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|introduction              = '''Dinner With Delores ''' is the third track on [[Prince]]'s 18th album [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]] (his second to be released using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]), and, one month prior to the album's release, [[Single: Dinner With Delores|Dinner With Delores]] was released as the album's first and only single in the UK, Germany and Japan (in the USA the track was only available on a promo single).
 
|introduction              = '''Dinner With Delores ''' is the third track on [[Prince]]'s 18th album [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]] (his second to be released using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]), and, one month prior to the album's release, [[Single: Dinner With Delores|Dinner With Delores]] was released as the album's first and only single in the UK, Germany and Japan (in the USA the track was only available on a promo single).
  
Initial tracking took place in early April 1996, at [[South Beach Studios]], Miami Beach, FL, USA, in what is believed to be the final session with [[Michael B.]] and [[Sonny T.]] as regular bandmembers for a number of years (during the same set of sessions which produced new versions of [[Chaos And Disorder]] and [[Right The Wrong]], and where [[Prince]] also mixed and completed the [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]] album).
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Initial tracking was previously believed to have taken place in early April 1996, at [[South Beach Studios]], Miami Beach, FL, USA, in what is believed to be the final session with [[Michael B.]] and [[Sonny T.]] as regular bandmembers for a number of years, however the song was also slated to appear on a [[Album: Playtime By Versace|Playtime By Versace]] project in mid-late 1995, suggesting it was recorded before Spring 1996 or a different version was.
 
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|date                      = Mid-late 1995
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|studio                  = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|additional info        = Initial tracking
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|date                      = Early April 1996
 
|date                      = Early April 1996
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*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
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*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all vocals and instruments (assumed)
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*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all vocals and instruments, except where noted  
 
*[[Michael B.]] - drums
 
*[[Michael B.]] - drums
 
*[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar
 
*[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar
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|first live appearance    = [[02_July 1996|2 July 1996 (mat.), The Late Show With David Letterman, The Ed Sullivan Theater, New York, NY, USA]]
 
|first live appearance    = [[02_July 1996|2 July 1996 (mat.), The Late Show With David Letterman, The Ed Sullivan Theater, New York, NY, USA]]
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* [[Video: Dinner With Delores|Dinner With Delores]] video
 
* [[Video: Dinner With Delores|Dinner With Delores]] video
 
|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:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1996]]
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|categories                = [[Category:1995]][[Category:1996]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1995]][[Category:Recorded 1996]]
 
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Revision as of 19:50, 19 August 2017

Digital Garden   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Dionne
Dinner With Delores

Chaosanddisorder album.jpg
from the album Chaos And Disorder
Dinnerwithdelores single.jpg
single art for Dinner With Delores
Song details
Performer: SymbolSmallerBlue.png
First Released: 12 June 1996 - Dinner With Delores single
Album(s): Chaos And Disorder
Writer(s): Prince (as SymbolSmallerBlue.png)
Producer(s): Prince (as SymbolSmallerBlue.png)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • {{{first live appearance}}}
Performed regularly on tour:
  • {{{performed regularly on}}}
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • {{{performed occasionally in}}}

Dinner With Delores is the third track on Prince's 18th album Chaos And Disorder (his second to be released using the name SymbolSmallerBlue.png), and, one month prior to the album's release, Dinner With Delores was released as the album's first and only single in the UK, Germany and Japan (in the USA the track was only available on a promo single).

Initial tracking was previously believed to have taken place in early April 1996, at South Beach Studios, Miami Beach, FL, USA, in what is believed to be the final session with Michael B. and Sonny T. as regular bandmembers for a number of years, however the song was also slated to appear on a Playtime By Versace project in mid-late 1995, suggesting it was recorded before Spring 1996 or a different version was.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Mid-late 1995 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Initial tracking
Recording Personnel

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Versions
Released Versions

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Additional Information

See also Trivia

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References
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{{{categories}}} |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Early April 1996 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|South Beach Studios, Miami Beach, FL, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Initial tracking |recording personnel = 1995 version

  • Prince (as SymbolSmallerBlue.png) - all vocals and instruments (assumed)


1996 version

|released versions =

Title Length Released Version Additional info
Dinner With Delores 2:46 Chaos And Disorder

Dinner With Delores single

Studio

|video versions = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Video Versions


|- | valign="top"|

Title Length Released Version Additional info
Dinner With Delores 2:52 Promotional release only Promo video See Dinner With Delores video for more details

|broadcasts, streaming = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Broadcasts/streaming (only)


|- | valign="top"|

Title Length Released Version Additional info
Dinner With Delores ?:?? Delayed performance TV broadcast Live 2 July 1996 (mat.), The Late Show With David Letterman, The Ed Sullivan Theater, New York, NY, USA
Dinner With Delores ?:?? Live performance TV broadcast Live 9 July 1996 (mat.), The Today Show, Plaza outside NBC TV Studios, GE Building, New York, NY, USA

|video versions = |unreleased versions =

Title Version Additional Info
Dinner With Delores Studio Recorded Mid-late 1995

|sampled in = |first live appearance = 2 July 1996 (mat.), The Late Show With David Letterman, The Ed Sullivan Theater, New York, NY, USA |performed regularly on = none |performed occasionally in = 1996 |trivia = |see also = Chaos And Disorder album

|references = The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) |categories = }}