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|introduction = '''Acknowledge Me''' is the third track on the first disc of [[Prince]]’s 20th album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] (his fourth using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). Four years before its release, however, a video for the song had been included on [[TV Film: The Beautiful Experience|The Beautiful Experience]] TV movie. | |introduction = '''Acknowledge Me''' is the third track on the first disc of [[Prince]]’s 20th album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] (his fourth using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). Four years before its release, however, a video for the song had been included on [[TV Film: The Beautiful Experience|The Beautiful Experience]] TV movie. | ||
− | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in October 1993 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Gold]], [[319]], [[Billy Jack Bitch]], [[Chaos And Disorder]] and [[Right The Wrong]]). The track was included as the ninth track (fifth song) on a March 1994 configuration of [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], and was kept as the ninth track (fifth song) on a May 1994 configuration, as well as the third song on an August 1994 configuration. It was removed for an [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 13|13 October 1994]] configuration (replaced by [[Shhh]]). A version containing vocals by [[Sonny T.]] (with virtually identical backing music) was recorded at an unknown time in 1994 (possibly at around the time of its removal from [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], and this version (credited to [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]), was included (joined together with [[Slave 2 The System]]) as the third track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 2|2 December 1994]] configuration of [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s album [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]] (titled [[Slave 2 The System|Slave]]/[[Acknowledge Me]]), before its removal for the album’s release. Both [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s and the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s versions include an opening scream sampled from [[The Line]] and a spoken segment lifted directly from [[All My Dreams]]. | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in October 1993 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Gold]], [[319]], [[Billy Jack Bitch]], [[Chaos And Disorder]] and [[Right The Wrong]]). The track was included as the ninth track (fifth song) on a March 1994 configuration of [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], and was kept as the ninth track (fifth song) on a May 1994 configuration, as well as the third song on an August 1994 configuration. It was removed for an [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 13|13 October 1994]] configuration (replaced by [[Shhh]]). A version containing vocals by [[Sonny T.]] (with virtually identical backing music) was recorded at an unknown time in 1994 (possibly at around the time of its removal from [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], and this version (credited to [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]), was included (joined together with [[Slave 2 The System]]) as the third track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 2|2 December 1994]] configuration of [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s album [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]] (titled [[Slave 2 The System|Slave]]/[[Acknowledge Me]]), before its removal for the album’s release. Both [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s and the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s versions include an opening scream sampled from [[The Line]] (along with some background vocals and possibly distorded horn samples from that same song) and a spoken segment lifted directly from [[All My Dreams]]. |
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*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | *[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
*[[Boni Boyer]] - vocal intro (incorrectly credited as "Bonni Boyer", sampled from [[The Line]]) | *[[Boni Boyer]] - vocal intro (incorrectly credited as "Bonni Boyer", sampled from [[The Line]]) | ||
− | *[[ | + | *[[Sheila E.]], [[Boni Boyer]] and likely [[Cat]] - sampled vocals (uncredited sample of background vocals from [[The Line]]) |
+ | *[[Eric Leeds]] - horn (assumed - possible distorded sample from [[The Line]]) | ||
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'''New Power Generation version''' | '''New Power Generation version''' | ||
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*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all background vocals and instruments, except where noted | *[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all background vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
*[[Boni Boyer]] - vocal intro (sampled from [[The Line]]) | *[[Boni Boyer]] - vocal intro (sampled from [[The Line]]) | ||
− | *[[ | + | *[[Sheila E.]], [[Boni Boyer]] and likely [[Cat]] - sampled vocals (uncredited sample of background vocals from [[The Line]]) |
+ | *[[Eric Leeds]] - horn (assumed - possible distorded sample from [[The Line]]) | ||
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{{Songchart| | {{Songchart| | ||
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|1= '''Acknowledge Me''' | |1= '''Acknowledge Me''' | ||
|2= 3:15 | |2= 3:15 | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= Lip-synch TV broadcast |
|4= Studio, (small differences in mix compared to released version) | |4= Studio, (small differences in mix compared to released version) | ||
|5= [[09_April 1994|9 April 1994, Soul Train, Paramount Studios, Stage 30, Hollywood, CA, USA]] | |5= [[09_April 1994|9 April 1994, Soul Train, Paramount Studios, Stage 30, Hollywood, CA, USA]] |
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