Get Wild

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Get Wild

Pretaporter album.jpg
from the album Prêt A Porter

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from the album Exodus

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single art for Get Wild
Song details
Performer: New Power Generation
First Released: 6 December 1994 - Prêt A Porter album
Album(s): Prêt A Porter

Exodus
The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold)

Writer(s): Prince, Sonny T., Michael B., Mr. Hayes and Tommy Barbarella (credited to the New Power Generation)
Producer(s): Prince (as SymbolSmallerBlue.png on Prêt A Porter album) / Prince (credited to New Power Generation on Exodus and the single)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Get Wild was first released as the twelfth track on the Prêt A Porter movie soundtrack, and three months later was included (in an alternate mix) as the second track (first song) on the New Power Generation’s second 'solo' album Exodus. A week prior to the Exodus album release, Get Wild was released as the album’s first single in the UK and Europe. The single contained various remixes. When played live, Prince (as SymbolSmallerBlue.png) often stated that Sonny T. wrote the track, but Prince and the New Power Generation share the credits at the ASCAP.

Basic tracking took place on 15 May 1994 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as New Power Soul, Hallucination Rain, Slave 2 The System, Count The Days, It Takes 3 and possibly The Exodus Has Begun). The Exodus album version and other remixes were developed later at unknown dates. The initial take of Get Wild was a full band recording. Prince later reworked the song by himself in the studio and used samples from the original version. The Prêt A Porter version (and some remixes) also contain spoken segments by an uncredited woman, sampled from Goldnigga Pt.2.

A longer version of the song was included as the fourth track (second song) on the 19 June 1994 configuration of Exodus, and the final version of the song was included as the second track (first song) on the 2 December 1994 configuration, following the NPG Operator Intro as on the final album. Prince’s rap from the album version of the song was later reused in P. Control (House Mix), recorded later in 1995.

On 12 June 2012, a 19:00 rehearsal version of Days Of Wild containing interpolations of Ain’t Nobody, Get Wild, America and Wild And Loose by Prince and the New Power Generation was streamed on Cassandra O’Neal Facebook page and Shelby J. Soundcloud page.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
15 May 1994 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Tracking
May 1994 - March 1995 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
Remixes
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Get Wild 5:58 Prêt A Porter Studio
Get Wild 4:33 Exodus

Get Wild single
The Good Life promo

Remix a.k.a. Get Wild (Single Mix)
Club Mix 5:42 Get Wild single

The Good Life single

Remix a.k.a. Get Wild (Club Mix)
Get Wild In The House 6:14 Get Wild single

The Good Life single

Remix a.k.a. Get Wild (In The House Remix) or Get Wild (In The House); saxophone by Walter Chancellor Jr.
Get Wild (Miami Mix) 5:42 NPG Music Club Edition # 7 mp3 download Remix a.k.a. Get Wild (Latin Mix)
Kirky J’s Get Wild 6:38 Get Wild single Remix a.k.a. Get Wild (Kirky J’s Get Wild); remix by Kirk Johnson
Money Maker 6:01 Get Wild single

The Good Life single

Remix a.k.a. Get Wild (Money Maker)
Get Wild (Money Maker Radio Edit) 4:36 Get Wild promo

The Good Life promo

Remix edit
Money Maker Funky Jazz Mix 6:20 Get Wild single Remix a.k.a. Get Wild (Money Maker Funky Jazz Mix)
Get Wild (Funky Jazz Radio Edit) 4:15 The Good Life promo Remix edit
Get Wild In The House 2:15 The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold) Edit
Get Wild 0:34 NPG Records Sampler Experience Excerpt clip only
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Get Wild 7:10 (= 5:36) Promotional release only Promo video Longer version of the song. See Get Wild video for more details
Get Wild 5:24 NPG Music Club Edition # 4 .mov download Live 5 April 1995, The White Room, Westway Studio, London, England
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Get Wild 2:32 Top Of The Pops Tv-show performance Live 15 March 1995 (mat.), Top Of The Pops, Elstree Centre (Studio C), Borehamwood, England
Get Wild 5:24 The White Room Tv-show performance Live 5 April 1995, The White Room, Westway Studio, London, England
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Free The Music 1:47 The Good Life single Studio
Free The Music 3:24 The Good Life Exodus Sampler Experience promo Extended version Original full-length version with Little Richard samples
P. Control (House Mix) 5:43 P. Control promo Remix See P. Control for more details
Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) 4:34 Gold single

Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) single

Studio
Days Of Wild And Loose 19:00 Prince And The NPG Rehearsal Contains an interpolation of Get Wild
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Get Wild Studio Prince’s vocal version
Get Wild Remix Slight alterations from Exodus version
Get Wild Remix Longer version with extra vocals by Mayte
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • Get Wild was the name used in 1995 for the perfume Get Wild, whose logo matched that of the Get Wild single cover.
  • The song contains a sample of a male voice yelling "Come on y’all" that was also used for Black M.F. In The House. This sample actually comes from Simon Harris’ "Beats, Breaks & Scratches" series (namely Come On 1 from the seventh volume). This yell on Get Wild (also heard on George Clinton’s Martial Law) is therefore not considered as a sample of Black M.F. In The House.

References
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