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{{song|
 
{{song|
 
|song name                = 17 Days
 
|song name                = 17 Days
|album image              = [[File:Whendovescry single.jpg|100px|border|link=Single: When Doves Cry]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: When Doves Cry|When Doves Cry]]
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|album image              = [[File:Whendovescry single.jpg|100px|border|link=Single: When Doves Cry]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: When Doves Cry|When Doves Cry]]<br> [[Image:Piano&amicrophone1983.jpg|100px|link=Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]]</small>
|single image              =  [[Image:thehitsthebsides.jpg|117px|border|link=Album: The Hits / The B-Sides]] <br> <small> included on [[Album: The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]</small>
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|single image              =  [[Image:thehitsthebsides.jpg|117px|border|link=Album: The Hits / The B-Sides]] <br> <small> included on [[Album: The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]</small>  
 
|performer                = [[Prince and the Revolution]]
 
|performer                = [[Prince and the Revolution]]
 
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 16|16 May 1984]] - [[Single: When Doves Cry|When Doves Cry]] single
 
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 16|16 May 1984]] - [[Single: When Doves Cry|When Doves Cry]] single
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|writer(s)                = [[Prince]], [[Lisa Coleman]], [[Matt Fink|Dr. Fink]], [[Wendy Melvoin]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]])
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]], [[Lisa Coleman]], [[Matt Fink|Dr. Fink]], [[Wendy Melvoin]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]])
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]])
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]])
|previous song            = [[17 (Penetration)]]
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|previous song            = [[17]]
 
|next song                = [[18 (R U Legal Yet?)]]
 
|next song                = [[18 (R U Legal Yet?)]]
|introduction              = '''17 Days''' (full title as copyrighted '''17 Days (The Rain Will Come Down, Then U Will Have 2 Choose If U Believe. Look 2 The Dawn And U Shall Never Lose)''') was released as the b-side of the single [[Single: When Doves Cry|When Doves Cry]], the first single to be released from [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], released worldwide. In 1993, it was included as the 15th track on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The B-Sides]] compilation (included as the third and final disc on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]).
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|introduction              = '''17 Days''' (full title as copyrighted '''17 Days (the rain will come down, then U will have 2 choose. If U believe look 2 the dawn and U shall never lose.)''') was released as the b-side of the single [[Single: When Doves Cry|When Doves Cry]], the first single to be released from [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], released worldwide. In 1993, it was included as the 15th track on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The B-Sides]] compilation (included as the third and final disc on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]). A 1983 piano rehearsal of the track was also included on the 2018 posthumous release [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]], and released two weeks prior to the album as a pre-release download. The same version was released as the A-side of a 7" vinyl [[Single: 17 Days|17 Days (Piano Version)]] single distributed as cover mount with the October 2018 edition of Rolling Stone magazine in Germany in September 2018.
  
While specific recording dates for [[17 Days]] are not known, it was initially recorded at [[The Warehouse]] in St. Louis Park, Minnesota in August 1983, likely a couple of days after [[Let's Go Crazy]] and [[Computer Blue]], with [[Brenda Bennett]] on vocals. By this time [[Vanity]] had just left the [[Prince]] camp and [[Apollonia]] was yet to be cast as her replacement. So it was never really intended for either [[Vanity 6]] or [[Apollonia 6]], but perhaps [[Prince]] had a solo project with [[Brenda Bennett]] in mind.
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While specific recording dates for [[17 Days]] are not known, it was initially recorded at [[The Warehouse]] in St. Louis Park, Minnesota in August 1983, likely a couple of days after [[Let’s Go Crazy]] and [[Computer Blue]], with [[Brenda Bennett]] on vocals. By this time [[Vanity]] had just left the [[Prince]] camp and [[Apollonia]] was yet to be cast as her replacement. So it was never really intended for either [[Vanity 6]] or [[Apollonia 6]], but perhaps [[Prince]] had a solo project with [[Brenda Bennett]] in mind.
  
