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{{song|
{{song|
|song name                = Sexy Dancer
|song name                = Sexy Dancer
|single image              = [[File:Sexydancer single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Sexy Dancer]]<br> <small> single art for [[Single: Sexy Dancer|Sexy Dancer]]</small>
|single image              = [[File:Sexydancer single.jpg|100px|link= Single: Sexy Dancer]]<br> <small> single art for [[Single: Sexy Dancer|Sexy Dancer]]</small>
|album image              = [[File:Prince_tb.jpg|link=Album: Prince]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Prince|Prince]]</small>
|album image              = [[File:Prince_tb.jpg|link= Album: Prince]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Prince|Prince]]</small>
|performer                = [[Prince]]
|performer                = [[Prince]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 19|19 October, 1979]] - [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 19|19 October 1979]] - [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Prince|Prince]]<br>
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Prince|Prince]]<br>
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
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|previous song            = [[Sexuality]]
|previous song            = [[Sexuality]]
|next song                = [[Sexy M.F.]]
|next song                = [[Sexy M.F.]]
|introduction              = '''Sexy Dancer''' is the third track on [[Prince]]'s second album [[Album: Prince|Prince]], and, seven months after the album's release, [[Single: Sexy Dancer|Sexy Dancer]] was released as the album's third single, although it was released only in the UK and Japan, where it was the album's second single (after [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]]).
|introduction              = '''Sexy Dancer''' is the third track on [[Prince]]’s second album [[Album: Prince|Prince]], and, seven months after the album’s release, [[Single: Sexy Dancer|Sexy Dancer]] was released as the album’s third single, although it was released only in the UK and Japan, where it was the album’s second single (after [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]]).


While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place from late April to 13 June, 1979 at [[Alpha Studios]], Burbank, CA, USA. Overdubs and mixing took place at [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders], Los Angeles, CA, USA.
While specific dates are not known, the track was most likely recorded in April 1979 at [[Alpha Studios]] in Burbank, California. Overdubs and mixing took place at [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California in May 1979.  


