Data Bank is the thirteen track (tenth song) on The Time's fourth album Pandemonium, and is written and produced by Prince (but credited to The Time).
Initial tracking took place on 17 June 1986 at the Crosstown Circle Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA (in sequence before Can't Stop This Feeling I Got and We Can Funk, the day before Girl O' My Dreams). The track was re-recorded with Morris Day on lead vocals in Summer, 1989, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA, when Prince and Morris Day worked on the projected fourth album by The Time, Corporate World, which later morphed into Pandemonium.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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17 June 1986
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Crosstown Circle Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA
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Initial tracking
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Summer, 1986
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Crosstown Circle Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA
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Additional recording
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Summer, 1989
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Re-recording
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Recording Personnel
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Released version
- Morris Day - lead vocals
- Prince - all instruments
- Jellybean Johnson - drums and backing vocals (credited, but not involved)
- Jesse Johnson - guitar, backing vocals (credited, but not involved)
- Jimmy Jam - keyboards, backing vocals (credited, but not involved)
- Monte Moir - keyboards, backing vocals (credited, but not involved)
- Terry Lewis - bass guitar, backing vocals (credited, but not involved)
- Jerome Benton - percussion, "mirror and holler" (credited, but not involved)
Unreleased version
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Title
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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Data Bank
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5:35
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Pandemonium
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Studio
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Unreleased Versions
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Title
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Version
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Additional Info
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Data Bank
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Studio
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Initial 1986 recording
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Data Bank
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Studio
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1986 recording with overdubs added
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Data Bank
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Studio
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1989 version, shorter than released, with heavier drums
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