| |introduction = '''Make-Up''' is the sixth track on [[Vanity 6]]’s first and only album [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]]. The track was written, produced and largely performed by [[Prince]] (as was the rest of the album). Five months after the album’s release, it was included as the b-side of [[Single: He’s So Dull|He’s So Dull]], the album’s third single. | | |introduction = '''Make-Up''' is the sixth track on [[Vanity 6]]’s first and only album [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]]. The track was written, produced and largely performed by [[Prince]] (as was the rest of the album). Five months after the album’s release, it was included as the b-side of [[Single: He’s So Dull|He’s So Dull]], the album’s third single. |
| While specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in Summer 1981 at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Wet Dream]], [[Drive Me Wild]] and [[I Need A Man]]). The tracks were intended for an album by [[Album: The Hookers (1982)|'''The Hookers''']], which was abandoned in Fall 1981, and which later evolved into [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]]. Vocal overdubs by [[Vanity]] and [[Brenda Bennett]] were added in Spring, 1982, when the band had evolved into [[Vanity 6]]. | | While specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in Summer 1981 at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (Likely around the same time as [[Drive Me Wild]], [[I Need A Man]], [[Jealous Girl]], [[Pizza]] and [[Wet Dream]]). The tracks were intended for an album by [[Album: The Hookers (1982)|'''The Hookers''']], which was abandoned in Fall 1981, and which later evolved into [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]]. Vocal overdubs by [[Vanity]] and [[Brenda Bennett]] were added in Spring, 1982, when the band had evolved into [[Vanity 6]]. |
| In 2019, [[Prince]]’s own version was released as the fifth track on the posthumous album [[Album:_Originals|Originals]]. | | In 2019, [[Prince]]’s own version was released as the fifth track on the posthumous album [[Album:_Originals|Originals]]. |