Batdance is the ninth and final track on Prince's eleventh album Batman (the motion picture soundtrack to the Tim Burton movie Batman), and, two weeks prior to the album's release, Batdance was released as the album's first single, becoming Princes fourth number one hit.
Initial tracking took place in mid-late Mar. 1989 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA, as the last song recorded for the album. The song contains samples from The Future, Electric Chair, 200 Balloons and Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic; Prince would later make regular use of mentioning or sampling tracks from an album within one of the album's final tracks.
Perhaps because the track contains several samples from the movie 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 4Ever.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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Mid-late March 1989
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Initial tracking
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Recording Personnel
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Title
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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Batdance
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6:13
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Batman
Batdance single
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Studio
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a.k.a. Batdance (LP Version)
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Batdance (Edit)
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3:28
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Nothing Compares 2 Him promo
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Edit
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Batdance (Edit)
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4:06
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Batdance single
4Ever
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Edit
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Batdance (The Batmix)
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7:15
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Batdance single
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Remix
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Batdance (The Batmix Edit)
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4:09
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Batdance single
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Remix Edit
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a.k.a. Batdance (The Batmix Radio Edit)
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Batdance (The Batmix Edit)
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4:14
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The Crown Jewels promo
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Remix Edit
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a.k.a. Batdance (The Batmix Radio Edit)
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Batdance (Vicki Vale Mix)
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5:55
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Batdance single
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Remix
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Batdance (Vicki Vale Mix Edit)
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4:13
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Batdance single
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Remix Edit
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a.k.a. Batdance (Vicki Vale Mix Radio Edit)
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Video Versions
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Title
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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Batdance
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6:48
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Batman 2004 DVD
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Long version
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Batdance
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4:49
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Promo only
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Short version
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Batdance (The Batmix Edit)
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4:10
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Promo only
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Batdance (Vicki Vale Mix Edit)
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4:12
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Promo only
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Broadcasts/streaming (only)
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Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
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Unreleased Versions
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Title
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Version
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Additional Info
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Batdance
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Studio
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Original full-length recording with additional segments
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