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|song name = Horny Pony | |song name = Horny Pony | ||
|album image = [[Image:Gettoff single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Gett Off]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Gett Off|Gett Off]]</small> | |album image = [[Image:Gettoff single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Gett Off]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Gett Off|Gett Off]]</small> | ||
|single image = [[Image:D&P_SDE.jpg|100px | |single image = [[Image:D&P_SDE.jpg|100px|link=Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe]] <br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] </small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince and the New Power Generation]] | |performer = [[Prince and the New Power Generation]] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 29|29 July 1991]] - [[Single: Gett Off|Gett Off | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 29|29 July 1991]] - [[Single: Gett Off|Gett Off]] single | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | |||
|album(s) = [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | |||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]) | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]) | ||
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|introduction = '''Horny Pony''' was released as the b-side of the single [[Single: Gett Off|Gett Off]], the first single from [[Prince]]’s thirteenth album [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] and the first single to be credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]. It was also included as the b-side of the following single, [[Single: Cream|Cream]]. In 2001, it was included, with a computerized spoken intro (stating that the song is about dancing, and does not endorse extra-marital sex), as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_7|NPG Music Club Edition # 7]]. | |introduction = '''Horny Pony''' was released as the b-side of the single [[Single: Gett Off|Gett Off]], the first single from [[Prince]]’s thirteenth album [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] and the first single to be credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]. It was also included as the b-side of the following single, [[Single: Cream|Cream]]. In 2001, it was included, with a computerized spoken intro (stating that the song is about dancing, and does not endorse extra-marital sex), as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_7|NPG Music Club Edition # 7]]. | ||
A first version of this song was tracked on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 7|7 September 1990]] at [[Smile Garage Studio]] in Tokyo, Japan ( | A first version of this song was tracked on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 7|7 September 1990]] at [[Smile Garage Studio]] in Tokyo, Japan (on the same day as initial versions of [[Something Funky (This House Comes)]] and [[Call The Law]]). It was overdubbed at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota, a few days later, after [[Prince]] returned home from the [[Nude Tour]]. It was included as such as the ninth track on a December 1990, configuration of the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] album. | ||
After rehearsing the song with the band, and having played it at the South American dates in January 1991, including at the Rock in Rio II Festival on [[19_January_1991-am|19 January 1991 (a.m.)]] that was broadcast on radio and television, [[Prince]] recorded his own stripped down version of it. This version, dubbed “Version 2”, was released in 2023 | After rehearsing the song with the band, and having played it at the South American dates in January 1991, including at the Rock in Rio II Festival on [[19_January_1991-am|19 January 1991 (a.m.)]] that was broadcast on radio and television, [[Prince]] recorded his own stripped down version of it on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 29 |29 January 1991]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota. This version, dubbed “Version 2”, was released in October 2023, as the sixth track of ''Vault Tracks part 2'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition']] (and as the b-side of the [[Single:_Alice_Through_The_Looking_Glass|Alice Through The Looking Glass]] single). | ||
A third version was then recorded | A third version was then recorded two days later on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 31|31 January 1991]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota with the band. This version was ultimately released as the b-side to [[Single: Gett Off|Gett Off]], and included as the seventh track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 8|8 May 1991]] configuration of the album. Also in May 1991, this version was included as the first track on an acetate of a [[Single:_Gett_Off#May.2C_1991.2C_configuration|Gett Off]] EP, which was aborted soon after compilation. | ||
[[Horny Pony]] was replaced on the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] album by [[Gett Off]] in June 1991, but the track is still mentioned in the rap portion of [[Push]] (along with other songs on the album), and is printed on the corresponding tracklist on the packaging’s back cover (quoted from [[Push]]). | [[Horny Pony]] was replaced on the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] album by [[Gett Off]] in June 1991, but the track is still mentioned in the rap portion of [[Push]] (along with other songs on the album), and is printed on the corresponding tracklist on the packaging’s back cover (quoted from [[Push]]). | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 29 |29 January 1991]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 29|29 January 1991]] | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Tracking of ‘Version 2’ | |additional info = Tracking of ‘Version 2’ | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 31|31 January 1991]] | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | ||
|additional info = Tracking of ‘Band Version’ | |additional info = Tracking of ‘Band Version’ | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = Summer | |date = Summer 2001 (assumed) | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | ||
|additional info = | |additional info = Computerized intro addition | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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*[[Damon Dickson]] - background vocals | *[[Damon Dickson]] - background vocals | ||
'''Horny Pony (Version 2) | '''Horny Pony (Version 2)''' | ||
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments | ||
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
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|2= 4:21 | |2= 4:21 | ||
|3= [[Collection: Diamonds And Pearls - The Singles|Diamonds And Pearls - The Singles ''(collection)'']] | |3= [[Collection: Diamonds And Pearls - The Singles|Diamonds And Pearls - The Singles ''(collection)'']] | ||
[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''(Super) Deluxe Edition'']] | |||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
|5= Remastered | |5= Remastered | ||
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|2= 4:17 | |2= 4:17 | ||
|3= [[Collection: Diamonds And Pearls - The Singles|Diamonds And Pearls - The Singles ''(collection)'']] | |3= [[Collection: Diamonds And Pearls - The Singles|Diamonds And Pearls - The Singles ''(collection)'']] | ||
[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''(Super) Deluxe Edition'']] | |||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
|5= Remastered | |5= Remastered | ||
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* The theme that previews each verse is very similar to a theme heard in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_the_Family_Stone Sly And The Family Stone]’s track [[In Time]], which has been played live by [[Prince]]. | * The theme that previews each verse is very similar to a theme heard in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_the_Family_Stone Sly And The Family Stone]’s track [[In Time]], which has been played live by [[Prince]]. | ||
* Other tracks from the era mentioning a pony in the title or lyrics include [[Alphabet St.]], [[Le Grind]], [[My Pony]], [[Ponyride]] and [[She Pony]]. | * Other tracks from the era mentioning a pony in the title or lyrics include [[Alphabet St.]], [[Le Grind]], [[My Pony]], [[Ponyride]] and [[She Pony]]. | ||
* Introductory lyrics refer to the song as ‘new dance commercial - take one’, and a distinctive dance accompanied the song’s live performance in 1991. During the lyrics of [[Jughead]] from the same era, reference is similarly made to that song as ’new dance commercial - take two'. Both songs were included on unreleased configurations of the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] album during 1991. However, the songs are otherwise unrelated. | * Introductory lyrics refer to the song as ‘new dance commercial - take one’, and a distinctive dance accompanied the song’s live performance in 1991. During the lyrics of [[Jughead]] from the same era, reference is similarly made to that song as ’new dance commercial - take two'. Both songs were included on unreleased configurations of the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] album during 1991 and include lyrical instructions to learn a new dance. However, the songs are otherwise unrelated. | ||
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|see also = [[Single: Gett Off|Gett Off]] single<br> | |see also = [[Single: Gett Off|Gett Off]] single<br> | ||
[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | *[[Single:_Alice_Through_The_Looking_Glass|Alice Through The Looking Glass]] single | ||
*[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | |||
|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:1991]] [[Category:2023]] [[Category:Recorded 1990]] [[Category:Recorded 1991]] [[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the New Power Generation)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] | |categories = [[Category:1991]] [[Category:2023]] [[Category:Recorded 1990]] [[Category:Recorded 1991]] [[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the New Power Generation)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] | ||
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