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SUSANNAH NOW CONTEST SHE EVER SAID THIS: he went into the studio and re-recorded it to what he thought it should be and sent it back to Michael. Like ‘No. And by the way, this is what it should be.’ That was the end of that. But that’s how Prince was.”
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https://twitter.com/susannahtwin/status/1313656491929300992?s=21
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So it’s back to VERY unlikely that  he did this song in the studio after all. Page relegated to a cover song page again.
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|Song Name                    = Bad
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|First appeared on            = Michael Jackson: ''Bad'' (1987). Also released as a single in 1987.
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|Other relevant version      = 
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|Relevant version text        =
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|Composed by                  = Michael Jackson
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|First known live performance = [[31 August 1988-am|31 August 1988 (a.m.): Große Freiheit '36, Hamburg, (West) Germany]] <small> ''(a few mockingly hummed bars only)'' </small>  <br>
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:::::::::::::  [[07 November 1988-am|7 November 1988 (a.m.): The Palace, Hollywood, CA, USA]], <small> ''(aborted)'' </small>
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|Played live in              = [[All Concerts#1988|1988]]
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|Categories                  = [[Category:1988]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Live)]] 
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|song name                = Bad
 
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|introduction              = '''Bad''' is an unreleased cover version of the track by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson Michael Jackson], released as a single in 1987, and included on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson Jackson]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_(album) album of the same name].  
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|introduction              = '''Bad''' is an unreleased cover version of the track by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson Michael Jackson], released as a single in 1987, and included on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson Jackson]’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_(album) album of the same name].  
  
[[Prince]]'s version was recorded sometime in late 1986. After [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson Jackson] sent it to him proposing they would record it as a duet together. [[Prince]] was invited to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson Jackson]'s house to talk about the collaboration. In a 1997 interview with Chris Rock [[Prince]] commented on it: '' “You run that video in your mind. The first line in that song is, “your butt is mine” so I was saying, ‘Who gonna sing that to whom? Because you sure ain’t singing it to me, and I sure ain’t singing it to you.’ So right there we got a problem.”''
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[[Prince]]’s version was recorded sometime in late 1986. After [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson Jackson] sent it to him proposing they would record it as a duet together. [[Prince]] was invited to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson Jackson]’s house to talk about the collaboration. In a 1997 interview with Chris Rock [[Prince]] commented on it: '' “You run that video in your mind. The first line in that song is, “your butt is mine” so I was saying, ‘Who gonna sing that to whom? Because you sure ain’t singing it to me, and I sure ain’t singing it to you.’ So right there we got a problem.”''
  
  
[[Susannah Melvoin]] recalls how [[Prince]] was actually sent the track – and he reworked it. ''“Michael wanted Prince to sing it with him. [[Prince]] couldn't believe Michael had the nerve to call it 'I'm Bad.' He was like, ‘There's nothing badass about him.’ He could not let Michael get away with it. Not only was he not going to sing it with him, he went into the studio and re-recorded it to what he thought it should be and sent it back to Michael. Like ‘No. And by the way, this is what it should be.’ That was the end of that. But that's how Prince was.”''
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[[Susannah Melvoin]] recalls how [[Prince]] was actually sent the track – and he reworked it. ''“Michael wanted Prince to sing it with him. [[Prince]] couldn’t believe Michael had the nerve to call it 'I’m Bad.' He was like, ‘There’s nothing badass about him.’ He could not let Michael get away with it. Not only was he not going to sing it with him, he went into the studio and re-recorded it to what he thought it should be and sent it back to Michael. Like ‘No. And by the way, this is what it should be.’ That was the end of that. But that’s how Prince was.”''
  
 
Quincy Jones later claimed that [[Prince]] (politely) commented ''“You don’t need me to be on this, It’ll be a hit without me.'”
 
Quincy Jones later claimed that [[Prince]] (politely) commented ''“You don’t need me to be on this, It’ll be a hit without me.'”
  
[[Prince]]'s version of the track remains unreleased.
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[[Prince]]’s version of the track remains unreleased.
 
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|first live appearance    = [[31 August 1988-am|31 August 1988 (a.m.): Große Freiheit '36, Hamburg, (West) Germany]] <small> ''(a few mockingly hummed bars only)'' </small>  <br>
 
|first live appearance    = [[31 August 1988-am|31 August 1988 (a.m.): Große Freiheit '36, Hamburg, (West) Germany]] <small> ''(a few mockingly hummed bars only)'' </small>  <br>
* [[07 November 1988-am|7 November 1988 (a.m.)|: The Palace, Hollywood, CA, USA]], <small> ''(aborted)'' </small>
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* [[07 November 1988-am|7 November 1988 (a.m.): The Palace, Hollywood, CA, USA]], <small> ''(aborted)'' </small>
 
|performed regularly on    = None
 
|performed regularly on    = None
 
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1988|1988]]
 
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1988|1988]]
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|categories                = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Studio)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]][[Category:Recorded 1986]]
 
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Revision as of 06:58, 7 October 2020

Bad

 

  • First appeared on: Michael Jackson: Bad (1987). Also released as a single in 1987.
  • Composed by: Michael Jackson



Performed by Prince
7 November 1988 (a.m.): The Palace, Hollywood, CA, USA, (aborted)
  • Played live in: 1988