Father’s Song

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Father’s Song

from the album Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition Song details Performer: Prince (Prince and the Revolution) First Released: 16 June 2017 - Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition preview download Album(s): Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition Writer(s): Prince & John L. Nelson (credited to John L. Nelson) Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 4 November 1984, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI, USA 28 June 2001: Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI, USA (as interlude) Performed regularly on tour: Purple Rain Tour Hit N Run Tour (as part of medley with When Doves Cry and Computer Blue (instrumental)) A Celebration (as part of medley with When Doves Cry and Computer Blue (instrumental)) Performed occasionally in shows: 2004

Father’s Song is an instrumental recorded on 24 October 1983 at Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA. It was tentatively included on an early configuration of Purple Rain. The song appears in the Purple Rain movie, where Prince’s character "The Kid" storms in the house looking for his father and finds him playing the song on piano. Predating the recording of the standalone track, the main melody was included as a motif in Computer Blue. While a solo recording, Father’s Song is listed here as a Prince and the Revolution track as it was recorded for the Purple Rain album and released in 2017 as the eleventh track on the From The Vault & Previously Unreleased disc of a Deluxe release of Purple Rain, which are both credited to Prince and the Revolution. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 24 October 1983 Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking 20 November 1983 Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Overdubs 7 February 1984 Sunset Sound - Studio 2, Hollywood, CA, USA Solo piano version used in Purple Rain Recording Personnel Prince - all instruments Susan Rogers - engineer Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Father’s Song 5:30 Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased) Studio Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in... Title Length Released Version Additional info Computer Blue 3:59 Purple Rain Strange Tales From The Rain promo Studio See Purple Medley for more details Computer Blue 3:59 Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition Studio Remastered 2015 Computer Blue ('Hallway Speech' Version) 12:19 Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased) Studio Computer Blue 4:15 Prince And The Revolution: Live Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Father’s Song (listed as 'Piano Jam') Studio solo piano version

Additional Information See also Trivia Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition album Purple Rain movie References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)

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