Horny Pony

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Horny Pony

Gettoff single.jpg
single art for Gett Off
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from the album
Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition
Song details
Performer: Prince and the New Power Generation
First Released: 29 July 1991 - Gett Off single
Album(s): Diamonds And Pearls Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition
Writer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:

Horny Pony was released as the b-side of the single Gett Off, the first single from Prince’s thirteenth album Diamonds And Pearls and the first single to be credited to Prince and the New Power Generation. It was also included as the b-side of the following single, Cream. In 2001, it was included, with a computerized spoken intro (stating that the song is about dancing, and does not endorse extra-marital sex), as part of NPG Music Club Edition # 7.

A first version of this song was tracked on 7 September 1990 at Smile Garage Studio in Tokyo, Japan (on the same day as initial versions of Something Funky (This House Comes) and Call The Law). It was overdubbed at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnesota, a few days later, after Prince returned home from the Nude Tour. It was included as such as the ninth track on a December 1990, configuration of the Diamonds And Pearls album.

After rehearsing the song with the band, and having played it at the South American dates in January 1991, including at the Rock in Rio II Festival on 19 January 1991 (a.m.) that was broadcast on radio and television, Prince recorded his own stripped down version of it on 29 January 1991 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnesota. This version, dubbed “Version 2”, was released in October 2023, as the sixth track of Vault Tracks part 2, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition' (and as the b-side of the Alice Through The Looking Glass single).

A third version was then recorded two days later on 31 January 1991 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnesota with the band. This version was ultimately released as the b-side to Gett Off, and included as the seventh track on a 8 May 1991 configuration of the album. Also in May 1991, this version was included as the first track on an acetate of a Gett Off EP, which was aborted soon after compilation. Horny Pony was replaced on the Diamonds And Pearls album by Gett Off in June 1991, but the track is still mentioned in the rap portion of Push (along with other songs on the album), and is printed on the corresponding tracklist on the packaging’s back cover (quoted from Push).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
7 September 1990 Smile Garage Studio,
Tokyo, Japan
Tracking (unreleased version)
11 September 1990 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Overdubbing (unreleased version)
29 January 1991 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Tracking of ‘Version 2’
31 January 1991 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
Tracking of ‘Band Version’
Summer 2001 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
Computerized intro addition
Recording Personnel

Horny Pony (initial version and ‘band version’)

Horny Pony (Version 2)

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Horny Pony 4:18 Gett Off single

Cream single

Studio
Horny Pony 4:26 NPG Music Club Edition # 7 mp3 download Alternate Computerized spoken into before complete track as above
Horny Pony [2023 remaster] 4:21 Diamonds And Pearls - The Singles (collection)

Diamonds And Pearls (Super) Deluxe Edition

Studio Remastered
Horny Pony (Version 2) [2023 remaster] 4:17 Diamonds And Pearls - The Singles (collection)

Diamonds And Pearls (Super) Deluxe Edition

Studio Remastered
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Horny Pony T.B.C. Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 19 January 1991 (a.m.), Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Deuce & A Quarter‎ 3:18 Gold Nigga Studio
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
The Horny Pony Studio Original slower pace version from September 1990
Horny Pony Studio More stripped down version from the 1991 release
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • The song is not related in any way to Horny Toad, other than that they are both b-sides.
  • Horny Pony is printed on the tracklist on the Diamonds And Pearls album’s back cover, overlaid with "Gett Off", which replaced it.
  • The theme that previews each verse is very similar to a theme heard in Sly And The Family Stone’s track In Time, which has been played live by Prince.
  • Other tracks from the era mentioning a pony in the title or lyrics include Alphabet St., Le Grind, My Pony, Ponyride and She Pony.
  • Introductory lyrics refer to the song as ‘new dance commercial - take one’, and a distinctive dance accompanied the song’s live performance in 1991. During the lyrics of Jughead from the same era, reference is similarly made to that song as ’new dance commercial - take two'. Both songs were included on unreleased configurations of the Diamonds And Pearls album during 1991 and include lyrical instructions to learn a new dance. However, the songs are otherwise unrelated.



References
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