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|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              = [[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>
|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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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]]).  
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 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. [[I Wanna Be Your Lover]] was also written about and for her.  
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.  
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_30|30 May 1979]]
|date                      = April - May 1979
|studio                    = [[Alpha Studios]],<br>Burbank, CA, USA
|studio                    = [[Alpha Studios]],<br>Burbank, CA, USA
|additional info          = Re-recording
|additional info          = Re-recording
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{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = May - 13 June 1979
|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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|3= Delayed performance TV broadcast
|3= Delayed performance TV broadcast
|4= Live
|4= Live
|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]]
|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]]
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|2= Studio
|2= Studio
|3= Recorded in February 1978
|3= Recorded in February 1978
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|1= '''I Feel For You'''
|2= Studio
|3= Longer than version released on [[Album: Prince|Prince]]
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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<br>
|see also                  = [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album<br>
* [[Single: I Feel For You|I Feel For You]] single
* [[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)]] ''
*''[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)]''
*''[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:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1978]][[Category:Recorded 1979]]
|categories                = [[Category:1979]][[Category:Recorded 1978]][[Category:Recorded 1979]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
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Latest revision as of 13:03, 10 October 2024

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I Feel For You

from the album Prince
single art for I Feel For You (2019)
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 19 October 1979 - Prince album
Album(s): Prince

The Hits 1
The Hits / The B-Sides

Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

I Feel For You is the eighth track on Prince’s second album 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 Chaka Khan (with whom Prince would work many years later).

In 1993, the track was included as the fourth track on Prince’s first compilation album The Hits 1 (also included as the first disc of 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 18 October 2019) to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 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 The Main Ingredient to use as demos for 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 The Hits 1 (also on The Hits / The B-Sides), written by Alan Leeds, state that I Feel For You was a "demo written 4 the Patrice Rushen project. PRN tended 2 write more Top 40 when writing 4 other artists." Patrice Rushen has worked with Prince on the song Baby in late 1977. I Feel For You may have been offered for her fourth album (released in October 1978) or Pizzazz (released just four days after Prince’s second album). 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 Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
February 1978 Music Farm Studios,
New York, NY, USA 		Preliminary version
December 1978 / January 1979 (estimate) France Avenue Home Studio (assumed) Tracking
April - May 1979 Alpha Studios,
Burbank, CA, USA 		Re-recording
30 May 1979 Hollywood Sound Recorders,
Los Angeles, CA, USA 		Overdubs, mixing onto re-recording
Recording Personnel

Released (Album) Version

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments

Released (Acoustic Demo) Version

Unreleased Version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Feel For You 3:24 Prince

I Wanna Be Your Lover
The Hits 1
The Hits / The B-Sides

Studio
I Feel For You (Acoustic Demo) 4:31 I Feel For You single
 Demo Released posthumously
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Feel For You TBC Delayed performance TV broadcast Live 2 March 2004, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA; includes clips of A Love Bizarre and The Glamorous Life
I Feel For You TBC Delayed awards show performance TV broadcast Live 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
I Feel For You TBC Live concert TV broadcast Live 21 September 2007, The O2 Arena, London, England
I Feel For You (intro) - Controversy TBC Live performance TV broadcast Live 14 October 2009, Le Grand Journal, Studios Rive Gauche, Paris, France; aborted intro only
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
I Feel For You Studio Recorded in February 1978
I Feel For You Studio Longer than version released on Prince
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
  • Interestingly, I Feel For You is credited to 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.
References
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