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{{song|
{{song|
|song name                = Sexy M.F.
|song name                = Sexy M.F.
|album image              = [[Image:symbolalbum.jpg|100px|link=Album: Symbol]] <br><small> from the album [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]]</small>
|album image              = [[Image:symbolalbum.jpg|100px|Link= Album: Symbol]] <br><small> from the album [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|Link= Album: Symbol]]</small>
|single image              = [[File:SexyMF single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Sexy M.F.]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]]</small>
|single image              = [[File:SexyMF single.jpg|100px|Link= Single: Sexy M.F.]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]]</small>
|performer                = [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]
|performer                = [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 30|30 June 1992]] - [[Single: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] single
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 30|30 June 1992]] - [[Single: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] single
|album(s)                  = [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]]<br>
|album(s)                  = [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|Link= Album: Symbol]]<br>
[[Album: The Hits 2|The Hits 2]]<br>
[[Album: The Hits 2|The Hits 2]]<br>
[[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br><br>
[[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br>
[[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]
[[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]] <br>
[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]], [[Tony M.]] and [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]], [[Tony M.]] and [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]]
|producer(s)              = [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]
|producer(s)              = [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]
|previous song            = [[Sexy Dancer]]
|previous song            = [[Sexy Dancer]]
|next song                = [[Shade Of Umber]]
|next song                = [[Shade Of Umber]]
|introduction              = '''Sexy M.F.''' is the second track on [[Prince]]'s 14th album [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]], the second album to be credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]], and, three and a half months before the album's release, [[Single: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] was released as the album's first single. Also in 1992, some remixes of the track, including the edit titled '''Sexy Mutha''', were included on [[Single: My Name Is Prince|My Name Is Prince]], the album's second single. In 1993, '''Sexy M.F.''' was included as the 14th track on [[Album:_The_Hits_2|The Hits 2]] (also included as the second disc of [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]).
|introduction              = '''Sexy M.F.''' is the second track on [[Prince]]’s 14th album [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|Link= Album: Symbol]], the second album to be credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]], and, three and a half months before the album’s release, [[Single: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] was released as the album’s first single. Also in 1992, some remixes of the track, including the edit titled '''Sexy Mutha''', were included on [[Single: My Name Is Prince|My Name Is Prince]], the album’s second single. In 1993, '''Sexy M.F.''' was included as the 14th track on [[Album:_The_Hits_2|The Hits 2]] (also included as the second disc of [[Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]).


While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in early December 1991, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Love 2 The 9's]], [[The Sacrifice Of Victor]], [[The Morning Papers]], [[Arrogance]], and [[And God Created Woman]]). [[Sexy M.F.]] was placed as the opening track of the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album for a while, until [[Prince]] later added the track [[My Name Is Prince]], recorded a few months previously. It was included as the third track (second song) on the March 1992 and Summer 1992 configurations of the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album, before the [[Symbol_segues#Album_Intro|Album Intro]] segue was removed.
While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in early December 1991, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[The Sacrifice Of Victor]], [[The Morning Papers]], [[Arrogance]], and [[And God Created Woman]]). After hearing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton]’s [[Get Satisfied]], [[Prince]] asked a similar sounding horn arrangement for [[Sexy M.F.]] to [[Dave Friedlander]] who engineered both songs.
 
