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Revision as of 10:44, 15 December 2019

Don't Hold Back   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Don't Play Me
Don't Let Him Fool Ya

1999 Deluxe.jpg
from the album 1999 Deluxe
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 8 November 2019 - online
Album(s): 1999 Deluxe
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
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

Don't Let Him Fool Ya is an song recorded in the Spring of 1982 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota (along with several other tracks that would re-appear over the next several years). The track focuses on bass guitar and drums, with embellishments by guitar and keyboards.
The box of the master tape containing this recording (together with Can't Stop This Feeling I Got and Jealous Girl) has the date 28 June 1985 written under the track. Possibly more work was done on it at this date.

The song was released in 2019 as the ninth track on the Vault Tracks part 2 disc of a Deluxe edition of the 1999 album and as a pre-release of that, three weeks ahead of the album's release.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Spring 1982 Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Basic tracking
28 June 1985 ? pulled out of Vault on this date
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Don't Let Him Fool Ya 4:35 1999 Deluxe
Studio



 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • The released mix of this track was done by Nick Bolas specifically for the 1999 Deluxe release. It was made to replicate the original mix from the time the song was initially tracked, as much as possible. So even when a slightly different mix of this track might exist, the now released version is not considered a true alternate mix of the track.

References
Don't Hold Back   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Don't Play Me