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from the album Prince single art for Sexy Dancer Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 19 October 1979 - Prince album Album(s): Prince Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 26 November 1979: The Roxy, West Hollywood, CA, USA 26 March 2016 (a.m.): Everleigh, Toronto, ON, Canada (sampler set) Performed regularly on tour: Prince Tour Rick James Tour ’80 Dirty Mind Tour Nude Tour 21 Nights In London : The Earth Tour (music only with Le Freak lyrics) Prince 20TEN Tour (music only with Le Freak lyrics) Prince Live 2010 (music only with Le Freak lyrics) Welcome 2 America Tour (music only with Le Freak lyrics) Performed occasionally in shows: 1981, 1982, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 (music only with Le Freak lyrics), 2009 (music only with Le Freak lyrics), 2010 (music only with Le Freak lyrics), 2011 (music only with Le Freak lyrics), , 2012 (music only with Le Freak lyrics)

Sexy Dancer is the third track on Prince’s second album Prince, and, seven months after the album’s release, Sexy Dancer was released as the album’s third single, although it was released only in the UK and Japan, where it was the album’s second single (after I Wanna Be Your Lover). While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place from late April to late May 1979 at Alpha Studios, Burbank, CA, USA. Overdubs and mixing took place at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California. Although it wasn’t released as a single in the USA, Sexy Dancer (with I Wanna Be Your Lover) reached position 3 in the Billboard Disco Top 100 Chart, indicating the track was a DJ favorite in US clubs. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info April - May 1979 Alpha Studios, Burbank, CA, USA Basic tracking May - 13 June 1979 Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, USA Overdubs, mixing Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Sexy Dancer 4:18 Prince Still Waiting single Sexy Dancer single Strange Tales From The Rain promo Studio Sexy Dancer (Long Version) 8:50 Sexy Dancer single Extended Version Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info Sexy Dancer TBC Live concert radio broadcast Live 22 July 1990, Madrid Sexy Dancer TBC Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 29 July 1990, Estadio Santa María del Mar, La Coruña, Spain Sexy Dancer TBC Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 31 August 1990, Tokyo Sexy Dancer/Le Freak - A Love Bizarre - Pass The Peas 6:00 3rdEye TV Show # 4 concert video stream Live 21 September 2007, The O2 Arena, London, England Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in... Title Length Released Version Additional info Partyman (The Purple Party Mix) 6:02 Partyman single Remix Remix by Femi Jiya and Prince; Includes sampled clips of Sexy Dancer, I Wanna Be Your Lover, Head, Partyup, Let’s Work, 1999, Raspberry Beret, Erotic City, Kiss, U Got The Look, Housequake, Alphabet St., The Future and a chant from Batdance Partyman (The Purple Party Mix) 5:58 The Scandalous Sex Suite EP Remix edit As above, missing The Joker’s opening dialogue by Jack Nicholson Purple Medley 11:03 Purple Medley single Studio medley See Purple Medley for more details Stare 3:44 Spotify stream Studio Includes sample of Kiss and interpolation of Sexy Dancer

Additional Information See also Trivia Prince album Sexy Dancer single Sexy Dancer appeared in the Billboard Disco Top 100 chart along with I Wanna Be Your Lover 5 weeks after I Wanna Be Your Lover first entered the same chart. The Disco Top 100 chart is based on DJ/Clubs playlists sent to Billboard and reflects the impact of a track in clubs. The playlist contains either singles or albums tracks. From these playlists, different tracks from a same artist and a same album are listed as only one entry in the charts. Billboard Disco Top 100 chart progression for Sexy Dancer: Entry position 16 (15 Dec. 79), 12 (22 Dec. 79), ?? (29 Dec. 79), ?? (5 Jan. 80), 4 (12 Jan. 80), 3 (19 Jan. 80), 3 (26 Jan. 80), ?? (2 Feb. 80), 4 (9 Feb. 80), 7 (16 Feb. 80), 11 (23 Feb. 80), 13 (1 Mar. 80), 37 (8 Mar. 80), 62 (15 Mar. 80), 59 (22 Mar. 80), 57 (29 Mar. 80), exit position ?? (5 Apr. 80). Weeks in Top 10: ?, weeks in Top 40: 13. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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