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from the album The Gold Experience single art for Hate U Song details Performer: First Released: 8 July 1995 - The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold) promo (Remix version) 12 September 1995 - Hate U single Album(s): The Gold Experience Anthology: 1995-2010 The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold) Writer(s): Prince (as ) Producer(s): Prince (as ), Ricky Peterson (co-producer) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 15 January 1995 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA 18 February 1996: Neal S. Blaisdell Center (Arena), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Performed regularly on tour: The Ultimate Live Experience (as part of medley of Billy Jack Bitch / Hate U / 319) Japan '96 (usually as part of medley of Billy Jack Bitch / Hate U / 319) Performed occasionally in shows: 1995, 1996

Hate U (often known as I Hate U or Eye Hate U) is the 16th track (eleventh song) on Prince’s 17th album The Gold Experience, the first to be credited to , and, two weeks before the album’s release, Hate U was released as the album’s first single (The Most Beautiful Girl In The World had been released the previous year, but it was not connected with the album release at the time). Two months earlier, however, a remix containing a portion of the album version along with a portion of the Quiet Night Mix by Eric Leeds was included as the fourth track on The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold) promo cassette given to attendees of the Versace collection of Paris Fashion Week. While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in early 1994 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as Days Of Wild, a new version of Shhh, and new versions of The Most Beautiful Girl In The World). The studio version of the song was premiered at a party at Glam Slam in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 16 March 1994 (along with Billy Jack Bitch, Days Of Wild, Now and a remix of Pope, hours after recording Letitgo). It is likely that the remixes and additional recording for the maxi-single versions took place in mid-1995, also at Paisley Park Studios, but this is unverified. The finale of the album version of the song is overlaid with the final NPG Operator segue; the full track without the overlaid segue is available as Hate U (Album Version) on the Hate U maxi-single. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info Early 1994 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking Mid-1995 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Remixes and additional recording Recording Personnel Prince (as ) - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Michael B. - drums Sonny T. - bass guitar Tommy Barbarella - keyboards Mr. Hayes - keyboards Ricky Peterson - additional keyboards (as "Ricky P.") Eric Leeds - saxophone and flute on the Quiet Night Mix version Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Hate U 5:54 The Gold Experience Studio Hate U (Album Version) 6:07 Hate U single Anthology: 1995-2010 Studio Full-length version without NPG Operator segue overlaid on the intro and finale Hate U (7" Edit w/o Guitar) 3:50 Hate U single Edit Hate U (Album Edit) 4:26 Hate U single Edit Hate U (Extended Remix) 6:17 Hate U single Gold single (UK) Remix Remix with entirely new lyrics by Hate U (Quiet Night Mix by Eric Leeds) 3:55 Hate U single Remix Instrumental remix; saxophone and flute by Eric Leeds I Hate U (Remix) 3:24 The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold) Remix Remix edit combining the Quiet Night Mix with the 'vocal' version. Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Hate U 4:36 not released in full until 2018 Promo video Promotional video, premiered at Paisley Park Studios party on 25 November 1995; see Hate U for details Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info Hate U ?:?? Live awards TV performance Lip-synch 30 January 1995, 22nd annual American Music Awards, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California; as part of lip-synched medley of Billy Jack Bitch / Hate U / 319 Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Hate U Studio Raw mix with longer ending

Additional Information See also Trivia The Gold Experience album Hate U single Hate U video The song was reportedly inspired by Prince/’s relationship with Carmen Electra. The lyrics of the "extended remix" version tend to confirm this with the line "U owe me about a million 8 or more", which more or less corresponds to the budget spent by Warner between 1992 and 1993 for the promotion of her album. The "extended remix" contains a reference to Robert Zemeckis's 1994 film Forrest Gump with the line "It’s like that feather in Forrest Gump floatin’ thru the air...Until the bus comes" . References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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