The song was later re-recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 8|8 January 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (three days after [[Oliver's House]]) with [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] providing some background vocals and worked on further in March. While the [[Single: When Doves Cry|When Doves Cry]] single was credited only to [[Prince]], [[17 Days]] was credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]], marking it the earliest release of a track containing this credit.
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The song was later re-recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 8|8 January 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (three days after [[Oliver’s House]]) with [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] providing some background vocals and worked on further in March. While the [[Single: When Doves Cry|When Doves Cry]] single was credited only to [[Prince]], [[17 Days]] was credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]], marking it the earliest release of a track containing this credit.
 
|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = August 1983
 
|date                      = August 1983
|studio                    = [[The Warehouse]], St. Louis Park, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[The Warehouse]],<br>St. Louis Park, MN, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking, [[Brenda Bennett]] vocals
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|additional info          = Basic tracking of jam version,  
 
}}
 
}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = August 1983
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|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|additional info          = [[Brenda Bennett]] vocals
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = Spring - Autumn 1983 (estimate)
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|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], <br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|additional info          = Rehearsal recording - '''(Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version)'''
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_18|18 September 1983]]
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3 ,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info          = Jam (new recording)
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 8|8 January 1984]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 8|8 January 1984]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3 ,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Re-recording
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|additional info          = Basic tracking, re-recording
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 18|18 March 1984]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 18|18 March 1984]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
 
|additional info          = Overdubs
 
|additional info          = Overdubs
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 21|21 March 1984]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 21|21 March 1984]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]]- Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
 
|additional info          = Edits
 
|additional info          = Edits
 
}}
 
}}
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*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - background vocals
 
*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - background vocals
 
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - background vocals
 
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - background vocals
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* [[Jill Jones]] - background vocals (uncredited)
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'''Piano & A Microphone 1983 version'''
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and piano
 
|released versions        =
 
|released versions        =
 
{{Songchart|
 
{{Songchart|
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[[Single: Girls & Boys|Girls & Boys]] single<br>
 
[[Single: Girls & Boys|Girls & Boys]] single<br>
 
[[Album: The_Hits / The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]] <br>
 
[[Album: The_Hits / The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]] <br>
[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' - Single Edits & B-Sides]]
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[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' - Single Edits & B-Sides]]
 
|4= Studio
 
|4= Studio
 
|5= a.k.a. '''B-Side Edit'''
 
|5= a.k.a. '''B-Side Edit'''
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''17 Days'''
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|2= 6:22
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|3= [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]] <br>
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|4= 'Rehearsal'
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|5= a.k.a. '''17 Days (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version)'''
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''17 Days (Piano Version)'''
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|2= 3:14
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|3= [[Single: 17 Days|17 Days (Piano Version)]] single
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|4= 'Rehearsal'
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|5= edit of the above
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
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|2= Studio
 
|2= Studio
 
|3= Version with [[Brenda Bennett]] on lead vocals
 
|3= Version with [[Brenda Bennett]] on lead vocals
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}}
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{{Unreleasedline|
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|1= '''17 Days'''
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|2= Studio
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|3= Studio jam
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Unreleasedline|
 
{{Unreleasedline|
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* [[Per4ming Live 3121]]
 
* [[Per4ming Live 3121]]
 
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1985|1985]], [[All Concerts#2004|2004]], [[All Concerts#2011|2011]], [[All_Concerts#2012|2012]] <small> (during sampler set) </small>, [[All_Concerts#2013|2013]] <small> (during sampler set) </small>, [[All_Concerts#2014|2014]] <small> (during sampler set) </small>
 
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1985|1985]], [[All Concerts#2004|2004]], [[All Concerts#2011|2011]], [[All_Concerts#2012|2012]] <small> (during sampler set) </small>, [[All_Concerts#2013|2013]] <small> (during sampler set) </small>, [[All_Concerts#2014|2014]] <small> (during sampler set) </small>
|trivia                    = While the [[Single: When Doves Cry|When Doves Cry]] was credited only to [[Prince]], [[17 Days]] was credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]], marking the earliest release of a track containing this credit.
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|trivia                    = In 2017 [[Brenda Bennett]] released a newly recorded solo version on her [https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/brendabennett5 Once Again] album.
* In 2017 [[Brenda Bennett]] released a newly recorded solo version on her [https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/brendabennett5 Once Again] album.
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|see also                  = [[Single: When Doves Cry|When Doves Cry]] single
 
