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Face Down is the fourth track on the third disc of Prince’s 19th album Emancipation, the third album to be credited to  , and, two and a half months after the album’s release, a live version of Face Down was included as the second track on the NYC cassette. Five months after the album’s release, Face Down was available as a promo single, but soon afterwards the division of EMI Records that handled the promotion of Emancipation was shut down as part of a restructuring of the whole entertainment conglomerate, and the commercial single was canceled as a result.
Basic tracking dates are unknown, but it is likely that the track was recorded in late 1995 or early 1996 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. It is very possible the track was recorded in 1993-4, though, based on the use of the sampled phrase "Dead like Elvis" by Ninety-9 from her song Stained Glass (Prince used other sampled phrases by Ninety-9 on Space, Days Of Wild, Mad, Big Fun and from the very same song on Love Sign, all recorded in 1993-4, although samples also appear on The Good Life (Bullets Go Bang Remix) and Right Back Here In My Arms, possibly recorded later). Remixes for the Face Down single were likely recorded in late 1996.
The song furthermore seems to sample the Clare Fischer orchestration for the unreleased (Jill Jones song) Killin’ At The Soda Shop.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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| Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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| Late 1995 - early 1996
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Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Tracking
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| Late 1996 (assumed)
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Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Remixes
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Recording Personnel
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Versions
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Released Versions
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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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| Face Down
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3:16
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Emancipation
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Studio
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| Face Down (Clean Version)
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3:16
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Emancipation (clean version)
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Edit
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Edited to delete curse words
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| Face Down (A Capella)
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2:21
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Face Down promo
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Remix
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vocals, vocal samples and guitar only (clean version)
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| Face Down (Instrumental Mix)
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3:58
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Face Down promo
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Remix
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Instrumental version of X-tended Rap Money Mix
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| Face Down (X-tended Rap Money Mix)
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4:56
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Face Down promo
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Remix
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Rap includes sections of 18 & Over
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| Face Down (Live)
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8:26
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NYC single
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Live
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11 January 1997, Roseland, New York, NY, USA
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| Face Down (Per4mance)
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3:08
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NPG Music Club Edition # 12 .mp3 download
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Live remix
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11 January 1997, Roseland, New York, NY, USA edited, with new audience noise from 7 February 1997, Chris Rock Show, Circle in the Square Theatre, New York, NY, USA
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Video Versions
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