Housequake

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Housequake

from the album Sign O’ The Times
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 30 March 1987 - Sign O’ The Times album
Album(s): Sign O’ The Times

Sign O’ The Times Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition

Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Housequake is the third track on the first disc of Prince’s ninth album Sign O’ The Times. Housequake was also included as the b-side for the album’s third single, U Got The Look. A live version was also included in the concert movie Sign O’ The Times.

Basic tracking took place on 18 October 1986 (the day after the public announcement of the Revolution’s disbanding), at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California. Overdubs, including the party-style vocals, were added on 26 October 1986 (the day before Feel U Up), also at Sunset Sound.

The track was initially placed as the second track on the album Camille (to be credited to Camille), and was planned as the b-side of the single Shockadelica (also to be credited to Camille), but the single and the album were both aborted. It was then included as the third track on the first disc on the triple-album Crystal Ball, which was eventually pared down to become Sign O’ The Times.

Housequake (7 Minutes MoQuake) contains a sample from Crazay (written and performed by Jesse Johnson, featuring Sly Stone, from the 1986 album Shockadelica, after which Prince’s Shockadelica was named).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
18 October 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Tracking, overdubs, including horns, edits, mix
27 & 27 October 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Overdubs, extended version, mixes (26th); overdubs (28th)
7 November 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Possible sax overdubs, 7" edit/ mix
1987 (assumed) Unknown studio Remix, overdubs, additional production for the Housequake (7 Minutes MoQuake) mix
1987 (assumed) Unknown studio Remix by Joseph Watt for the Housequake (Razormaid Mix)
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Housequake 4:38 Sign O’ The Times

U Got The Look single

Studio
Housequake 4:34 Sign O’ The Times Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition Studio Remastered in 2020
Housequake (Edit) 3:24 U Got The Look single Edit Slightly different (partially censored) than the version later included on the Sign O’ The Times Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition
Housequake (7 Minutes MoQuake) 7:15 Sign O’ The Times Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition Studio Remastered in 2020
Housequake (7 Minutes MoQuake) 7:15 U Got The Look single Remix
Housequake (Edit) 3:24 Sign O’ The Times Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition

Sign O’ The Times - The Singles‎

Studio Remastered in 2020
Housequake (Razormaid Mix) 7:41 Various Artists ‎– The Very Best Of Razormaid! 10 Remix by Joseph Watt Commissioned by Prince in 1987; he did not like the results, however. Also called Housequake (It’s Not My Fault mix).
Housequake 4:52 Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Live 20 June 1987: Stadion de Galgenwaard, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Housequake 3:59 Sign O’ The Times VHS/DVD Live See Sign O’ The Times for details
Housequake 5:02 Lovesexy Live 2 VHS Live 9 September 1988, Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, West Germany
Vanguard Jam 12:18 NPG Music Club .wmv download Awards Show performance video 19 March 2005, 36th NAACP Image Awards, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California; part of medley containing D.M.S.R. / We’re A Winner / I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) / Satisfied / I Don’t Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I’ll Get It Myself) / Housequake / The Jam / The Bird / The Glamorous Life / Santana Medley
Housequake T.B.C. Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition DVD Live 31 December 1987: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Housequake T.B.C. Live concert radio broadcast Live 22 July 1990, Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain
Housequake T.B.C. Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 29 July 1990, Estadio Santa María del Mar, La Coruña, Spain
Housequake T.B.C. Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 31 August 1990, Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム), Tokyo, Japan
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Wish U Heaven (Part 1, 2 & 3) 10:13 I Wish U Heaven single Remix Remix by Femi Jiya; Includes lyrics borrowed form Housequake
Partyman (The Purple Party Mix) 6:02 Partyman single Remix Remix by Femi Jiya and Prince; Includes sampled clips of Sexy Dancer, I Wanna Be Your Lover, Head, Partyup, Let’s Work, 1999, Raspberry Beret, Erotic City, Kiss, U Got The Look, Housequake, Alphabet St., The Future and a chant from Batdance
Partyman (The Purple Party Mix) 5:58 The Scandalous Sex Suite EP Remix edit As above, missing The Joker’s opening dialogue by Jack Nicholson
Girl 6 4:04 Girl 6

Girl 6 single

Studio See Girl 6 for more details
The Voice 4:42 Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Studio Prince guide vocals. Barely audible sample of the (vocal) intro at the 3:33 mark.
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Housequake (Instrumental) Studio Instrumental mix
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
  • "The penguin" as credited was a plush toy penguin that would lie around in the studio; because of the sometimes long hours people would fall asleep and others would place the penguin with them and take a Polaroid picture. The crew brought the penguin on the Sign O’ The Times Tour as a crew mascot, and in Rotterdam (while shooting for the Sign O’ The Times movie), the crew placed it behind the big mirror heart where Prince and Cat would lie against at the end of If I Was Your Girlfriend, when it was lowered down. The penguin was facing Prince as the heart came down, to the crew’s enjoyment.
References
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