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from the album Crystal Ball Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 29 January 1998 - Crystal Ball album Album(s): Crystal Ball Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince. Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: none

Movie Star is the eighth track on the first disc of Prince’s 20th album Crystal Ball (his fourth using the name ). The album is not clearly divided between Prince tracks and tracks, and the liner notes' discussion of this track does not use either name, but the recording date places it clearly as a "Prince" track, so it is listed as such here. The Crystal Ball liner notes state that the song was chosen for inclusion because it was "D'Angelo’s favorite bootleg". Basic tracking took place on 27 March 1986 at Prince’s Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as Witness 4 The Prosecution). Although this track was not included on a late April 1986 configuration of the Dream Factory album, it was included as the seventeenth track (fifteenth song) on the 3 June 1986 configuration (segueing directly into A Place In Heaven, which includes the final line of dialogue from Movie Star in its opening bars) and as the seventeenth track on the 18 July 1986 configuration (with a complete ending). It was dropped, however, when the project evolved into the Crystal Ball triple LP (completely separate from the 1998 release of the same name). The Crystal Ball liner notes state that the song was written for The Time, although the band was no longer together at the time Prince recorded the track, and it is unknown if the song was considered for the band when Prince and Morris Day began work on the Corporate World album in 1989. The version released on Crystal Ball contains an opening which samples Jam Of The Year in the background of a party scene. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 14 March 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Probable tracking, overdubs, mix 15 March 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) Overdubs, mix 15 April 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Overdubs, including horns, mix 20 April 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Possible vocal overdubs, mix Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Wendy Melvoin - spoken vocals (uncredited) Unidentified male - spoken vocals Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Movie Star 4:25 Crystal Ball Studio Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Movie Star Studio Original version with additional lyrics, included on 3 June 1986 configuration of Dream Factory, segueing into A Place In Heaven Movie Star Studio Original version with additional lyrics, included on 18 July 1986 configuration of Dream Factory Movie Star Studio With horns by Eric Leeds

Additional Information See also Trivia Crystal Ball album References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)

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