Love... Thy Will Be Done

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Love... Thy Will Be Done

from the album Martika’s Kitchen from the album Originals single art for Love... Thy Will Be Done Song details Performer: Martika; Prince First Released: 25 July 1991 - Love... Thy Will Be Done single 7 June 2019 - Originals album (Prince version) Album(s): Martika’s Kitchen The Best Of Martika: More Than You Know Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika Love... Thy Will Be Done Originals Writer(s): Prince and Martika Producer(s): Prince (as Paisley Park on Martika’s Kitchen) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 14 January 1995: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA 24 February 2016 (show 2): Aotea Centre - ASB Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: 1995, 1996, 1998, 2010 (in medley with either Bridge Over Troubled Water or Free and Pearls B4 The Swine; vocals by Shelby J., Liv Warfield, Elisa Dease, sans Prince), 2012, 2016 (solo piano)

Love... Thy Will Be Done is the third track on Martika’s second album Martika’s Kitchen, and, shortly before the album’s release, Love... Thy Will Be Done was released as the album’s first single on 25 July 1991. A few months later, a remix of the track by Prince (as Paisley Park) was released on Martika’s Kitchen, the album’s second single. In 1997, the single edit was included as the sixth track on the compilation album The Best Of Martika: More Than You Know, with the Prince Mix version as the sixteenth and final track. In 2005, the single edit was included as the sixth track on the compilation album Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika, with the Prince Mix version as the fifteenth and final track. Also in 2005, the album version was included as the tenth and final track on the compilation album Love... Thy Will Be Done. Although specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in December 1990 or January 1991 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, as the first track recorded by Prince for Martika. She liked the track so much that she asked Prince for further tracks, resulting in Martika’s Kitchen, Spirit, Don’t Say U Love Me and Open Book. In Spring 1991, Martika overdubbed her lead vocals and her musicians and vocalists added overdubs to the track in Los Angeles. In late 1994, the New Power Generation recorded a new version of the track, with Sonny T. on lead vocals, and it was included as the eleventh track (eighth song) on a 2 December 1994 configuration of the New Power Generation’s second ’solo' album Exodus. The track was removed before the album’s release. In 2019, Prince’s own version was released as the twelfth track on the posthumous album Originals. The song features a looped sample from "Fifty-Fifty Clown" by the Cocteau Twins, a little bit buried in the mix for Martika’s version, but very distinguishable in Prince own version and the 1994 NPG-version. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info December 1990 - January 1991 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking Early 1991 Trax Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA Additional recording and Martika vocal overdubs Late 1994 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Re-recording by the New Power Generation May 2012 unknown studio, Australia Reworking, intended for The Great Gatsby Recording Personnel Prince version Prince - all instruments and vocals Martika version Martika - vocals Prince - all instruments, except where noted C.J. Vanston - additional synthesizer Rahsaan Patterson - background vocals New Power Generation version Sonny T. - lead vocals and bass guitar - all other instruments, except where noted Michael B. - drums Tommy Barbarella - keyboards Mr. Hayes - keyboards Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Love... Thy Will Be Done 5:02 Martika’s Kitchen Love... Thy Will Be Done compilation Studio Love... Thy Will Be Done (Edit) 4:20 Love... Thy Will Be Done single The Best Of Martika: More Than You Know Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika Edit a.k.a. 7" Edit Love... Thy Will Be Done (Prince Mix) 5:58 Martika’s Kitchen single The Best Of Martika: More Than You Know Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika Remix Remix by Prince (as Paisley Park). Wrongly listed as a 5:42 version. Love... Thy Will Be Done 5:03 Martika’s Kitchen [Reheated Edition] Studio Remastered version. Love... Thy Will Be Done (7" Edit) 4:23 Martika’s Kitchen [Reheated Edition] Edit a.k.a. Edit. Remastered version. Love... Thy Will Be Done (Prince Mix) 5:58 Martika’s Kitchen [Reheated Edition] Remix Remix by Prince (as Paisley Park). Remastered version. Love... Thy Will Be Done 4:09 Originals Prince vocal version released in 2019 Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Love... Thy Will Be Done 4:20 Promotional release only Studio See Love... Thy Will Be Done video for details Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Love... Thy Will Be Done Studio Extended version with Martika lead vocals and Prince background vocals Love... Thy Will Be Done Studio re-recording 1994 New Power Generation recording Love... Thy Will Be Done Studio re-working 2012 reworking intended for The Great Gatsby

Additional Information See also Trivia Martika’s Kitchen album Love... Thy Will Be Done single Love... Thy Will Be Done video New Power Generation References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Cinemabrand article

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