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from the album Hey Man... Smell My Finger promo single CD of The Big Pump Song details Performer: George Clinton First Released: 12 October 1993 - Hey Man... Smell My Finger album Album(s): Hey Man... Smell My Finger Writer(s): Prince and George Clinton Producer(s): Prince and George Clinton 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

The Big Pump is the eighth track on George Clinton’s second and final Paisley Park Records album Hey Man... Smell My Finger, and, around the time of the album’s release, The Big Pump was available as a promotional single sent to radio in Germany. The song was written and produced by Prince and George Clinton. While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in late 1989 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (around the same time as Soul Psychodelicide). It was included as the fourteenth track on a 1992 configuration of the album, which was changed significantly before release. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info Late 1989 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking Recording Personnel George Clinton - vocals Prince - all instruments (uncredited) Unidentified males (possibly T.C. Ellis) - rap Sandra Feva - background vocals The Steeles - background vocals (assumed) Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info The Big Pump 3:33 Hey Man... Smell My Finger The Big Pump promo Studio Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in... Title Length Released Version Additional info Soul Psychodelicide Studio Unreleased 1989 track Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info The Big Pump Studio Version before instrumentation and rap overdubs The Big Pump Studio Longer album version, edited for release

Additional Information See also Trivia Hey Man... Smell My Finger album The Big Pump promo The album credits on the Hey Man... Smell My Finger album don’t detail precisely on which tracks the different artists appear. Among the list of all the rappers mentioned, the ones who sing on The Big Pump has not been identified. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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