Don't Talk 2 Strangers

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Don’t Talk 2 Strangers

from the soundtrack album Girl 6 from the album Come 2 My House single art for Don’t Talk 2 Strangers Song details Performer: Prince; Tracey Ullman; Chaka Khan First Released: 19 March 1996 - Girl 6 album Album(s): Girl 6 Come 2 My House Writer(s): Prince (as ) Producer(s): Prince (as ) (assumed) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 28 August 1998 (a.m.), Cafe De Paris, London, England (Chaka Khan lead vocals; only known performance) Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: 1998 (Chaka Khan lead vocals)

Don’t Talk 2 Strangers is the twelfth track (second new track) on the movie soundtrack album Girl 6 (a compilation of music by Prince and associated artists for the movie Girl 6, directed by Spike Lee). In 1998, a new recording with Chaka Khan on lead vocals was included as the twelfth track (eleventh song) on her tenth solo studio album Come 2 My House, and, in late 1998, Don’t Talk 2 Strangers was available as the album’s only commercially-released single. It was also included on the Come 2 My House promo sampler available at around the same time as the album’s release. While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking for Prince’s original version took place in mid-April 1992 at Platinum Studios, Melbourne, Australia (while also on the Diamonds And Pearls Tour, during the same set of sessions as Poor Little Bastard, The Rest Of My Life, There Is Lonely, Be My Mirror, Wow, 51 Hours and re-recordings of Make Believe and I’ll Do Anything). The song was written specifically for the James L. Brooks movie I’ll Do Anything, and the track was re-recorded by actress Tracey Ullman for the movie, and this version was included as the seventh track on a planned I’ll Do Anything album. While Prince was not directly involved in this version, it is included in the listing here as his own version was intended as a demo for the soundtrack version, and was unreleased at the time. When preview audience reactions to the music were overwhelmingly negative, all production numbers from the film were cut, and the album was abandoned. No further changes were made to Prince’s version before its release. Chaka Khan’s version was recorded in late 1997 or early 1998 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, although it reuses some of the basic tracks from Prince’s original version. It was included as the seventh track on a February 1998 configuration of Come 2 My House, before the tracklist was revised for the final release. Chaka Khan’s version of Don’t Talk 2 Strangers was also included on the Maya Angelou movie Down In The Delta and its soundtrack (Down In The Delta (Music From And Inspired By The Miramax Motion Picture) which was released in December 1998). Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info Mid-April 1992 Platinum Studios, Melbourne, Australia Basic tracking Mid-late 1992 - 1993 Studio information needed Basic tracking (I’ll Do Anything movie version, no Prince input) Late 1997 - early 1998 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Re-recording (Chaka Khan version) Recording Personnel Chaka Khan version Chaka Khan - vocals Prince (as ) - all instruments (credited only for guitar) Prince version Prince - all vocals and instruments I’ll Do Anything movie version Tracey Ullman - vocals Other recording personnel not known. Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Don’t Talk 2 Strangers 3:11 Girl 6 Studio Don’t Talk 2 Strangers 3:15 Come 2 My House Come 2 My House promo sampler Don’t Talk 2 Strangers single Down In The Delta (Music From And Inspired By The Miramax Motion Picture) Re-recording Tour The House 5:03 Don’t Talk 2 Strangers single Edits Edits of several songs from Come 2 My House; Don’t Talk 2 Strangers edit is 1:11 Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Don’t Talk 2 Strangers 4:23 Beautiful Strange VHS Live 28 August 1998 (a.m.), Cafe De Paris, London, England; see Beautiful Strange for more details Don’t Talk 2 Strangers 3:25 NPG Music Club Cyberclips video room Promo video Chaka Khan version; See Don’t Talk 2 Strangers video for more details Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Don’t Talk 2 Strangers Studio I’ll Do Anything movie version Don’t Talk 2 Strangers Studio Alternate mix of I’ll Do Anything movie version

Additional Information See also Trivia Girl 6 album Come 2 My House album Don’t Talk 2 Strangers promo single Don’t Talk 2 Strangers video I’ll Do Anything unreleased album References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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