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Endorphinmachine is the second track on Prince’s 17th album The Gold Experience, the first to be credited to  , and, shortly before the album’s release, Endorphinmachine was available as a promo single, released only in Japan.
The track was also included as a b-side on the Japanese version of the  Hate U single.
Basic tracking took place on 2 January 1993 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same one-day session that produced Come, Dark, Dolphin, and Dream). In 1994, a live version of the track was included on a planned “Live” single which was not released.
The song was played live regularly from 1993-5, and fans became familiar with the stripped-down live version (based on the unreleased original version). In 1993, the original studio version of Endorphinmachine (as Endorphinemachine) was included in the Glam Slam Ulysses stage-show, during the segment titled “Calypso”. The troupe danced to a slightly abbreviated version on The Arsenio Hall Show on 6 October 1993.
When the album was released, many fans expressed frustration that there were significant overdubs, erasing the 'raw' feeling of the original (Endorphinmachine has become a common reference point for fans hearing new material live before hearing a studio version - songs such as Zannalee and Fury were also overdubbed in their released studio versions).
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Video Versions
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Broadcasts/streaming (only)
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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| Endorphinmachine
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4:12
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Delayed performance TV broadcast
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Live
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5 May 1994, mat., Nulle Part Ailleurs, Studios Canal+, Paris, France; original color version of video above
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| Endorphinmachine
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T.B.C.
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Delayed performance TV broadcast
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Live
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26 June 1994, mat., 1st annual VH-1 Honors, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
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| EndorphinDriver
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3:37
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3rdEye TV Show # 5 performance audio stream
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Rehearsal
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28 June 2013 (a.m.), Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (assumed); instrumental rehearsal; likely intended to include portions of Screwdriver but did not
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| Endorphinmachine
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4:08
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3rdEye TV Show # 18 concert video stream
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Live
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4 August 2013 Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
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| Endorphinmachine
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2:29
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3rdEye TV Show # 19 concert video stream
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Live
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7 August 2013, Dyrehaven - Bøgescenen, Skanderborg, Denmark
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| Endorphinmachine
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3:47
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3rdEyeGirl YouTube Account concert audio stream
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Live
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29 June 2014 (a.m.) Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota
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Unreleased Versions
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Version
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Additional Info
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| Endorphinmachine
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Studio
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Original full-length version, used in Glam Slam Ulysses: “Calypso” as Endorphinemachine.
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| Endorphinmachine
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Studio
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Edit of the above
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