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While the song emerged from a jam on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 30|30 December 1983]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, basic tracking for the original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December 1983]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 1|1 January 1984]] (still at [[Sunset Sound]]), as '''We Can Fuck''' (although listed as "The Dawn" and "Moral Majority" respectively, as the original title was considered 'too raunchy'). | While the song emerged from a jam on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 30|30 December 1983]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, basic tracking for the original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December 1983]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 1|1 January 1984]] (still at [[Sunset Sound]]), as '''We Can Fuck''' (although listed as "The Dawn" and "Moral Majority" respectively, as the original title was considered 'too raunchy'). | ||
[[Prince]] would later tone down the title and lyrics of the song, and re-recorded the track on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 17|17 June 1986]] at the [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]] in Edina, Minnesota (in sequence after [[Data Bank]] and [[Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got]], the day before recording [[Girl O’ My Dreams]]). These recordings were intended for an aborted musical tentatively titled [[Musical: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]]. This version of '''We Can Funk''' was later sent to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O’Clock Three O’Clock] for consideration along with [[Neon Telephone]], [[Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got]], [[Girl O’ My Dreams]] and [[Teacher, Teacher]], but the band decided to use only [[Neon Telephone]]. At one point Prince | [[Prince]] would later tone down the title and lyrics of the song, and re-recorded the track on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 17|17 June 1986]] at the [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]] in Edina, Minnesota (in sequence after [[Data Bank]] and [[Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got]], the day before recording [[Girl O’ My Dreams]]). These recordings were intended for an aborted musical tentatively titled [[Musical: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]]. This version of '''We Can Funk''' was later sent to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O’Clock Three O’Clock] for consideration along with [[Neon Telephone]], [[Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got]], [[Girl O’ My Dreams]] and [[Teacher, Teacher]], but the band decided to use only [[Neon Telephone]]. At one point, Prince invited [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micki_Free Micki Free] to Minneapolis to put his vocals on the song, but it is unclear whether the recording actually took place. | ||
The 1983 recording was returned to and updated in 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and this updated version, without [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] on vocals, was included as the sixth track on a 1989 configuration of [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] added vocal overdubs in late 1989-1990, also at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. Some musical overdubs with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) Clinton]’s musicians were recorded at [http://www.unitedsounddetroit.com/ United Sound Studio] in Detroit, Michigan, and the final version was included as the seventh track on a 1990 configuration of [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]], where it remained for release. | The 1983 recording was returned to and updated in 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and this updated version, without [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] on vocals, was included as the sixth track on a 1989 configuration of [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] added vocal overdubs in late 1989-1990, also at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. Some musical overdubs with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) Clinton]’s musicians were recorded at [http://www.unitedsounddetroit.com/ United Sound Studio] in Detroit, Michigan, and the final version was included as the seventh track on a 1990 configuration of [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]], where it remained for release. | ||
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|date = 1986 (assumed) | |date = 1986 (assumed) | ||
|studio = Unknown studio (details needed) | |studio = Unknown studio (details needed) | ||
|additional info = Vocal overdubs by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micki_Free Micki Free] | |additional info = Vocal overdubs by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micki_Free Micki Free] (uncertain) | ||
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*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | ||
*[[Atlanta Bliss]] – trumpet | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] – trumpet | ||
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'''Unreleased 1992 version''' | '''Unreleased 1992 version''' | ||
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|1= '''We Can Fuck''' | |1= '''We Can Fuck''' | ||
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|3= 1986 version with vocal overdubs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micki_Free Micki Free] | |3= Possible 1986 version with vocal overdubs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micki_Free Micki Free] | ||
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|3= [[Film:_Graffiti_Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] film | |3= [[Film:_Graffiti_Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] film | ||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
|5= Part of the album version but with an edited ending | |5= Part of the album version but with an edited ending. Released on [[Home_Video:_Graffiti_Bridge|VHS and DVD]]. | ||
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|performed occasionally in = This song is not known to have been performed other than on the [[Nude Tour]] and few 1991 one-off performances. | |performed occasionally in = This song is not known to have been performed other than on the [[Nude Tour]] and few 1991 one-off performances. | ||
|trivia = As the original title '''We Can Fuck''' was considered not suitable to put on the work order sheet, engineer Terry Christian initially labeled the song as "The Dawn". When [[Prince]] finished work on the song the next day he retitled it "Moral Majority" on the working order, but that was never the actual title of the song. The 1982 [[Vanity 6]] song with the title [[Moral Majority]], the 1984 song [[The Dawn]] and the 1996 song [[Welcome 2 The Dawn]] don’t have anything to do with '''We Can Funk'''. | |trivia = As the original title '''We Can Fuck''' was considered not suitable to put on the work order sheet, engineer Terry Christian initially labeled the song as "The Dawn". When [[Prince]] finished work on the song the next day he retitled it "Moral Majority" on the working order, but that was never the actual title of the song. The 1982 [[Vanity 6]] song with the title [[Moral Majority]], the 1984 song [[The Dawn]] and the 1996 song [[Welcome 2 The Dawn]] don’t have anything to do with '''We Can Funk'''. | ||
* The coda chant 'We be funkin’ over here, and over there ain’t shit' that features on the [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] album recording was adapted from the 1988 song 'Hard' recorded by Well Red, produced by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] and co-written by Clinton, Joseph 'Amp' Fiddler, Richie Stevens and Lorenzo Hall. | |||
|see also = [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] album | |see also = [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] album | ||
* [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] movie | * [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] movie | ||
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