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|song name                = Silly Game
|song name                = Silly Game
|single image              = [[Image:Raveun2thejoyfantastic album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]]'' </small>
|single image              = [[Image:Raveun2thejoyfantastic album.jpg|100px|link= Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]]'' </small>
|performer                = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]
|performer                = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 9|9 November 1999]] - [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]] album
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 9|9 November 1999]] - [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]] album
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|introduction              = '''Silly Game''' is the 14th track (twelfth song) on [[Prince]]’s 23rd album [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]] (his sixth using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). In 2001, it was included as the twelfth track on the companion album [[Album: Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic]].
|introduction              = '''Silly Game''' is the 14th track (twelfth song) on [[Prince]]’s 23rd album [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]] (his sixth using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). In 2001, it was included as the twelfth track on the companion album [[Album: Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic]].


While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking likely took place in early 1999 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. String overdubs by the [[NPG Orchestra]] (orchestrated by [[Clare Fischer]]), were recorded in mid-1999 at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O’Henry_Sound_Studios O’Henry Sound Studios], Burbank, CA, USA.
While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking likely took place in early 1999 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. String overdubs by the [[NPG Orchestra]] (orchestrated by [[Clare Fischer]]), were recorded in mid-1999 at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O’Henry_Sound_Studios O’Henry Sound Studios], Burbank, California.
|recording info            =
|recording info            =
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|performed regularly on    = none
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed occasionally in = none
|performed occasionally in = none
|trivia                    = '''Silly Game''' references [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Jackson Janet Jackson] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip_(rapper) Q-Tip]’s song [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got_%27til_It%27s_Gone Got ’til It’s Gone], quoting the "Now why U wanna go and do that love?" line from it.
|trivia                    = '''Silly Game''' references [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Jackson Janet Jackson] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip_(rapper) Q-Tip]’s song [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got_’til_It’s_Gone Got ’til It’s Gone], quoting the "Now why U wanna go and do that love?" line from it.
|see also                  = [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]] album
|see also                  = [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]] album
* [[Album: Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic]] album
* [[Album: Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic]] album

Latest revision as of 18:55, 16 October 2024

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Silly Game


from the album Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
Song details
Performer:
First Released: 9 November 1999 - Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic album
Album(s): Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic

Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic

Writer(s): Prince (as )
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Silly Game is the 14th track (twelfth song) on Prince’s 23rd album Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (his sixth using the name ). In 2001, it was included as the twelfth track on the companion album Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic.

While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking likely took place in early 1999 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. String overdubs by the NPG Orchestra (orchestrated by Clare Fischer), were recorded in mid-1999 at O’Henry Sound Studios, Burbank, California.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Early 1999 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Tracking
Mid-1999 O’Henry Sound Studios,
Burbank, CA, USA
String overdubs by the NPG Orchestra
Recording Personnel
  • Prince (as ) - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
  • Clare Fischer - string orchestration

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Silly Game 3:29 Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic

Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic

Studio



 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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