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|single image = [[File:Iwantu single.jpg|100px|link=Single: I Want U]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: I Want U|I Want U]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Iwantu single.jpg|100px|link=Single: I Want U]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: I Want U|I Want U]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Rosie Gaines]] | |performer = [[Rosie Gaines]] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 13|13 June | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 13|13 June 1995]] - [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]] album | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Rosie Gaines]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Rosie Gaines]] | ||
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'''I Want U''' was written by [[Prince]] and [[Rosie Gaines]] and produced by [[Ricky Peterson]]. '''I Want U (Inner City Blue)''' versions give writing co-credit to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_%22T-Boy%22_Ross Arthur Ross], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ware Leon Ware], James Nyx and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye Marvin Gaye], as they include portions of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye Marvin Gaye]'s tracks [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_You_(Marvin_Gaye_song) I Want You] (from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_You_(Marvin_Gaye_album) I Want You], 1976, also released as a single) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_City_Blues_(Make_Me_Wanna_Holler) Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)] (from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_Going_On What's Going On], 1971, also released as a single). | '''I Want U''' was written by [[Prince]] and [[Rosie Gaines]] and produced by [[Ricky Peterson]]. '''I Want U (Inner City Blue)''' versions give writing co-credit to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_%22T-Boy%22_Ross Arthur Ross], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ware Leon Ware], James Nyx and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye Marvin Gaye], as they include portions of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye Marvin Gaye]'s tracks [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_You_(Marvin_Gaye_song) I Want You] (from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_You_(Marvin_Gaye_album) I Want You], 1976, also released as a single) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_City_Blues_(Make_Me_Wanna_Holler) Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)] (from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_Going_On What's Going On], 1971, also released as a single). | ||
While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking for the original version (known only as '''I Want U''') took place in mid-December | While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking for the original version (known only as '''I Want U''') took place in mid-December 1989, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA as [[Rosie Gaines]]' first recording with [[Prince]]. She had previously played with [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] in the Curtis Ohlson Band, and he had brought her in to sing on the track '''I Want U''', which he was producing originally for The Pointer Sisters. | ||
The track was re-arranged and re-recorded from scratch by [[Ricky Peterson]] in late 1992 at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. It is likely that the track only received the name '''I Want U (Purple Version)''' when the decision was made to include more than one version on the album in 1995. | The track was re-arranged and re-recorded from scratch by [[Ricky Peterson]] in late 1992 at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. It is likely that the track only received the name '''I Want U (Purple Version)''' when the decision was made to include more than one version on the album in 1995. | ||
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|date = Mid-December | |date = Mid-December 1989 | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Initial tracking (as '''I Want U''') | |additional info = Initial tracking (as '''I Want U''') | ||
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