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|single image = [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album:_Purple_Rain_Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] </small> | |single image = [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album:_Purple_Rain_Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] </small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] / [[Prince and the Revolution]] | |performer = [[Prince]] / [[Prince and the Revolution]] | ||
|first released = December 1985 - [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS (live version) <br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 23|23 June 2017]] | |first released = December 1985 - [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS (live version) <br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 23|23 June 2017]] - [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album (1984 studio version) | ||
[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_29|29 November 2019]] - [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album (1982 studio version) | [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_29|29 November 2019]] - [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album (1982 studio version) | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br> | ||
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|previous song = [[Positivity]] | |previous song = [[Positivity]] | ||
|next song = [[Pour Me A Cup]] | |next song = [[Pour Me A Cup]] | ||
|introduction = '''Possessed''' is a song that was cut and worked on in the studio by [[Prince]] on many different occasions. Basic tracking of the initial version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 22|22 May 1982]] by [[Prince]] alone at his [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota and a mix-down of it was done | |introduction = '''Possessed''' is a song that was first released in a live version as the eighth track on the [[Home_Video:_Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS in a double VHS case sometimes referred to as '''Double Live''' (later re-released as a single VHS). In the end credits of that release '''Possessed''' is dedicated to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown]. Different studio versions of the song were released posthumously. | ||
'''Possessed''' was cut and worked on in the studio by [[Prince]] on many different occasions. Basic tracking of the initial version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 22|22 May 1982]] by [[Prince]] alone at his [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota and a mix-down of it was done two days later. This version was then overdubbed somewhere in early-mid 1983, also at the at the [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. A studio version of the original 1982 recording (sans 1983 overdubs) was released in 2019 as the first track on the ''Vault Tracks part 2'' disc of a ''Super Deluxe Edition'' edition of the [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999]] album. | |||
A new version, started from scratch, was cut with [[The Revolution]] in August 1983 at [[The Warehouse]] in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. It was a hot day and they kept running into power outage problems while attempting to record. In the end the session was stopped. But it is likely the song was committed to tape in the same setting at a later date. This version however also remains unreleased. | A new version, started from scratch, was cut with [[The Revolution]] in August 1983 at [[The Warehouse]] in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. It was a hot day and they kept running into power outage problems while attempting to record. In the end the session was stopped. But it is likely the song was committed to tape in the same setting at a later date. This version however also remains unreleased. | ||
Yet another new version, recorded from scratch was tracked on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_17|17 March 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California for use in [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. A short instrumental portion of this version plays in the movie in the background of a scene in which [[Morris Day]] tries to seduce [[Apollonia]]. | Yet another new version, recorded from scratch was tracked on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_17|17 March 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California for use in [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. A short instrumental portion of this version plays in the movie in the background of a scene in which [[Morris Day]] tries to seduce [[Apollonia]]. This 1984 studio version (incorrectly attributed as the 1983 version) was released as the sixth track (and seventh song) on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' disc of the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album in June 2017. | ||
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|date = | |date = August 1983 | ||
|studio = [[The Warehouse]],<br>St. Louis Park, MN, USA | |studio = [[The Warehouse]],<br>St. Louis Park, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Tracking, second version (aborted) | |additional info = Tracking, second version (aborted) | ||
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|date = | |date = August 1983 | ||
|studio = [[The Warehouse]],<br>St. Louis Park, MN, USA | |studio = [[The Warehouse]],<br>St. Louis Park, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = | |additional info = New attempt at second version | ||
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|3= | |3= August 1983 band recording | ||
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|first live appearance = [[10_December 1982|10 December 1982: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA]] <small>(lyrics only in [[How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore]])</small>; [[21 May 1984 |21 May 1984: Carlton Celebrity Room, Bloomington, MN, USA]] <small>(first full performance)</small> <br> | |first live appearance = [[10_December 1982|10 December 1982: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA]] <small>(lyrics only in [[How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore]])</small>; [[21 May 1984 |21 May 1984: Carlton Celebrity Room, Bloomington, MN, USA]] <small>(first full performance)</small> <br> | ||
* [[07 June 1985|7 June 1985: Prom Center, Saint Paul, MN, USA]] | * [[07 June 1985|7 June 1985: Prom Center, Saint Paul, MN, USA]] | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1982|1982]] <small>(lyrical clip included in [[How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore]])</small>, [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1985|1985]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1982|1982]] <small>(lyrical clip included in [[How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore]])</small>, [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1985|1985]] | ||
|trivia = Played live (in 1985) the song often contained some lyrics form [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown’s] [[Licking Stick - Licking Stick]] | |trivia = Played live (in 1985) the song often contained some lyrics form [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown’s] [[Licking Stick - Licking Stick]] including ''Sister out in the backyard, doin’ the [outside] dance.'' | ||
* On the [[Home_Video:_Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS the song is dedicated to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown]. | * On the [[Home_Video:_Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS the song is dedicated to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown]. | ||
* The 1984 re-recording of this song uses the LinnDrum, the successor of the Linn LM-1 usually utilized by [[Prince]]. | * The 1984 re-recording of this song uses the LinnDrum, the successor of the Linn LM-1 usually utilized by [[Prince]]. | ||
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