Difference between revisions of "Fantasia Erotica"
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|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 9|9 February 1993]] - [[Album: Carmen Electra|Carmen Electra]] album | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 9|9 February 1993]] - [[Album: Carmen Electra|Carmen Electra]] album | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: Carmen Electra|Carmen Electra]]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album: Carmen Electra|Carmen Electra]]<br> | ||
− | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Anna Fantastic]] (credited to [[Prince]] (music) | + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Anna Fantastic]] (credited to [[Prince]] (music), [[Carmen Electra]] (lyrics) and Karen "K-Dean" Cover (rap)) |
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |previous song = [[ | + | |previous song = [[Famous]] |
|next song = [[Fantasy]] | |next song = [[Fantasy]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Fantasia Erotica''' is the sixth track on [[Carmen Electra]] | + | |introduction = '''Fantasia Erotica''' is the sixth track on [[Carmen Electra]]’s only album [[Album: Carmen Electra|Carmen Electra]], and, six months after the album’s release [[Single: Fantasia Erotica|Fantasia Erotica]] was released as the album’s third single, containing several remixes of the track. Although official writing credit is split between [[Prince]] (music), [[Carmen Electra]] (lyrics) and Karen "K-Dean" Cover (rap), the track was originally recorded by [[Prince]] in 1989, before he began working with [[Carmen Electra|Electra]]. |
− | Basic tracking took place in January 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], and the song was initially intended for [[Anna Fantastic]]. In 2014, [[Anna Fantastic]] posted a [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=574793095945212&set=vb.130313623726497&type=2&theater video] on her Facebook page of a rehearsal for a performance video of the song, dated [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 14|14 February 1989]], and in 2018 a more complete version on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=OEc5rtkMnf4 YouTube], including two phone calls from [[Prince]] at the beginning and end, with him asking her to do a dance routine to it and him saying he called Warner Bros. Netherlands and they were okay to release it. | + | Basic tracking took place in January 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], and the song was initially intended for an ultimately abandonned [[Album: Anna Fantastic (1990)|project]] with [[Anna Fantastic]]. In 2014, [[Anna Fantastic]] posted a [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=574793095945212&set=vb.130313623726497&type=2&theater video] on her Facebook page of a rehearsal for a performance video of the song, dated [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 14|14 February 1989]], and in 2018 a more complete version on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=OEc5rtkMnf4 YouTube], including two phone calls from [[Prince]] at the beginning and end, with him asking her to do a dance routine to it and him saying he called Warner Bros. Netherlands and they were okay to release it. |
− | The girls that appear with [[Anna Fantastic]] in the video are her friends Tamara Chloé and | + | The girls that appear with [[Anna Fantastic]] in the video are her friends Tamara Chloé and Eliza Esther. It is assumed that nothing more came off it after this 'routine' video. |
− | When work on [[Carmen Electra]] | + | When work on [[Carmen Electra]]’s album began, this track was pulled from the vault as the starting point for the album. Further work was done on the track in March 1991, at [http://www.larrabeestudios.com/ Larrabee Sound Studios] in North Hollywood, California when [[Carmen Electra]]’s vocals were added (during the same set of sessions as updated versions of [[Elephant Box]], [[Slappy Dappy]], [[Jadestone]], [[Whispering Dandelions]] and [[Crystal City Cry]], and recording [[Fun]], [[Carmen On Top]] and [[Uh Huh]]). |
It was included as the eighth track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_15|15 June 1992]] configuration of the album, then titled [[Album: Carmen Electra|On Top]] (with the artist credit "[[Carmen Electra|Carmen]]"). A "Dance Remix" of the track was also planned for inclusion as the third and final track on a planned single of [[Single: Fun|Fun]], in 1991 (also with the artist credit "[[Carmen Electra|Carmen]]"). | It was included as the eighth track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_15|15 June 1992]] configuration of the album, then titled [[Album: Carmen Electra|On Top]] (with the artist credit "[[Carmen Electra|Carmen]]"). A "Dance Remix" of the track was also planned for inclusion as the third and final track on a planned single of [[Single: Fun|Fun]], in 1991 (also with the artist credit "[[Carmen Electra|Carmen]]"). | ||
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|date = January 1989 | |date = January 1989 | ||
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking ([[Anna Fantastic]] version) |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = March 1991 | |date = March 1991 | ||
− | |studio = [ | + | |studio = [http://www.larrabeestudios.com/ Larrabee Sound Studios], <br>North Hollywood, CA, USA |
|additional info = [[Carmen Electra]] vocal overdubs | |additional info = [[Carmen Electra]] vocal overdubs | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|studio = Studio information needed | |studio = Studio information needed | ||
|additional info = Remixes | |additional info = Remixes | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = 1992 (assumed) | ||
+ | |studio = [https://powerstation.nyc// The Power Station], New York, NY, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Additional Production and Mix by Junior Vasquez | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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|4= Remix | |4= Remix | ||
|5= Engineered and remix by Rob Paustain; additional keyboards by Joey Moskowitz; additional production and remix by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Vasquez Junior Vasquez] | |5= Engineered and remix by Rob Paustain; additional keyboards by Joey Moskowitz; additional production and remix by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Vasquez Junior Vasquez] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Fantasia Erotica (Album vers.)''' | ||
+ | |2= 4:13 | ||
+ | |3= [[Single: Fantasia Erotica|Fantasia Erotica]] promo | ||
+ | |4= Edit | ||
+ | |5= identical to album version, but missing the intro | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|1= '''Fantasia Erotica''' | |1= '''Fantasia Erotica''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= Original | + | |3= Original 1989 studio version |
}} | }} | ||
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* [[Carmen Electra]] | * [[Carmen Electra]] | ||
* [[Anna Fantastic]] | * [[Anna Fantastic]] | ||
+ | * [[Album:_Anna_Fantastic_(1990)|Anna Fantastic]] 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)]]'' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:1993]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1993]][[Category:Recorded 1989]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]] |
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