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− | |introduction = '''Batdance''' is the ninth and final track on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Batdance''' is the ninth and final track on [[Prince]]’s eleventh album [[Album: Batman|Batman]] (the motion picture soundtrack to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton Tim Burton] movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]), and, two weeks prior to the album’s release, [[Single: Batdance|Batdance]] was released as the album’s first single, becoming [[Prince]]’s fourth number one hit. |
− | Basic tracking took place in mid-late March 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, as the last song recorded for the album. The song contains samples from [[The Future]], [[Electric Chair]], [[200 Balloons]] and [[ | + | Basic tracking took place in mid-late March 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, as the last song recorded for the album, replacing [[Dance With The Devil]]. The song contains samples from [[The Future]], [[Electric Chair]], [[200 Balloons]] and [[We Got The Power]] (the latter was briefly considered for the album but left unreleased). [[Prince]] would later make regular use of mentioning or sampling tracks from an album within one of the album’s final tracks. Of Note, remixes of '''Batdance''' also contain samples from [[Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]] (planned for the [[Album: Batman|Batman]] album and replaced by [[Partyman]], the song was only released in 1999). |
− | Perhaps because the track contains several samples from the movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] (which are covered by their own copyright permissions), and since the track can be seen as a promotional tie-in more than a song in any traditional sense, it had not been included on any of [[Prince]] | + | The vocals on the album are credited to a character from the movie, as if [[Prince]] is singing on their behalf. The lines on [[Batdance]] are attributed to different characters from the movie and to [[Prince|Gemini]], a character half-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman Batman], half-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(comics) Joker] created by [[Prince]]. |
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+ | Perhaps because the track contains several samples from the movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] (which are covered by their own copyright permissions), and since the track can be seen as a promotional tie-in more than a song in any traditional sense, it had not been included on any of [[Prince]]’s compilation albums, despite its commercial success. After [[Prince]]’s passing it was however included on [[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]. | ||
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|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Basic tracking | |additional info = Basic tracking | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | |date = Spring 1989 | ||
+ | |studio = Guerilla Studios, London, England (assumed) | ||
+ | |additional info = Remix by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Orbit William Orbit] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Moore Mark Moore] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = Spring 1989 | ||
+ | |studio = Studio information needed | ||
+ | |additional info = Remix and additional production by John Luongo | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted<br> | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted<br> | ||
+ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds of Blackness] - background vocals | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicholson Jack Nicholson] - sampled vocals (as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(comics) The Joker]'', sampled from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]) (credited for "special guest presence") | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicholson Jack Nicholson] - sampled vocals (as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(comics) The Joker]'', sampled from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]) (credited for "special guest presence") | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Keaton Michael Keaton] - sampled vocals (as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman Batman]'', ampled from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]) (credited for "special guest presence") | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Keaton Michael Keaton] - sampled vocals (as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman Batman]'', ampled from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]) (credited for "special guest presence") | ||
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|3= Original full-length recording with additional segments | |3= Original full-length recording with additional segments | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Batdance (John Luongo Remix)''' | ||
+ | |2= Remix | ||
+ | |3= Remix featuring additional rap by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Daddy_Kane Big Daddy Kane] | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | |first live appearance = [[30_April 1990|30 April 1990, | + | |first live appearance = [[30_April 1990|30 April 1990, Rupert’s, Golden Valley, MN, USA]] <br> |
* [[10 September 1990|10 September 1990: Yokohama Stadium (横浜スタジアム), Yokohama, Japan]] | * [[10 September 1990|10 September 1990: Yokohama Stadium (横浜スタジアム), Yokohama, Japan]] | ||
|performed regularly on = [[Nude Tour]] | |performed regularly on = [[Nude Tour]] |
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