I'm Yours: Difference between revisions

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I'm Yours

	Song details
from the album For You
	Performer:	Prince
	First Released:	7 April 1978 - For You album
	Album(s):	For You
	Writer(s):	Prince
	Producer(s):	Prince
	Live Appearances
	First and last live appearance:
	28 March 2009: The Conga Room, Los Angeles, California (only known performance w/ Prince) 6 April 2014 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
	Performed regularly on tour:
	none
	Performed occasionally in shows:
	2009, 2014

I'm Yours is the ninth and final track on Prince's first album For You.

An early version of the song was recorded in Summer 1976 at Moonsound in Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as Aces, Baby, Diamond Eyes, Don't Forget, Don't Hold Back, Fantasy, Jelly Jam (which was later used as the instrumental portion of Just As Long As We're Together), Leaving For New York, Love Is Forever (later renamed My Love Is Forever), Make It Through The Storm, Since We've Been Together, Surprise and Soft And Wet). Specific recording dates for the released version are not known, but the album was recorded at the Record Plant in Sausalito, California, from 1 October 1977 to 22 December 1977, before overdubs and mixing took place, in early January 1978 at Sound Labs in Los Angeles, California.

Recording Information

Recording Sessions
Date	Studio	Additional info
Summer 1976	Moonsound, Minneapolis, MN, USA	Preliminary recording
October - December 1977	Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, USA	Re-recording
Early January 1978	Sound Labs, Los Angeles, CA, USA	Overdubs and mixing
Recording Personnel
Prince - all vocals and instruments

Versions

Released Versions

Title	Length	Released	Version	Additional info
I'm Yours	5:01	For You	Studio

Unreleased Versions

Title	Version	Additional Info
I'm Yours	Studio	1976 Moonsound sessions

Additional Information

	See also	Trivia

	For You album	The first (and currently only) live performance of this track by Prince was on 28 March 2009, over 30 years after its release. And the longest period of time between release and live debut.

	References
	The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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 |additional info           = Overdubs and mixing
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