Difference between revisions of "Damned If Eye Do"
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|single image = [[File:Emancipation.jpg|100px|link=Album: Emancipation]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]]'' </small> | |single image = [[File:Emancipation.jpg|100px|link=Album: Emancipation]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]]'' </small> | ||
|performer = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] | |performer = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_19|19 November | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_19|19 November 1996]] - [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) | ||
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|previous song = [[Damn U]] | |previous song = [[Damn U]] | ||
|next song = [[The Dance]] | |next song = [[The Dance]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Damned If [[File:Eye.png]] Do''' is the ninth track on the first disc of [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Damned If [[File:Eye.png]] Do''' is the ninth track on the first disc of [[Prince]]’s 19th album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], the third album to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. |
− | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in February 1996 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Saviour]] and [[Sarah]]). It was one of the final [[Paisley Park Studios]] sessions to feature [[Michael B.]] and [[Tommy Barbarella]] as regular members of [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s band. | |
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+ | The track is the only track on the album to feature [[Prince]]’s wife [[Mayte]] (credited as Janelle; her middle name is actually “Jannell”), speaking Spanish. | ||
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+ | The line ''"I’ll fill your cup / I won’t do it like Kevin''" is a reference to a scene from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Reynolds_(director) Kevin Reynolds]’ 1995 film [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld Waterworld] in which [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Costner Kevin Costner] pees in a cup. | ||
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− | |date = | + | |date = February 1996 |
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
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|see also = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album | |see also = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] 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:1996]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1996]][[Category:Recorded 1996]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
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