| |introduction = '''Everyday People''', a live cover version of the track by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_the_Family_Stone Sly And The Family Stone], was released as the twelfth track on the [[Home Video: Rave Un2 The Year 2000|Rave Un2 The Year 2000]] VHS and DVD. The song is performed by [[Larry Graham]] (who played bass on the original studio version as a member of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_the_Family_Stone The Family Stone] along with [[Cynthia Robinson]] and [[Jerry Martini|Gerry Martini]]) and [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). No audio-only version of this performance has been released. | | |introduction = '''Everyday People''', a live cover version of the track by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_the_Family_Stone Sly And The Family Stone], was released as the twelfth track on the [[Home Video: Rave Un2 The Year 2000|Rave Un2 The Year 2000]] VHS and DVD. The song is performed by [[Larry Graham]] (who played bass on the original studio version as a member of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_the_Family_Stone The Family Stone] along with [[Cynthia Robinson]] and [[Jerry Martini|Gerry Martini]]) and [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). No audio-only version of this performance has been released. |
| The song was first released as a single in 1968 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_the_Family_Stone Sly And The Family Stone] and included on the band’s fourth album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand! Stand!] (from 1969). Of note, [[Prince]] has covered seven of the eight songs from that album during live performances over the years: [[Stand!]], [[Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey]], [[I Want To Take You Higher]], [[Sing A Simple Song]], [[Everyday People]], [[Sex_Machine_(Sly_And_The_Family_Stone)|Sex Machine]] and [[You Can Make It If You Try]]. There is no known performance by him of the remaining song ''Somebody's Watching You''. | | The song was first released as a single in 1968 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_the_Family_Stone Sly And The Family Stone] and included on the band’s fourth album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand! Stand!] (from 1969). Of note, [[Prince]] has covered seven of the eight songs from that album during live performances over the years: [[Stand!]], [[Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey]], [[I Want To Take You Higher]], [[Sing A Simple Song]], [[Everyday People]], [[Sex_Machine_(Sly_And_The_Family_Stone)|Sex Machine]] and [[You Can Make It If You Try]]. There is no known performance by him of the remaining song ''Somebody’s Watching You''. |
| The melody of [[Forever In My Life]] borrowed liberally from [[Everyday People]] (and sometimes played live in a medley) but the song is not believed to have been recorded in the studio by [[Prince]]. | | The melody of [[Forever In My Life]] borrowed liberally from [[Everyday People]] (and sometimes played live in a medley) but the song is not believed to have been recorded in the studio by [[Prince]]. |
