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|song name = Sugar Walls | |song name = Sugar Walls | ||
|album image = [[File:Aprivateheaven_album.jpg|100px|A Private Heaven|link=Album: A Private Heaven]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: A Private Heaven|A Private Heaven]] | |album image = [[File:Aprivateheaven_album.jpg|100px|A Private Heaven|link= Album: A Private Heaven]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: A Private Heaven|A Private Heaven]] | ||
|single image = [[File:Sugarwalls_single.jpg|100px|Sugar Walls|link=Single: Sugar Walls]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Sugar Walls|Sugar Walls]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Sugarwalls_single.jpg|100px|Sugar Walls|link= Single: Sugar Walls]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Sugar Walls|Sugar Walls]]</small> | ||
|performer = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] | |performer = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 7|7 September 1984]] - [[Album: A Private Heaven|A Private Heaven]] album | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 7|7 September 1984]] - [[Album: A Private Heaven|A Private Heaven]] album | ||
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[[Sugar Walls]] was listed on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center Parents Music Resource Center]’s "Filthy Fifteen" (along with [[Prince and the Revolution]]’s [[Darling Nikki]]) which led to the introduction of parental advisory stickers on explicit releases. | [[Sugar Walls]] was listed on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center Parents Music Resource Center]’s "Filthy Fifteen" (along with [[Prince and the Revolution]]’s [[Darling Nikki]]) which led to the introduction of parental advisory stickers on explicit releases. | ||
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 20|20 January 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, and the song was originally tentatively intended for [[Jill Jones]]. However after [[Prince]] saw [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] perform on ''The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson'' that night he thought she should sing it and it was subsequently sent over to The Sound Factory on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 22|22 January 1984]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVIII Super Bowl Sunday] | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 20|20 January 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, and the song was originally tentatively intended for [[Jill Jones]]. However after [[Prince]] saw [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] perform on ''The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson'' that night he thought she should sing it and it was subsequently sent over to The Sound Factory on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 22|22 January 1984]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVIII Super Bowl Sunday]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] recorded her vocals on that same day. | ||
In a 2012 interview, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] explained how the collaboration occurred. Both [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Easton] were working with the same engineer, [[David Leonard]] at the time. [[David Leonard|Leonard]] told her:<br>''"'[[Prince]] sent over a track for you. We saw you on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show The Tonight Show] the night before and [[Prince]] said 'Ya, I gotta write something for that girl.' And so he sent over [[Sugar Walls]], and it was one of those things where it was like, 'Here it is. If you want to do it, here’s my number."'' | In a 2012 interview, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Sheena Easton] explained how the collaboration occurred. Both [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton Easton] were working with the same engineer, [[David Leonard]] at the time. [[David Leonard|Leonard]] told her:<br>''"'[[Prince]] sent over a track for you. We saw you on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show The Tonight Show] the night before and [[Prince]] said 'Ya, I gotta write something for that girl.' And so he sent over [[Sugar Walls]], and it was one of those things where it was like, 'Here it is. If you want to do it, here’s my number."'' | ||
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|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
|trivia = [[Sugar Walls]] was listed on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center Parents Music Resource Center]’s "Filthy Fifteen" (along with [[Prince and the Revolution]]’s [[Darling Nikki]]) which led to the introduction of parental advisory stickers on explicit releases. | |trivia = [[Sugar Walls]] was listed on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center Parents Music Resource Center]’s "Filthy Fifteen" (along with [[Prince and the Revolution]]’s [[Darling Nikki]]) which led to the introduction of parental advisory stickers on explicit releases. | ||
* Whether intentionally or not, the horn arrangement for the song [[Frida]] recorded in 2015 is not too far removed from the main synth riff of '''Sugar Walls'''. | |||
|see also = [[Album: A Private Heaven|A Private Heaven]] album | |see also = [[Album: A Private Heaven|A Private Heaven]] album | ||
* [[Single: Sugar Walls|Sugar Walls]] single | * [[Single: Sugar Walls|Sugar Walls]] single |
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