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String players: (not on any released version)
String players: (not on any released version)
*[[Novi Novog]] - violin and viola
*[[Novi Novog]] - violin and viola
*[[Suzie Katayama]] - cello
*[[Suzie Katayama]] - cello
*[[David Coleman]] - cello
*[[David Coleman]] - cello
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Revision as of 16:05, 25 June 2024

Uncle Sam   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Undercover Lover
Under The Cherry Moon

from the album Parade
Song details
Performer: Prince and the Revolution
First Released: 31 March 1986 - Parade album
Album(s): Parade
Writer(s): Prince and John L. Nelson
Producer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Under The Cherry Moon is the fourth track on Prince’s eighth album Parade, the third to be credited to Prince and the Revolution. Four months after the album’s release, the track was also included as a b-side on the album’s third single in the UK and Europe, Girls & Boys (not released in North America). In 1989, the track was included as the third and final track on a CD re-release of Kiss, the album’s first single. The track also serves as the title track of Prince’s second feature film, Under The Cherry Moon, although Prince chose to give the soundtrack album the title Parade, with the subtitle "Music from the motion picture Under The Cherry Moon".

Although Under The Cherry Moon was played live as an instrumental on occasional dates during the Purple Rain Tour, basic tracking in the studio only took place after the tour ended, on 17 April 1985 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California, with Prince recording the drum track in sequence of Wendy’s Parade, New Position, I Wonder U and Under The Cherry Moon, all in one take. He then layered other instruments over all four tracks. Clare Fischer arranged and recorded orchestration for the song in June 1985 at Monterey Sound Studios, Glendale, CA, but Prince preferred the track without orchestration, and chose to use the track without orchestration for the final release. Prince’s father, John L. Nelson, receives co-writing credit, although his input is uncertain.

Prince re-used some of the song’s melody in The Question Of U, recorded three months later.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
17 April 1985 - 19 April 1985 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Tracking, overdubs, mix (17th); overdubs (18th); overdubs and mix (19th)
24 April 1985 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Overdubs (Novi Novog, Suzie Katayama, David Coleman, Annette Atkinson, Richard Feves), mix
1 May 1985 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Mix with new oboe & instrumental mix (for use in Under The Cherry Moon
13 June 1985 (estimate) The Complex Studios,
Los Angeles, CA, USA 		Overdubs, mix (Wendy & Lisa)
24 June 1985 Monterey Sound Studios,
Glendale, CA, USA 		Orchestra recording by Clare Fischer
26 July 1985 Washington Avenue Warehouse,
Edina, MN, USA 		Mixing (orchestra)
7 August 1985 Washington Avenue Warehouse,
Edina, MN, USA 		Mixing (orchestra)
18 November 1985 (estimate) Pumacrest Mobile Recording Unit (from Advision Studios)
in Nice, France 		Mix (Wendy & Lisa, probably with Prince)
16 December 1985 Washington Avenue Warehouse,
Edina, MN, USA 		Mix and strings only mix (Novog/Katayama/Coleman /Atkinson/Feves)
27 January 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Orchestra only mix for Under The Cherry Moon (Susan Rogers, sans Prince)
30 January 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Likely mix [instrumental version, no orchestra mix]
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted

String players: (not on any released version)


Fischer Orchestral Players:
  • Violins - Isabelle Daskoff, Francine Walsh, Mari Botnik, Pam Gates, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Betty Moor, Irma Neumann, Assa Drori, Bill Hymanson, Oscar Chasow, Ron Clark, Henry Ferber, Erne Granat, Ed Green, Bill Hybel, Reggie Hill, Pat Johnson, Don Palmer, Sheldon Sanov, Joe Schonbrun, Terry Schonbrun and Harold Wolf
  • Violas - Pam Goldsmith, Margot Maclaine, Carol Mukagawa, Myer Bello, Alan Deverich, Norman Forrest, Alan Harshman, Jorge Moraga and David Stock
  • Cellos - Jim Arkatoff, Ray Kelley, Ray Kramer and Fred Seykora
  • Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson.
  • Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico
  • Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob O’Donnell and Al Vizutti
  • Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous
  • French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian O’Connor, Calvin Smith and Jim Thatcher
  • Tuba - Tommy Johnson
  • Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Under The Cherry Moon 2:57 Parade

Girls & Boys single
Girls & Boys 12" single Kiss single re-issue

Studio
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Under The Cherry Moon 0:29 Under The Cherry Moon film Performance Introduction of the film
Under The Cherry Moon 1:31 Under The Cherry Moon film Studio Part of the instrumental version
Poem To The Lady In White 0:39 Under The Cherry Moon film Studio See Under The Cherry Moon cues for details
Isaac Gets Screamed On 0:08 Under The Cherry Moon film Studio See Under The Cherry Moon cues for details
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Under The Cherry Moon ?:?? Live concert radio broadcast Live 22 July 1990, Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain
Under The Cherry Moon ?:?? Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 31 August 1990, Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム), Tokyo, Japan
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
The Break-up 2:38 Under The Cherry Moon film Studio See Under The Cherry Moon cues for details
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Under The Cherry Moon Studio Full 1985 recording with unused orchestral overdubs
Under The Cherry Moon Studio Recorded for a scene that did not make the final cut of Under The Cherry Moon
Under The Cherry Moon Studio Strings only mix
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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