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|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 | + | |previous song = [[Christopher Tracy’s Parade]] |
|next song = [[Cinnamon Girl]] | |next song = [[Cinnamon Girl]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Cindy C.''' is the second song on [[Prince]] | + | |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]] | + | 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]] and [[Nine]]). 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 | + | 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). |
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− | |5= Original recording from [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_11|11 December 1987]] including [[Cat]] | + | |5= Original recording from [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_11|11 December 1987]] including [[Cat]]’s rap from [[Cindy C.]] |
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− | |1= [[Baby | + | |1= [[Baby Don’t Care]] |
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|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
− | |5= a sample of [[Boni Boyer]] | + | |5= a sample of [[Boni Boyer]]’s voice is used |
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Revision as of 20:53, 2 September 2020
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