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− | |introduction = '''Electric Chair''' is the second track on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Electric Chair''' is the second track on [[Prince]]’s eleventh album [[Album: Batman|Batman]] (the motion picture soundtrack to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton Tim Burton] movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman]). Eleven months after the album’s release, a remix of the track by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Orbit William Orbit] was included as the b-side of [[Single: The Future|The Future]], the album's fifth and final commercially-released single (available in Europe only). |
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+ | The vocals on the album are credited to a character from the movie, as if [[Prince]] is singing on their behalf. [[Electric Chair]], like [[Partyman]] and [[Trust]], is attributed to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(comics) The Joker]. | ||
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 6|6 June 1988]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (three days before [[Pink Cashmere]], [[Pickle]] and [[Times Squared]] (recorded as Sticky Wicked)). | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 6|6 June 1988]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (three days before [[Pink Cashmere]], [[Pickle]] and [[Times Squared]] (recorded as Sticky Wicked)). | ||
− | [[Prince]] | + | [[Prince]]’s performance on a special 10th anniversary edition of the TV show [[24_September 1989|Saturday Night Live]] is notable for being the first live performance to feature [[Michael B.]] on drums, and [[Candy Dulfer]] on saxophone, both of whom would play regularly with [[Prince]] over the coming years. |
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|date = Late 1989 - early 1990 | |date = Late 1989 - early 1990 | ||
− | |studio = | + | |studio = Guerilla Studios, London, England |
− | |additional info = Remix by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Orbit William Orbit] | + | |additional info = Remix by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Orbit William Orbit] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Moore Mark Moore] |
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