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|song name = Batdance | |song name = Batdance | ||
|album image = [[File:Batman.jpg|100px| | |album image = [[File:Batman.jpg|100px|Link= Album: Batman]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Batman|Batman]]</small> | ||
|single image = [[File:Batdance single.jpg|100px| | |single image = [[File:Batdance single.jpg|100px|Link= Single: Batdance]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Batdance|Batdance]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 9|9 June 1989]] - [[Single: Batdance|Batdance]] single | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 9|9 June 1989]] - [[Single: Batdance|Batdance]] single | ||
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The vocals on the album are credited to a character from the movie, as if [[Prince]] is singing on their behalf. The lines on [[Batdance]] are attributed to different characters from the movie and to [[Prince|Gemini]], a character half-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman Batman], half-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(comics) Joker] created by [[Prince]]. The lines attributed to [[Prince|Gemini]] are actually shared by [[Prince]] and [[Matthew Larson]]. [[Matthew Larson|Larson]] discussed the recording of his parts in an [https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/3/4/22960026/prince-batman-soundtrack-oral-history-batdance article] published in 2022 :<br>''" He said, "You’re going to do something. I want you to scream it as loud as you can. " He threw me a yellow little pad of paper. And it wasn’t until we got into the cue that I got to see what it was. And that was for '''Batdance'''. "Get the fuck up!" was the original. And then the other one was, "Oh, damn it, don’t stop the music. Oh, son of a bitch. " Those were both done. I didn’t know what I was saying until he called on me to do it. But because it’s a Warner Bros. family film, I had to then go back in a week later, on a Sunday for about an hour and a half, trying to [change] "Get the fuck up!" to "Get the funk up!" "''. | The vocals on the album are credited to a character from the movie, as if [[Prince]] is singing on their behalf. The lines on [[Batdance]] are attributed to different characters from the movie and to [[Prince|Gemini]], a character half-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman Batman], half-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(comics) Joker] created by [[Prince]]. The lines attributed to [[Prince|Gemini]] are actually shared by [[Prince]] and [[Matthew Larson]]. [[Matthew Larson|Larson]] discussed the recording of his parts in an [https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/3/4/22960026/prince-batman-soundtrack-oral-history-batdance article] published in 2022 :<br>''" He said, "You’re going to do something. I want you to scream it as loud as you can. " He threw me a yellow little pad of paper. And it wasn’t until we got into the cue that I got to see what it was. And that was for '''Batdance'''. "Get the fuck up!" was the original. And then the other one was, "Oh, damn it, don’t stop the music. Oh, son of a bitch. " Those were both done. I didn’t know what I was saying until he called on me to do it. But because it’s a Warner Bros. family film, I had to then go back in a week later, on a Sunday for about an hour and a half, trying to [change] "Get the fuck up!" to "Get the funk up!" "''. | ||
There are two lines attributed to [[Prince]] – “Hey Ducky, let me stick the 7-inch in the computer” and “Stop” at the very end of the song, but the latter is actually a sample from the film in which Batman says this to bring the batmobile to a halt. | |||
Perhaps because the track contains several samples from the movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] (which are covered by their own copyright permissions), and since the track can be seen as a promotional tie-in more than a song in any traditional sense, it had not been included on any of [[Prince]]’s compilation albums, despite its commercial success. After [[Prince]]’s passing it was however included on [[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]. | Perhaps because the track contains several samples from the movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] (which are covered by their own copyright permissions), and since the track can be seen as a promotional tie-in more than a song in any traditional sense, it had not been included on any of [[Prince]]’s compilation albums, despite its commercial success. After [[Prince]]’s passing it was however included on [[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]. | ||
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|1= ''' Batdance''' | |1= ''' Batdance''' | ||
|2= 6:48 | |2= 6:48 | ||
|4= | |4= Long version | ||
|3= [ | |3= [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film)#Home_media Batman] 2-DVD ''Special Edition'' | ||
|5= | |5= See [[Video: Batdance|Batdance]] video for details | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|2= 4:49 | |2= 4:49 | ||
|3= Promo only | |3= Promo only | ||
|4= | |4= Short version | ||
|5= | |5= | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
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|2= 4:10 | |2= 4:10 | ||
|3= Promo only | |3= Promo only | ||
|4= | |4= Edited version | ||
|5= | |5= | ||
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|2= 4:12 | |2= 4:12 | ||
|3= Promo only | |3= Promo only | ||
|4= | |4= Edited version | ||
|5= | |5= | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''<br> | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''<br> | ||
*''[https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/3/4/22960026/prince-batman-soundtrack-oral-history-batdance When Prince Did the Batdance by Alan Siegel (4 March 2022 theringer.com)]'' | *''[https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/3/4/22960026/prince-batman-soundtrack-oral-history-batdance When Prince Did the Batdance by Alan Siegel (4 March 2022 theringer.com)]'' | ||
|categories = [[Category:1989]][[Category: | |categories = [[Category:1989]][[Category:Recorded 1989]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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