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− | |song name = Do Yourself A Favor | + | |song name = Do Yourself A Favor <small>(a.k.a. If You See Me) </small> |
− | |album image = [[File:1999_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: 1999 Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] </small> | + | |album image = [[File:1999_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: 1999 Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] </small><br>[[File:Symbolicbeginning album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Symbolic Beginning]]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]</small> |
− | |single image = [[File: | + | |single image = [[File:Thecookhousefive album.jpg|100px|link=Album: The_Cookhouse_Five]]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]]</small><br>[[file:Ifyouseeme_single.jpg|100px|link=Single: If You See Me]]<br><small> single art for <br>[[Single: If You See Me|If You See Me]]</small> |
|performer = [[Prince]] / [[94 East]] | |performer = [[Prince]] / [[94 East]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/ | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 16|16 May 1995]] - [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] collection (If You see Me) |
− | |album(s) = | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] (If You see Me)<br> |
− | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] (If You see Me)<br> | + | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] (If You see Me)<br> |
− | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The | + | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] (If You see Me)<br> |
− | [[Album: | + | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]] (If You see Me)<br> |
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− | [[Album: | + | |
[[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]] (If You see Me)<br> | [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]] (If You see Me)<br> | ||
− | [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]<br> | + | [[Album: Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound|Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound]] (If You see Me)<br> |
− | |writer(s) = [[Pepé Willie]] | + | [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] (Do Yourself A Favor)<br> |
− | |producer(s) = [[Pepé Willie]] and Tony Silvester | + | |writer(s) = [[Pepé Willie]] (sometimes as [[Pepé Willie|Pepé Miller]]) |
+ | (credited to [[Pepé Willie]] and [[Jesse Johnson]] on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockadelica ''Shockadelica''] and [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]) | ||
+ | |producer(s) = [[Pepé Willie]] and Tony Silvester ([[94 East]] versions) | ||
+ | [[Prince]] ([[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] version) | ||
|previous song = [[Dome]] | |previous song = [[Dome]] | ||
− | |next song = [[ | + | |next song = [[Don’t Let ’Em Change U]] |
− | |introduction = '''Do Yourself A Favor''' (a.k.a. '''If You See Me''') was first released without [[Prince]] input by [[Jesse Johnson]] (on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockadelica ''Shockadelica''] in 1986), but the first release containing input by [[Prince]], recorded much earlier as '''If You See Me''', was in two versions (instrumental and vocal) on | + | |introduction = '''Do Yourself A Favor''' (a.k.a. '''If You See Me''') was first released without [[Prince]] input by [[Jesse Johnson]] (on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockadelica ''Shockadelica''] in 1986), but the first release containing input by [[Prince]], recorded much earlier as '''If You See Me''', was included in two versions (instrumental and vocal) on [[94 East]]’ second collection of studio recordings [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]], featuring [[Prince]] on guitar. [[Prince]]’s 1982 version of '''Do Yourself A Favor''' was released in 2019 as the eighth track on the ''Vault Tracks part 2'' disc of a ''Super Deluxe Edition'' edition of the [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999]] album. |
− | + | [[94 East]]’s vocal and instrumental versions were included on various reissues of [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] ([[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]], in 2000 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]]). In 2013, the song was included on the [[Album: Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound|Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound]] compilation. The vocal version was also included as the seventh track on [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]] released in 2020. | |
+ | In 2011, a remixed version by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] was included as the second track on the digital collection [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]]. | ||
− | + | Basic tracking of '''If You See Me''' took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]], at [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Games]], [[I’ll Always Love You]], [[If We Don’t]] and [[Better Than You Think]]), marking the earliest recording sessions featuring [[Prince]] to have been released. | |
− | + | [[Pepé Willie]] later recounted that [[Prince]] was unhappy with his guitar playing at one part of the track and asked the next day if he could re-record a section of his part; [[Pepé Willie|Willie]] arranged with the studio for this to happen while [[Pepé Willie|Willie]] himself played golf. Due to a change in the recording equipment’s EQ levels (which had been changed for another artist’s recording session), [[Prince]]’s re-recorded guitar segment is audibly different than his guitar on the rest of the track. | |
− | [[ | + | [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] remixed the track in June 2010, at StarVu Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with the other [[Cookhouse Studios]] tracks from the same session. In 2011, the remixed version by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] was included as the second track on the digital collection [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]]. |
− | [[ | + | Somewhere during the summer of 1982, [[Prince]] recorded an entirely new version of the track at his [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, now titled '''Do Yourself A Favor'''. According to [[Pepé Willie]], [[Prince]], who recorded the song from memory and had not heard it for years, told him that he wanted to release it on one of his next albums. '''Do Yourself A Favor''' was not included on any known configuration of [[Album: 1999|1999]], [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]] or [[Album: Parade|Parade]]. |
