When Eye Lay My Hands On U

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When Lay My Hands On U

NPG Music Club download - no official artwork created included on The Chocolate Invasion Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 18 February 2001 - NPG Music Club free download Album(s): The Chocolate Invasion Writer(s): Prince (assumed) Producer(s): Prince (assumed) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 29 March 2009 (a.m.): Club Nokia, Los Angeles, California 11 July 2011 (a.m.): Ahoy, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: 2009, 2011

When Eye Lay My Hands On U (later known as When Lay My Hands On U) was released as a free mp3 download concurrently with NPGMC Commercial (free mp3 audio file) and NPGMC Intro (free .mov video file), as promotion for the concurrently-released NPG Music Club Edition # 1 (consisting of NPG Ahdio Show # 1, Mad, Funky Design, Splash, Peace (all mp3 audio files), and When Eye Lay My Hands On U and U Make My Sun Shine (both .mov video files)). In 2004, the track (now known as When Lay My Hands On U) was included as the first track on Prince's 29th full-length studio album The Chocolate Invasion, the first compilation album of NPG Music Club downloads. Specific recording dates for the track are not known, but it is assumed to have been recorded in early-mid 2000 at Paisley Park Studios. It was initially tentatively included as the opening track on the High album, announced as completed (as a "rough draft") on NPGOnlineLtd.com on 8 August 2000, before the album was abandoned. On 16 September 2000, NPGOnlineLtd.com announced that Prince had been filming "clips of songs (not fully produced videos)" for an upcoming online project - it is likely, therefore, that the 1:09 video released concurrently with the song through the NPG Music Club is all that was recorded. The discrepancy in the use of Eye/ in the track name is likely due to the limits of the website coding used on the NPG Music Club at the time of the track's release rather than any deliberate choice, but it is reflected here nonetheless. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info Early-mid 2000 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Basic tracking Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed) Other recording credits are unknown. Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info When Eye Lay My Hands On U 3:39 NPG Music Club mp3 download The Chocolate Invasion Studio Known as When Lay My Hands On U on The Chocolate Invasion

Additional Information See also Trivia NPG Music Club The Chocolate Invasion album High unreleased album When Eye Lay My Hands On U mentions one of Prince's musical influences, Carlos Santana, and his instrumental track Europa, before a guitar solo reminiscent of Santana's own work. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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