Anna Stesia

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Anna Stesia

from the album Lovesexy Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 10 May 1988 - Lovesexy album Album(s): Lovesexy One Nite Alone... Live! Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 8 July 1988: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France 24 February 2016 (show 2): Aotea Centre - ASB Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand Performed regularly on tour: Lovesexy Tour One Nite Alone... Tour Performed occasionally in shows: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2016 (solo piano)

Anna Stesia is the fourth track on Prince's tenth album Lovesexy. In 2002, a live version was included as the seventeenth and final track on the second disc of Prince's first live release One Nite Alone... Live! (along with When You Were Mine, from the same show). While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in December 1987 or January 1988, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota during final sessions for the Lovesexy album. The song was played at the end of the first half of each Lovesexy Tour show, acting as a response to and rebirth from the darker music of the show, before an intermission preceded the more positive material in the second half. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info December 1987 - January 1988 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Basic tracking Recording Personnel Lovesexy version Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Sheila E. - vocals (possibly drums as well) Cat - vocals Boni Boyer - vocals One Nite Alone... Live! version Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted John Blackwell - drums Rhonda Smith - bass guitar Renato Neto - keyboards Candy Dulfer - saxophone Greg Boyer - trombone Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Anna Stesia 4:57 Lovesexy Studio Anna Stesia 13:12 One Nite Alone... Live! Live 19 April 2002, Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, CA, USA; includes The Greatest Romance Ever Sold drum loop Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Anna Stesia 5:35 Lovesexy Live 2 VHS Live 9 September 1988, Westfalenhallen (Halle 1), Dortmund, West Germany Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Anna Stesia Studio Original full recording featuring more music and lyrics

Additional Information See also Trivia Lovesexy album The name "Anna Stesia" is likely derived from the word "anesthesia". References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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