' | ||
|2= 4:31 | |2= 4:31 | ||
|3= | |3= [[Single:_I Feel For You (Acoustic Demo)|I Feel For You]] single<br> | ||
[[Single:_I Feel For You (Acoustic Demo)|I Feel For You]]<br> | |||
|4= Demo | |4= Demo | ||
|5= | |5= Released posthumously | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|3= Delayed performance TV broadcast | |3= Delayed performance TV broadcast | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
|5= [[02_March 2004|2 March 2004, The Ellen | |5= [[02_March 2004|2 March 2004, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA]]; includes clips of [[A Love Bizarre]] and [[The Glamorous Life]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
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|3= Delayed awards show performance TV broadcast | |3= Delayed awards show performance TV broadcast | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
|5= [[15 March 2004-1|15 March 2004, 19th Rock | |5= [[15 March 2004-1|15 March 2004, 19th Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, Waldorf Astoria, New York, NY]]; includes clips of [[A Love Bizarre]] and [[The Glamorous Life]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|1= '''I Feel For You''' | |1= '''I Feel For You''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= Recorded [[ | |3= Recorded in February 1978 | ||
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{{Unreleasedline| | |||
|1= '''I Feel For You''' | |||
|2= Studio | |||
|3= Longer than version released on [[Album: Prince|Prince]] | |||
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}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
|first live appearance = [[XX_August 1979-1|August 1979: Leeds Rehearsal Facility, North Hollywood, CA, USA]] <small>(exact date unconfirmed, song was likely performed)</small>; | |first live appearance = [[XX_August 1979-1|August 1979: Leeds Rehearsal Facility, North Hollywood, CA, USA]] <small>(exact date unconfirmed, song was likely performed)</small>; [[26_November 1979|26 November 1979: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA]] <small>(first confirmed performance)</small> <br> | ||
* [[14_April_2016-1|14 April 2016 (Show 1): | * [[14_April_2016-1|14 April 2016 (Show 1): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA]] | ||
|performed regularly on = [[Prince Tour]]<br> | |performed regularly on = [[Prince Tour]]<br> | ||
* [[World Tour 2003]]<br> | * [[World Tour 2003]]<br> | ||
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* [[21 Nights In London : The Earth Tour]] | * [[21 Nights In London : The Earth Tour]] | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1980|1980]], [[All Concerts#1998|1998]] <small>(guesting with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan] during her opening act)</small>, [[All Concerts#2004|2004]], [[All Concerts#2006|2006]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2008|2008]], [[All Concerts#2009|2009]], [[All Concerts#2010|2010]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small> | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1980|1980]], [[All Concerts#1998|1998]] <small>(guesting with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan] during her opening act)</small>, [[All Concerts#2004|2004]], [[All Concerts#2006|2006]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2008|2008]], [[All Concerts#2009|2009]], [[All Concerts#2010|2010]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small> | ||
|trivia = | |trivia = Interestingly, [[I Feel For You]] is credited to [[Prince|Percy Begonia]] in a handwritten lyric sheet. This pseudonym was also mentioned on the lyric sheets for [[Soft And Wet]] (1976/1977 album version) and [[Go]] (1985) but never used publicly. | ||
|see also = [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album | |see also = [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album<br> | ||
* [[Single: I Feel For You|I Feel For You]] single | |||
|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:1979]][[Category: | *''[https://www.amazon.com/If-You-See-Me-Six-Decade/dp/168134176X If You See Me: My Six-Decade Journey in Rock and Roll, Pepé Willie (2021)]'' | ||
|categories = [[Category:1979]][[Category:Recorded 1978]][[Category:Recorded 1979]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] | |||
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