Democrazy

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Democrazy

Come2myhouse album.jpg
from the album Come 2 My House
Song details
Performer: Chaka Khan
First Released: 29 September 1998 - Come 2 My House album
Album(s): Come 2 My House
Writer(s): Chaka Khan and Prince (as SymbolSmallerBlue.png)
Producer(s): Chaka Khan and Prince (as SymbolSmallerBlue.png)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Democrazy is the ninth track on Chaka Khan’s tenth solo studio album Come 2 My House. The song was written and produced by Chaka Khan and Prince (as SymbolSmallerBlue.png), and features Prince (as SymbolSmallerBlue.png) sharing vocals (as they all do on Push It Up and Free on the companion albums Newpower Soul and GCS 2000 respectively).

While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking likely took place between April-June 1998, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, as the last track recorded for the album.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
April-June 1998 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Tracking
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Democrazy 6:07 Come 2 My House Studio
Tour The House 5:03 Don’t Talk 2 Strangers single Edits Edits of several songs from Come 2 My House; Democrazy edit is 1:28



 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • The title is a pun on the word "democracy", as discussed in the song’s lyrics.
  • The lyrics of the chorus (Lies to my left, wrong to my right, compassion unknown, this must be the twilight zone. A grizzly affair, caught unaware, why am I so scared? Where have all the flowers gone?) echo the lyrics of The Cross (Ghettos to the left of us, flowers to the right).

References
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