I Wonder U: Difference between revisions

From Prince Vault
Jump to navigationJump to search
mNo edit summary
No edit summary
 
(22 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 9: Line 9:
|previous song            = [[I Wonder]]
|previous song            = [[I Wonder]]
|next song                = [[I Would Die 4 U]]
|next song                = [[I Would Die 4 U]]
|introduction              = '''I Wonder U''' is the third track on [[Prince]]'s eighth album [[Album: Parade|Parade]], the third to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. The track also is also played in [[Prince]]'s second feature film, [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]]. Lead vocals are sung by [[Wendy Melvoin]], marking the first time lead vocals were not sung by [[Prince]] on a [[Prince]]/[[Prince and the Revolution]] album.
|introduction              = '''I Wonder U''' is the third track on [[Prince]]’s eighth album [[Album: Parade|Parade]], the third to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. The track also is also played in [[Prince]]’s second feature film, [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]]. Lead vocals are sung by [[Wendy Melvoin]], marking the first time lead vocals were not sung by [[Prince]] on a [[Prince]]/[[Prince and the Revolution]] album.


Basic tracking of the track took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 17|17 April 1985]] at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, California, with [[Prince]] recording the drum track in sequence of [[Christopher Tracy's Parade|Wendy's Parade]], [[New Position]], [[I Wonder U]] and [[Under The Cherry Moon]], all in one take. He then layered other instruments over all four tracks. The song was initially recorded with [[Prince]] and [[Wendy Melvoin]] both singing lead and [[Lisa Coleman]] doing a harmony background vocal. That version was placed on an early configuration of [[Album: Parade|Parade]] (before it even had that title), compiled on 1 May 1985. The song was sent to [[Clare Fischer]] in June 1985 for his input. [[Clare Fischer|Fischer]] did two different orchestral arrangements; one with full orchestration and, after a later request of [[Prince]], one with only 'flute family' orchestration, much like the finally released version. These versions had [[Prince]]'s lead vocal mixed in loudest, mostly obscuring [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy's]] vocals. Before release [[Prince]] then omitted his own voice, so that [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] was now singing the lead. [[Clare Fischer]]'s full orchestration arrangement remains unreleased although [[Prince]] did use some of it as incidental music in [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]].
Basic tracking of the track took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 17|17 April 1985]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, with [[Prince]] recording the drum track in sequence of [[Christopher Tracy’s Parade|Wendy’s Parade]], [[New Position]], [[I Wonder U]] and [[Under The Cherry Moon]], all in one take. He then layered other instruments over all four tracks. The song was initially recorded with [[Prince]] and [[Wendy Melvoin]] both singing lead and [[Lisa Coleman]] doing a harmony background vocal. That version was placed on an early configuration of [[Album: Parade|Parade]] (before it even had that title), compiled on 1 May 1985. The song was sent to [[Clare Fischer]] in June 1985 for his input. [[Clare Fischer|Fischer]] did two different orchestral arrangements; one with full orchestration and, after a later request of [[Prince]], one with only 'flute family' orchestration, much like the finally released version. These versions had [[Prince]]’s lead vocal mixed in loudest, mostly obscuring [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy’s]] vocals. Before release [[Prince]] then omitted his own voice, so that [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] was now singing the lead.  
 
[[Clare Fischer]]’s full orchestration arrangement remains unreleased although [[Prince]] did use some of it as incidental music in [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]].
|recording info            =
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 17|17 April 1985]]
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 17|17 April 1985]] - [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 19|19 April 1985]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking
|additional info          = Tracking (17th), overdubs (18th), overdubs and mix (19th)
}}
}}
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = June 1985
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 22|22 April 1985]]
|studio                    = [https://www.yellowpages.com/los-angeles-ca/mip/monterey-sound-studios-512137723 Monterey Sound Studios], Glendale, CA, USA
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Vocal overdubs by [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] and [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]] and mix
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 24|24 June 1985]]
|studio                    = Monterey Sound Studios,<br>Glendale, CA
|additional info          = Orchestra recording by [[Clare Fischer]]
|additional info          = Orchestra recording by [[Clare Fischer]]
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      =  [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 11|11]] or [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 12|12 November 1985]] (estimate)
|studio                    = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advision_Studios Advision Studios],<br>London, England
|additional info          = Mix ([[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]] with [[Prince]])
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_18|18 November 1985]] (estimate)
|studio                    = [[Pumacrest Mobile Recording Unit]] (from Advision Studios)<br>in Nice, France
|additional info          = Mix ([[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]], probably with [[Prince]])
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 16|16]] & [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 17|17 December 1985]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Strings only mix (16th), Instrumental mix (17th)
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 27|27 January 1986]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Orchestra only mix for [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] ([[Susan Rogers]], sans [[Prince]])
}}
}}
|recording personnel      =  
|recording personnel      =  
Line 33: Line 60:
:*Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson.
:*Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson.
:*Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico
:*Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico
:*Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob O'Donnell and Al Vizutti
:*Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob O’Donnell and Al Vizutti
:*Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous
:*Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous
:*French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian O'Connor, Calvin Smith and Jim Thatcher
:*French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian O’Connor, Calvin Smith and Jim Thatcher
:*Tuba - Tommy Johnson
:*Tuba - Tommy Johnson
:*Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer
:*Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer
Line 47: Line 74:
|4= Studio
|4= Studio
|5=  
|5=  
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''I Wonder U'''
|2= ?:??
|3= [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]]
|4= Studio
|5= Part of version with [[Clare Fischer]] orchestral overdubs
}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
Line 76: Line 96:
|1= '''I Wonder U'''
|1= '''I Wonder U'''
|2= Studio
|2= Studio
|3= Version with full orchestration, [[Prince]] lead vocals
|3= Version with full orchestration, [[Prince]] lead vocals
}}
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''I Wonder U'''
|1= '''I Wonder U'''
|2= Studio
|2= Studio
|3= Version with orchestral overdubs like released version, [[Prince]] lead vocals
|3= Version with orchestral overdubs like released version, [[Prince]] lead vocals
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''I Wonder U'''
|2= Studio
|3= Strings only mix
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''I Wonder U'''
|2= Studio
|3= Instrumental mix
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
|video versions            =  
|video versions            =  
{{SongVideo|
|video versions            =
{{Songchart|
|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''I Wonder U'''
|2= 1:32
|3= [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] film
|4= Studio
|5= Part of version with [[Clare Fischer]] orchestral overdubs. Released on [[Home_Video:_Under The Cherry Moon|VHS and DVD]].
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Jonathan On The Phone'''
|2= 1:25
|3= [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] film
|4= Studio
|5= See [[Under The Cherry Moon cues]] for details
}}
}}
}}
|broadcasts, streaming    =  
|broadcasts, streaming    =  
|sampled in                =  
|sampled in                =  
Line 96: Line 146:
* [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] movie
* [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] movie
|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:1986]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1985]]
* ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]''
|categories                = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Recorded 1985]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 17:57, 16 November 2024

