Dirty Mind

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from the album Dirty Mind single art for Dirty Mind Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 8 October, 1980 - Dirty Mind album Album(s): Dirty Mind The Hits 2 The Hits / The B-Sides Writer(s): Prince (music and lyrics) and Dr. Fink (music) Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 4 December, 1980, Shea's Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA Performed regularly on tour: Dirty Mind Tour Controversy Tour 1999 Tour Lovesexy Tour Performed occasionally in shows: 1984, 2016 (solo piano)

Dirty Mind is the first track on Prince's third album Dirty Mind, and, six weeks after the album's release, Dirty Mind was released as the album's third commercially-released single (although When You Were Mine had also been made available as a promotional release prior to this). Also in 1980, it was included as the fourth and final track on a French promotional release of Uptown. In 1982, it was included as the fourth track on the Australian 12" of 1999, the first single from Prince's fifth album 1999. In 1993, the track was included as the second track on Prince's compilation album The Hits 2 (also included as the second disc of The Hits / The B-Sides). While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place from May to June, 1980, in Prince's Wayzata Home Studio, Wayzata, MN, USA (credited as "Somewhere in Uptown"), and completed in June, 1980 at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, USA. The song is the first time a bandmember (Dr. Fink) was given co-writing credit for music, as he had developed the repeated keyboard line (Matt Fink "became" Dr. Fink while playing the opening act with Prince during the early stages of the Rick James "Fire It Up Tour", when he replaced a jailbird costume with a surgical costume, to avoid comparisons with Rick James, who was performing in a jailbird costume during the same tour). Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info May-June, 1980 Wayzata Home Studio, Wayzata, MN, USA Initial tracking June, 1980 Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, USA Overdubs, mixing Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Dr. Fink - synthesizer Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Dirty Mind 4:11 Dirty Mind Uptown promo Dirty Mind promo 1999 single Strange Tales From The Rain promomotional album The Story So Far... promo Studio Dirty Mind (Edit) 3:54 Dirty Mind single The Hits 2 The Hits / The B-Sides Edit Dirty Mind (Mono) 3:54 Dirty Mind single Edit, mono version Dirty Mind (Alternate Edit) 3:24 Dirty Mind single Edit Philippines 7" Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Dirty Mind 4:06 The Hits Collection VHS/DVD Promo video See Dirty Mind video for more details Dirty Mind T.B.C. Lovesexy Live 2 VHS Live 9 September, 1988, Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, West Germany

Additional Information See also Trivia Dirty Mind album Dirty Mind single Dirty Mind video References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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