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|song name = Electric Intercourse | |song name = Electric Intercourse | ||
|single image = [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: Purple Rain Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] | |single image = [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Purple Rain Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] ([[Prince and the Revolution]]) | |performer = [[Prince]] ([[Prince and the Revolution]]) | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_28|28 April 2017]] - [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] preview download | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_28|28 April 2017]] - [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] preview download | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br> | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Electric Chair]] | |previous song = [[Electric Chair]] | ||
|next song = [[Electric Rush]] | |next song = [[Electric Rush]] | ||
|introduction = '''Electric Intercourse''' was released posthumously in 2017, as the fourth track on the second disc (titled ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'') of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]. Six weeks before the | |introduction = '''Electric Intercourse''' was released posthumously in 2017, as the fourth track on the second disc (titled ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'') of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]. Six weeks before the album’s release, the track was released for download as a preview of the album. | ||
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_14|14 January 1983]] in Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California. | |||
A live version was recorded on [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983]] at [[First Avenue]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same concert where live versions of [[ | A live version was recorded seven months later on [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983]] at [[First Avenue]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same concert where live versions of [[Let’s Go Crazy]], [[Computer Blue]], [[I Would Die 4 U]], [[Baby I’m A Star]] and [[Purple Rain]] were also recorded). [[Prince]] used this live version when adding overdubs to the track in mid-September 1983 at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California. | ||
It is likely the track was originally planned to be included on the album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] (and in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]) as either the | It is likely the track was originally planned to be included on the album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] (and in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]) as either the ’studio version' or in the same overdubbed-live format as [[I Would Die 4 U]], [[Baby I’m A Star]] and [[Purple Rain]]. A few days after recording overdubs however, [[Prince]] recorded [[The Beautiful Ones]], which replaced '''Electric Intercourse'''. | ||
During [[Prince: A Celebration]] in June 2000, computer screens at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, offered names of a selection of tracks which users could vote on for inclusion on [[Album: Crystal Ball Volume II|Crystal Ball Volume II]], and while '''Electric Intercourse''' was chosen by fans, the project was ultimately abandoned. | During [[Prince: A Celebration]] in June 2000, computer screens at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, offered names of a selection of tracks which users could vote on for inclusion on [[Album: Crystal Ball Volume II|Crystal Ball Volume II]], and while '''Electric Intercourse''' was chosen by fans, the project was ultimately abandoned. | ||
While a solo recording, it is listed here as a [[Prince and the Revolution]] track as it was released as a bonus track on the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album, which is credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. | While a solo recording, it is listed here as a [[Prince and the Revolution]] track as it was released as a bonus track on the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album, which is credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
'''Released version''' | '''Released version''' | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_14|14 January 1983]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_14|14 January 1983]] | ||
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 2,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = | |additional info = Tracking, overdubs | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_12|12 September 1983]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_12|12 September 1983]] | ||
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = | |additional info = Overdubs, mix | ||
}} | |||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 26|26 May 1985]] | |||
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | |||
|additional info = Mix | |||
}} | }} | ||
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
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|1= '''Electric Intercourse''' (Studio Version) | |1= '''Electric Intercourse''' (Studio Version) | ||
|2= 4:57 | |2= 4:57 | ||
|3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)]]<br> | |3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)]]<br> | ||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
|5= | |5= | ||
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|2= Live with overdubs | |2= Live with overdubs | ||
|3= Final version of live recording after studio overdubs | |3= Final version of live recording after studio overdubs | ||
}} | |||
{{Unreleasedline| | |||
|1= '''Electric Intercourse ''' | |||
|2= Live with overdubs or Studio version | |||
|3= 1986 mix | |||
}} | }} | ||
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|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1983|1983]], [[All Concerts#2014|2014]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1983|1983]], [[All Concerts#2014|2014]] | ||
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
|see also = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album | |see also = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album | ||
* [[Film: Purple Rain |Purple Rain]] movie | * [[Film: Purple Rain |Purple Rain]] movie | ||
* [[Album: Crystal Ball Volume II|Crystal Ball Volume II]] unreleased album | * [[Album: Crystal Ball Volume II|Crystal Ball Volume II]] unreleased album | ||
|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/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]'' | * ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]'' | ||
|categories = [[Category: | * ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]'' | ||
|categories = [[Category:2017]][[Category:Recorded 1983]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
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