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{{song|
{{song|
|song name                = Love... Thy Will Be Done
|song name                = Love... Thy Will Be Done
|album image              = [[File:Martikaskitchen album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Martika's Kitchen]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Martika's Kitchen|Martika's Kitchen]] </small><br> [[File:Originals.jpg|100px|border|Originals album artwork]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Originals|Originals]]</small><br>
|album image              = [[File:Martikaskitchen album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Martika’s Kitchen]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Martika’s Kitchen|Martika’s Kitchen]] </small><br> [[File:Originals.jpg|100px|border|Originals album artwork]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Originals|Originals]]</small><br>
|single image              = [[File:Lovethywillbedone single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Love... Thy Will Be Done]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Love... Thy Will Be Done|Love... Thy Will Be Done]]</small>
|single image              = [[File:Lovethywillbedone single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Love... Thy Will Be Done]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Love... Thy Will Be Done|Love... Thy Will Be Done]]</small>
|performer                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martika Martika]; [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]
|performer                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martika Martika]; [[Prince]]
|first released            = August 1991 - [[Single: Love... Thy Will Be Done|Love... Thy Will Be Done]] single
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 25|25 July 1991]] - [[Single: Love... Thy Will Be Done|Love... Thy Will Be Done]] single<br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 7|7 June 2019]] - [[Album: Originals|Originals]] album ([[Prince]] version)
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Martika's Kitchen|Martika's Kitchen]]<br>
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Martika’s Kitchen|Martika’s Kitchen]]<br>
The Best Of Martika: More Than You Know<br>
The Best Of Martika: More Than You Know<br>
Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika<br>
Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika<br>
Love... Thy Will Be Done
Love... Thy Will Be Done<br>
[[Album: Martika’s Kitchen|Martika’s Kitchen ''[Reheated Edition]'']]<br>
[[Album: Originals|Originals]]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martika Martika]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martika Martika]
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (as [[Alias: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]])
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (as [[Alias: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]] on [[Album: Martika’s Kitchen|Martika’s Kitchen]])
|previous song            = [[Love Song]]
|previous song            = [[Love Song]]
|next song                = [[The Love We Make]]
|next song                = [[The Love We Make]]
|introduction              = '''Love... Thy Will Be Done''' is the third track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martika Martika]'s second album [[Album: Martika's Kitchen|Martika's Kitchen]], and, shortly before the album's release, [[Single: Love... Thy Will Be Done|Love... Thy Will Be Done]] was released as the album's first single.  
|introduction              = '''Love... Thy Will Be Done''' is the third track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martika Martika]’s second album [[Album: Martika’s Kitchen|Martika’s Kitchen]], and, shortly before the album’s release, [[Single: Love... Thy Will Be Done|Love... Thy Will Be Done]] was released as the album’s first single on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 25|25 July 1991]].  


A few months later, a remix of the track by [[Prince]] (as [[Alias: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]]) was released on [[Single: Martika's Kitchen|Martika's Kitchen]], the album's second single.  
A few months later, a remix of the track by [[Prince]] (as [[Alias: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]]) was released on [[Single: Martika’s Kitchen|Martika’s Kitchen]], the album’s second single.  


In 1997, the single edit was included as the sixth track on the compilation album ''The Best Of Martika: More Than You Know'', with the '''Prince Mix''' version as the sixteenth and final track.  
In 1997, the single edit was included as the sixth track on the compilation album ''The Best Of Martika: More Than You Know'', with the '''Prince Mix''' version as the sixteenth and final track.  
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In 2005, the single edit was included as the sixth track on the compilation album ''Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika'', with the '''Prince Mix''' version as the fifteenth and final track. Also in 2005, the album version was included as the tenth and final track on the compilation album ''Love... Thy Will Be Done''.
In 2005, the single edit was included as the sixth track on the compilation album ''Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika'', with the '''Prince Mix''' version as the fifteenth and final track. Also in 2005, the album version was included as the tenth and final track on the compilation album ''Love... Thy Will Be Done''.


