Get Blue

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Get Blue
Letsgetstarted album.jpg
from the album Let's Get Started
Song details
Performer: Louie Louie
First Released: 16 February 1993 - Let's Get Started album
Album(s): Let's Get Started
Writer(s): Levi Seacer, Jr. and Prince (as Paisley Park)
Producer(s): Prince (as Paisley Park)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Get Blue is the fourth track on Louie Louie's second album Let's Get Started. The song was written by Prince (as Paisley Park) and Levi Seacer, Jr. and produced by Prince (as Paisley Park).

While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in November 1990 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced Hey, Louie Louie, Well Done and a re-recording of And How). Louie Louie's vocal overdubs were recorded at Sideways Recording, Santa Ana, CA, USA, but recording dates are not known.

In 2010, co-writer Levi Seacer, Jr. released a mostly-instrumental version of the track with Ric Alexander on their album 2wo 4or 1ne (crediting Prince, rather than the pseudonym Paisley Park, as co-writer), but this version did not contain input by Prince.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
November 1990 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Basic tracking
November 1990 - early 1993 Sideways Recording, Santa Ana, CA, USA Vocal overdubs by Louie Louie
Recording Personnel

Louie Louie version

  • Louie Louie – lead vocals
  • Prince - all background vocals and instruments, except where noted
  • Sam Mesa-rani - percussion
  • Dain Noel - strings
  • Reverend Dave Boruff - saxophone

Unreleased Prince version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Get Blue 4:42 Let's Get Started Studio


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Get Blue Studio Prince's original studio version, missing some later instrumentation
 
Additional Information
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References
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