Keep It Together is the ninth track on Madonna's fourth album Like A Prayer. The track contains guitar by Prince, who was not credited. Ten months after the album's release, Keep It Together was released as the album's sixth single.
Prince's guitar contribution was recorded in mid-November 1988, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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1988
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Studio information needed
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Basic tracking (Madonna demo; no Prince input)
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Mid-November 1988
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Guitar solo recording by Prince
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Recording Personnel
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- Madonna - lead vocals, background vocals, additional synthesizer
- Prince - guitar solo (uncredited)
- Jeffrey Porcaro - drums (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- John Robinson - drums (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Jonathan Moffett - drums (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Guy Pratt - bass guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Randy Jackson - bass guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Bruce Gaitsch - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Chester Kamen - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Dann Huff - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- David Williams - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Marcos Loya - requinto guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Bruce Gaitsch - acoustic guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- The Andrea Crouch Choir - background vocals
- Donna DeLory - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Lynne Fiddmont - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Marcos Loya - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Marilyn Martin - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Ali Nadirah - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Niki Haris - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Rose Banks - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Geary Lanier - clavinet (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Joe Porcaro - marimba (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Luis Conte - percussion (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Paulinho Da Costa - percussion (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Patrick Leonard - acoustic piano, B3 organ, clavinet, synthesizer (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Jai Winding - synthesizer (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Stephen Bray - synthesizer (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
- Sandra Crouch - Spanish tambourine (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Information is given for Prince-related versions only
Title
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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Keep It Together
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5:03
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Like A Prayer
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Studio
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Keep It Together (Single Remix)
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4:32
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Keep It Together single
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Remix
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Additional production and remix by Shep Pettibone
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Keep It Together (7" Remix)
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4:45
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Keep It Together promo single
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Remix
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Remix by Shep Pettibone
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Keep It Together (12" Remix)
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7:50
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Keep It Together single
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Remix
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Additional production and remix by Shep Pettibone
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Keep It Together (Dub)
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7:00
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Keep It Together single
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Remix
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Additional production and remix by Shep Pettibone
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Keep It Together (12" Mix)
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6:50
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Keep It Together single
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Remix
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Remix by Stephen Bray & The 45 King
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Keep It Together (Bonus Beats)
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3:27
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Keep It Together single
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Remix
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Remix by Stephen Bray & The 45 King
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