Although it wasn't released as a single in the USA, [[Sexy Dancer]] (with [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]]) reached position 3 in the Billboard Disco Top 100 Chart, indicating the track was a DJ favorite in US clubs.
Although it wasn’t released as a single in the USA, [[Sexy Dancer]] (with [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]]) reached position 3 in the Billboard Disco Top 100 Chart, indicating the track was a DJ favorite in US clubs.
|recording info            =
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = April - 13 June, 1979
|date                      = April 1979
|studio                    = [[Alpha Studios]], Burbank, CA, USA
|studio                    = [[Alpha Studios]],<br>Burbank, CA, USA
|additional info          = Initial tracking
|additional info          = Tracking
}}
}}
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = April - 13 June, 1979
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_29|29 May 1979]]
|studio                    = [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders], Los Angeles, CA, USA
|studio                    = [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]],<br>Los Angeles, CA, USA
|additional info          = Overdubs, mixing
|additional info          = Overdubs, mixing
}}
}}
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[[Single: Still Waiting|Still Waiting]] single<br>
[[Single: Still Waiting|Still Waiting]] single<br>
[[Single: Sexy Dancer|Sexy Dancer]] single<br>
[[Single: Sexy Dancer|Sexy Dancer]] single<br>
[[Album: Strange Tales From The Rain|Strange Tales From The Rain]] promo
[[Album:_Strange_Tales_From_The_Rain|Strange Tales From The Rain]] promotional album <br>
|4= Studio
|4= Studio
|5=  
|5=  
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|line =
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''[[Partyman]] (The Purple Party Mix)'''
|1= '''[[Partyman|Partyman (The Purple Party Mix)]]'''
|2= 6:02
|2= 6:02
|3= [[Single: Partyman|Partyman]] single
|3= [[Single: Partyman|Partyman]] single
|4= Remix
|4= Remix
|5= Remix by [[Femi Jiya]] and [[Prince]]; Includes sampled clips of [[Sexy Dancer]], [[I Wanna Be Your Lover]], [[Head]], [[Partyup]], [[Let's Work]], [[1999]], [[Raspberry Beret]], [[Erotic City]], [[Kiss]], [[U Got The Look]], [[Housequake]] and [[Alphabet St.]]
|5= Remix by [[Femi Jiya]] and [[Prince]]; Includes sampled clips of [[Sexy Dancer]], [[I Wanna Be Your Lover]], [[Head]], [[Partyup]], [[Let’s Work]], [[1999]], [[Raspberry Beret]], [[Erotic City]], [[Kiss]], [[U Got The Look]], [[Housequake]], [[Alphabet St.]], [[The Future]] and a chant from [[Batdance]]
}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''[[Partyman]] (The Purple Party Mix)'''
|1= '''[[Partyman|Partyman (The Purple Party Mix)]]'''
|2= 5:58
|2= 5:58
|3= [[Single: Scandalous!|The Scandalous Sex Suite]] EP
|3= [[Single: Scandalous!|The Scandalous Sex Suite]] EP
|4= Remix edit
|4= Remix edit
|5= As above, missing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joker The Joker]'s opening dialogue by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicholson Jack Nicholson]
|5= As above, missing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joker The Joker]’s opening dialogue by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicholson Jack Nicholson]
}}
{{Songline|
1= '''[[Get Off]]'''
|2= 4:41
|3= [[Single: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] single
|4= Studio
|5=
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''[[The Latest Fashion|The Latest Fashion (Remix)]]'''
|2= 6:15
|3= [[Single: Shake!|Shake!]] single
|4= Remix
|5= Remix by [[Michael Koppelman]], [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Massy Sylvia Massy]
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''[[The Latest Fashion|The Latest Fashion (Edited Remix)]]'''
|2= 4:00
|3= [[Single: Shake!|Shake!]] cassette-single
|4= Remix/Edit
|5= Remix by [[Michael Koppelman]], [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Massy Sylvia Massy]
}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
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|4= Studio medley
|4= Studio medley
|5= See [[Purple Medley]] for more details<br>
|5= See [[Purple Medley]] for more details<br>
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''[[Stare]] '''
|2= 3:44
|3= [[Album: Hitnrun Phase Two|Hitnrun Phase Two]]
|4= Studio
|5= Includes sample of [[Kiss]] and interpolation of [[Sexy Dancer]]
}}
}}
}}
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|3= Live concert radio broadcast
|3= Live concert radio broadcast
|4= Live
|4= Live
|5= [[22_July,_1990|22 July, 1990, Madrid]]
|5= [[22_July 1990|22 July 1990, Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain]]
}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
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|3= Delayed concert TV broadcast
|3= Delayed concert TV broadcast
|4= Live
|4= Live
|5= [[29_July,_1990|29 July, 1990, Estadio Santa María del Mar, La Coruña, Spain]]
|5= [[29_July 1990|29 July 1990, Estadio Santa María del Mar, La Coruña, Spain]]
}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
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|3= Delayed concert TV broadcast
|3= Delayed concert TV broadcast
|4= Live
|4= Live
|5= [[31_August,_1990|31 August, 1990, Tokyo]]
|5= [[31_August 1990|31 August 1990, Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム), Tokyo, Japan]]
}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
