Hold Me

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Hold Me

from the album Here It Is from the album Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition single art for Hold Me Song details Performer: Jevetta Steele; Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation) First Released: 10 August 1993 - Here It Is album (re-issue) Album(s): Here It Is Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince (as Paisley Park) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: none

Hold Me is the second track on the worldwide re-issue of Jevetta Steele’s first solo album Here It Is (Jevetta Steele is also part of the group The Steeles). At around the same time as the album’s release, Hold Me was released as a promo-only single in the USA, but there was no commercial release of the single. Prince taught the song to the band at a rehearsal at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnesota, on 27 December 1990, before a studio recording was made on 31 January 1991 (on the same day as the re-recording of Darkside as Blood On The Sheets). The song may have been considered for Diamonds And Pearls at one point but rejected because of its similarities with the title track. More work was done on the track in October 1991, when it was send to Clare Fischer to add an orchestral arrangement to it. Around this time the track was offered to Anita Baker, who turned it down, before Prince offered it to Jevetta Steele, who presumably overdubbed her vocals in late 1991. In late 1993, the song was tried out during early sessions for Mayte’s first album at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and was included as the ninth track on an early version of the album, which was titled Latino Barbie Doll at the time. The track was removed when the album evolved into Child Of The Sun, however. Prince’s original 1991 version was released in October 2023 as the eighth track of Vault Tracks part 2, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 27 December 1990 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Rehearsal 31 January 1991 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking, mix 1991 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) Jevetta Steele vocals overdub 30 October 1991 Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA Clare Fischer orchestra overdubs Late 1993 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Vocal overdubs by Mayte Recording Personnel Jevetta Steele version Jevetta Steele - vocals Michael B. - drums Sonny T. - bass guitar Levi Seacer, Jr. - guitar Tommy Barbarella - keyboards Kathleen Johnson - backing vocals Kirk Johnson - backing vocals Clare Fischer - string orchestration Prince version Prince - vocals Michael B. - drums Sonny T. - bass guitar Levi Seacer, Jr. - guitar Tommy Barbarella - keyboards Kathleen Johnson - backing vocals Kirk Johnson - backing vocals Unreleased Mayte version Mayte - vocals Michael B. - drums Sonny T. - bass guitar Levi Seacer, Jr. - guitar Tommy Barbarella - keyboards Kathleen Johnson - backing vocals Kirk Johnson - backing vocals Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Hold Me 4:36 Here It Is re-issue Hold Me promo Studio Jevetta Steele version Hold Me (Edit) 4:09 Hold Me promo Edit Edited by Mike Corbett Hold Me 4:36 Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Studio 1990 version with Prince on vocals Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Hold Me Studio December 1990 take Hold Me Studio 1993 version with Mayte on vocals

Additional Information See also Trivia Here It Is album Hold Me promo Jevetta Steele Mayte Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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