5 Women

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5 Women (a.k.a. Five Women)

from the album Night Calls single art for Five Women from the album The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale promo art for 5 Women Song details Performer: Joe Cocker; Prince First Released: 7 October 1991 - Night Calls album (Joe Cocker version) 24 August 1999 - The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale album (Prince version) Album(s): Night Calls The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): David Tickle; Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 28 August 1993 (a.m.): Terminal 2, Munich, Germany 25 October 1997: Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ, USA Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: 1993, 1997

5 Women was initially available (as Five Women) as the ninth track on Joe Cocker’s album Night Calls, and in 1992, Five Women was released as a single in Europe. In 1999, Prince’s original version was released as the fourth track on Prince’s 22nd album The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale, and at around the time of the album’s release, 5 Women was available as a promotional single (with no commercial release). While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking for Prince’s version were recorded in late August or early September 1990 at Warner Pioneer Studio, Tokyo, Japan, while in Tokyo for two dates on the Nude Tour (during the same set of sessions that produced Willing And Able, Strollin’, Money Don’t Matter 2 Night and Something Funky (This House Comes)). The track was sent to Joe Cocker for consideration in 1991, and Cocker re-recorded it with his band in 1991 at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Cocker asked Prince to play guitar on this version, but Prince was busy at the time, and told Cocker that it was now "his baby". Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info Late August - early September 1990 Warner Pioneer Studio, Tokyo, Japan Tracking Late 1990 - 1991 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Horn overdubs 1991 A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA Joe Cocker re-recording Recording Personnel Joe Cocker version Joe Cocker - vocals Steve Holley - drums T.M. Stevens - bass guitar Phil Grande - guitar Greg Phillinganes - keyboards Girls Talk - background vocals Prince version Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Michael B. - drums Levi Seacer, Jr. - guitar Michael B. Nelson - trombone (uncredited) Steve Strand - trumpet (uncredited) Dave Jensen - trumpet (uncredited) Kathy Jensen - baritone saxophone (uncredited) Brian Gallagher - tenor saxophone (uncredited) Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Five Women 5:34 Night Calls Now That The Magic Has Gone maxi-single Studio Joe Cocker version (released first) Five Women 3:59 Five Women single Edit Joe Cocker version (edit by Chris Lord-Alge) 5 Women 5:12 The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale 5 Women promo Studio Prince version Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info 5 Women Studio Prince version prior to horn overdubs

Additional Information See also Trivia Night Calls album Five Women single The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale album 5 Women promo References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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