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− | |first live appearance = [[24_March 2006-am|24 March 2006 (a.m.), Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, CA, USA]] <small>(first confirmed performance, but likely performed earlier in 2006 or 2005)</small><br> | + | |first live appearance = [[28 February 2005-am|28 February 2005 (a.m.): , Beverly Hills, CA, USA]] <small>(although potentially also performed earlier in 2005)</small> <br> |
| * [[17 September 2007-am|17 September 2007 (a.m.): 3121 at The IndigO<sub>2</sub>, London, England]] | | * [[17 September 2007-am|17 September 2007 (a.m.): 3121 at The IndigO<sub>2</sub>, London, England]] |
| |performed regularly on = [[Per4ming Live 3121]] | | |performed regularly on = [[Per4ming Live 3121]] |
| *[[21 Nights In London : The Earth Tour]] | | *[[21 Nights In London : The Earth Tour]] |
− | |performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#2006|2006]], [[All_Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All_Concerts#2009|2009]] | + | |performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#2005|2005]], [[All_Concerts#2006|2006]], [[All_Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All_Concerts#2009|2009]] |
| |trivia = The name "3121" has been used in many ways, It is believed [[Prince]] wrote the song around the time he moved into a rented mansion on [[Location: 3121 Antelo Road|3121 Antelo Rd.]] in Los Angeles, California. | | |trivia = The name "3121" has been used in many ways, It is believed [[Prince]] wrote the song around the time he moved into a rented mansion on [[Location: 3121 Antelo Road|3121 Antelo Rd.]] in Los Angeles, California. |
| *[[Prince]] named his website from 2006-8 [[3121.com]]. | | *[[Prince]] named his website from 2006-8 [[3121.com]]. |
3121 is the first track on Prince's 31st studio album 3121. In 2008, a 2007 live recording of the track was included as the first track on Prince's fourth live album Indigo Nights, incorporating renditions of The Entertainer (Scott Joplin's 1902 composition), Alexander's Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin's 1911 composition), Music! Music! Music! (by Bernie Baum and Stephan Weiss, from Teresa Brewer's 1949 single Music! Music! Music!), and Prince's own D.M.S.R. (from 1999).
While an exact recording date is not known, basic 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 in Chanhassen, Minnesota that also yielded From The Lotus..., ...Back 2 The Lotus, Colonized Mind, Love Like Jazz, Wall Of Berlin, Planet Earth, Guitar and a song titled Shameless as well as two or three others.
A tape photographed in Prince's vault at Paisley Park Studios lists Wall Of Berlin as 19 November 2004, which alludes this is the exact date for all of the songs in this sessions.
In an August 2006 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 Los Angeles at the time was at 3121 Antelo Rd., the address of which inspired the track's title. It was included as the first track on a late 2005 configuration of 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 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 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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19 November 2004
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Basic tracking
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late 2004 (assumed)
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
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horn overdubs
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Indigo Nights version
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