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|3= [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show # 4]] concert video stream
|3= [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show # 4]] concert video stream
|4= Live
|4= Live
|5= [[21 September, 2007|21 September, 2007, The O<sub>2</sub> Arena, London, England]]
|5= [[21 September 2007|21 September 2007, The O<sub>2</sub> Arena, London, England]]
}}
}}
}}
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|video versions            =  
|video versions            =  
|unreleased versions      =  
|unreleased versions      =  
|first live appearance    = [[26 November, 1979|26 November, 1979, The Roxy, West Hollywood, CA, USA]]
|first live appearance    = [[26 November 1979|26 November 1979: The Roxy, West Hollywood, CA, USA]] <br>
* [[26_March_2016-am|26 March 2016 (a.m.): Everleigh, Toronto, ON, Canada]] <small>(sampler set)</small>
|performed regularly on    = [[Prince Tour]]
|performed regularly on    = [[Prince Tour]]
* [[Rick James "Fire It Up Tour"]]
* [[Rick James Tour ’80]]
* [[Dirty Mind Tour]]
* [[Dirty Mind Tour]]
* [[Nude Tour]]
* [[Nude Tour]]
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|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1981|1981]], [[All Concerts#1982|1982]], [[All Concerts#1990|1990]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]], [[All Concerts#2001|2001]], [[All Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All Concerts#2004|2004]], [[All Concerts#2006|2006]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]] <small>(music only with [[Le Freak]] lyrics)</small>, [[All Concerts#2009|2009]] <small>(music only with [[Le Freak]] lyrics)</small>, [[All Concerts#2010|2010]] <small>(music only with [[Le Freak]] lyrics)</small>,  [[All Concerts#2011|2011]] <small>(music only with [[Le Freak]] lyrics)</small>, ,  [[All Concerts#2012|2012]] <small>(music only with [[Le Freak]] lyrics)</small>
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1981|1981]], [[All Concerts#1982|1982]], [[All Concerts#1990|1990]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]], [[All Concerts#2001|2001]], [[All Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All Concerts#2004|2004]], [[All Concerts#2006|2006]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]] <small>(music only with [[Le Freak]] lyrics)</small>, [[All Concerts#2009|2009]] <small>(music only with [[Le Freak]] lyrics)</small>, [[All Concerts#2010|2010]] <small>(music only with [[Le Freak]] lyrics)</small>,  [[All Concerts#2011|2011]] <small>(music only with [[Le Freak]] lyrics)</small>, ,  [[All Concerts#2012|2012]] <small>(music only with [[Le Freak]] lyrics)</small>
|trivia                    = [[Sexy Dancer]] appeared in the Billboard Disco Top 100 chart along with [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]] 5 weeks after [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]] first entered the same chart. The Disco Top 100 chart is based on DJ/Clubs playlists sent to Billboard and reflects the impact of a track in clubs. The playlist contains either singles or albums tracks. From these playlists, different tracks from a same artist and a same album are listed as only one entry in the charts.
|trivia                    = [[Sexy Dancer]] appeared in the Billboard Disco Top 100 chart along with [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]] 5 weeks after [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]] first entered the same chart. The Disco Top 100 chart is based on DJ/Clubs playlists sent to Billboard and reflects the impact of a track in clubs. The playlist contains either singles or albums tracks. From these playlists, different tracks from a same artist and a same album are listed as only one entry in the charts.
* Billboard Disco Top 100 chart progression for [[Sexy Dancer]]:<br><small>Entry position '''16''' (15 Dec. 79), '''12''' (22 Dec. 79), '''??''' (29 Dec. 79), '''??''' (5 Jan. 80), '''4''' (12 Jan. 80), '''3''' (19 Jan. 80), '''3''' (26 Jan. 80), '''??''' (2 Feb. 80), '''4''' (9 Feb. 80), '''7''' (16 Feb. 80), '''11''' (23 Feb. 80), '''13''' (1 Mar. 80), '''37''' (8 Mar. 80), '''62''' (15 Mar. 80), '''59''' (22 Mar. 80), '''57''' (29 Mar. 80), exit position '''??''' (5 Apr. 80).</small><br>Weeks in Top 10: ?, weeks in Top 40: 13.
* Billboard Disco Top 100 chart progression for [[Sexy Dancer]]:<br><small>Entry position '''16''' (15 Dec. 79), '''12''' (22 Dec. 79), '''6''' (5 Jan. 80), '''4''' (12 Jan. 80), '''3''' (19 Jan. 80), '''3''' (26 Jan. 80), '''3''' (2 Feb. 80), '''4''' (9 Feb. 80), '''7''' (16 Feb. 80), '''11''' (23 Feb. 80), '''13''' (1 Mar. 80), '''37''' (8 Mar. 80), '''62''' (15 Mar. 80), '''59''' (22 Mar. 80), '''57''' (29 Mar. 80), exit position '''70''' (5 Apr. 80).</small><br>Weeks in Top 10: 7, weeks in Top 40: 12.
|see also                  = [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album
|see also                  = [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album
* [[Single: Sexy Dancer|Sexy Dancer]] single
* [[Single: Sexy Dancer|Sexy Dancer]] single
|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:1979]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1979]]
* <b>Library of congress</b>: [https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=38&ti=26,38&SC=Author&SA=Ecnirp%20Music&PID=0_LuYnzQ3FC9AOMGfYFkrx9kKItDT&SEQ=20220916082452&SID=6 Sexy dancer; By Prince Nelson. PA 64-966 (1979)]
|categories                = [[Category:1979]][[Category:Recorded 1979]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 11:50, 4 May 2025

