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|song name                = Screwdriver
|song name                = Screwdriver
|single image              = [[File:Screwdriver single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Screwdriver]] <br> <small>single art for [[Single: Screwdriver|Screwdriver]]</small>
|single image              = [[File:Screwdriver single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Screwdriver]] <br> <small>single art for [[Single: Screwdriver|Screwdriver]]</small>
|album image              = [[File: Hitnrun_PHASEII_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Hitnrun Phase Two]]<br><small>from the album [[Album: Hitnrun Phase Two|Hitnrun Phase Two]]</small>
|album image              = [[File: Hitnrun_PHASEII_album.jpg|100px|link= Album: Hitnrun Phase Two]]<br><small>from the album [[Album: Hitnrun Phase Two|Hitnrun Phase Two]]</small>
|performer                = [[Prince]]
|performer                = [[Prince]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 17|17 December 2012]] - [http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=440523409348056 Hannah Ford Facebook rehearsal clip stream]<br>
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 17|17 December 2012]] - [http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=440523409348056 Hannah Ford Facebook rehearsal clip stream]<br>

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Screwdriver

from the album Hitnrun Phase Two
single art for Screwdriver
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 17 December 2012 - Hannah Ford Facebook rehearsal clip stream

22 January 2013 - 20pr1nc3.com video stream and The Current audio stream
4 February 2013 - Screwdriver single

Album(s): Hitnrun Phase Two (although none at time of release)
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Screwdriver is the ninth track on Prince’s 39th studio album Hitnrun Phase Two. The track was first released almost three years earlier, however, on the stand-alone single Screwdriver. It was premiered two weeks earlier as an audio stream on Minnesota public radio station 89.3 The Current’s website, and as a lyric video stream on Prince’s official website 20pr1nc3.com. At the time of initial release it was unclear if this song was intended to be included on an album. It was later assumed to be part of Prince and 3rdEyeGirl’s Plectrumelectrum project, as the song was used as the introduction to the 3rdEyeGirl band, but it was later revealed that the studio version of the track was recorded prior to Hannah Ford and Donna Grantis joining Prince’s band.

The first public mention of the song was on 17 December 2012, when a 0:30 video rehearsal clip of the song was streamed on drummer Hannah Ford’s Facebook page with the message: A Taste of Rehearsal. Interestingly the drummer on the studio version of the song is John Blackwell, rather than Ford.

The video included new guitarist Donna Grantis, and ended with a text screen stating:

"2 C the rest of Donna’s audition holla at ya girl! We’ve got bootlegs 4 daazzzzzze every good thing in the vault... Coming 2013".

As with Hannah Ford, however, Donna Grantis did not appear on the original studio version of the song. A 29-second clip of the studio version of the song followed the same day on YouTube, with an image showing lyrics from the song, again with the text "Coming 2013", but this was removed within a few hours of its posting.

On 16 January 2013, a 1:11 audio video rehearsal clip of the song was streamed on 3rd Eye Girl YouTube channel with the message: Prince just played for the new/screw at Fox 9.

On 5 February 2013, a 6:44 remix of the song was made available for download on 3rdEyeGirl.com website.

On 8 February 2013, a 1:08 commercial for a live version of the song to be released on February 10 2013 was streamed on 3rd Eye Girl YouTube channel. The same video was also streamed on Prince’s new website prince2013.com.

On 10 February 2013, just after presenting Record Of The Year to Gotye at 55th Grammy Awards, a 5:40 live video of the song was released simultaneously on prince2013.com and 3rdeyegirl.com.

The track was recorded in 2011 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. with John Blackwell and Ida Nielsen In late 2012 or early 2013 the track was re-recorded with the newly-formed 3rdEyeGirl band; this version was released in early February 2013 as Screwdriver (Remix), although it is in fact a complete re-recording.

Screwdriver was included as the second track on a CD found at Paisley Park Studios following Prince’s death, labeled "Live Band Trax". The other tracks (Ain’t Gonna Miss U When U’re Gone, When She Comes, Shade Of Umber, Boyfriend, and The Secret Text) mostly stem from 2012 or early 2013, suggesting that this CD was compiled around that time. It is not known if the version included on the CD was a live in-studio take with the then-nascent 3rdEyeGirl line-up (perhaps even the Screwdriver (Remix) version mentioned above), or the original studio recording for the band members to learn.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
2011 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) 		Tracking
Late 2012 to early 2013 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) 		Re-recording (released as "Remix")
Recording Personnel

Studio version


Remix version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Screwdriver 4:13 Hitnrun Phase Two

Screwdriver single
3rdEyeGirl.com website

Studio
Screwdriver Remix 6:44 3rdEyeGirl.com website Studio
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Screwdriver 4:28 20pr1nc3.com video stream Promo lyric video See Screwdriver for details
Screwdriver 8:04 20pr1nc3.com / 3rdEyeGirl.com video download Live music video See Screwdriver for details
Screwdriver 5:16 20pr1nc3.com / 3rdEyeGirl.com video download Live music video as above but with cue cards inserted instead of dancers. See Screwdriver for details
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Screwdriver 0:29 YouTube Studio clip Lyric video Recorded late 2012 (assumed)
Screwdriver 0:30 Hannah Ford Facebook page Rehearsal clip Video recorded late 2012 (assumed)
Screwdriver 1:11 3rd Eye Girl YouTube channel Rehearsal clip Audio recorded 15 January 2013
Screwdriver 1:08 3rd Eye Girl YouTube channel / prince2013.com Live clip Video recorded in January 2013 (assumed)
Screwdriver T.B.C. Delayed performance TV broadcast Live 1 March 2013, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, NBC TV Studios, GE Building (Studio 6B), NY
Screwdriver 2:46 3rdEye TV Show # 19 concert video stream Live 7 August 2013, Dyrehaven - Bøgescenen, Skanderborg, Denmark
Screwdriver T.B.C. 3rdEye TV Show # 20 concert video stream Live 11 August 2013 (show 2): Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands


 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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