Difference between revisions of "Annie Christian"
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|single image = [[File:Controversy.jpg|100px|link=Album: Controversy]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Controversy.jpg|100px|link=Album: Controversy]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 14|14 October | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 14|14 October 1981]] - [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]]<br> | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
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|introduction = '''Annie Christian''' is the seventh track on [[Prince]]'s fourth album [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]]. | |introduction = '''Annie Christian''' is the seventh track on [[Prince]]'s fourth album [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]]. | ||
| − | While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place in Spring and Summer 1981, at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA and [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders], Los Angeles, CA, USA. The album was completed at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA, between [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14]]-[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_23|23 August | + | While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place in Spring and Summer 1981, at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA and [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders], Los Angeles, CA, USA. The album was completed at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA, between [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14]]-[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_23|23 August 1981]]. |
The song's lyrics mention the killing of singer-songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_lennon John Lennon] by | The song's lyrics mention the killing of singer-songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_lennon John Lennon] by | ||
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_David_Chapman Mark David Chapman] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_John_Lennon 8 December | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_David_Chapman Mark David Chapman] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_John_Lennon 8 December 1980] in New York City; [[Prince]] played a show the following night, [[10_December 1980-am|10 December 1980 (am)]], less than 1.5 miles from where [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_lennon Lennon] was killed. |
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| − | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14 August]] - [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_23|23 August | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14 August]] - [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_23|23 August 1981]] |
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Overdubs, mixing | |additional info = Overdubs, mixing | ||
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|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
| − | |first live appearance = [[05_October | + | |first live appearance = [[05_October 1981|5 October 1981, Sam's, Minneapolis, MN, USA]] |
|performed regularly on = [[Controversy Tour]] | |performed regularly on = [[Controversy Tour]] | ||
|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
| − | |trivia = Apart from mentioning the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_lennon John Lennon] murder, the song also mentions the assassination attempt of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan Ronald Reagan] on 30 March | + | |trivia = Apart from mentioning the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_lennon John Lennon] murder, the song also mentions the assassination attempt of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan Ronald Reagan] on 30 March 1981, and refers to the so called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_murders_of_1979%E2%80%931981 Atlanta murders]. Between the summer of 1979 and the spring of 1981 a series of at least 28 murders on afro-American children adolescents and adults were committed in Atlanta, GA, USA. One of the victims was last seen getting into a blue car, which is mentioned in the lyrics. Lastly the song mentions [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abscam Abscam], an FBI sting operation run in the late 1970s and early 1980s, initially targeted trafficking in stolen property but later converted to a public corruption investigation. |
|see also = [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] album | |see also = [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] album | ||
|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)]]'' | ||
|categories = [[Category:1981]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1981]] | |categories = [[Category:1981]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1981]] | ||
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