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single art for Ice Cream Castles Song details Performer: The Time First Released: 8 June 1984 - Ice Cream Castles single Album(s): None Writer(s): Prince and Morris Day (credited to Morris Day) Producer(s): Prince (credited to Morris Day and The Starr Company) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 25 August 2011, Leinie Lodge Band Shell - MN State Fairgrounds, St.Paul, MN, USA (by Morris Day & The Time) This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince in full, although it was performed as an interpolation in D.M.S.R. on 16 March 2004 (a.m.): Club Black, New York, NY, USA (only known performance) Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: 1988 (horn interpolation during No); 2011 (by Morris Day & The Time)

Tricky was released as the b-side of Ice Cream Castles, the first single from The Time’s third album, Ice Cream Castle. It was also included on some versions of the album’s third single, Jungle Love. Tricky was written by Prince, but credited to Morris Day. It was co-produced by Morris Day and Prince under the name The Starr Company. Basic tracking took place on 12 January 1984 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (as un unnamed track initially), during sessions that yielded material for the Ice Cream Castle album. The bass and drum parts were very similar to another jam that Prince recorded with Morris Day on drums, Cloreen Bacon Skin, which was tracked in March 1983 but released in 1998, and with which it even shares some lyrics. Tricky was written about George Clinton (with whom Prince would work starting in 1988) and Bootsy Collins. The track was recorded as a response to P-Funk All-Stars’song Copy Cat (from their 1983 album Urban Dancefloor Guerillas) which contains a couple of lines directed against Morris Day. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 12 January 1984 Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA Tracking Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (uncredited) Morris Day - background vocals, drums Other musical personnel unknown Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Tricky 3:12 Ice Cream Castles single Jungle Love single Studio

Additional Information See also Trivia Ice Cream Castles single A part of the theme song for The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson (which in itself is an adaptation of Paul Anka’s 'It’s Really Love') is sung by Prince at 2:48 when he yells: 'Johnny, Johnny'. In the song, George Clinton is referred to as the old Michelin Man and Bootsy Collins as being big, tossed-salad, hairdo-havin’, long, tall, snaggly gold-toothed / funkin’ habit-formed, leather-wearin’, beanpole-lookin’ . 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) Podcast: ‎Questlove Supreme: Morris Day on Questlove Supreme (23 June 2021) Copyright(s): ASCAP Work ID: 500367062 / ISWC: T0701861702

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