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|song name = Cindy C. | |song name = Cindy C. | ||
− | |single image = [[File:blackalbum.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Black Album]]<br> <small> from the album [[Album: The Black Album|'' | + | |single image = [[File:blackalbum.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Black Album]]<br> <small> from the album [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']]</small> |
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November 1994]] - [[Album: The Black Album|'' | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November 1994]] - [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']] album |
− | |album(s) = [[Album: The Black Album|'' | + | |album(s) = [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']] |
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (music and lyrics), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_%22Silk%22_Hurley Steve Hurley] (rap, uncredited) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (music and lyrics), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_%22Silk%22_Hurley Steve Hurley] (rap, uncredited) | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Christopher Tracy’s Parade]] | |previous song = [[Christopher Tracy’s Parade]] | ||
|next song = [[Cinnamon Girl]] | |next song = [[Cinnamon Girl]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Cindy C.''' is the second song on [[Prince]]’s sixteenth album [[Album: The Black Album|'' | + | |introduction = '''Cindy C.''' is the second song on [[Prince]]’s sixteenth album [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']] (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no artist credit). |
− | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracks were recorded in March 1987 at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Dead On It | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracks were recorded in March 1987 at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Dead On It]]). After [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']] was initially canceled, the track was broadcast on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 9|9 December 1989]] as part of [[The New Power Generation Radio Show]], hosted by [[Prince]] (under the name [[Prince|Me, Myself and I]]) with [[Robin Power]], [[Ingrid Chavez]] and [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]]<br> |
The track’s title refers to supermodel [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Crawford Cindy Crawford]. [[Cat]]’s rap in the song (later reused in an unreleased version of [[Positivity]]), was taken from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_%22Silk%22_Hurley J.M. Silk]’s 1985 track ''Music Is The Key'', although [[Prince]] was unaware of this at the time (he removed it from [[Positivity]] when he found out, but it is included here as a quote from [[Cindy C.]] as [[Prince]] was unaware of its origins at the time of its use). | The track’s title refers to supermodel [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Crawford Cindy Crawford]. [[Cat]]’s rap in the song (later reused in an unreleased version of [[Positivity]]), was taken from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_%22Silk%22_Hurley J.M. Silk]’s 1985 track ''Music Is The Key'', although [[Prince]] was unaware of this at the time (he removed it from [[Positivity]] when he found out, but it is included here as a quote from [[Cindy C.]] as [[Prince]] was unaware of its origins at the time of its use). | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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|date = March 1987 | |date = March 1987 | ||
|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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*[[Boni Boyer]] - background vocals (uncredited) | *[[Boni Boyer]] - background vocals (uncredited) | ||
*[[Cat]] - background vocals, rap (uncredited) | *[[Cat]] - background vocals, rap (uncredited) | ||
+ | * [[Jill Jones]] - background vocals (uncredited, unconfirmed) | ||
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{Songchart| | {{Songchart| | ||
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|1= '''Cindy C.''' | |1= '''Cindy C.''' | ||
|2= 6:14 | |2= 6:14 | ||
− | |3= [[Album: The Black Album|'' | + | |3= [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']] |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
|5= | |5= | ||
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{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
− | |1= [[Positivity]] | + | |1= '''[[Positivity]]''' |
|2= | |2= | ||
|3= | |3= | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
− | |1= [[Baby Don’t Care]] | + | |1= '''[[Baby Don’t Care]]''' |
|2= | |2= | ||
|3= | |3= | ||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
− | |5= | + | |5= A sample of [[Boni Boyer]]’s voice is used |
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
− | |see also = [[Album: The Black Album|'' | + | |see also = [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']] album |
|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:1994]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1994]][[Category:Recorded 1987]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
}} | }} |
Latest revision as of 19:16, 20 September 2022
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