The Arms Of Orion

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The Arms Of Orion

from the album Batman single art for The Arms Of Orion Song details Performer: Prince with Sheena Easton First Released: 20 June 1989 - Batman album Album(s): Batman Writer(s): Prince and Sheena Easton Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 16 August 1990, Stade de la Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland 1 September 1993, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: 1990, 1993

The Arms Of Orion is the third track on Prince's eleventh album Batman (the motion picture soundtrack to the Tim Burton movie Batman), and, four months after the album's release, The Arms Of Orion was released as the album's third single. The tape of thew song in the vault dates this song as 25 January 1989. It was recorded at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced Partyman, Trust, Dance With The Devil and Batdance). In a 2012 interview, Sheena Easton detailed the writing of the song: "I sent him the lyrics to The Arms Of Orion. He really liked it, put music to it and it ended up being on the Batman soundtrack. I'm totally into the stars. Right outside my bedroom window, right over my front guest house, you looked right into Orion. I loved the concept of two lovers apart, looking up at the same stars and wishing they could be together." Of note is that this track is credited both on the album and single as "Prince with Sheena Easton", once of only a few times that co-credit has been given to anyone other than Prince's bands the Revolution and the New Power Generation. (U Make My Sun Shine and We Gon' Make It Funky are other instances of co-credited tracks). Some CD version of the single The Arms Of Orion contained an unannounced .cdi file, which played a slideshow of unrelated pictures and poems with The Arms Of Orion as a soundtrack when entered into a computer. This video had no input from Prince and should not be considered a promotional video, but an experiment by Warner Bros. into the technology that was available using CD singles, and was advanced for its time. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 25 January 1989 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Basic tracking Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Sheena Easton- co-lead vocals Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info The Arms Of Orion 5:03 Batman The Arms Of Orion single Studio The Arms Of Orion (Edit) 3:40 The Arms Of Orion single Edit Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in... Title Length Released Version Additional info Partyman 7:14 Batman deluxe edition DVD Promo video Prince's character "the Partyman" whistles The Arms Of Orion; see Partyman video for details

Additional Information See also Trivia Batman album The Arms Of Orion single References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Sheena Easton: Looking back at her musical history by Marc 'Moose' Moder (8 Aug. 2012 Windy City Media Group)

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