Be My Mirror

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Be My Mirror

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Song details
Performer: Prince; Nick Nolte
Writer(s): Prince (assumed)
Producer(s): Prince (assumed)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince.
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Be My Mirror is an unreleased track recorded in mid-April, 1992, at Platinum Studios, Melbourne, Australia (while also on the Diamonds And Pearls Tour, during the same set of sessions as Don't Talk 2 Strangers, Poor Little Bastard, The Rest Of My Life, There Is Lonely, Wow, 51 Hours and re-recordings of Make Believe and I'll Do Anything).

The song was written specifically for the James L. Brooks movie I'll Do Anything, and the track was re-recorded by actor Nick Nolte for the movie (to be sung in character to his young daughter), and this version was included as the fifth track on a planned I'll Do Anything album.

While Prince was not directly involved in this version, it is included in the listing here as his own version remains unreleased and was intended as a demo for the soundtrack version. When preview audience reactions to the music were overwhelmingly negative, all production numbers from the film were cut, and the album was abandoned.

The song remains unreleased.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Mid-April, 1992 Platinum Studios, Melbourne, Australia Initial tracking
Mid-late 1992 - 1993 Studio information needed Initial tracking (I'll Do Anything movie version, no Prince input)
Recording Personnel

Prince version


I'll Do Anything soundtrack version

  • Nick Nolte - vocals
  • Other recording personnel not known.

Versions
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Be My Mirror Studio Recorded mid-April, 1992
Be My Mirror Studio I'll Do Anything movie version


 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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