− | + | In 1986, [[Pepé Willie|Willie]] gave his permission to [[Jesse Johnson]] to release a version of the track, clearly inspired by [[Prince]]’s 1982 take, also titled '''Do Yourself A Favor''', on his album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockadelica ''Shockadelica'']. [[Jesse Johnson|Johnson]]’s version misses [[Prince]]’s own lyrical contribution to the track, a humorous spoken section in his "[[Jamie Starr]]" voice, so his version is not considered to have any input by [[Prince]]. The song is credited to [[Pepé Willie]] and [[Jesse Johnson]], but Johnson’s contribution is unknown ('''If You See Me''' is credited to [[Pepé Willie]] only). | |
− | + | [[Prince]]’s 1982 version of '''Do Yourself A Favor''' was released in 2019 on the ''Super Deluxe Edition'' edition of the [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999]] album. Oddly, the credits on [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 Deluxe]] are shared by [[Pepé Willie]] and [[Jesse Johnson]], and [[Prince]]’s lyrical contribution is not acknowledged. | |
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|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]] | ||
|studio = [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, Minnesota | |studio = [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking ([[94 East]] version) (as '''If You See Me''') |
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− | |date = 1982 | + | |date = Summer 1982 |
|studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
− | |additional info = Re-recording ([[Prince]] version, as ''' | + | |additional info = Re-recording ([[Prince]] version, as '''Do Yourself A Favor''') |
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
− | '''If You See Me''' | + | '''If You See Me''' ('''94 East version''') |
*[[Pepé Willie]] - vocals and guitar | *[[Pepé Willie]] - vocals and guitar | ||
*Dale Alexander - drums | *Dale Alexander - drums | ||
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'''Do Yourself A Favor''' | '''Do Yourself A Favor''' | ||
− | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments | + | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments |
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{Songchart| | {{Songchart| | ||
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{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
|1= '''If You See Me''' | |1= '''If You See Me''' | ||
|2= 5:40 | |2= 5:40 | ||
− | |3= [[Album: | + | |3= [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br> |
− | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning| | + | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] <br> |
− | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning| | + | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] <br> |
− | [[Album: | + | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]] <br> |
− | [[Album: | + | [[Album: Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound|Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound]]<br> |
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|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
|5= a.k.a. '''If You See Me (Vocal)''' | |5= a.k.a. '''If You See Me (Vocal)''' | ||
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|1= '''If You See Me (Instr.)''' | |1= '''If You See Me (Instr.)''' | ||
|2= 5:40 | |2= 5:40 | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br> |
− | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br> | + | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] <br> |
− | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The | + | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] <br> |
− | [[Album: | + | |
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|4= Instrumental | |4= Instrumental | ||
|5= a.k.a. '''If You See Me (Instrumental Version)''' | |5= a.k.a. '''If You See Me (Instrumental Version)''' | ||
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{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
− | |1= ''' Do Yourself A Favor''' | + | |1= '''If You See Me (Instrumental)''' |
+ | |2= 5:40 | ||
+ | |3= [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]] | ||
+ | |4= Remix | ||
+ | |5= Remix by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''If You See Me''' | ||
+ | |2= 4:09 | ||
+ | |3= [[Single: If You See Me|If You See Me]] | ||
+ | |4= Studio | ||
+ | |5= Edit of the remix by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Do Yourself A Favor''' | ||
|2= 9:01 | |2= 9:01 | ||
− | |3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]<br> | + | |3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br> |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
|5= 1982 solo [[Prince]] re-recording | |5= 1982 solo [[Prince]] re-recording | ||
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|1= '''If You See Me''' | |1= '''If You See Me''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= Initial 1975 recording before [[Prince]] | + | |3= Initial 1975 recording before [[Prince]]’s additional guitar overdubs |
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|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
− | |trivia = This track, recorded in December 1975, marks a part of the earliest-recorded sessions featuring [[Prince]] to have been released. | + | |trivia = This track (as '''If You See Me'''), recorded in December 1975, marks a part of the earliest-recorded sessions featuring [[Prince]] to have been released. |
− | |see also = [[Album: Minneapolis | + | |see also = [[94 East]] |
− | *[[ | + | *[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] collection |
+ | *[[Album: Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound|Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound]] compilation | ||
+ | *[[Single: If You See Me|If You See Me]] single | ||
|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)]] '' | ||
* ''Prince by Matt Thorne (2012)'' | * ''Prince by Matt Thorne (2012)'' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:1975]] [[Category:1982]] [[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category: Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1995]][[Category:2019]][[Category:Recorded 1975]][[Category:Recorded 1982]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category: Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Studio)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
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