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|introduction = '''Baby I'm A Star''' is the eighth track on [[Prince]]'s sixth album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], the first album to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]], and, seven months after the album's release, an edited version was also included as the B-side of [[Single: Take Me With U|Take Me With U]], the album's fifth and final single. The track is also featured in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. | |introduction = '''Baby I'm A Star''' is the eighth track on [[Prince]]'s sixth album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], the first album to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]], and, seven months after the album's release, an edited version was also included as the B-side of [[Single: Take Me With U|Take Me With U]], the album's fifth and final single. The track is also featured in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. | ||
− | [[Prince]] first recorded a studio version of the song in late 1981 or early 1982 at his [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. [[Prince and the Revolution]] later recorded the song in rehearsal at [[The Warehouse]] in St. Louis Park, Minnesota on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 12|12 July 1983]], before cutting the song live on [[ | + | [[Prince]] first recorded a studio version of the song in late 1981 or early 1982 at his [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. [[Prince and the Revolution]] later recorded the song in rehearsal at [[The Warehouse]] in St. Louis Park, Minnesota on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 12|12 July 1983]], before cutting the song live on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 3|3 August 1983]] at [[First Avenue]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota (at the same concert where [[I Would Die 4 U]] and [[Purple Rain]] were also recorded). |
− | This [[First Avenue]] live version was eventually released, albeit with considerable overdubs. It was included as the eighth track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_7|7 November 1983]] configuration of the album, and the seventh track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_23|23 March 1984]] configuration, but became the eighth track on the final [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 14|14 April 1984]] configuration after some track list changes to the album. | + | This [[03 August 1983|First Avenue]] live version was eventually released, albeit with considerable overdubs. It was included as the eighth track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_7|7 November 1983]] configuration of the album, and the seventh track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_23|23 March 1984]] configuration, but became the eighth track on the final [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 14|14 April 1984]] configuration after some track list changes to the album. |
In 1989, Tim Burton used '''Baby I'm A Star''' in a rough draft of the ''Batman'' movie, during a scene where The Joker leads a parade of large balloons, to indicate the kind of music he wanted in that scene. Once [[Prince]] was brought in to provide the music, he provided [[200 Balloons]] as a replacement, which was eventually replaced itself by [[Trust]]. | In 1989, Tim Burton used '''Baby I'm A Star''' in a rough draft of the ''Batman'' movie, during a scene where The Joker leads a parade of large balloons, to indicate the kind of music he wanted in that scene. Once [[Prince]] was brought in to provide the music, he provided [[200 Balloons]] as a replacement, which was eventually replaced itself by [[Trust]]. | ||
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− | |date = [[ | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 3|3 August 1983]] |
− | |studio = [[03_August 1983|First Avenue]] in Minneapolis, | + | |studio = [[03_August 1983|First Avenue]] in Minneapolis, MN, USA |
|additional info = Live recording | |additional info = Live recording | ||
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[[Album: Strange Tales From The Rain|Strange Tales From The Rain]] promo<br> | [[Album: Strange Tales From The Rain|Strange Tales From The Rain]] promo<br> | ||
|4= Live with overdubs | |4= Live with overdubs | ||
− | |5= [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue]] | + | |5= [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue]] version; (as recorded) from [[I Would Die 4 U]] |
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