Data Bank

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from the album Pandemonium Song details Performer: The Time First Released: 10 July 1990 - Pandemonium album Album(s): Pandemonium Writer(s): Prince (credited to The Time) Producer(s): Prince (credited to The Time) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 18 September 1988: Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL, USA (spoken lyrics from the 1986 version as intro to Kiss) 24 September 1988: Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, USA (spoken lyrics from the 1986 version as intro to Kiss) This track is not known to have been performed in full by Prince Performed regularly on tour: 1988 (spoken lyrics as intro to Kiss) Performed occasionally in shows: none

Data Bank is the thirteen track (tenth song) on The Time’s fourth album Pandemonium, and is written and produced by Prince (but credited to The Time). Basic tracking took place on 17 June 1986 at the Washington Avenue Warehouse in Edina, Minnesota (in sequence before Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got and We Can Funk, the day before Girl O’ My Dreams). It was intended for an aborted musical tentatively titled Dream Factory. The track was re-recorded with Morris Day on lead vocals in Summer 1989, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, when Prince and Morris Day worked on the projected fourth album by The Time, Corporate World, which later morphed into Pandemonium. Candy Dulfer added saxophone overdubs in August 1989, also at Paisley Park Studios (during the same set of sessions where she added saxophone overdubs to My Summertime Thang, Release It, Murph Drag, The Latest Fashion, Donald Trump (Black Version), Love Machine and My Baby Knows). Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 17 June 1986 Washington Avenue Warehouse, Edina, MN, USA Tracking 18 June 1986 Washington Avenue Warehouse, Edina, MN, USA Mix (Long version) Summer 1989 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Re-recording August 1989 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Saxophone overdubs by Candy Dulfer Recording Personnel Released version Morris Day - lead vocals Prince - all instruments except where noted Candy Dulfer - saxophone (as "Candy") Jellybean Johnson - drums and backing vocals (credited, but not involved) Jesse Johnson - guitar, backing vocals (credited, but not involved) Jimmy Jam - keyboards, backing vocals (credited, but not involved) Monte Moir - keyboards, backing vocals (credited, but not involved) Terry Lewis - bass guitar, backing vocals (credited, but not involved) Jerome Benton - percussion, "mirror and holler" (credited, but not involved) Unreleased version Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Bobby Z. - drums and percussion Brown Mark - bass guitar and vocals Miko Weaver - rhythm guitar Lisa Coleman - keyboards and vocals Wendy Melvoin - guitars and vocals Dr. Fink - keyboards Susannah Melvoin - background vocals Eric Leeds - saxophone Atlanta Bliss - trumpet Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Data Bank 5:35 Pandemonium Studio Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Data Bank Studio 1986 recording Data Bank Studio 1989 version, shorter than released, with heavier drums

Additional Information See also Trivia Pandemonium album Corporate World unreleased album The Time This song is listed (I’m Feeling Like I Wanna Put Ya In My) Data Bank on a handwritten tracklist for the Corporate World album. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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