Difference between revisions of "Electric Intercourse"
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|single image = [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: Purple Rain Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] | |single image = [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: Purple Rain Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] ([[Prince and the Revolution]]) | |performer = [[Prince]] ([[Prince and the Revolution]]) | ||
| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_28|28 April 2017]] - [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_28|28 April 2017]] - [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] preview download |
|album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]<br> | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
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|previous song = [[Electric Chair]] | |previous song = [[Electric Chair]] | ||
|next song = [[Electrocution]] | |next song = [[Electrocution]] | ||
| − | |introduction = '''Electric Intercourse''' was | + | |introduction = '''Electric Intercourse''' was released posthumously in 2017, as the fourth track on the second disc (titled ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'') of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]. Six weeks before the album's release, the track was released for download as a preview of the album. |
| − | + | While specific recording dates have not been confirmed, initial tracking took place in July, 1983, most likely at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. | |
| − | + | A live version was recorded on [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983]] at [[First Avenue]], Minneapolis, MN, USA (during the same concert where live versions of [[Let's Go Crazy]], [[Computer Blue]], [[I Would Die 4 U]], [[Baby I'm A Star]] and [[Purple Rain]] were also recorded). [[Prince]] used this live version when adding overdubs to the track in mid-September 1983 at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA. | |
| − | + | It is likely the track was originally planned to be included on the album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] (and in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]) as either the 'studio version' or in the same overdubbed-live format as [[I Would Die 4 U]], [[Baby I'm A Star]] and [[Purple Rain]]. A few days after recording overdubs however, [[Prince]] recorded [[The Beautiful Ones]], which replaced '''Electric Intercourse'''. | |
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| + | During [[Prince: A Celebration]] in June 2000, computer screens at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, offered names of a selection of tracks which users could vote on for inclusion on [[Album: Crystal Ball Volume II|Crystal Ball Volume II]], and while '''Electric Intercourse''' was chosen by fans, the project was ultimately abandoned. | ||
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| + | While a solo recording, it is listed here as a [[Prince and the Revolution]] track as it was released as a bonus track on the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album, which is credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments | ||
'''Live version''' | '''Live version''' | ||
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|see also = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album | |see also = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album | ||
* [[Film: Purple Rain |Purple Rain]] movie | * [[Film: Purple Rain |Purple Rain]] movie | ||
| + | * [[Album: Crystal Ball Volume II|Crystal Ball Volume II]] unreleased album | ||
|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 and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984'', Duane Tudahl (2017) | * ''Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984'', Duane Tudahl (2017) | ||
|categories = [[Category:1983]][[Category:2017]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1983]] | |categories = [[Category:1983]][[Category:2017]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1983]] | ||
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