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{{song|
{{song|
|song name                = Super Hero
|song name                = Super Hero
|album image              = [[File:Millennium_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Millennium]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Millennium|Millennium]] </small>
|album image              = [[File:Millennium_album.jpg|100px|link= Album: Millennium]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Millennium|Millennium]] </small>
|single image              = [[File:Blankman album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Blankman]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Blankman|Blankman]] </small>
|single image              = [[File:Blankman album.jpg|100px|link= Album: Blankman]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Blankman|Blankman]] </small>
|performer                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire]; [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] feat. [[The Steeles]]
|performer                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire]; [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] feat. [[The Steeles]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 14|14 September 1993]] - [[Album: Millennium|Millennium]] album ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire] version)<br>
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 14|14 September 1993]] - [[Album: Millennium|Millennium]] album ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire] version)<br>
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|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
|producer(s)              = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_White Maurice White]; [[Prince]]
|producer(s)              = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_White Maurice White]; [[Prince]]
|previous song            = [[Sunday In The Park]]
|previous song            = [[Sunrise Sunset]]
|next song                = [[Superconductor]]
|next song                = [[Superconductor]]
|introduction              = '''Super Hero''' is the twelfth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire]'s first and only Reprise Records album [[Album: Millennium|Millennium]], and was written by [[Prince]] (who also contributed musically to the released version). An extended version was also included on a Japanese release of their [[Single: Blood Brothers|Blood Brothers]] single. A version by the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] (with lead vocals by [[The Steeles]]) was released the following year on the [[Album: Blankman|Blankman]] movie soundtrack, and was released as a single on the same day as the album's release.
|introduction              = '''Super Hero''' is the twelfth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire]’s first and only Reprise Records album [[Album: Millennium|Millennium]], and was written by [[Prince]] (who also contributed musically to the released version). An extended version was also included on a Japanese release of their [[Single: Blood Brothers|Blood Brothers]] single.  
 
A version by the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] (with lead vocals by [[The Steeles]]) was released the following year on the [[Album: Blankman|Blankman]] movie soundtrack, and was released as a single on the same day as the album’s release.
 
Although specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracks were recorded in September 1992 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Tevin Campbell: Down|Down]], [[Baby Don’t Care|Holly Don’t Care]], [[The P]], [[The Halls Of Desire]], [[Paris 1798430]], [[Uncle Sam]], [[Hit U In The Socket]], [[Extraordinary]] and a remake of [[Shhh]]).
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire] added to the recording, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_White Maurice White] is credited as the producer of their version, but [[Prince]] is credited with the vocal arrangement, background vocals, keyboards and drum programming, presumably all kept from [[Prince]]’s own version.
 
The version by the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] featuring [[The Steeles]] (with [[Fred Steele]] singing lead) was recorded live in May-June 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]].
 
An second version by the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] (without [[The Steeles]]) was recorded (most likely around the same time) and included on a December 1994 configuration of [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]] (segueing into an uncredited cover version of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Preston Billy Preston]’s [[Outa-Space]]). The album went through a major overhaul prior to release, and this track was removed from the album.
 
[[Prince]]’s version (guide vocal) of '''Super Hero''' was one of the Vault tracks recorded between 1990 and 1992 slated to appear on the planned ''Diamonds & Love'' expected to be released by [[The Prince Estate]] in the summer of 2022. That project, which consisted of material spanning both the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] and [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link= Album: Symbol]] eras, was reduced to the [[Album:_Diamonds_And_Pearls_SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls]] era, excluding songs recorded after October 1991 (and this track as a result).  


