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from the album Let’s Get Started Song details Performer: Louie Louie First Released: 16 February 1993 - Let’s Get Started album Album(s): Let’s Get Started Writer(s): Levi Seacer, Jr. and Prince (as Paisley Park) Producer(s): Prince (as Paisley Park) 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

Get Blue is the fourth track on Louie Louie’s second album Let’s Get Started. The song was written by Prince (as Paisley Park) and Levi Seacer, Jr. and produced by Prince (as Paisley Park). A tape photographed in Prince’s vault at Paisley Park Studios lists it as 8 April 1991 alluding the exact date for the recording at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. (during the same set of sessions that produced Hey, Louie Louie). Louie Louie’s vocal overdubs were recorded at Sideways Recording, Santa Ana, California, but recording dates are not known. In 2010, co-writer Levi Seacer, Jr. released a mostly-instrumental version of the track with Ric Alexander on their album 2wo 4or 1ne (crediting Prince, rather than the pseudonym Paisley Park, as co-writer), but this version did not contain input by Prince. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 8 April 1991 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking April 1991 Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA, USA Mixing by Keith "K.C." Cohen (and possible additional recording) April 1991 - early 1993 Sideways Recording, Santa Ana, CA, USA Vocal overdubs by Louie Louie Recording Personnel Louie Louie version Louie Louie – lead vocals Prince - all background vocals and instruments, except where noted Sam Mesa-rani - percussion Dain Noel - strings Reverend Dave Boruff - saxophone Unreleased Prince version Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Jearlyn Steele - background vocals Jevetta Steele - background vocals Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Get Blue 4:42 Let’s Get Started Studio Get Blue 5:42 2wo 4or 1ne Studio No input as a musician by Prince Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Get Blue Studio Prince’s original studio version, missing some later instrumentation

Additional Information See also Trivia Let’s Get Started References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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