[[Sexy M.F.]] was placed as the opening track of the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|Link= Album: Symbol]] album for a while, until [[Prince]] later added the track [[My Name Is Prince]], recorded a few months previously. It was included as the third track (second song) on the March 1992 and Summer 1992 configurations of the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|Link= Album: Symbol]] album, before the [[Symbol_segues#Album_Intro|Album Intro]] segue was removed.
|recording info            =
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Early December 1991
|date                      = Early December 1991
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking
|additional info          = Tracking
}}
}}
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Summer 1992
|date                      = Summer 1992
|studio                    = Studio information needed
|studio                    = [http://www.larrabeestudios.com/ Larrabee Sound Studios], North Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Remixes by outside producers
|additional info          = Remix by [[Keith "K.C." Cohen]]
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = 1994-1995
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Remix by [[Kirk Johnson]]
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = 2006-2007 (assumed)
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
|additional info          = Re-recording
}}
}}
|recording personnel      =  
|recording personnel      =  
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*[[Kirk Johnson]] - percussion and background shouts/vocals (as "Kirky J.")
*[[Kirk Johnson]] - percussion and background shouts/vocals (as "Kirky J.")
*[[Damon Dickson]] - percussion and background shouts/vocals
*[[Damon Dickson]] - percussion and background shouts/vocals
*D.J. Graves - scratching
*[[William 'Diamond J.' Graves]] - scratching
*[[Michael B. Nelson]] - trombone (credited as "Mike Nelson")
*[[Michael B. Nelson]] - trombone (credited as "Mike Nelson")
*[[Kathy Jensen]] - baritone saxophone (credited as "Kathy J.")
*[[Kathy Jensen]] - baritone saxophone (credited as "Kathy J.")
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|1= '''Sexy M.F.'''
|1= '''Sexy M.F.'''
|2= 5:25
|2= 5:25
|3= [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album
|3= [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|Link= Album: Symbol]] album
|4= Studio
|4= Studio
|5=  
|5=  
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|1= '''Sexy M.F.'''
|1= '''Sexy M.F.'''
|2= 5:25
|2= 5:25
|3= [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album (clean version)<br>
|3= [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|Link= Album: Symbol]] album (clean version)<br>
[[Single: My Name Is Prince|My Name Is Prince]] single
[[Single: My Name Is Prince|My Name Is Prince]] single
|4= Alternate
|4= Alternate
|5= Clean version, edited to remove cursing
|5= Clean version, edited to remove cursing a.k.a. '''Sexy M.F. (Long Version Clean)'''
}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
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|4= Remix
|4= Remix
|5= 'Clean' edit of club remix
|5= 'Clean' edit of club remix
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Sexy MF (Clean Version)'''
|2= 3:49
|3= Warner Music Japan Top Hits Selection September 1992 (Promotional release)
|4= Edit
|5= 'Clean' edit of the album version
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Sexy M.F. (Live At Glam Slam 1992)'''
|2= 5:45
|3= [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|4= Live
|5= [[11 January 1992|11 January 1992, Glam Slam, Minneapolis, MN, USA]]
}}
}}
}}
}}
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|3=  
|3=  
|4= Remix
|4= Remix
|5= Version of the unreleased track [[Wow-2|Wow]] intended for [[Album: I'll Do Anything|I'll Do Anything]] project, sung over [[Sexy M.F.]] music
|5= Version of the unreleased track [[Wow-2|Wow]] intended for [[Album:_I’ll_Do_Anything_(1994)|I’ll Do Anything]] project, sung over [[Sexy M.F.]] music
}}}}
}}}}
}}
}}
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|1= '''Sexy M.F.'''  
|1= '''Sexy M.F.'''  
|2= 8:49
|2= 8:49
|3= [[Home Video: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] VHS
|3= [[Home Video: Sexy MF|Sexy M.F.]] VHS
|4= Promo video
|4= Promo video
|5= See [[Video: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] video for more details
|5= See [[Video: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] video for more details
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|1= '''Sexy M.F.'''  
|1= '''Sexy M.F.'''  
|2= ?:??
|2= ?:??
|3= [[Home Video: 3 Chains O' Gold|3 Chains O' Gold]] VHS/laserdisc
|3= [[Home Video: 3 Chains O’ Gold|3 Chains O’ Gold]] VHS/laserdisc
|4= Promo video
|4= Promo video
|5= Edited version of [[Video: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] above
|5= Edited version of [[Video: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] above