Sexuality   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Sexy M.F.
Sexy Dancer

from the album Prince
single art for Sexy Dancer
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 19 October 1979 - Prince album
Album(s): Prince
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Sexy Dancer is the third track on Prince’s second album Prince, and, seven months after the album’s release, Sexy Dancer was released as the album’s third single, although it was released only in the UK and Japan, where it was the album’s second single (after I Wanna Be Your Lover).

While specific dates are not known, the track was most likely recorded in April 1979 at Alpha Studios in Burbank, California. Overdubs and mixing took place at Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California in May 1979.

Although it wasn’t released as a single in the USA, Sexy Dancer (with I Wanna Be Your Lover) reached position 3 in the Billboard Disco Top 100 Chart, indicating the track was a DJ favorite in US clubs.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
April 1979 Alpha Studios,
Burbank, CA, USA 		Tracking
29 May 1979 Hollywood Sound Recorders,
Los Angeles, CA, USA 		Overdubs, mixing
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Sexy Dancer 4:18 Prince

Still Waiting single
Sexy Dancer single
Strange Tales From The Rain promotional album

Studio
Sexy Dancer (Long Version) 8:50 Sexy Dancer single Extended Version
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Sexy Dancer TBC Live concert radio broadcast Live 22 July 1990, Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain
Sexy Dancer TBC Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 29 July 1990, Estadio Santa María del Mar, La Coruña, Spain
Sexy Dancer TBC Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 31 August 1990, Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム), Tokyo, Japan
Sexy Dancer/Le Freak - A Love Bizarre - Pass The Peas 6:00 3rdEye TV Show # 4 concert video stream Live 21 September 2007, The O2 Arena, London, England
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Partyman (The Purple Party Mix) 6:02 Partyman single Remix Remix by Femi Jiya and Prince; Includes sampled clips of Sexy Dancer, I Wanna Be Your Lover, Head, Partyup, Let’s Work, 1999, Raspberry Beret, Erotic City, Kiss, U Got The Look, Housequake, Alphabet St., The Future and a chant from Batdance
Partyman (The Purple Party Mix) 5:58 The Scandalous Sex Suite EP Remix edit As above, missing The Joker’s opening dialogue by Jack Nicholson
Get Off 4:41 New Power Generation single Studio
The Latest Fashion (Remix) 6:15 Shake! single Remix Remix by Michael Koppelman, Prince and Sylvia Massy
The Latest Fashion (Edited Remix) 4:00 Shake! cassette-single Remix/Edit Remix by Michael Koppelman, Prince and Sylvia Massy
Purple Medley 11:03 Purple Medley single Studio medley See Purple Medley for more details
Stare 3:44 Hitnrun Phase Two Studio Includes sample of Kiss and interpolation of Sexy Dancer
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
  • Sexy Dancer appeared in the Billboard Disco Top 100 chart along with I Wanna Be Your Lover 5 weeks after I Wanna Be Your Lover first entered the same chart. The Disco Top 100 chart is based on DJ/Clubs playlists sent to Billboard and reflects the impact of a track in clubs. The playlist contains either singles or albums tracks. From these playlists, different tracks from a same artist and a same album are listed as only one entry in the charts.
  • Billboard Disco Top 100 chart progression for Sexy Dancer:
    Entry position 16 (15 Dec. 79), 12 (22 Dec. 79), 6 (5 Jan. 80), 4 (12 Jan. 80), 3 (19 Jan. 80), 3 (26 Jan. 80), 3 (2 Feb. 80), 4 (9 Feb. 80), 7 (16 Feb. 80), 11 (23 Feb. 80), 13 (1 Mar. 80), 37 (8 Mar. 80), 62 (15 Mar. 80), 59 (22 Mar. 80), 57 (29 Mar. 80), exit position 70 (5 Apr. 80).
    Weeks in Top 10: 7, weeks in Top 40: 12.
References
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