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| |introduction = '''Heaven Must Be Near''' is the first track on [[Ingrid Chavez]]'s first album [[Album: May 19 1992|May 19, 1992]], and, a few months after the album's release, [[Single: Heaven Must Be Near|Heaven Must Be Near]] was available as a promo-only single (following the album's two commercially-released singles), containing several remixes. | | |introduction = '''Heaven Must Be Near''' is the first track on [[Ingrid Chavez]]'s first album [[Album: May 19 1992|May 19, 1992]], and, a few months after the album's release, [[Single: Heaven Must Be Near|Heaven Must Be Near]] was available as a promo-only single (following the album's two commercially-released singles), containing several remixes. |
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− | Although specific recording dates are unknown, [[Ingrid Chavez]]'s vocal track was recorded with an improvised keyboard backing by [[Prince]] in mid-December 1987, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (shortly after cancelling the release of [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']], during the same set of sessions as [[Crystal City Cry]], [[Wintersong]], [[Whispering Dandelions]], [[Slappy Dappy]], [[Candle Dance]], [[Elephant Box]], [[Touch Of Love]], [[Blue Boy]], [[Jadestone]], [[Sad Puppet Dance]], [[Standing In The Rain]] and [[Cross The Line]]). | + | Although specific recording dates are unknown, [[Ingrid Chavez]]'s vocal track was recorded with an improvised keyboard backing by [[Prince]] in mid-December 1987, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (shortly after cancelling the release of [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']], during the same set of sessions as [[Reason Enough]], [[Crystal City Cry]], [[Wintersong]], [[Whispering Dandelions]], [[Slappy Dappy]], [[Candle Dance]], [[Elephant Box]], [[Touch Of Love]], [[Blue Boy]], [[Jadestone]], [[Sad Puppet Dance]], [[Standing In The Rain]] and [[Cross The Line]]). |
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| In August 1989, [[Prince]] and [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] wrote and recorded new backing music for the track. The track was premiered on [[The New Power Generation Radio Show]], broadcast on Minneapolis radio station KMOJ on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 9|9 December 1989]], with the track's writers [[Ingrid Chavez]], [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] (as "Michael Anthony") and [[Prince]] (as "Me, Myself and I") as hosts. | | In August 1989, [[Prince]] and [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] wrote and recorded new backing music for the track. The track was premiered on [[The New Power Generation Radio Show]], broadcast on Minneapolis radio station KMOJ on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 9|9 December 1989]], with the track's writers [[Ingrid Chavez]], [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] (as "Michael Anthony") and [[Prince]] (as "Me, Myself and I") as hosts. |
Heaven Must Be Near is the first track on Ingrid Chavez's first album May 19, 1992, and, a few months after the album's release, Heaven Must Be Near was available as a promo-only single (following the album's two commercially-released singles), containing several remixes.
Although specific recording dates are unknown, Ingrid Chavez's vocal track was recorded with an improvised keyboard backing by Prince in mid-December 1987, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (shortly after cancelling the release of "The Black Album", during the same set of sessions as Reason Enough, Crystal City Cry, Wintersong, Whispering Dandelions, Slappy Dappy, Candle Dance, Elephant Box, Touch Of Love, Blue Boy, Jadestone, Sad Puppet Dance, Standing In The Rain and Cross The Line).
In August 1989, Prince and Levi Seacer, Jr. wrote and recorded new backing music for the track. The track was premiered on The New Power Generation Radio Show, broadcast on Minneapolis radio station KMOJ on 9 December 1989, with the track's writers Ingrid Chavez, Levi Seacer, Jr. (as "Michael Anthony") and Prince (as "Me, Myself and I") as hosts.
The song includes a repeated phrase of Ingrid Chavez stating "Clap your hands, stomp your feet", sampled from No. It also samples two tracks from the 1976 compilation Out Of This World - Atmospheric Sounds And Effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Sea Of Mercury credited to Dick Mills and Passing Clouds, credited to Roger Limb, the latter was also used on No, while other effects and sounds from the same album were used on Crystal City Cry and Sad Puppet Dance, and possibly also on Slappy Dappy and Jadestone.
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Recording Sessions
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Mid-December 1987
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Basic tracking
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August 1989
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Musical re-recording
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Summer 1991 (assumed)
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Studio information needed
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Remixes by Dancin' Danny D and Larry Robinson
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Video Versions
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Heaven Must Be Near
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4:38
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Promotional release only
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Uses edit of the track; see Heaven Must Be Near video for details
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Unreleased Versions
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Heaven Must Be Near
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Original 1987 poetry recording with improvised sound effects and noises by Prince
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Heaven Must Be Near (Edit)
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Edit
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Intended for Heaven Must Be Near single release
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Heaven Must Be Near (Part 2)
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Edit
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Intended for Heaven Must Be Near single release
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Heaven Must Be Near (Extended Mix)
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Remix
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Additional production and remix by Larry Robinson
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Heaven Must Be Near (Quiet Storm Mix)
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Remix
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Additional production and remix by Larry Robinson
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Heaven Must Be Near (The Closest Thing 2 Heaven Mix)
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Remix
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Additional production and remix by Larry Robinson
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