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Sexy M.F. (Live At Glam Slam 1992)'''
|2= 5:45
|3= [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] blu-ray
|4= Live
|5= [[11 January 1992|11 January 1992, Glam Slam, Minneapolis, MN, USA]]
}}
}}
}}
}}
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|line =
|line =
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''Sexy M.F. / [[Love 2 The 9's]] '''
|1= '''Sexy M.F. / [[Love 2 The 9’s]] '''
|2= ?:??
|2= ?:??
|3= Delayed performance TV broadcast
|3= Delayed performance TV broadcast
|4= Live
|4= Live
|5= [[TV Film: The Ryde Dyvine|December 1992, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]; see [[TV Film: The Ryde Dyvine|The Ryde Dyvine]] for details
|5= [[17 December 1992|17 December 1992, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]; see [[TV Film: The Ryde Dyvine| The Ryde Dyvine]] for details
}}
}}
}}
}}
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{{Unreleasedline|
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''Sexy M.F.'''
|1= '''Sexy M.F.'''
|2= Studio
|3= Initial (incomplete) take
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''Sexy M.F. - 12"Remix (Edit)''' different from released '''Sexy Mutha (Edit Of 12" Remix)'''
|2= Remix
|2= Remix
|3= Dance remix with different rhythm track, instrumental parts and samples
|3=  
}}
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''Sexy M.F. (Hardcore Dance Mix)'''
|1= '''Sexy M.F. - Hardcore Mix (Long Version)'''
|2= Remix
|2= Remix
|3= Remix intended for [[Single: My Name Is Prince|My Name Is Prince]] maxi-single
|3= a.k.a. ‘Hardcore Dance Mix’
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''Sexy M.F. - Hardcore Mix - (Short Version)'''
|2= Remix
|3=
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''Sexy M.F. - Short Version (No Rap)'''
|2= Remix
|3=
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''Sexy M.F. - 7" Radio Mix'''
|2= Remix
|3=
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''Sexy M.F. - Sonny T Mix (Unmastered)'''
|2= Remix
|3=
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''Sexy M.F. (Remix)'''
|2= Remix
|3= 1994/1995 Remix by [[Kirk Johnson]]
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''Sexy M.F.'''
|2= Studio
|3= 2006/2007 re-recording with different rhythm track, instrumental parts, vocals and samples including C+C Music Factory "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
|first live appearance    = [[11 January 1992|11 January 1992: Glam Slam, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] <br>
|first live appearance    = [[11 January 1992|11 January 1992: Glam Slam, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] <br>
* [[17_November 2000-am|17 November 2000 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]  
* [[17_November 2000-am|17 November 2000 (a.m.): Metro Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA]]  
|performed regularly on    = [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]]
|performed regularly on    = [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]]
* [[Act I]] <small>(in medley with [[Love 2 The 9's]])</small>
* [[Act I]] <small>(in medley with [[Love 2 The 9’s]])</small>
*[[Act II]] <small>(in medley with [[Love 2 The 9's]])</small>
*[[Act II]] <small>(in medley with [[Love 2 The 9’s]])</small>
*[[Japan '96]]
*[[Japan '96]]
*[[Love 4 One Another Charities Tour]]
*[[Love 4 One Another Charities Tour]]
*[[Jam Of The Year World Tour]]
*[[Jam Of The Year World Tour]]
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1992|1992]], [[All Concerts#1994|1994]] <small>(lyrics only, during [[Shoop]])</small>, [[All Concerts#1995|1995]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]]
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1992|1992]], [[All Concerts#1994|1994]] <small>(lyrics only, during [[Shoop]])</small>, [[All Concerts#1995|1995]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]]
|trivia                    =  
|trivia                    = [[Prince and the New Power Generation]] later recorded a track titled [[Son Of Sexy M.F.]] using a similar groove and feel; see that track's entry for details.
|see also                  = [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album<br>
|see also                  = [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|Link= Album: Symbol]] album<br>
* [[Single: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] single<br>
* [[Single: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] single<br>
* [[Video: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] video
* [[Video: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] video
|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:1992]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the New Power Generation)]][[Category:Recorded 1991]]
|categories                = [[Category:1992]][[Category:Recorded 1991]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the New Power Generation)‏‎]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 10:36, 11 October 2024

