Album: Here It Is

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Here It Is

Album details
Released:	May, 1991 - France 10 August, 1993 - rest of world
Length:	49:57 (1991 version) 46:26 (1993 version)
Label(s):	Une Musique / Musidisc (1991 version) Columbia Records (1993 version)
Studio(s):	Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Olympic Studio, Townhouse or Metropolis, London, England

Here It Is is the debut solo album by Minneapolis gospel/pop singer Jevetta Steele (who also sings with The Steeles), and was released in France in May, 1991.

The album contained And How and Skip 2 My U My Darling (containing writing and musical input by Prince), as well as Calling You (which had been included in the movie Baghdad Cafe and which later gained more attention when George Michael included it on his bestselling Five Live EP).

The album was later revamped and released worldwide in 1993. Both of Prince's songs were removed, but were replaced by two alternate tracks with Prince input - Hold Me and Open Book. The reasons for the switch in songs are unknown.

The 1993 international release was accompanied by a promotional release, Hold Me. The album did not enter the charts, however.

Prince's contributions were recorded at distinct times. And How was recorded by Prince in March, 1986, but Jevetta Steele's version was a re-recording from November, 1990. Skip 2 My U My Darling was recorded in late 1990 or early 1991 (Prince himself does not appear on the recording, and it's not clear if he recorded a preliminary version).

Hold Me was recorded by Prince in June, 1990, and was originally intended for Rosie Gaines before being offered to Anita Baker. Jevetta Steele recorded her vocal overdubs in October, 1991. Open Book was recorded in December, 1990, or early 1991, and was intended for Martika's album Martika's Kitchen before Jevetta Steele recorded vocals at some point before Summer, 1993.

Track listing

Details given for Prince-related tracks only

CD (1991 French release)

1. Say A Little Prayer For You
2. Baby, Are You?
3. And How (4:22) *
4. You're Gonna Love Me
5. Here It Is
6. Calling You
7. In This Man's World
8. Good Foot
9. Skip 2 My U My Darling (4:23) +
10. Where Do We Go From Here?
11. Love Will Follow

* Written by Prince, David Z. Rivkin and Levi Seacer, Jr.
+ Written by Prince, Jevetta Steele and Levi Seacer, Jr.

CD (1993 Worldwide release)

1. All In Time
2. Hold Me (4:37) **
3. Where Do We Go From Here?
4. Good Foot
5. Calling You
6. Love Is A Losing Game
7. Here It Is
8. Baby, Are You?
9. If You Want My Lovin'
10. Open Book (5:09) ++

** Written by Prince
++ Written by Martika, Levi Seacer, Jr. and Prince

Personnel

Musicians

• Jevetta Steele - lead vocals, background vocals
• Michael B. - drums on Hold Me
• Sonny T. - bass guitar on Hold Me
• Levi Seacer, Jr. - guitar on Hold Me, all instruments except where noted on Open Book, keyboards, guitar and drum programming on Skip 2 My U My Darling
• Tommy Barbarella - keyboards on Hold Me
• Kathleen Johnson - backing vocals on Hold Me
• Kirk Johnson - backing vocals on Hold Me, percussion on Open Book
• Prince - background vocals on Open Book
• Uncredited musician - saxophone on Open Book (possibly Eric Leeds)
• Fred Steele - background vocals on And How and Skip 2 My U My Darling
• JD Steele - background vocals on And How and Skip 2 My U My Darling
• Jearlyn Steele - background vocals on And How and Skip 2 My U My Darling
• Billy Steele - background vocals, organ and rap on Skip 2 My U My Darling
• Ricky Peterson - all instruments, except where noted, on And How, keyboards on Skip 2 My U My Darling
• St. Paul Peterson - all instruments, except where noted, on And How, bass guitar and guitar on Skip 2 My U My Darling

Production

• Ricky Peterson - producer and mixing engineer (album), arranger on And How
• Tommy LiPuma - producer (album), executive producer
• Prince - producer on Hold Me and Open Book (as Paisley Park), arranger on Skip 2 My U My Darling
• Levi Seacer, Jr. - arranger on Skip 2 My U My Darling
• Tom Tucker - mixing engineer

Singles released

• Hold Me promo

Charts

• This album did not enter the charts.

Releases

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Variants, special editions and re-releases

• 1993 rest-of-world reissue cover:

Album promotion

• Information needed.

Awards, nominations, and certifications

• None.

Quotations and trivia

• The track Love Is A Losing Game included on this album is entirely unrelated to the track Love Is A Losing Game, written and originally recorded by Amy Winehouse and recorded by Andy Allo and Prince in 2011.

References

• The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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