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|single image              = [[File:Slave single.jpg|51px|link=Single: Slave]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Slave|Slave]]'' </small>
|single image              = [[File:Slave single.jpg|51px|link=Single: Slave]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Slave|Slave]]'' </small>
|performer                = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]
|performer                = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 9|9 December, 1995]] - [[Single: Slave|Slave]] single
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 9|9 December 1995]] - [[Single: Slave|Slave]] single
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]]
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])
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|previous song            = [[Slaughterhouse]]
|previous song            = [[Slaughterhouse]]
|next song                = [[Slave 2 The Funk]]
|next song                = [[Slave 2 The Funk]]
|introduction              = '''Slave''' is the first track on the third disc of [[Prince]]'s 19th album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], the third album to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], and, eleven months before the album's release, [[Single: Slave|Slave]] was given out as a cassette single at a [[Paisley Park Studios]] show on [[09_December,_1995|9 December, 1995]] (the same show where the [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] version of [[Days Of Wild]] was recorded and the studio version of [[One Of Us]] was premiered).
|introduction              = '''Slave''' is the first track on the third disc of [[Prince]]'s 19th album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], the third album to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], and, eleven months before the album's release, [[Single: Slave|Slave]] was given out as a cassette single at a [[Paisley Park Studios]] show on [[09_December 1995|9 December 1995]] (the same show where the [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] version of [[Days Of Wild]] was recorded and the studio version of [[One Of Us]] was premiered).


Initial tracking dates are unknown, but it is likely that the track was recorded in mid-1995 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. It was included as the third track on a July, 1995, configuration of [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], and as the fourth track on another 1995 configuration. The released version contains a drum pattern during the chorus that is sampled directly from [[Ain't No Place Like U]], which was not included on an earlier, unreleased version of the song. The song contains some lyrical and musical similarities to [[Slave 2 The System]], but the two are otherwise different songs.
Initial tracking dates are unknown, but it is likely that the track was recorded in mid-1995 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. It was included as the third track on a July 1995, configuration of [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], and as the fourth track on another 1995 configuration. The released version contains a drum pattern during the chorus that is sampled directly from [[Ain't No Place Like U]], which was not included on an earlier, unreleased version of the song. The song contains some lyrical and musical similarities to [[Slave 2 The System]], but the two are otherwise different songs.
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Revision as of 21:51, 27 February 2016

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Slave

from the album Emancipation
single art for Slave
Song details
Performer:
First Released: 9 December 1995 - Slave single
Album(s): Emancipation
Writer(s): Prince (as )
Producer(s): Prince (as )
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Slave is the first track on the third disc of Prince's 19th album Emancipation, the third album to be credited to , and, eleven months before the album's release, Slave was given out as a cassette single at a Paisley Park Studios show on 9 December 1995 (the same show where the Crystal Ball version of Days Of Wild was recorded and the studio version of One Of Us was premiered).

Initial tracking dates are unknown, but it is likely that the track was recorded in mid-1995 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA. It was included as the third track on a July 1995, configuration of Emancipation, and as the fourth track on another 1995 configuration. The released version contains a drum pattern during the chorus that is sampled directly from Ain't No Place Like U, which was not included on an earlier, unreleased version of the song. The song contains some lyrical and musical similarities to Slave 2 The System, but the two are otherwise different songs.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Mid-1995 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Initial tracking
Recording Personnel
  • Prince (as ) - all vocals and instruments

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Slave 4:51 Emancipation

Slave single

Studio



 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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