Although specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in December 1990 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, as the first track recorded by [[Prince]] for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martika Martika].  
Although specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in January 1991 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. It was the first track [[Prince]] worked on based on lyrics written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martika Martika].  In the liner notes for the expanded 2018 re-release of [[Album: Martika’s Kitchen|Martika’s Kitchen ''[Reheated Edition]'']], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martika Martika] discussed the song’s recording:''"This song came from a little prayer I wrote. A personal something, describing my spiritual beliefs. It calls the Creator by the name of Love, to be inclusive of all peoples, faiths and religions. From the phone conversations I’d have with [[Prince]] during the making of the album, I know that song encapsulated, in a very concise way, his personal philosophy, and where he was coming from spiritually. I’ve always been very proud of that song."'' She liked the track so much that she asked [[Prince]] for further tracks, resulting in [[Spirit]], [[Don’t Say U Love Me]] and [[Open Book]] (also based on lyrics she sent to him and their conversations).  


She liked the track so much that she asked [[Prince]] for further tracks, resulting in [[Martika's Kitchen]], [[Spirit]], [[Don't Say U Love Me]] and [[Open Book]].  
In Spring 1991, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martika Martika] overdubbed her lead vocals and her musicians and vocalists added overdubs to the track in Los Angeles.  


In Spring 1991, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martika Martika] overdubbed her lead vocals and her musicians and vocalists added overdubs to the track, in New York.  
In late 1994, the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] recorded a new version of the track, with [[Sonny T.]] on lead vocals, and it was included as the eleventh track (eighth song) on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_2|2 December 1994]] configuration of the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s second ’solo' album [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]]. The track was removed before the album’s release.
 
In 2019, [[Prince]]’s own version was released as the twelfth track on the posthumous album [[Album:_Originals|Originals]].
 
The song features a looped sample from "Fifty-Fifty Clown" by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocteau_Twins Cocteau Twins], a little bit buried in the mix for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martika Martika]’s version, but very distinguishable in [[Prince]] own version and the 1994 [[Band: New Power Generation|NPG]]-version.


