Desire

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Desire

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from the album The Family
Song details
Performer: The Family
First Released: 19 August 1985 - The Family album
Album(s): The Family

Live & Tight As A Funk Fiends' Fix

Writer(s): Prince (credited to St. Paul Peterson)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to David Z. Rivkin and The Family)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • 13 August 1985, First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota (first performance by The Family)
  • This song is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:

Desire is the eighth and final track on The Family’s first and only album The Family. The song was written by Prince, but credited to St. Paul Peterson.

Basic tracking of this track, initially as an instrumental with the working title Ecstasy, took place on 27 June 1984 at the Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, MN, USA (five days after recording Mazarati – later renamed Susannah’s Pajamas, on the same day High Fashion and Mutiny).

St. Paul Peterson and Susannah Melvoin overdubbed vocals onto the track in late 1984 - early 1985, and Clare Fischer added orchestral overdubs during the same period. Saxophone overdubs by Eric Leeds were recorded a few days later, on 2 July 1984. It was the first song written by Prince that Eric Leeds worked on.

Phrases from the track were later used by Eric Leeds on his track Aguadilla on his 1993 album Things Left Unsaid, and co-writing credit was given to Prince as a result, but Prince was otherwise not directly involved in the track. An earlier version of Aguadilla, titled Portofino, was considered for the Times Square album (supplanted by Lines), but it is unclear however if it already had the Desire reference.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
27 June 1984 Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Tracking
28 June 1984 (estimate) Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Vocal overdubs
2 July 1984 Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Saxophone overdubs
Late Summer 1984 (estimate) Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Vocal overdubs by St. Paul Peterson
October 1984 (estimate) Monterey Studios,
Glendale, CA, USA
Clare Fischer Orchestral overdubs
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Desire 4:58 The Family Studio
Desire 3:47 Fdeluxe: Live & Tight As A Funk Fiends' Fix Live 2 September 2012, Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Desire ?:?? St. Paul: Live At Bunkers DVD Live Recorded live in 2005, Bunker's Bar And Grill, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Desire Studio Prince’s original studio version, missing strings and instrumental coda
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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