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|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
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|next song = [[Brother With A Purpose]] | |next song = [[Brother With A Purpose]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Broken''' (occasionally erroneously referred to as '''Broken, Lonely And Crying''') is an unreleased song recorded in early 1981, at [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Broken''' (occasionally erroneously referred to as '''Broken, Lonely And Crying''') is an unreleased song recorded in early 1981, at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, following the [[Dirty Mind Tour]] arena dates (during the same set of sessions as [[Commercial]]). Interestingly, '''Broken''' starts as a continuation of [[Gotta Broken Heart Again]] and was performed as such on the [[Dirty Mind Tour]] club dates in Spring 1981. |
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+ | The song uses a 1950s rockabilly style, and may have been intended for [[Prince]]’s next album (which became [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]]) until the similarly-styled [[Jack U Off]] was recorded in Spring-Summer 1981. The track sounds like a spontaneous band number, but was in fact recorded by [[Prince]] on his own. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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|date = Early 1981 | |date = Early 1981 | ||
|studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
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|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
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− | |first live appearance = [[09_March 1981|9 March 1981, | + | |first live appearance = [[09_March 1981|9 March 1981, Sam’s, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] |
* [[22 March 1981|22 March 1981: The Ritz, New York, NY, USA]] <small>(possibly performed at later shows)</small> | * [[22 March 1981|22 March 1981: The Ritz, New York, NY, USA]] <small>(possibly performed at later shows)</small> | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
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|see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] | |see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] | ||
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:1981]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1981]][[Category:Recorded 1981]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]] |
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Bridge Of Graffiti < < < | Non-Prince Songs | All Prince Songs | Unreleased Songs | > > > Brother With A Purpose |
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Bridge Of Graffiti < < < | All Songs | Unreleased Songs | > > > Brother With A Purpose |