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− | |introduction = '''Go Go Dancer''' is the first track on [[Carmen Electra]] | + | |introduction = '''Go Go Dancer''' is the first track on [[Carmen Electra]]’s only album [[Album: Carmen Electra|Carmen Electra]], and, eight months prior to the album’s release, [[Single: Go Go Dancer|Go Go Dancer]] was released as the album’s first single, containing several remixes of the track, while [[Carmen Electra]] was serving as the opening act on the [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]]. In 1993, the '''Radio Edit''' was also included on the maxi-single of [[Single: Everybody Get On Up|Everybody Get On Up]], the album’s second single. The track was written by [[Prince]], [[Carmen Electra]] and [[Tony M.|Tony Mosley]], and produced by [[Prince]] (although no producer credit was given, other than [[Prince|Paisley Park]] as executive producer). |
− | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_8|8 November 1991]] at [ | + | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_8|8 November 1991]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Plant Record Plant], Los Angeles, Califormia (the same day as [[Race]]). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monie_Love Monie Love]’s background vocals may have been recorded in January 1992, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, during the same set of sessions as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monie_Love Love]’s [[Born 2 B.R.E.E.D.]] and [[In A Word Or 2]], but it is also possible that she was present at the basic tracking session, which would mark the earliest known recording by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monie_Love Monie Love] on a [[Prince]]-related recording. |
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+ | Most of the remixes (by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Vasquez Junior Vasquez]) contain a sample of ''Lost In Music'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Sledge Sister Sledge] (from their 1979 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_Family_(album) We Are Family], also released as a single), although the [[Single: Go Go Dancer|Go Go Dancer]] single incorrectly attributes the track to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chic_(band) Chic], and an uncredited sample of the drum break from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Drummer Funky Drummer] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown] (released as a single in 1970). | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_8|8 November 1991]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_8|8 November 1991]] | ||
− | |studio = [ | + | |studio = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Plant Record Plant],<br> Los Angeles, CA, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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|1= '''Go Go Dancer''' | |1= '''Go Go Dancer''' | ||
− | |2= 5: | + | |2= 5:02 |
− | |3= [[Single: Go Go Dancer|Go Go Dancer]] | + | |3= [[Single: Go Go Dancer|Go Go Dancer]] single |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
− | |5= | + | |5= Longer version from an early configuration of the album |
}} | }} | ||
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|1= '''Go Go Dancer''' | |1= '''Go Go Dancer''' | ||
− | |2= 5: | + | |2= 5:17 |
|3= Promotional release only | |3= Promotional release only | ||
|4= Promo video | |4= Promo video | ||
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|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
− | |first live appearance = [[25 May 1992|25 May 1992, Flanders Expo, Ghent, Belgium]] <small>(during [[Carmen Electra]] opening act; no [[Prince]] involvement)</small> | + | |first live appearance = [[25 May 1992|25 May 1992, Flanders Expo, Ghent, Belgium]] <small>(during [[Carmen Electra]] opening act; no [[Prince]] involvement)</small><br> |
+ | *[[19 June 1992|19 June 1992, Earls Court, London, England]] <small>(during [[Carmen Electra]] opening act; no [[Prince]] involvement)</small> | ||
|performed regularly on = [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] <small>(during [[Carmen Electra]] opening act on European leg only; no [[Prince]] involvement)</small> | |performed regularly on = [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] <small>(during [[Carmen Electra]] opening act on European leg only; no [[Prince]] involvement)</small> | ||
|performed occasionally in = This song is not known to have been performed live other than by [[Carmen Electra]] on the [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]]. | |performed occasionally in = This song is not known to have been performed live other than by [[Carmen Electra]] on the [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]]. | ||
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* [[Carmen Electra]] | * [[Carmen Electra]] | ||
|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:1992]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1992]][[Category:Recorded 1991]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]] |
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