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from the album Dirty Mind single art for Head Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 8 October 1980 - Dirty Mind album Album(s): Dirty Mind The Hits 2 The Hits / The B-Sides 4Ever 1999 Super Deluxe Edition Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 23 February 1980: Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, LA, USA (First confirmed performance, possibly also on Prince Club Tour) 22 May 2014: The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland (instrumental, bassline only) Performed regularly on tour: Dirty Mind Tour Controversy Tour 1999 Tour Parade Tour Lovesexy Tour Performed occasionally in shows: 1980, 1985, 1986, 2007 (clips only during sampler sets), 2011 (instrumental only)

Head is the sixth track on Prince’s third album Dirty Mind, and, in late 1980, Head was released as the album’s second single (only available in the Philippines; in the USA it was released only on a promo acting more as an album sampler than a promo for this particular song). In 1993, the track was included as the fourth track on Prince’s compilation album The Hits 2 (also included as the second disc of The Hits / The B-Sides). While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place from May to June 1980, in Prince’s North Arm Drive Home Studio in Orono, Minnesota (credited as "Somewhere in Uptown"), and completed in June 1980 at Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California. The song introduced new band member Lisa Coleman who contributed a spoken word segment after Gayle Chapman objected to the song’s lyrics and left the band. Some of the lyrics are seemingly inspired by Darlene, a girl from San Francisco, CA that Prince was seeing and the protagonist for the song Darlene Marie. At the time they first met in September 1978, she was engaged to be married. The line " ...when I met you, baby, you were on your way to be wed" was about, or inspired by her. In 1994, Kirk Johnson remixed the track at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and the remix, while unreleased, was partially included in the Kirk J’s B Sides Remix medley. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info May-June 1980 North Arm Drive Home Studio, Orono, MN, USA Tracking June 1980 Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, USA Overdubs, mixing 19 January 1983 Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland FL Tour Demo version 1994 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Remix by Kirk Johnson Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Dr. Fink - synthesizer Lisa Coleman - vocals Tour Demo Version Prince - all instruments Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Head 4:40 Dirty Mind Uptown promo Head single Do It All Night single Gotta Stop (Messin’ About) single The Hits 2 The Hits / The B-Sides 4Ever Studio Lady Cab Driver / I Wanna Be Your Lover / Head / Little Red Corvette (Tour Demo) 7:00 1999 Super Deluxe Edition Live Recorded 19 January 1983, Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland FL Head 4:13 1999 Super Deluxe Edition Live 1 December 1982 (a.m.): Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Head 3:18 Lovesexy Live 2 VHS Live 9 September 1988, Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, West Germany Head 6:02 1999 Super Deluxe Edition DVD Live 29 December 1982: The Summit, Houston, TX, USA Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info Head T.B.C. Live concert TV broadcast Live 7 June 1986, Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in... Title Length Released Version Additional info Partyman (The Purple Party Mix) 6:02 Partyman single Remix Remix by Femi Jiya and Prince; Includes sampled clips of Sexy Dancer, I Wanna Be Your Lover, Head, Partyup, Let’s Work, 1999, Raspberry Beret, Erotic City, Kiss, U Got The Look, Housequake, Alphabet St., The Future and a chant from Batdance Partyman (The Purple Party Mix) 5:58 The Scandalous Sex Suite EP Remix edit As above, missing The Joker’s opening dialogue Kirk J’s B Sides Remix 7:00 Purple Medley single Studio medley See Kirk J’s B Sides Remix for more details Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Head Remix Remixed 1994 version of the track by Kirk Johnson containing new beats and keyboard lines

Additional Information See also Trivia Dirty Mind album Head single 1999 Super Deluxe Edition Head is the earliest-recorded track to feature Lisa Coleman, who contributed a spoken word segment after Gayle Chapman objected to the song’s lyrics and left the band. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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