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Revision as of 08:55, 27 October 2023

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I Want U

from the album Closer Than Close
single art for I Want U
Song details
Performer: Rosie Gaines
First Released: 13 June 1995 - Closer Than Close album
Album(s): Closer Than Close
Concrete Jungle
Essential Rosie
Writer(s): Prince and Rosie Gaines
Producer(s): Ricky Peterson; Levi Seacer, Jr.
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

I Want U (Purple Version) is the 13th and final track on Rosie Gaines’ third album Closer Than Close (first track on the international version), and, around the time of the album’s release, I Want U was released as the album’s first single, containing several remixes of the track. The US and Japanese versions of the album also contained a different version of the song, titled I Want U (Inner City Blue) (Earth Mama Version) (as the first track).

In 2000, new mixes of the song were available on a revised single of I Want U, but they seem re-recorded, and are therefore considered covers, not listed here. In 2005 several other remixes of the original song were released via rosiegaines.com.

In 2009, the original I Want U (Inner City Blue) was released as the first track of the digital release of the album Concrete Jungle. In 2010, Rosie Gaines released a digital version of I Want U (The Mixes, Vol. 2), containing other previously-unreleased versions, including the original 1989 recording (as I Want U (Original Paisley Version)). It was latter included (as I Want U (Paisley Version)) on the Closer Than Close 20th Anniversary Edition.

I Want U was written by Prince and Rosie Gaines and produced by Ricky Peterson. I Want U (Inner City Blue) versions give writing co-credit to Arthur Ross, Leon Ware, James Nyx and Marvin Gaye, as they include portions of Marvin Gaye’s tracks I Want You (from I Want You, 1976, also released as a single) and Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (from What’s Going On, 1971, also released as a single).

While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking for the original version (known only as I Want U) took place in mid-December 1989, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota as Rosie Gaines’ first recording with Prince. She had previously played with Levi Seacer, Jr. in the Curtis Ohlson Band, and he had brought her in to sing on the track I Want U, which he was producing originally for The Pointer Sisters.

The track was re-arranged and re-recorded from scratch by Ricky Peterson on 13 August 1992 (on the same day as T.R.O.U.B.L.E.) at Paisley Park Studios. It is likely that the track only received the name I Want U (Purple Version) when the decision was made to include more than one version on the album in 1995.

Remixes were made by several producers in 1995 (recording details are needed for these remixes).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Mid-December 1989 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking (as I Want U)
13 August 1992 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Re-recording (as I Want U)
1995 Studio information needed Remixes
Recording Personnel


I Want U (Purple Version)


I Want U (Inner City Blue) (Earth Mama Version)

  • Rosie Gaines - vocals, keyboards
  • Ivan Dupee - keyboards
  • Richard Patterson - bass guitar and drum programming
  • C. Willis - lead guitar
  • Alejo Poveda - percussion


Original Paisley version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Want U (Original Paisley Version) 3:51 I Want U - The Mixes, Vol. 2 single and Closer Than Close (20th Anniversary Edition) (as Paisley Version) Studio 2010 digital release
I Want U (Purple Version) 3:36 Closer Than Close

I Want U single

Studio
I Want U (Black Ice Version) 6:52 I Want U single Remix 2010 digital release
I Want U (Bonus Vocal Mix) 6:41 I Want U promo Remix
I Want U (Inner City Blue) 4:13 Concrete Jungle

I Want U single

Remix
I Want U (Inner City Blue) (Extended Version) 7:53 I Want U single Remix 2010 digital release
I Want U (Inner City Blue) (Rough Version) 7:54 I Want U single Remix
I Want U (Inner City Blue) (Earth Mama Version) 6:34 Closer Than Close

I Want U single

Remix
I Want U (Inner City Blue) (Earth Mama Version Instrumental) 5:01 I Want U single Remix
I Want U (Inner City Blue) (Earth Mama Version Edit) a.k.a. (Earth Mama TV Mix - Radio Version) 4:37 I Want U single Remix edit a.k.a. I Want U (Earth Mama Radio Version)
I Want U (Inner City Blue) (Mark Picchiotti’s Weekend Radio Mix) 4:57 I Want U single Remix 2010 digital release
I Want U (M&M Anthem Mix) 7:26 I Want U single Remix
I Want U (M&M Anthem Mix Instrumental) 7:26 rosiegaines.com mp3 download Remix Available in 2005
I Want U (Notice The House Mix) 5:42 I Want U promo Remix
I Want U (Scats) 1:51 I Want U promo Remix
I Want U (Weekend Mix) 9:35 I Want U single Remix
I Want U (Whistles In Heaven Mix) 5:46 I Want U promo Remix
I Want U (Booker T. Mix) 4:00 rosiegaines.com mp3 download Remix Available in 2005
I Want U (Bump & Flex Bin Killa Dub) 5:40 rosiegaines.com mp3 download Remix Available in 2005
I Want U (Bump & Flex Original Instrumental) 5:53 I Want U single Remix 2010 digital release
I Want U (Bump & Flex Original Mix) 5:54 I Want U single Remix 2010 digital release
I Want U (Tuff Jam Mix) 5:33 rosiegaines.com mp3 download Remix Available in 2005
Cream / Well Done / I Want U / In The Socket (Medley) (Live At Glam Slam 1992) 13:58 Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Live 11 January 1992: Glam Slam, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Want U (Earth Mama Version Edit) 4:50 promotional release only Promo video Official music video
Cream / Well Done / I Want U / In The Socket (Medley) (Live At Glam Slam 1992) 13:58 Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition blu-ray Live 11 January 1992: Glam Slam, Minneapolis, MN, USA


 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
I Want U: US Copyright Office: PAu001791051 / 1993-02-16 & PA0000813698 / 1996-10-04;
I Want U (Purple Version): ASCAP Work ID: 390869211 ISWC: Not Assigned; :US Copyright Office: PA0000767581 / 1995-12-18 & PA0000780129 / 1996-03-15;
I Want U (Inner City Blue): US Copyright Office PA0000675942 / 1995-07-17 & PA0000740466 / 1995-08-14;
I Want U (Inner City Blue) (Earth Mama Version): ASCAP Work ID: 390568706 ISWC: T9105576316; US Copyright Office: PA0000780127 / 1996-03-15;
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