Glam Slam

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Glam Slam

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from the album Lovesexy
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single art for Glam Slam
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 10 May 1988 - Lovesexy album
Album(s): Lovesexy

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Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • 1988, 2014 (instrumental interpolation only)

Glam Slam is the fourth song on Prince’s tenth album Lovesexy, and, two months after the album’s release, Glam Slam was released as the album’s second single. It was not included on the The B-Sides compilation, but was instead included as a b-side on the European single Pink Cashmere and its UK counterpart single, Controversy.

Basic tracking took place in December 1987 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Glam Slam became a term used on Prince’s clothing during the 1988-9 Lovesexy Tour, and was also the name given to nightclubs in Minneapolis, Tokyo, Miami Beach and Los Angeles in the early 1990s. Prince later used the term also for the 'Glam Slam VIP' virtual nightclub on the NPG Music Club, where dance tracks by Prince were streamed during weekends in May 2003.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
December 1987 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Tracking
Spring 1988 Studio information needed Remix by Shep Pettibone and Steve Peck
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
  • Cat - vocals
  • Sheila E. - drums (uncertain involvement)

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Glam Slam 5:04 Lovesexy

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Pink Cashmere single
Controversy 1993 single

Studio
Glam Slam (LP Version) 4:40 Glam Slam promo Edit
Glam Slam (Edit) 3:28 Glam Slam single

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Edit
Glam Slam 4:25 Nothing Compares 2 Him promotional album Edit Edit of the album version not labeled as such
Glam Slam (Remix) 8:52 Glam Slam single Remix Additional production by Shep Pettibone, remix by Shep Pettibone and Steve Peck, edited by The Latin Rascals
Glam Slam (Remix Edit) 4:22 Glam Slam single Remix Edit Additional production by Shep Pettibone, remix by Shep Pettibone and Steve Peck, edited by The Latin Rascals
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Glam Slam two:10 Lovesexy Live 2 VHS Live 9 September 1988, Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, West Germany
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Escape 3:30 Glam Slam single

The Hits / The B-Sides

Studio Glam Slam chorus sampled
Escape (Free Yo Mind From This Rat Race) 6:24 Glam Slam single Full version Glam Slam chorus sampled
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Glam Slam Studio Original recording featuring longer middle section and synth coda
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • A song titled Glam Slam '91 shares only the title, but not much else with the song Glam Slam.

References
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