Difference between revisions of "Brick House"
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|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 27|27 November 1995]] - [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]] album | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 27|27 November 1995]] - [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]] album | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]] | ||
− | |writer(s) = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_King_(singer) William King], Thomas McClary, Walter Orange, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie Lionel Richie], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Williams Milan Williams] and Ronald La Pread ''(as [[Brick House]])'' | + | |writer(s) = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_King_(singer) William King], Thomas McClary, Walter Orange, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie Lionel Richie], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Williams Milan Williams] and Ronald La Pread ''(as [[Brick House]])'', [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]/[[Prince]] (additional rap lyrics - uncredited) |
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (uncredited) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (uncredited) | ||
|previous song = [[Honky Tonk-Woman]] | |previous song = [[Honky Tonk-Woman]] | ||
|next song = [[I Can’t Figure It Out]] | |next song = [[I Can’t Figure It Out]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''House Of Brick (Brick House)''', a cover version of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodores Commodores] | + | |introduction = '''House Of Brick (Brick House)''', a cover version of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodores Commodores]’ song '''Brick House''' (from their 1977 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodores_(album) Commodores], also released as a single) is the sixth track on [[Mayte]]’s first and only album [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]]. A few months after the album’s release, [[Single: House Of Brick (Brick House)|House Of Brick (Brick House)]] was available as a promo single in Germany only. The song was written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_King_(singer) William King], Thomas McClary, Walter Orange, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie Lionel Richie], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Williams Milan Williams] and Ronald La Pread ''(as [[Brick House]])'', and produced by [[Prince]] (although no production credit is given). |
− | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in 1993 or 1994, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. It was included, in a slightly different mix than released (including an extra keyboard part and with additional lyrics), as the sixth track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 5|5 May 1995]] configuration of [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]], where it remained for release, although it was worked on further in Summer 1995 before release, where an opening sample from the 1985 movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future Back To The Future], spoken by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Fox Michael J. Fox] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_McFly Marty McFly] (in the movie, McFly is introducing an "oldie" before playing [[Johnny B. Goode]], which was played live regularly by [[Prince]] from 2006-7). It is not known if the track was included on [[Mayte]]’s album [[Album: Scorpio (1998)|Scorpio]], which included some tracks from [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]]. | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in 1993 or 1994, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. It was included, in a slightly different mix than released (including an extra keyboard part and with additional lyrics), as the sixth track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 5|5 May 1995]] configuration of [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]], where it remained for release, although it was worked on further in Summer 1995 before release, where an opening sample from the 1985 movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future Back To The Future], spoken by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Fox Michael J. Fox] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_McFly Marty McFly] (in the movie, McFly is introducing an "oldie" before playing [[Johnny B. Goode]], which was played live regularly by [[Prince]] from 2006-7). '''House Of Brick (Brick House)''' also includes a short rap by [[Mayte]] over an instrumental part reminiscent of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sugarhill_Gang The Sugarhill Gang]’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapper%27s_Delight Rapper’s Delight] and therefore from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chic_(band) Chic]’s 1979 song [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Times_(Chic_song) Good Times]. |
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+ | It is not known if the track was included on [[Mayte]]’s album [[Album: Scorpio (1998)|Scorpio]], which included some tracks from [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]]. | ||
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