|see also                  = [[Single: When Doves Cry|When Doves Cry]] single
 
|references                = ''[[Book: The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
 
|references                = ''[[Book: The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538105497/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511110969&sr=8-1&keywords=duane+tudahl+prince&dpID=51jJZJCGZoL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984, Duane Tudahl (2017)]''
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* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]''
*<b>Copyright(s)</b>: [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office PAu000609913 / 1984-04-24, Supplemented by: PAu000645374 / 1984-06-21]; [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First PA0000220372 / 1984-08-13]; [http://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx ASCAP Work ID: 490541670 / ISWC: T0709253417]
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*<b>Copyright(s)</b>: [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office PAu000609913 / 1984-04-24, Supplemented by: PAu000645374 / 1984-06-21]; [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First PA0000220372 / 1984-08-13]; [http://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx ASCAP Work ID: 490541670 / ISWC: T0709253417]
 
|categories                = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1983]]
 
|categories                = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1983]]
 
}}
 
}}

Revision as of 06:02, 11 May 2021

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17 Days

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single art for When Doves Cry
Piano&amicrophone1983.jpg
from the album Piano & A Microphone 1983
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included on The Hits / The B-Sides
Song details
Performer: Prince and the Revolution
First Released: 16 May 1984 - When Doves Cry single
Album(s): The Hits / The B-Sides
Writer(s): Prince, Lisa Coleman, Dr. Fink, Wendy Melvoin (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

17 Days (full title as copyrighted 17 Days (the rain will come down, then U will have 2 choose. If U believe look 2 the dawn and U shall never lose.)) was released as the b-side of the single When Doves Cry, the first single to be released from Purple Rain, released worldwide. In 1993, it was included as the 15th track on The B-Sides compilation (included as the third and final disc on The Hits / The B-Sides). A 1983 piano rehearsal of the track was also included on the 2018 posthumous release Piano & A Microphone 1983, and released two weeks prior to the album as a pre-release download. The same version was released as the A-side of a 7" vinyl 17 Days (Piano Version) single distributed as cover mount with the October 2018 edition of Rolling Stone magazine in Germany in September 2018.

While specific recording dates for 17 Days are not known, it was initially recorded at The Warehouse in St. Louis Park, Minnesota in August 1983, likely a couple of days after Let’s Go Crazy and Computer Blue, with Brenda Bennett on vocals. By this time Vanity had just left the Prince camp and Apollonia was yet to be cast as her replacement. So it was never really intended for either Vanity 6 or Apollonia 6, but perhaps Prince had a solo project with Brenda Bennett in mind.

The song was later re-recorded on 8 January 1984 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (three days after Oliver’s House) with Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman providing some background vocals and worked on further in March. While the When Doves Cry single was credited only to Prince, 17 Days was credited to Prince and the Revolution, marking it the earliest release of a track containing this credit.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
August 1983 The Warehouse,
St. Louis Park, MN, USA
Basic tracking of jam version,
August 1983 Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Brenda Bennett vocals
Spring - Autumn 1983 (estimate) Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Rehearsal recording - (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version)
18 September 1983 Sunset Sound - Studio 3 ,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Jam (new recording)
8 January 1984 Sunset Sound - Studio 3 ,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Basic tracking, re-recording
18 March 1984 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Overdubs
21 March 1984 Sunset Sound- Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Edits
Recording Personnel

Vanity 6/Apollonia 6 version


Prince and the Revolution version


Piano & A Microphone 1983 version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
17 Days 3:54 When Doves Cry - single

Girls & Boys single
The Hits / The B-Sides
Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition - Single Edits & B-Sides

Studio a.k.a. B-Side Edit
17 Days 6:22 Piano & A Microphone 1983
'Rehearsal' a.k.a. 17 Days (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version)
17 Days (Piano Version) 3:14 17 Days (Piano Version) single 'Rehearsal' edit of the above


Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Musicology 4:26 Musicology Studio Brief clip heard 'on radio' during segue following Musicology
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
17 Days Studio Version with Brenda Bennett on lead vocals
17 Days Studio Studio jam
17 Days Studio Full length version
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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