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single art for Chocolate Song details Performer: The Time First Released: 10 July 1990 - Pandemonium album Album(s): Pandemonium Writer(s): Prince (credited to The Time) Producer(s): Prince (credited to The Time) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: {{{first live appearance}}} Performed regularly on tour: {{{performed regularly on}}} Performed occasionally in shows: {{{performed occasionally in}}}

Chocolate is the eighth track (sixth song) on The Time's fourth and final album Pandemonium, and, around a month after the album's release, Chocolate was released as the album's second and final single. The song was written and produced by Prince, but was credited to The Time. Prince plays most instruments on the track, and appears in character as a waiter during the track (as he did on Chili Sauce (originally recorded three days earlier). Initial tracking took place on 17 April 1983 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA (the day after If The Kid Can't Make You Come, the day before Prince fired Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis from The Time, and two days before recording Velvet Kitty Cat). The track features Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, but they are not credited on the released version, despite their contributions remaining intact. It is uncertain when Morris Day's vocal overdubs were recorded, but these may have been recorded on the same day. Prince's original call-outs to Wendy Melvoin in the lyrics were changed to Morris Day calling out Jesse Johnson, although the guitar part is still Wendy Melvoin's solo; Jesse Johnson was heavily involved in choosing this track for Pandemonium, however, so it is surprising he did not re-record the guitar solo in 1989. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 17 April 1983 Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA Initial tracking 17 April 1983 (unverified) Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA Vocal overdubs by Morris Day Recording Personnel {{{recording personnel}}} Versions Released Versions {{{released versions}}} {{{video versions}}} {{{broadcasts, streaming}}} {{{sampled in}}} {{{unreleased versions}}}

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{{{categories}}} }} |recording personnel = The Time version

• Morris Day - lead vocals, "cool"
• Prince - background vocals and instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
• Wendy Melvoin - background vocals (uncredited)
• Lisa Coleman - background vocals (uncredited)
• Jill Jones - background vocals
• Jellybean Johnson - credited for drums and backing vocals, but not involved
• Jesse Johnson - credited for guitar and backing vocals, but not involved
• Jimmy Jam - credited for keyboards and backing vocals, but not involved
• Monte Moir - credited for keyboards and backing vocals, but not involved
• Terry Lewis - credited for lead vocals, bass guitar and backing vocals, but not involved
• Jerome Benton - credited for percussion, "mirror and holler", but not involved

|released versions =

Title	Length	Released	Version	Additional info
Chocolate	7:30	Pandemonium	Studio
Chocolate (Album Edit)	4:27	Chocolate promo	Edit
Chocolate (7" Remix / Edit)	4:33	Chocolate single	Edit	Remix and additional production by Keith "KC" Cohen
Chocolate (12" Remix)	7:56	Chocolate single	Remix	Remix and additional production by Keith "KC" Cohen
Chocolate (Instrumental)	7:27	Chocolate single	Remix	Remix and additional production by Keith "KC" Cohen
Chocolate (Percapella)	7:19	Chocolate single	Remix	Remix and additional production by Keith "KC" Cohen
Chocolate (Tootsie Roll Club Mix)	6:09	Chocolate single	Remix	Remix and additional production by Keith "KC" Cohen

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Title	Length	Released	Version	Additional info
Chocolate	4:35	Promotional release only	Promo video	See Chocolate video for details; uses Chocolate (7" Remix / Edit)

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Title	Version	Additional Info
Chocolate	Demo	Original recording with Prince lead vocals

|broadcasts, streaming = |sampled in = |first live appearance = 10 December 1982, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA (lyrical clip included in How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore) ; 26 July,2011 (a.m.): Melkweg - The Max, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (full version)

• 8 November 2011: Hudson River Park—Pier 57, New York, NY, USA

|performed regularly on = none |performed occasionally in = 1982 (lyrical clip included in How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore) , 2011 |trivia = |see also = Pandemonium album

• Chocolate single
• Chocolate video
• The Time

|references = The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) |categories = }}