In late 1994, the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] recorded a new version of the track, with [[Sonny T.]] on lead vocals, and it was included as the eleventh track (eighth song) on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_2|2 December 1994]] configuration of the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]'s second 'solo' album [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]]. This version features a prominent looped sample from Fifty-Fifty Clown by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocteau_Twins Cocteau Twins]. The track was removed before the album's release.
|recording info            =
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = January 1991
|date                      = January 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                      = Early 1991
|date                      = Early 1991
|studio                    = Studio information needed,<br>New York, NY, USA
|studio                    = Trax Recording Studios,<br>Los Angeles, CA, USA
|additional info          = Additional recording and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martika Martika] vocal overdubs
|additional info          = Additional recording and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martika Martika] vocal overdubs
}}
}}
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|date                      = May 2012
|date                      = May 2012
|studio                    = unknown studio,<br>Australia
|studio                    = unknown studio,<br>Australia
|additional info          = Reworking, for intended for [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343092/ ''The Great Gatsby'']
|additional info          = Reworking, intended for [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343092/ ''The Great Gatsby'']
}}
}}
|recording personnel      =  
|recording personnel      =  
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|1= '''Love... Thy Will Be Done'''
|1= '''Love... Thy Will Be Done'''
|2= 5:02
|2= 5:02
|3= [[Album: Martika's Kitchen|Martika's Kitchen]]<br>
|3= [[Album: Martika’s Kitchen|Martika’s Kitchen]]<br>
Love... Thy Will Be Done
''Love... Thy Will Be Done'' compilation
|4= Studio
|4= Studio
|5=  
|5=  
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Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika
Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika
|4= Edit
|4= Edit
|5=  
|5= a.k.a. '''7" Edit'''
}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''Love... Thy Will Be Done (Prince Mix)'''
|1= '''Love... Thy Will Be Done (Prince Mix)'''
|2= 5:42
|2= 5:58
|3= [[Single:  Martika's Kitchen|Martika's Kitchen]] single<br>
|3= [[Single:  Martika’s Kitchen|Martika’s Kitchen]] single<br>
The Best Of Martika: More Than You Know<br>
The Best Of Martika: More Than You Know<br>
Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika
Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika
|4= Remix
|4= Remix
|5= Remix by [[Prince]] (as [[Alias: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]])
|5= Remix by [[Prince]] (as [[Alias: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]]). Wrongly listed as a 5:42 version.
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Love... Thy Will Be Done'''
|2= 5:03
|3= [[Album: Martika’s Kitchen|Martika’s Kitchen ''[Reheated Edition]'']]
|4= Studio
|5= Remastered version.
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Love... Thy Will Be Done (7" Edit)'''
|2= 4:23
|3= [[Album: Martika’s Kitchen|Martika’s Kitchen ''[Reheated Edition]'']]
|4= Edit
|5= a.k.a. '''Edit'''. Remastered version.
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Love... Thy Will Be Done (Prince Mix)'''
|2= 5:58
|3= [[Album: Martika’s Kitchen|Martika’s Kitchen ''[Reheated Edition]'']]
|4= Remix
|5= Remix by [[Prince]] (as [[Alias: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]]). Remastered version.
}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
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|5= released in 2019
|5= released in 2019
}}
}}
}}
}}
|video versions            =  
|video versions            =  
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|3= Promotional release only
|3= Promotional release only
|4= Studio
|4= Studio
|5= See [[Video: Love... Thy Will Be Done|Love... Thy Will Be Done]] video for details
|5= [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10V_Z0_udjg Official music video]
}}
}}
}}
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|performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#1995|1995]], [[All_Concerts#1996|1996]], [[All_Concerts#1998|1998]], [[All Concerts#2010|2010]] <small>(in medley with either [[Bridge Over Troubled Water]] or [[Free]] and [[Pearls B4 The Swine]]; vocals by [[Shelby J.]], [[Liv Warfield]], [[Elisa Dease]], sans [[Prince]]),  [[All Concerts#2012|2012]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small>
|performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#1995|1995]], [[All_Concerts#1996|1996]], [[All_Concerts#1998|1998]], [[All Concerts#2010|2010]] <small>(in medley with either [[Bridge Over Troubled Water]] or [[Free]] and [[Pearls B4 The Swine]]; vocals by [[Shelby J.]], [[Liv Warfield]], [[Elisa Dease]], sans [[Prince]]),  [[All Concerts#2012|2012]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small>
|trivia                    =  
|trivia                    =  
|see also                  = [[Album: Martika's Kitchen|Martika's Kitchen]] album
|see also                  = [[Album: Martika’s Kitchen|Martika’s Kitchen]] album
* [[Single: Love... Thy Will Be Done|Love... Thy Will Be Done]] single
* [[Single: Love... Thy Will Be Done|Love... Thy Will Be Done]] single
* [[Video: Love... Thy Will Be Done|Love... Thy Will Be Done]] video
* [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]
* [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]
|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.cinemablend.com/new/Great-Gatsby-Almost-Had-Prince-Song-Here-Why-It-Was-Removed-127017.html Cinemabrand article]
* [https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Great-Gatsby-Almost-Had-Prince-Song-Here-Why-It-Was-Removed-127017.html Cinemabrand article]
|categories                = [[Category:1991]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1990]]
|categories                = [[Category:1991]][[Category:2019]][[Category:Recorded 1991]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 19:19, 16 October 2024

Love Song   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   The Love We Make
Love... Thy Will Be Done

from the album Martika’s Kitchen
Originals album artwork
from the album Originals
single art for Love... Thy Will Be Done
Song details
Performer: Martika; Prince
First Released: 25 July 1991 - Love... Thy Will Be Done single
7 June 2019 - Originals album (Prince version)
Album(s): Martika’s Kitchen

The Best Of Martika: More Than You Know
Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika
Love... Thy Will Be Done
Martika’s Kitchen [Reheated Edition]
Originals

Writer(s): Prince and Martika
Producer(s): Prince (as Paisley Park on Martika’s Kitchen)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:

Love... Thy Will Be Done is the third track on Martika’s second album Martika’s Kitchen, and, shortly before the album’s release, Love... Thy Will Be Done was released as the album’s first single on 25 July 1991.

