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|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) (assumed) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) (assumed) | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) (assumed) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) (assumed) | ||
|previous song = [[Funky]] | |previous song = [[Funky 4 No Reason]] | ||
|next song = [[Fury]] | |next song = [[Fury]] | ||
|introduction = '''Funky Design''' was offered (as '''The Funky Design''') as an mp3 download as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_1|NPG Music Club Edition # 1]] (along with [[Mad]], [[Peace]], [[Splash]], [[When Eye Lay My Hands On U|When]] [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=When Eye Lay My Hands On U]] [[When Eye Lay My Hands On U| Lay My Hands On U]] and [[NPG Ahdio Show 1|NPG Ahdio Show #1]]). The track originates from 1994, however, and the studio version was played at [[The New Power Generation Store]] in Minneapolis in November 1994 (along with [[Mad]] and [[Snow Man]]). An excerpt of the track had also been streamed on [[NPGOnlineLtd.com]] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 17|17 July 2000]] (as '''Funky Design'''), before the full track was released in 2001. Despite being released after [[Prince]] reverted to using the his own name, rather than [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], the track was credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], as it was recorded while using that name. | |introduction = '''Funky Design''' was offered (as '''The Funky Design''') as an mp3 download as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_1|NPG Music Club Edition # 1]] (along with [[Mad]], [[Peace]], [[Splash]], [[When Eye Lay My Hands On U|When]] [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=When Eye Lay My Hands On U]] [[When Eye Lay My Hands On U| Lay My Hands On U]] and [[NPG Ahdio Show 1|NPG Ahdio Show #1]]). The track originates from 1994, however, and the studio version was played at [[The New Power Generation Store]] in Minneapolis in November 1994 (along with [[Mad]] and [[Snow Man]]). An excerpt of the track had also been streamed on [[NPGOnlineLtd.com]] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 17|17 July 2000]] (as '''Funky Design'''), before the full track was released in 2001. Despite being released after [[Prince]] reverted to using the his own name, rather than [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], the track was credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], as it was recorded while using that name. | ||
Specific recording dates are unknown, but it is likely that basic tracking took place in November 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, | Specific recording dates are unknown, but it is likely that basic tracking took place in November 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota. The song was slated to be the eighth track on the 1995 [[Album: New World|New World]] album project, a precursor to what became the album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], but was never known to be on any configuration of that album. | ||
[[Sonny T.]] also overdubbed vocals (replacing [[Prince]]’s) for a version placed as the sixteenth and final track (twelfth song) on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 2|2 December 1994]] configuration of the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s second album [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]]. This version remains unreleased, however. | |||
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|trivia = '''Funky Design''' is often paired with [[Mad]], which was recorded, streamed, and released at the same time. Both songs were also considered for [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]], and have only rarely been played live. | |trivia = '''Funky Design''' is often paired with [[Mad]], which was recorded, streamed, and released at the same time. Both songs were also considered for [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]], and have only rarely been played live. | ||
|see also = [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_1|NPG Music Club Edition # 1]] | |see also = [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_1|NPG Music Club Edition # 1]] | ||
* [[Album:_New_World|New World]] unreleased album | |||
* [[NPG Music Club]] | * [[NPG Music Club]] | ||
* [[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)]] '' | ||
|categories = [[Category:2001]][[Category:Recorded 1994]][[Category: | |categories = [[Category:2001]][[Category:Recorded 1994]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] | ||
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