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|performer = [[Kip Blackshire]], [[DuJuan Blackshire]] and [[Johnnie Blackshire]] | |performer = [[Kip Blackshire]], [[DuJuan Blackshire]] and [[Johnnie Blackshire]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Kip Blackshire]], [[DuJuan Blackshire]] and [[Johnnie Blackshire]] (lyrics) and [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png| | |writer(s) = [[Kip Blackshire]], [[DuJuan Blackshire]] and [[Johnnie Blackshire]] (lyrics) and [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|Link= Alias: Symbol]] - music) | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] <small>(as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png| | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] <small>(as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|Link= Alias: Symbol]] - assumed)</small> | ||
|previous song = [[Do U Wanna Rock?]] | |previous song = [[Do U Wanna Rock?]] | ||
|next song = [[Do You Feel Like Dancing?]] | |next song = [[Do You Feel Like Dancing?]] | ||
|introduction = '''Do Unto Others''' is an unreleased song initially written and recorded by the vocal group formed by the Blackshire brothers ([[Johnnie Blackshire|Johnnie]], [[DuJuan Blackshire|DuJuan]] and [[Kip Blackshire|Kip]]) in 1997 for a planned album (which also remain unreleased). The song was sent to [[Morris Hayes]] whom they knew from the time he was still living in Arkansas. This connection led them to move to Minneapolis, Minnesota and join [[Band: New Power Generation|The New Power Generation]] in 1999 (with [[Kip Blackshire|Kip]] on keyboards and background vocals, and [[Johnnie Blackshire|Johnnie]] and [[DuJuan Blackshire|DuJuan]] as occasional vocalists). When [[Prince]] (then [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png| | |introduction = '''Do Unto Others''' is an unreleased song initially written and recorded by the vocal group formed by the Blackshire brothers ([[Johnnie Blackshire|Johnnie]], [[DuJuan Blackshire|DuJuan]] and [[Kip Blackshire|Kip]]) in 1997 for a planned album (which also remain unreleased). The song was sent to [[Morris Hayes]] whom they knew from the time he was still living in Arkansas. This connection led them to move to Minneapolis, Minnesota and join [[Band: New Power Generation|The New Power Generation]] in 1999 (with [[Kip Blackshire|Kip]] on keyboards and background vocals, and [[Johnnie Blackshire|Johnnie]] and [[DuJuan Blackshire|DuJuan]] as occasional vocalists). When [[Prince]] (then [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|Link= Alias: Symbol]]) heard the song, he decided to rewrite the music and started to play the new version in rehearsals with the Blackshire brothers. The chorus of '''Do Unto Others''' was sung occasionally during shows in 1999 over the music of [[Love... Thy Will Be Done]] but the new version of the track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]] solely. | ||
The line "do unto others as you would have them do to you" is a variation of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule Golden Rule] that [[Prince]] would later change for the lyrics of [[If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life]] ("do onto others, as they do onto you"). The songs are otherwise unrelated. | The line "do unto others as you would have them do to you" is a variation of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule Golden Rule] that [[Prince]] would later change for the lyrics of [[If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life]] ("do onto others, as they do onto you"). The songs are otherwise unrelated. | ||
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*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png| | *[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|Link= Alias: Symbol]]) - guitar | ||
*[[Kip Blackshire]] - keyboards and vocals | *[[Kip Blackshire]] - keyboards and vocals | ||
*[[Johnnie Blackshire]] - vocals | *[[Johnnie Blackshire]] - vocals | ||
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