| In 2019 an acoustic demo version from late 1978 or early 1979, with just [[Prince]] accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, was released as a stand alone track to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album, to be released in 2020 as a limited-run ’made-to-order' 7" purple vinyl single, with orders taken for seven days from [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_18|18 October 2019]]. | | In 2019 an acoustic demo version from late 1978 or early 1979, with just [[Prince]] accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, was released as a stand alone track to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album, to be released in 2020 as a limited-run ’made-to-order' 7" purple vinyl single, with orders taken for seven days from [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_18|18 October 2019]]. |
| An early more fleshed out version of the song was recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February_17|17 February 1979]] at [[Music Farm Studios]] in New York, NY, USA, during a day of sessions led by [[Pepé Willie]] intended for Tony Silvester, leader of the group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Main_Ingredient The Main Ingredient] to use as demos for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Anthony_and_the_Imperials Little Anthony and the Imperials], who he wanted to produce (the one-day session also produced [[One Man Jam]], [[If You Feel Like Dancin']], [[Thrill You Or Kill You]], [[With You]] and [[André Cymone]]’s original version of [[Do Me, Baby]]). | | An early more fleshed out version of the song was recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February_17|17 February 1979]] at [[Music Farm Studios]] in New York, NY, USA, during a day of sessions led by [[Pepé Willie]] intended for Tony Silvester, leader of the group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Main_Ingredient The Main Ingredient] to use as demos for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Anthony_and_the_Imperials Little Anthony and the Imperials], who he wanted to produce (the one-day session also produced [[One Man Jam]], [[If You Feel Like Dancin’]], [[Thrill You Or Kill You]], [[With You]] and [[André Cymone]]’s original version of [[Do Me, Baby]]). |
| While specific recording dates for the album version are not known, the album sessions took place from late April to late May 1979 at [[Alpha Studios]] in Burbank, California. Overdubs and mixing took place at [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California. | | While specific recording dates for the album version are not known, the album sessions took place from late April to late May 1979 at [[Alpha Studios]] in Burbank, California. Overdubs and mixing took place at [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California. |
