Irresistible Bitch

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single art for Let’s Pretend We’re Married from the album 1999 Super Deluxe Edition included on The Hits / The B-Sides Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 16 November 1983 - Let’s Pretend We’re Married single Album(s): The Hits / The B-Sides 1999 Super Deluxe Edition Prince And The Revolution: Live Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 7 June 1984: First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1 February 2009 (a.m.): Beverly Hills, CA, USA: 77 Beverly Park Ln. (Private Residence) Performed regularly on tour: Purple Rain Tour Act II Performed occasionally in shows: 1984, 1985, 1988 (chants only, during Head), 1990 (lyric interpolation during Baby I’m A Star, 2002 (interpolation during All The Critics Love U In New York, 2007 (during sampler set), 2009

Irresistible Bitch was released as the b-side of the single Let’s Pretend We’re Married, the fourth and final single from Prince’s fifth album 1999. In 1993, it was included as the eleventh track on The B-Sides compilation (included as the third and final disc on The Hits / The B-Sides). In 2019, the original 1981 recording (mixed together with Feel U Up) was released as the second track on the Vault Tracks part 1 disc of a Super Deluxe Edition edition of the 1999 album. While specific recording dates for the first incarnation of the song are not known, it was initially recorded in November 1981 (estimate) at Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. This version was recorded separate from the earliest incarnation of Feel U Up, recorded around the same time, but Prince soon after mixed them together. The better known released version is a re-recording done at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California on 15 September 1983 (five days before The Beautiful Ones). Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info November 1981 (estimate) Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking original version 7 September 1982 Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking of re-recording 15 September 1983 Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Overdubs, mixing on 1982 version 16 September 1983 Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Overdubs, mixing 17 September 1983 Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Lisa Coleman & Wendy Melvoin vocal overdubs 18 September 1983 Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Overdubs, mixing Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Lisa Coleman - background vocals Wendy Melvoin - background vocals 1981 Version Prince - all vocals and instruments Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Irresistible Bitch 4:11 Let’s Pretend We’re Married - single The Hits / The B-Sides 1999 (Super) Deluxe Edition Studio Irresistible Bitch 4:39 1999 Super Deluxe Edition Studio 1981 version Irresistible Bitch 1:56 Prince And The Revolution: Live Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA Irresistible Bitch 2:02 NPG Ahdio Show # 9 mp3 (not available as a separate track) Live 26 March 1993, Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Irresistible Bitch 2:00 Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS/laserdisc Purple Rain Super Deluxe Edition – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD) Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in... Title Length Released Version Additional info Purple Medley 11:03 Purple Medley single Studio medley Lyrics of Irresistible Bitch spoken over Sexy M.F. music; see Purple Medley for more details Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Irresistible Bitch Studio Early mix with different ending

Additional Information See also Trivia Let’s Pretend We’re Married single 1999 Super Deluxe Edition album The released mix of the November 1981 version was done by Niko Bolas specifically for the 1999 Super Deluxe Edition release. It was made to replicate an original mix from 1981, as much as possible. So even when a slightly different mix of this track might exist, the now released version is not considered a true alternate mix of the track. main synth in the song is the Oberheim OB-X References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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