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Song details
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Performer:
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Prince
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Writer(s):
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Aretha Franklin
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Producer(s):
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Prince (assumed)
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Live Appearances
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First and last live appearance:
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- This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince.
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Performed regularly on tour:
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Performed occasionally in shows:
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All The King’s Horses is an unreleased cover version of the track by Aretha Franklin (from her 1972 album Young, Gifted and Black).
Specific recording dates are not known, but the track is believed to have been recorded in 2002 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Clare Fischer recorded an orchestral part in September 2002. Following the song’s recording, Prince released three instrumental albums before returning to the commercial pop music scene; this track may simply have not fit thematically on any of Prince’s albums following its recording.
The song is called All The King’s Horses on the tape and went sent to Clare Fischer but the tape box list its title as All The King’s Men.
In 2008, the song (as All The King’s Horses) was included as the eleventh and last track on the first volume of the Songwriter project.
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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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| 2002
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Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
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Tracking
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| September 2002
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Capitol Studios,
Hollywood, CA, USA
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Orchestra recording by Clare Fischer
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Recording Personnel
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- Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (assumed)
- Clare Fischer - orchestration
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Versions
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Unreleased Versions
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Version
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Additional Info
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| All The King’s Horses
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Studio
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Recorded 2002, before orchestral overdubs
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| All The King’s Horses
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Studio
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Final version after orchestral overdubs
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Additional Information
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See also
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Trivia
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- This was one of the unreleased songs played for VIP attendees of the Celebration event held at Paisley Park Studios in June 2023 (without orchestral overdubs and along with The Rain And You, 7 (In E Flat), Everything Could Be So Fine, The Rock That Keeps Rolling, I Believe I Love U, U’re Such A Tease, Don’t Play With Love, Della Blackheart and All A Share Together Now) and again in June 2024 (with orchestral overdubs, along with Let’s Go Crazy (Demo), Fat Jazz, However Much U Want (Piano Demo), First Time I Saw U, Friction, Calabama, No Changes, And God Created Woman (Demo) and Purple Rain (Piano demo)).
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References
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