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Inspiration for the songs lyrics, dealing with an unplanned pregnancy, did not come from [[Prince]]’s personal experience, but were based on stories about what his friends were dealing with. | Inspiration for the songs lyrics, dealing with an unplanned pregnancy, did not come from [[Prince]]’s personal experience, but were based on stories about what his friends were dealing with. | ||
− | Two more versions were recorded in 1976-1977 at [[Sound 80]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota, prior to [[Prince]] signing a contract or beginning work on his first album. An ensemble of musicians from a Minneapolis radio station, The WAYL Orchestra, was brought in to add strings to the song, but Prince didn’t like the end result, preferring synthetic strings instead | + | Two more versions were recorded in 1976-1977 at [[Sound 80]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota, prior to [[Prince]] signing a contract or beginning work on his first album. An ensemble of musicians from a Minneapolis radio station, The WAYL Orchestra, was brought in to add strings to the song, but Prince didn’t like the end result, preferring synthetic strings instead. |
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− | Specific recording dates for the album version of song are not known, but the album was recorded at the [[Record Plant]] in Sausalito, California, from 1 October 1977 to 22 December 1977, before overdubs and mixing took place, in early January 1978 at [[Sound Labs]] in Los Angeles, California. | + | Specific recording dates for the album version of song are not known, but the album was recorded at the [[Record Plant]] in Sausalito, California, from 1 October 1977 to 22 December 1977, before overdubs and mixing took place, in early January 1978 at [[Sound Labs]] in Los Angeles, California. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Rushen Patrice Rushen] was long thought to have played keyboards (uncredited) on the song, but in a 2021 interview she only talks about giving [[Prince]] a hand with the orchestral arrangements and writing them out, not actually playing any. |
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− | |first live appearance = [[21_January 2016-1|21 January 2016 (show 1): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] | + | |first live appearance = [[21_January 2016-1|21 January 2016 (show 1): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] <small>(only known performance) </small> |
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
− | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] | + | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small> |
− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = The first live performance of this track by [[Prince]] was on[[21_January 2016-1|21 January 2016]], over 37 years after its release (the longest period of time between the release of a song and its live debut). |
|see also = [[Album: For You|For You]] album | |see also = [[Album: For You|For You]] album | ||
* [[1976 demo tape]] | * [[1976 demo tape]] |
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