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|song name = So What The Fuss | |song name = So What The Fuss | ||
|single image = [[File:Atimetolove_album.jpg|100px|Song name|link=Album: A Time To Love]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: A Time To Love|A Time To Love]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Atimetolove_album.jpg|100px|Song name|link= Album: A Time To Love]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: A Time To Love|A Time To Love]]</small> | ||
|album image = [[File:Sowhatthefuss single.jpg|100px|Song name|link=Single: So What The Fuss]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: So What The Fuss|So What The Fuss]]</small> | |album image = [[File:Sowhatthefuss single.jpg|100px|Song name|link= Single: So What The Fuss]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: So What The Fuss|So What The Fuss]]</small> | ||
|performer = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder Stevie Wonder] | |performer = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder Stevie Wonder] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 22|22 March 2005]] - [[Single: So What The Fuss|So What The Fuss]] single | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 22|22 March 2005]] - [[Single: So What The Fuss|So What The Fuss]] single | ||
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|previous song = [[Six And 1/2|Six And ½]] | |previous song = [[Six And 1/2|Six And ½]] | ||
|next song = [[Spoon]] | |next song = [[Spoon]] | ||
|introduction = '''So What The Fuss''' is the twelfth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder Stevie Wonder] | |introduction = '''So What The Fuss''' is the twelfth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder Stevie Wonder]’s 25th studio album [[Album: A Time To Love|A Time To Love]], and, six months before the album’s release, [[Single: So What The Fuss|So What The Fuss]] was released as the album’s first single. The full length "Album Version" (6:07) was edited by a minute for its eventual release on the album. The track features [[Prince]] on guitar. [[Prince]] did not have any other musical input on the song, although the song is mixed by his long-time engineer [[Femi Jiya]], who is mentioned by name in the song. The track also features the reunion of the original four members of American female R&B group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_Vogue En Vogue] for the first time in seven years. Later in 2005, some remixes of the track were also included on [[Album: Remixes|Remixes]] album included on the iTunes exclusive "digital box set" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Stevie_Wonder The Complete Stevie Wonder] (which also included a pre-release of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder Wonder]’s album [[Album: A Time To Love|A Time To Love]], including the edited album version of the track). | ||
While specific recording dates are not known, it is likely that the track was recorded in late 2004 at Wonderland Studios in Los Angeles, California. It is not known if [[Prince]] | While specific recording dates are not known, it is likely that the track was recorded in late 2004 at Wonderland Studios in Los Angeles, California. It is not known if [[Prince]]’s guitar part was recorded at a separate point, or if [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_Vogue En Vogue]’s vocals were added separately. | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder Stevie Wonder] has commented about the track: ''"'''So What The Fuss''' really came from just a lot of things that we know are happening in the world and in this country and just in society in general. If we live in a time where every nation is fighting around the world and we | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder Stevie Wonder] has commented about the track: ''"'''So What The Fuss''' really came from just a lot of things that we know are happening in the world and in this country and just in society in general. If we live in a time where every nation is fighting around the world and we can’t all agree that peace is the way, then shame on us, because ultimately we will get what we’ve not paid attention to. If it matters to you, to me, to them, to us, then we’ll do something about. And if it doesn’t we won’t. So what the fuss?"'' | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = Late 2004 (assumed) | |date = Late 2004 (assumed) | ||
|studio = Wonderland Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |studio = Wonderland Studios, <br>Los Angeles, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = | |additional info = Tracking (unknown if overdubs/re-recording took place) | ||
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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|3= iTunes video download | |3= iTunes video download | ||
|4= Promo video | |4= Promo video | ||
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|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
|trivia = This is the first released collaboration between [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder Stevie Wonder], although [[Prince]] also remixed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder Stevie Wonder] | |trivia = This is the first released collaboration between [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder Stevie Wonder], although [[Prince]] also remixed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder Stevie Wonder]’s track [[Cold Chill]] in 1995 (released in late 2005 on [[Album: Remixes|Remixes]]). | ||
* This is the only known collaboration between [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_Vogue En Vogue], although it | * This is the only known collaboration between [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_Vogue En Vogue], although it is not known if they recorded in the studio together or not. | ||
|see also = [[Album: A Time To Love|A Time To Love]] album | |see also = [[Album: A Time To Love|A Time To Love]] album | ||
* [[Single: So What The Fuss|So What The Fuss]] single | * [[Single: So What The Fuss|So What The Fuss]] single | ||
|references = | |references = | ||
|categories = [[Category:2005]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category: | |categories = [[Category:2005]][[Category:Recorded 2004]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]] | ||
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