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|introduction = '''3121''' is the first track on [[Prince]]'s 31st studio album [[Album: 3121|3121]]. In 2008, a 2007 live recording of the track was included as the first track on [[Prince]]'s fourth live album [[Album: Indigo Nights|Indigo Nights]], incorporating renditions of [[The Entertainer]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin Scott Joplin]'s 1902 composition), [[Alexander's Ragtime Band]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Berlin Irving Berlin]'s 1911 composition), [[Music! Music! Music!]] (by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Baum Bernie Baum] and Stephan Weiss, from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Brewer Teresa Brewer]'s 1949 single ''Music! Music! Music!''), and [[Prince]]'s own [[D.M.S.R.]] (from [[Album: 1999|1999]]). | |introduction = '''3121''' is the first track on [[Prince]]'s 31st studio album [[Album: 3121|3121]]. In 2008, a 2007 live recording of the track was included as the first track on [[Prince]]'s fourth live album [[Album: Indigo Nights|Indigo Nights]], incorporating renditions of [[The Entertainer]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin Scott Joplin]'s 1902 composition), [[Alexander's Ragtime Band]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Berlin Irving Berlin]'s 1911 composition), [[Music! Music! Music!]] (by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Baum Bernie Baum] and Stephan Weiss, from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Brewer Teresa Brewer]'s 1949 single ''Music! Music! Music!''), and [[Prince]]'s own [[D.M.S.R.]] (from [[Album: 1999|1999]]). | ||
− | While exact recording | + | While an exact recording date is not known, initial tracking took place in November 2004, during a three-and-a-half hour session with [[Michael B.]] on drums and [[Sonny T.]] on bass at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA that also yielded [[From The Lotus...]], [[...Back 2 The Lotus]], [[Colonized Mind]], [[Love Like Jazz]], [[Wall Of Berlin]], [[Planet Earth]] and [Guitar]]. In an August 2006 [http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2006/08/michael-bland-2/#.VD7L3IvF_HI interview], [[Michael B.]] confirmed the recording date and said [they recorded] eleven or twelve tracks in three and a half hours that night. |
− | + | [Prince]] wore a jacket with the "3121" logo (as on the album cover) when performing at the 36th NAACP Image Awards on [[19 March 2005]], and his rented mansion in Beverly Hills, CA, USA, was known as [[3121 (Mulholland)|3121]] (the name may have come from the track or vice versa - this is unclear). The track was included as the first track on a late 2005 configuration of [[Album: 3121|3121]], where it remained for release. | |
− | Of note is that the intro of [[3121]] contains some disguised spoken words that say "From the lotus flower..." and are also used on [[...Back 2 The Lotus]] (although not [[From The Lotus...]]) | + | Of note is that the intro of [[3121]] contains some disguised spoken words that say "From the lotus flower..." and are also used on [[...Back 2 The Lotus]] (although not on [[From The Lotus...]]). [[Prince]] also ends the song stating "It's going down... like the wall of Berlin", all referring to songs recorded during the same session. |
+ | The "wall of Berlin" is a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall Berlin Wall], which divided the cities of West Berlin and East Berlin (and the countries of West Germany and East Germany, respectively) until its fall in 1989. | ||
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|date = November 2004 | |date = November 2004 | ||
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Initial tracking |
+ | }} | ||
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+ | |date = late 2004 (assumed) | ||
+ | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | ||
+ | |additional info = horn overdubs | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|trivia = The name "3121" has been used in many ways, but it is unclear whether the song was recorded before [[Prince]]'s rented mansion in Beverly Hills was named (see above). | |trivia = The name "3121" has been used in many ways, but it is unclear whether the song was recorded before [[Prince]]'s rented mansion in Beverly Hills was named (see above). | ||
*[[Prince]] named his website from 2006-8 [[3121.com]]. | *[[Prince]] named his website from 2006-8 [[3121.com]]. | ||
+ | * The sessions that yielded this track is the first appearance of [[Michael B.]] and [[Sonny T.]] together on a released [[Prince]] recording since their Spring 1996 sessions as part of the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] | ||
*[[Prince]] released a perfume in 2007 titled 3121. | *[[Prince]] released a perfume in 2007 titled 3121. | ||
|see also = [[Album: 3121|3121]] album | |see also = [[Album: 3121|3121]] album |
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