I Wonder   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   I Would Die 4 U
I Wonder U

from the album Parade
Song details
Performer: Prince and the Revolution
First Released: 31 March 1986 - Parade album
Album(s): Parade
Writer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

I Wonder U is the third track on Prince’s eighth album Parade, the third to be credited to Prince and the Revolution. The track also is also played in Prince’s second feature film, Under The Cherry Moon. Lead vocals are sung by Wendy Melvoin, marking the first time lead vocals were not sung by Prince on a Prince/Prince and the Revolution album.

Basic tracking of the track took place on 17 April 1985 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California, with Prince recording the drum track in sequence of Wendy’s Parade, New Position, I Wonder U and Under The Cherry Moon, all in one take. He then layered other instruments over all four tracks. The song was initially recorded with Prince and Wendy Melvoin both singing lead and Lisa Coleman doing a harmony background vocal. That version was placed on an early configuration of Parade (before it even had that title), compiled on 1 May 1985. The song was sent to Clare Fischer in June 1985 for his input. Fischer did two different orchestral arrangements; one with full orchestration and, after a later request of Prince, one with only 'flute family' orchestration, much like the finally released version. These versions had Prince’s lead vocal mixed in loudest, mostly obscuring Wendy’s vocals. Before release Prince then omitted his own voice, so that Wendy was now singing the lead.

Clare Fischer’s full orchestration arrangement remains unreleased although Prince did use some of it as incidental music in Under The Cherry Moon.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
17 April 1985 - 19 April 1985 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Tracking (17th), overdubs (18th), overdubs and mix (19th)
22 April 1985 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Vocal overdubs by Wendy and Lisa and mix
24 June 1985 Monterey Sound Studios,
Glendale, CA 		Orchestra recording by Clare Fischer
11 or 12 November 1985 (estimate) Advision Studios,
London, England 		Mix (Wendy & Lisa with Prince)
18 November 1985 (estimate) Pumacrest Mobile Recording Unit (from Advision Studios)
in Nice, France 		Mix (Wendy & Lisa, probably with Prince)
16 & 17 December 1985 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Strings only mix (16th), Instrumental mix (17th)
27 January 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Orchestra only mix for Under The Cherry Moon (Susan Rogers, sans Prince)
Recording Personnel
Orchestral Players:
  • Violins - Isabelle Daskoff, Francine Walsh, Mari Botnik, Pam Gates, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Betty Moor, Irma Neumann, Assa Drori, Bill Hymanson, Oscar Chasow, Ron Clark, Henry Ferber, Erne Granat, Ed Green, Bill Hybel, Reggie Hill, Pat Johnson, Don Palmer, Sheldon Sanov, Joe Schonbrun, Terry Schonbrun and Harold Wolf
  • Violas - Pam Goldsmith, Margot Maclaine, Carol Mukagawa, Myer Bello, Alan Deverich, Norman Forrest, Alan Harshman, Jorge Moraga and David Stock
  • Cellos - Jim Arkatoff, Ray Kelley, Ray Kramer and Fred Seykora
  • Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson.
  • Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico
  • Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob O’Donnell and Al Vizutti
  • Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous
  • French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian O’Connor, Calvin Smith and Jim Thatcher
  • Tuba - Tommy Johnson
  • Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Wonder U 1:40 Parade Studio
I Wonder U 2:46 NPG Ahdio Show # 4 mp3 (not available as a separate track) Live 31 August 1986, Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, West Germany
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Wonder U 1:32 Under The Cherry Moon film Studio Part of version with Clare Fischer orchestral overdubs. Released on VHS and DVD.
Jonathan On The Phone 1:25 Under The Cherry Moon film Studio See Under The Cherry Moon cues for details


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
I Wonder U Studio 1985 recording, before orchestral overdubs, Prince & Wendy Melvoin lead vocals
I Wonder U Studio Version with full orchestration, Prince lead vocals
I Wonder U Studio Version with orchestral overdubs like released version, Prince lead vocals
I Wonder U Studio Strings only mix
I Wonder U Studio Instrumental mix
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
I Wonder   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   I Would Die 4 U
Retrieved from "https://princevault.com/index.php?title=I_Wonder_U&oldid=253832"