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from the album 16 Song details Performer: Madhouse First Released: 18 November 1987 - 16 album Album(s): 16 Writer(s): Prince (credited to Madhouse) Producer(s): Prince (credited to Madhouse) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 14 May 1987, Deutschlandhalle, (West) Berlin, (West) Germany (during Madhouse opening act; including Frère Jacques) 15 June 1987 (a.m.): New Morning, Paris, France Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: 1987 (performed by Madhouse)

Nine is the first track on Madhouse’s second and final album 16. The Track was written and performed by Prince (credited as Madhouse), with saxophone by Eric Leeds. While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracks were recorded in March 1987 at Prince’s Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The rest of the album was recorded in late July and early August 1987. The track contains interpolations of Euphemia Allen’s 1877 piano composition Chopsticks and Richard Rodgers’ and Oscar Hammerstein II’s 1959 composition The Sound Of Music (originally from the stage musical The Sound Of Music), as well as opening with Sequential Circuits Prophet VS, FILMUSIC (patch 69) pre-set synth, previously used on U Got The Look, Make Your Mama Happy, Eight and The Cocoa Boys. Confusingly, the track Six And ½, recorded on 8 October 1986, was originally recorded as Nine, logically following the last recorded Madhouse track Eight. When that was chosen to serve as b-side for the single 6 it was dubbed Six And ½. Prince (possibly with Eric Leeds) at that point recorded another song titled Nine, but that remains unreleased and is different from this song from March 1987. To stay with the numeric logicality this first song for the follow-up Madhouse album again was titled Nine as no song with a title as such was yet released. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info March 1987 Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking Recording Personnel Eric Leeds – baritone saxophone Prince – all other instruments, except where noted (uncredited) Unidentified and uncredited vocalists (possibly sampled) Dr. Fink - credited for keyboards, but does not appear Levi Seacer, Jr. - credited for bass guitar, but does not appear John Lewis - credited for drums, but does not appear Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Nine 2:06 16 Studio

Additional Information See also Trivia 16 album Madhouse The "Bizarre!" sample used in this song is originally from Our Bizarre Relationship by Frank Zappa’s band The Mothers of Invention (from Uncle Meat, 1969). It was one of the preset samples in the Fairlight CMI sample-synthesizer and Prince took it from there. It was utilized in quite a few songs recorded between 1985 and 1987: All My Dreams, Bob George, Christopher Tracy’s Parade, Lovesexy, and Madhouse songs Nine and 6 (The End Of The World Mix) all contain this sample. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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