| |introduction = '''[[File:Eye.png]] Hate U''' (often known as '''I Hate U''' or '''Eye Hate U''') is the 16th track (eleventh song) on [[Prince]]'s 17th album [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], the first to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], and, two weeks before the album's release, [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Single: Eye Hate U]][[Single: Eye Hate U| Hate U]] was released as the album's first single ([[Single: The Most Beautiful Girl In The World|The Most Beautiful Girl In The World]] had been released the previous year, but it was not connected with the album release at the time). Two months earlier, however, a remix containing a portion of the album version along with a portion of the '''Quiet Night Mix by Eric Leeds''' was included as the fourth track on [[Album: The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold)|The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold)]] promo cassette given to attendees of the Versace collection of Paris Fashion Week. | | |introduction = '''[[File:Eye.png]] Hate U''' (often known as '''I Hate U''' or '''Eye Hate U''') is the 16th track (eleventh song) on [[Prince]]'s 17th album [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], the first to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], and, two weeks before the album's release, [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Single: Eye Hate U]][[Single: Eye Hate U| Hate U]] was released as the album's first single ([[Single: The Most Beautiful Girl In The World|The Most Beautiful Girl In The World]] had been released the previous year, but it was not connected with the album release at the time). Two months earlier, however, a remix containing a portion of the album version along with a portion of the '''Quiet Night Mix by Eric Leeds''' was included as the fourth track on [[Album: The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold)|The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold)]] promo cassette given to attendees of the Versace collection of Paris Fashion Week. |
| While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in early 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Days Of Wild]], a new version of [[Shhh]], and new versions of [[The Most Beautiful Girl In The World]]). The studio version of the song was premiered at a party at [[Venue: Glam Slam|Glam Slam]], Minneapolis, Minnesota on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_16|16 March 1994]] (along with [[Billy Jack Bitch]], [[Days Of Wild]], [[Now]] and a remix of [[Pope]], hours after recording [[Letitgo]]). It is likely that the remixes and additional recording for the maxi-single versions took place in mid-1995, also at [[Paisley Park Studios]], but this is unverified. | | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in early 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Days Of Wild]], a new version of [[Shhh]], and new versions of [[The Most Beautiful Girl In The World]]). The studio version of the song was premiered at a party at [[Venue: Glam Slam|Glam Slam]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_16|16 March 1994]] (along with [[Billy Jack Bitch]], [[Days Of Wild]], [[Now]] and a remix of [[Pope]], hours after recording [[Letitgo]]). It is likely that the remixes and additional recording for the maxi-single versions took place in mid-1995, also at [[Paisley Park Studios]], but this is unverified. |
| The finale of the album version of the song is overlaid with the final [[NPG Operator#NPG Operator # 6|NPG Operator]] segue; the full track without the overlaid segue is available as '''[[File:Eye.png]] Hate U (Album Version)''' on the [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Single: Eye Hate U]][[Single: Eye Hate U| Hate U]] maxi-single. | | The finale of the album version of the song is overlaid with the final [[NPG Operator#NPG Operator # 6|NPG Operator]] segue; the full track without the overlaid segue is available as '''[[File:Eye.png]] Hate U (Album Version)''' on the [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Single: Eye Hate U]][[Single: Eye Hate U| Hate U]] maxi-single. |
Hate U
