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from the album Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition Song details Performer: Prince (Prince and the Revolution) First Released: 28 April 2017 - Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition preview download Album(s): Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 3 August 1983: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA 4 June 2014 (show 2): Roundhouse, London, England Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: 1983, 2014

Electric Intercourse was released posthumously in 2017, as the fourth track on the second disc (titled From The Vault & Previously Unreleased) of Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition. Six weeks before the album’s release, the track was released for download as a preview of the album. Basic tracking took place on 14 January 1983 in Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California. A live version was recorded seven months later on 3 August 1983 at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same concert where live versions of Let’s Go Crazy, Computer Blue, I Would Die 4 U, Baby I’m A Star and Purple Rain were also recorded). Prince used this live version when adding overdubs to the track in mid-September 1983 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California. It is likely the track was originally planned to be included on the album Purple Rain (and in the movie Purple Rain) as either the ’studio version' or in the same overdubbed-live format as I Would Die 4 U, Baby I’m A Star and Purple Rain. A few days after recording overdubs however, Prince recorded The Beautiful Ones, which replaced Electric Intercourse. During Prince: A Celebration in June 2000, computer screens at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, offered names of a selection of tracks which users could vote on for inclusion on Crystal Ball Volume II, and while Electric Intercourse was chosen by fans, the project was ultimately abandoned. While a solo recording, it is listed here as a Prince and the Revolution track as it was released as a bonus track on the Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition album, which is credited to Prince and the Revolution. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 14 January 1983 Sunset Sound - Studio 2, Hollywood, CA, USA Tracking, overdubs 3 August 1983 First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota Live recording 12 September 1983 Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Overdubs, mix 26 May 1985 Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Mix Recording Personnel Released version Prince - all vocals and instruments Live version Prince - vocals and piano Bobby Z. - drums and percussion Brown Mark - bass guitar Wendy Melvoin - guitars and vocals Lisa Coleman - keyboards and vocals Matt Fink - keyboards Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Electric Intercourse (Studio Version) 4:57 Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased) Studio Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Electric Intercourse Live Live version before studio overdubs Electric Intercourse Live with overdubs Final version of live recording after studio overdubs Electric Intercourse Live with overdubs or Studio version 1986 mix

Additional Information See also Trivia Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition album Purple Rain movie Crystal Ball Volume II unreleased album When was asked in an interview conducted through and published on his official website, Love4OneAnother.com on 17 November, 1997: "Was Purple Rain originally planned 2 b released as a 2LP set? Why was the track Electric Intercourse suddenly deleted from the film and soundtrack?", he replied "No, never... once The Beautiful Ones was completed, it was always the ballad of choice". References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018) Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)

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