Album: Living Single
1997:  Kamasutra ◄
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Living Single
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| Released: | 30 September, 1997 |
| Length: | 76:56 |
| Label(s): | Warner Bros. |
| Studio(s): | Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, CA, USA |
Living Single is the soundtrack album to the Fox TV series Living Single, starring Queen Latifah, which ran from 1993-1998. The album was released in September 1997, as the final season of the show began. It contained the song Pain, by Chaka Khan, written by Prince and N. Channison Berry and originally recorded in 1990.
The track was re-recorded without Prince's involvement between 1993 and 1995, and produced by David Gamson (for inclusion on Chaka Khan's planned tenth album Dare You To Love Me, which was postponed and finally canceled). The song was not available on any of Chaka Khan's own studio albums.
The album did not produce any singles, and did not chart.
This release marks the only appearance of artists Me'Shell Ndegéocello and Joshua Redman on a released Prince-related recording (although Me'Shell Ndegéocello worked with 
on a session which resulted in the track Emale in 1996).
Track listing
Details given for Prince-related tracks only:
CD
- Ladies Night Out - Queen Latifah
- Come On In (Radio Edit) - Bo-Shed
- Chocolate (Remix) - Sandra St Victor featuring Yo-Yo & Nonchalant
- Single Life - Nadanuf
- Pain - Chaka Khan (5:24) *
- How Do You Love Someone? - Xscape
- 1-4-3 (Strawberry) - Dwayne Wiggins
- Superwoman - Eric Benet featuring Boney James
- Until The Day (Remix) - Nonchalant featuring Faith Evans
- Don't Waste My Time - Esaga featuring Pamela Bryant
- All Of Me - K-Ball
- Gamin' - Deborah Williams
- You Might Need Somebody (Di Classic Radio Mix) - Shola Ama
- I Commit To You - Chris Gaddy & Pamela Bryant
* Written by Prince and N. Channison Berry.
Personnel
Musicians
- Chaka Khan - vocals
- Ndugu Chanceler - drums
- David Gamson - drum programming and keyboard
- Me'Shell Ndegéocello - bass guitar
- Ernest Hamilton - acoustic bass guitar
- Wah Wah Watson - guitar
- Fred Gonzales Pena - fender rhodes and piano
- Luis Conte - percussion
- Joshua Redman - saxophone
Production
- David Gamson - producer
- Rail Jon Rogut - recording engineer (Ocean Way)
- Bob Power - mixing engineer (The Enterprise)
Singles released
- None.
Charts
- This album did not chart.
Releases
| Country | Format | Cat. Number | Comments | Front | Back | Label1 | Label2 |
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| USA | CD | 946311-2 | 
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Album promotion
Time-of-release
- The album was released concurrently with the TV series Living Single, so the two acted as cross-promotion.
Awards, nominations, and certifications
- None.
Quotations and trivia
- Prince had previously worked with Chaka Khan on the track Sticky Wicked (from her album CK, and would work more substantially with her on their collaborative album Come 2 My House, recorded in late 1997 and early 1998.
- The TV show Living Single starred Queen Latifah, who later rapped on the track Pop My Clutch, performed by Chaka Khan with .
References
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1997 Kamasutra |
All Albums | All Related Artists Albums | 1998 Come 2 My House |
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