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|single image              = [[File:blackalbum.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Black Album]]<br> <small> from the album [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']]</small>
|performer                = [[Prince]]
|performer                = [[Prince]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November 1994]] - [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']] album
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|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
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|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
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|previous song            = [[Days Of Wild]]
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|next song                = [[Dear Michaelangelo]]
|introduction              = '''Dead On It''' is the third song on [[Prince]]’s sixteenth album [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']] (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no artist credit).
|introduction              = '''Dead On It''' is the third song on [[Prince]]’s sixteenth album [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']] (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no artist credit).


While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracks were recorded in March 1987 at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Cindy C.]] and [[Nine]]).  
While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracks were recorded in March 1987 at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Cindy C.]] and [[Nine]]).  
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|performed occasionally in =  [[All Concerts#1987|1987]] <small>(interpolation in [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]])</small>, [[All Concerts#1988|1988]] <small>(interpolation in [[Head]])</small>
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|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
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Revision as of 10:14, 2 October 2020

Days Of Wild   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Dear Michaelangelo
Dead On It

from the album “The Black Album”
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 22 November 1994 - “The Black Album” album
Album(s): “The Black Album”
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Dead On It is the third song on Prince’s sixteenth album “The Black Album” (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no artist credit).

While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracks were recorded in March 1987 at Prince’s Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced Cindy C. and Nine).

The song includes a sampled line by Sheila E. taken directly from Holly Rock ("badder than a wicked witch"). Although unreleased at the time, lyrics (ridiculing rappers) from Dead On It were rapped by Tony M. (over music from Race) as an introduction to Jughead on each date of the Diamonds And Pearls Tour.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
March 1987 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Basic tracking
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
  • Sheila E. - sampled line ("badder than a wicked witch", uncredited)

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Dead On It 4:37 “The Black Album” Studio



 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
Days Of Wild   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Dear Michaelangelo
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