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from the album 16 Song details Performer: Madhouse First Released: 18 November 1987 - 16 album Album(s): 16 Writer(s): Prince (credited to Madhouse) Producer(s): Prince (credited to Madhouse) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 5 December 1987, Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, MN, USA (interpolation in Jack U Off) 13 February 1989: Osaka-jō Hall (大阪城ホール), Osaka, Japan (interpolation in Jack U Off) Performed regularly on tour: Lovesexy Tour Performed occasionally in shows: 1987; 1988

Twelve is the fourth track on Madhouse’s second and final album 16. Twelve was written and produced by Prince (credited only to Madhouse), with saxophone and musical input by Eric Leeds. Basic tracking took place on 31 July 1987, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (the day after Eleven, Fifteen, Ten, Ten And ½, and three instrumentals later named Night Owl, Overnight, Every Night and Andorra, and the same day as another instrumental later named Kenya); it is likely that the title was assigned only after the final sequence had been arranged for the album. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 31 July 1987 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking Recording Personnel Eric Leeds - tenor saxophone Prince - all other instruments and party noises (uncredited) Levi Seacer, Jr. - credited for bass guitar, but does not appear Dr. Fink - credited for keyboards, but does not appear John Lewis - credited for drums, but does not appear Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Twelve 5:14 16 Studio Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Jack U Off 2:49 Lovesexy Live 2 VHS Live 9 September 1988, Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, West Germany; includes Twelve horn interpolation Jack U Off T.B.C. Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition DVD Live 31 December 1987: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA; includes Twelve horn interpolation Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in... Title Length Released Version Additional info 13 (The Paisley Park Mix) 7:49 13 single Extended version Remix by Susan Rogers The Voice Inside Unreleased Studio Glam Slam '91 5:12 'radio broadcast only' Studio Glam Slam ’91 6:16 Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition album Studio Glam Slam '91 Unreleased Studio Slightly longer and less remixed version than broadcast

Additional Information See also Trivia 16 album Madhouse References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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