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Girls & Boys is the fifth track on Prince’s eighth album Parade, the third to be credited to Prince and the Revolution, and, four months after the album’s release, Girls & Boys was released as the album’s third single in the UK and Europe. The track was included as a b-side on the corresponding US single release, Anotherloverholenyohead.
In 1989, it was included as the second track on a CD re-release of Kiss, the album’s first single.
In 1996, the song was also included as the fourth track on the soundtrack album Girl 6 (a compilation of music by Prince and associated artists for the movie Girl 6, directed by Spike Lee).
In 2002, a live version was included as the eighth track on the live album One Nite Alone... The Aftershow: It Ain’t Over!.
In 2008, a 2007 live version was included as the second track on the live album Indigo Nights (beginning a medley which continues with The Song Of The Heart, Delirious and Just Like U (Monologue)).
Basic tracking took place on 8 July 1985 at the Washington Avenue Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota (on the same day as ♥ Or $ and Alexa De Paris).
Girls & Boys is the first album track released by Prince (under his own name) to contain musical contributions by Eric Leeds who would become long-term musical collaborators (Eric Leeds had previously contributed to The Family side-project).
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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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| 8 & 9 July 1985, 13 July 1985
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Washington Avenue Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA,
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Tracking, overdubs, mix (8th); horn overdubs, mix (9th); mix (13th)
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| 18 November 1985 (estimate)
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Pumacrest Mobile Recording Unit (from Advision Studios)
in Nice, France
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Mix (Wendy & Lisa, probably with Prince)
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| 16 December 1985
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Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
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Mix
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| 23 June 1986
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Washington Avenue Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA,
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7" mix, edits
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| 8 & 10 December 1986
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Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
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Live from Le Zénith in Paris, August 25, 1986, mix
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Recording Personnel
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Parade version
Indigo Nights version
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Versions
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Released Versions
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| Title
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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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| Girls & Boys
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5:30
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Parade album
Girls & Boys single
Anotherloverholenyohead single
The Story So Far... promotional album
Sounds O’ The Times promotional album
 Love Prince promotional album
Kiss single reissue
Girl 6
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Studio
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Sometimes listed as Girls And Boys
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| Girls & Boys (Edit)
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3:27
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Girls & Boys single
Anotherloverholenyohead single
Peach single
4Ever
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Edit
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| Girls & Boys
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6:59
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One Nite Alone... The Aftershow: It Ain’t Over!
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Live
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20 April 2002, am, The Highlands Hollywood, Hollywood, CA, USA
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| Girls & Boys
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4:05
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Indigo Nights
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Live
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17 September 2007, am, 3121 at The IndigO2, London, England
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| Girls & Boys
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4:16
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Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
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Live
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20 June 1987: Stadion de Galgenwaard, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Video Versions
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Broadcasts/streaming (only)
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Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
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Unreleased Versions
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| Title
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Version
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Additional Info
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| Girls & Boys
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Studio
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Alternate beginning and ending than released version
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| Girls & Boys
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Live
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Mix created in early december 1986 of the 25 August, 1986 live recording
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