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Sexy M.F.
Link= Album: Symbol
from the album Link= Album: Symbol 		Link= Single: Sexy M.F.
single art for Sexy M.F.
Song details
Performer: Prince and the New Power Generation
First Released: 30 June 1992 - Sexy M.F. single
Album(s): Link= Album: Symbol

The Hits 2
The Hits / The B-Sides
4Ever
Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition

Writer(s): Prince, Tony M. and Levi Seacer, Jr.
Producer(s): Prince and the New Power Generation
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Sexy M.F. is the second track on Prince’s 14th album Link= Album: Symbol, the second album to be credited to Prince and the New Power Generation, and, three and a half months before the album’s release, Sexy M.F. was released as the album’s first single. Also in 1992, some remixes of the track, including the edit titled Sexy Mutha, were included on My Name Is Prince, the album’s second single. In 1993, Sexy M.F. was included as the 14th track on The Hits 2 (also included as the second disc of The Hits / The B-Sides).

While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in early December 1991, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced The Sacrifice Of Victor, The Morning Papers, Arrogance, and And God Created Woman). After hearing George Clinton’s Get Satisfied, Prince asked a similar sounding horn arrangement for Sexy M.F. to Dave Friedlander who engineered both songs.

Sexy M.F. was placed as the opening track of the Link= Album: Symbol album for a while, until Prince later added the track My Name Is Prince, recorded a few months previously. It was included as the third track (second song) on the March 1992 and Summer 1992 configurations of the Link= Album: Symbol album, before the Album Intro segue was removed.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Early December 1991 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking
Summer 1992 Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA, USA Remix by Keith "K.C." Cohen
1994-1995 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Remix by Kirk Johnson
2006-2007 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) 		Re-recording
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Sexy M.F. 5:25 Link= Album: Symbol album Studio
Sexy M.F. 5:25 Sexy M.F. single

The Hits 2
The Hits / The B-Sides
4Ever

Edit Same as album version without the opening "Oooh!"
Sexy M.F. 5:25 Link= Album: Symbol album (clean version)

My Name Is Prince single

Alternate Clean version, edited to remove cursing a.k.a. Sexy M.F. (Long Version Clean)
Sexy M.F. (12" Remix) 7:34 My Name Is Prince single Remix Club remix
Sexy Mutha (Edit Of 12" Remix) 3:55 My Name Is Prince single Remix 'Clean' edit of club remix
Sexy MF (Clean Version) 3:49 Warner Music Japan Top Hits Selection September 1992 (Promotional release) Edit 'Clean' edit of the album version
Sexy M.F. (Live At Glam Slam 1992) 5:45 Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Live 11 January 1992, Glam Slam, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Sexy M.F. 8:49 Sexy M.F. VHS Promo video See Sexy M.F. video for more details
Sexy M.F. ?:?? 3 Chains O’ Gold VHS/laserdisc Promo video Edited version of Sexy M.F. above
Sexy M.F. (Live At Glam Slam 1992) 5:45 Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition blu-ray Live 11 January 1992, Glam Slam, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Sexy M.F. / Love 2 The 9’s ?:?? Delayed performance TV broadcast Live 17 December 1992, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA; see The Ryde Dyvine for details
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
2 Whom It May Concern 4:02 My Name Is Prince single

7 single
Damn U single

Studio medley See 2 Whom It May Concern for more details
Segue [# 2] 0:46 Carmen Electra Segue See Segue for more details
Purple Medley 11:03 Purple Medley single Studio medley See Purple Medley for more details
Wow (Sexy Version) Remix Version of the unreleased track Wow intended for I’ll Do Anything project, sung over Sexy M.F. music
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Sexy M.F. Studio Initial (incomplete) take
Sexy M.F. - 12"Remix (Edit) different from released Sexy Mutha (Edit Of 12" Remix) Remix
Sexy M.F. - Hardcore Mix (Long Version) Remix a.k.a. ‘Hardcore Dance Mix’
Sexy M.F. - Hardcore Mix - (Short Version) Remix
Sexy M.F. - Short Version (No Rap) Remix
Sexy M.F. - 7" Radio Mix Remix
Sexy M.F. - Sonny T Mix (Unmastered) Remix
Sexy M.F. (Remix) Remix 1994/1995 Remix by Kirk Johnson
Sexy M.F. Studio 2006/2007 re-recording with different rhythm track, instrumental parts, vocals and samples including C+C Music Factory "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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