Although specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracks were recorded in September 1992 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Tevin Campbell: Down|Down]], [[Baby Don't Care|Holly Don't Care]], [[The P]], [[The Halls Of Desire]], [[Paris 1798430]], [[Uncle Sam]], [[Hit U In The Socket]], [[Extraordinary]] and a remake of [[Shhh]]). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire] added to the recording, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_White Maurice White] is credited as the producer of their version, but [[Prince]] is credited with the vocal arrangement, background vocals, keyboards and drum programming, presumably all kept from [[Prince]]'s own version. The version by the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] featuring [[The Steeles]] was recorded live in May-June 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. An alternate version (without [[The Steeles]]) was included on a December 1994 configuration of [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]] (segueing into an uncredited cover version of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Preston Billy Preston]'s [[Outa-Space]]), but the album went through a major overhaul prior to release, and this track was removed prior to release.
|recording info            =
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = September 1992
|date                      = September 1992
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Initial tracking
|additional info          = Tracking
}}
}}
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
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|studio                    = Studio information needed
|studio                    = Studio information needed
|additional info          = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire] overdubs
|additional info          = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire] overdubs
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Late 1992 - mid-1993
|studio                    = [http://www.larrabeestudios.com/ Larrabee Sound Studios], North Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Mix by [[Keith "K.C." Cohen]]
}}
}}
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = May-June 1994
|date                      = May-June 1994
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] re-recordings
|additional info          = [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] re-recordings
}}
}}
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<br>
<br>
'''New Power Generation feat. The Steeles version'''
'''New Power Generation feat. The Steeles version'''
*[[Fred Steele]] - lead vocals
*[[Jevetta Steele]] - vocals
*[[Jevetta Steele]] - vocals
*[[Jearlyn Steele]] - vocals
*[[Jearlyn Steele]] - vocals
*[[JD Steele]] - vocals
*[[JD Steele]] - vocals
*[[Fred Steele]] - vocals
*[[Sonny T.]] - vocals and bass guitar
*[[Michael B.]] - drums
*[[Tommy Barbarella]] - keyboards
*[[Mr. Hayes]] - keyboards
*[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] - all instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
*[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] - all instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
<br>
'''New Power Generation unreleased version'''
*[[Sonny T.]] - lead vocals and bass guitar
*[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] - backing vocals and all instruments, except where noted
*[[Michael B.]] - drums
*[[Michael B.]] - drums
*[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar
*[[Tommy Barbarella]] - keyboards
*[[Tommy Barbarella]] - keyboards
*[[Mr. Hayes]] - keyboards
*[[Mr. Hayes]] - keyboards
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|1= '''Super Hero'''
|1= '''Super Hero'''
|2= 4:08
|2= 4:08
|3= [[Album: Millennium|Millennium]]
|3= [[Album: Millennium|Millennium]]<br>
[https://www.discogs.com/Various-Club-Promotions-Back-To-Back-Album-Sampler-No-1/release/2312673 Various ‎– Club Promotions Back To Back Album Sampler No. 1]
|4= Studio
|4= Studio
|5= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire] version
|5= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire] version
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}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''Super Hero (Silk's Deep House Mix)'''
|1= '''Super Hero (Silk’s Deep House Mix)'''
|2= 4:37
|2= 4:37
|3= [[Single: Super Hero|Super Hero]] single
|3= [[Single: Super Hero|Super Hero]] single
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}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''Super Hero (Silk's House Mix)'''
|1= '''Super Hero (Silk’s House Mix)'''
|2= 4:38
|2= 4:38
|3= [[Single: Super Hero|Super Hero]] single
|3= [[Single: Super Hero|Super Hero]] single
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|1= '''Super Hero'''
|1= '''Super Hero'''
|2= Studio
|2= Studio
|3= [[Prince]]'s 1992 version
|3= [[Prince]]’s 1992 version
}}
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
{{Unreleasedline|
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|broadcasts, streaming    =  
|broadcasts, streaming    =  
|sampled in                =  
|sampled in                =  
|first live appearance    = [[25_November 1994-am|25 November 1994, am, Tränenpalast, Berlin, Germany]]
|first live appearance    = [[25_November 1994-am|25 November 1994 (a.m.): Tränenpalast, Berlin, Germany]] <br>
* [[27 August 1995-am|27 August 1995 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]  <small>(interpolation in [[Race]]) </small>
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#1994|1994]], [[All_Concerts#1995|1995]]
|performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#1994|1994]], [[All_Concerts#1995|1995]]
|trivia                    = This is the only musical contribution by [[Prince]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire]'s catalog. Years later, however, [[Prince]] mentioned the band and their songs [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Groove Let's Groove] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_(song) September] in the track [[Musicology]].
|trivia                    = This is the only musical contribution by [[Prince]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire]’s catalog. Years later, however, [[Prince]] mentioned the band and their songs [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let’s_Groove Let’s Groove] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_(song) September] in the track [[Musicology]].
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdine_White Verdine White], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire]'s bass guitarist who played on the track, had met [[Prince]] in 1977, as CBS, with whom [[Prince]] auditioned, wanted [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdine_White Verdine White] to produce [[Prince]]'s first album.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdine_White Verdine White], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire Earth, Wind & Fire]’s bass guitarist who played on the track, had met [[Prince]] in 1977, as CBS, with whom [[Prince]] auditioned, wanted [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdine_White Verdine White] to produce [[Prince]]’s first album.
|see also                  = [[Album: Millennium|Millennium]] album
|see also                  = [[Album: Millennium|Millennium]] album
*[[Album: Blankman|Blankman]] album
*[[Album: Blankman|Blankman]] album
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*[[The Steeles]]
*[[The Steeles]]
|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:1993]][[Category:Released Songs (New Power Generation)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1992]]
|categories                = [[Category:1993]][[Category:Recorded 1992]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (New Power Generation)]]
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 13:34, 10 October 2024

