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− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = The outro of the "vocal version" of [[God]] contains the line ''"Wake up, children, dance the electric dance, there's not much time''" which echoes the intro [[The Dance Electric]] recorded two days earlier (''"Good morning children / Take a look out your window / Our world is falling / It's almost time to go / Dance the Dance Electric / The rhythm is love and love is blind / Love your enemies / There isn't much time, there isn't much''"). A variation of this phrase will be used for [[1999|Rosario: 1999]] (''"Open your mind, there’s not much time) recorded in 1998 and released in 1999. |
| |see also = [[Single: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] single | | |see also = [[Single: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] single |
| |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)]]'' |
God was released as the b-side of Purple Rain, the third single from Prince’s seventh album Purple Rain. The UK 12" release of the single contained God (Love Theme From Purple Rain), a 7:54 instrumental version heard in the movie Purple Rain, but other worldwide releases in 1984 contained a completely re-recorded vocal version, simply titled God.
In 1993, the vocal version was included as the 18th track on The B-Sides compilation (included as the third and final disc on The Hits / The B-Sides). The instrumental “Love Theme From Purple Rain” version was included on Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition Single Edits & B-Sides.
Basic tracking for God (Love Theme From Purple Rain) took place on 7 February 1984 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (the same day as the version of Father’s Song and Wendy & Lisa ’rehearsal' version of Purple Rain used in Purple Rain).
The vocal version, God, was recorded six months later, on 19 August 1984, at the Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
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7 February 1984
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Sunset Sound - Studio 2, Hollywood, CA, USA
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Tracking of God (Love Theme From Purple Rain)
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19 August 1984
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Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA
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Tracking of God
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God a.k.a. God (Vocal)
- Prince - all vocals and instruments
God (Love Theme From Purple Rain)
- Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
- Sheila E. - drums (uncredited)
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