A few months later, a remix of the track by Prince (as Paisley Park) was released on Martika’s Kitchen, the album’s second single.

In 1997, the single edit was included as the sixth track on the compilation album The Best Of Martika: More Than You Know, with the Prince Mix version as the sixteenth and final track.

In 2005, the single edit was included as the sixth track on the compilation album Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika, with the Prince Mix version as the fifteenth and final track. Also in 2005, the album version was included as the tenth and final track on the compilation album Love... Thy Will Be Done.

Although specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in January 1991 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. It was the first track Prince worked on based on lyrics written by Martika. In the liner notes for the expanded 2018 re-release of Martika’s Kitchen [Reheated Edition], Martika discussed the song’s recording:"This song came from a little prayer I wrote. A personal something, describing my spiritual beliefs. It calls the Creator by the name of Love, to be inclusive of all peoples, faiths and religions. From the phone conversations I’d have with Prince during the making of the album, I know that song encapsulated, in a very concise way, his personal philosophy, and where he was coming from spiritually. I’ve always been very proud of that song." She liked the track so much that she asked Prince for further tracks, resulting in Spirit, Don’t Say U Love Me and Open Book (also based on lyrics she sent to him and their conversations).

In Spring 1991, Martika overdubbed her lead vocals and her musicians and vocalists added overdubs to the track in Los Angeles.

In late 1994, the New Power Generation recorded a new version of the track, with Sonny T. on lead vocals, and it was included as the eleventh track (eighth song) on a 2 December 1994 configuration of the New Power Generation’s second ’solo' album Exodus. The track was removed before the album’s release.

In 2019, Prince’s own version was released as the twelfth track on the posthumous album Originals.

The song features a looped sample from "Fifty-Fifty Clown" by the Cocteau Twins, a little bit buried in the mix for Martika’s version, but very distinguishable in Prince own version and the 1994 NPG-version.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
January 1991 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking
Early 1991 Trax Recording Studios,
Los Angeles, CA, USA 		Additional recording and Martika vocal overdubs
Late 1994 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Re-recording by the New Power Generation
May 2012 unknown studio,
Australia 		Reworking, intended for The Great Gatsby
Recording Personnel

Prince version

  • Prince - all instruments and vocals

Martika version


New Power Generation version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Love... Thy Will Be Done 5:02 Martika’s Kitchen

Love... Thy Will Be Done compilation

Studio
Love... Thy Will Be Done (Edit) 4:20 Love... Thy Will Be Done single

The Best Of Martika: More Than You Know
Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika

Edit a.k.a. 7" Edit
Love... Thy Will Be Done (Prince Mix) 5:58 Martika’s Kitchen single

The Best Of Martika: More Than You Know
Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika

Remix Remix by Prince (as Paisley Park). Wrongly listed as a 5:42 version.
Love... Thy Will Be Done 5:03 Martika’s Kitchen [Reheated Edition] Studio Remastered version.
Love... Thy Will Be Done (7" Edit) 4:23 Martika’s Kitchen [Reheated Edition] Edit a.k.a. Edit. Remastered version.
Love... Thy Will Be Done (Prince Mix) 5:58 Martika’s Kitchen [Reheated Edition] Remix Remix by Prince (as Paisley Park). Remastered version.
Love... Thy Will Be Done 4:09 Originals Prince vocal version released in 2019
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Love... Thy Will Be Done 4:20 Promotional release only Studio Official music video


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Love... Thy Will Be Done Studio Extended version with Martika lead vocals and Prince background vocals
Love... Thy Will Be Done Studio re-recording 1994 New Power Generation recording
Love... Thy Will Be Done Studio re-working 2012 reworking intended for The Great Gatsby
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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