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Super Hero

from the album Millennium
from the album Blankman
Song details
Performer: Earth, Wind & Fire; New Power Generation feat. The Steeles
First Released: 14 September 1993 - Millennium album (Earth, Wind & Fire version)

9 August 1994 - Blankman album (New Power Generation feat. The Steeles version)

Album(s): Millennium

Blankman

Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Maurice White; Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:

Super Hero is the twelfth track on Earth, Wind & Fire’s first and only Reprise Records album Millennium, and was written by Prince (who also contributed musically to the released version). An extended version was also included on a Japanese release of their Blood Brothers single.

A version by the New Power Generation (with lead vocals by The Steeles) was released the following year on the Blankman movie soundtrack, and was released as a single on the same day as the album’s release.

Although specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracks were recorded in September 1992 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced Down, Holly Don’t Care, The P, The Halls Of Desire, Paris 1798430, Uncle Sam, Hit U In The Socket, Extraordinary and a remake of Shhh).

Earth, Wind & Fire added to the recording, and Maurice White is credited as the producer of their version, but Prince is credited with the vocal arrangement, background vocals, keyboards and drum programming, presumably all kept from Prince’s own version.

The version by the New Power Generation featuring The Steeles (with Fred Steele singing lead) was recorded live in May-June 1994 at Paisley Park Studios.

An second version by the New Power Generation (without The Steeles) was recorded (most likely around the same time) and included on a December 1994 configuration of Exodus (segueing into an uncredited cover version of Billy Preston’s Outa-Space). The album went through a major overhaul prior to release, and this track was removed from the album.

Prince’s version (guide vocal) of Super Hero was one of the Vault tracks recorded between 1990 and 1992 slated to appear on the planned Diamonds & Love expected to be released by The Prince Estate in the summer of 2022. That project, which consisted of material spanning both the Diamonds And Pearls and eras, was reduced to the Diamonds And Pearls era, excluding songs recorded after October 1991 (and this track as a result).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
September 1992 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking
Late 1992 - mid-1993 Studio information needed Earth, Wind & Fire overdubs
Late 1992 - mid-1993 Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA, USA Mix by Keith "K.C." Cohen
May-June 1994 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		New Power Generation re-recordings
Recording Personnel

Earth, Wind & Fire version


New Power Generation feat. The Steeles version


New Power Generation unreleased version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Super Hero 4:08 Millennium

Various ‎– Club Promotions Back To Back Album Sampler No. 1

Studio Earth, Wind & Fire version
Super Hero (Long Version) 5:37 Blood Brothers single Extended version Extended version of Earth, Wind & Fire version
Super Hero 4:59 Blankman album

Super Hero single

Studio New Power Generation feat. The Steeles version; a.k.a. Super Hero (Album Version)
Super Hero (Denair Old Skool Mix) 4:12 Super Hero single Remix New Power Generation feat. The Steeles version; remix and additional production by Denair
Super Hero (Hero Slow Motion Mix) 4:53 Super Hero single Remix New Power Generation feat. The Steeles version; remix by Kirk Johnson
Super Hero (InDaSoul Mix) 4:00 Super Hero single Remix New Power Generation feat. The Steeles version; additional production and remix by In Da Soul; edited by Jere MC
Super Hero (New Power Hero Mix) 7:16 Super Hero single Remix New Power Generation feat. The Steeles version; remix by Kirk Johnson
Super Hero (Silk’s Deep House Mix) 4:37 Super Hero single Remix New Power Generation feat. The Steeles version; additional production and remix by Steve "Silk" Hurley
Super Hero (Silk’s House Mix) 4:38 Super Hero single Remix New Power Generation feat. The Steeles version; additional production and remix by Steve "Silk" Hurley
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Super Hero 4:11 Promotional release only Studio New Power Generation feat. The Steeles version; See Super Hero video for details


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Super Hero Studio Prince’s 1992 version
Super Hero Studio New Power Generation 1994 recording for Exodus, segueing into Outa-Space
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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