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|single image = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]]'' </small> | |single image = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]]'' </small> | ||
|performer = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] | |performer = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) (assumed) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) (assumed) | ||
− | |previous song = [[file:EyeBlue.png|link= | + | |previous song = [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye’ll Never B Another Fool]][[Eye’ll Never B Another Fool|’ll Never B Another Fool]] |
− | |next song = [[ | + | |next song = [[I’m Leaving L.A.]] |
− | |introduction = ''' | + | |introduction = '''I’m A DJ''' is an unreleased song recorded in late 1994 or early January 1995, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. [[Eric Leeds]] recorded saxophone overdubs on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_16|16 January 1995]], also at [[Paisley Park Studios]] (on the same day as recording horn overdubs on [[Big Fun]], [[Good Pussy]] and [[Return Of The Bump Squad]]). The track is commonly referred to as '''[[File:Eye.png]] Am The D.J.''', but is credited on its [http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=391239775&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 ASCAP copyright listing] as '''I’m A DJ''', and so is listed as such here. In its earliest occurrence the song was simply known as '''D J '''. |
− | It is not known if the track was intended at any point for the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] | + | It is not known if the track was intended at any point for the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s album [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]], on which [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) was working at the time. It was included (as D J) as the sixth track on the 1995 [[Album: New World|New World]] album project, a precursor to what became the album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], and subsequently as the eighth track on a July 1995, configuration of [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], and the ninth track on another 1995 configuration. The track was removed as the album underwent many changes and remains unreleased. |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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|date = Late 1994 - early January 1995 | |date = Late 1994 - early January 1995 | ||
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_16|16 January 1995]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_16|16 January 1995]] | ||
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
|additional info = Saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] | |additional info = Saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] | ||
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− | |1= ''' | + | |1= '''I’m A DJ''' |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= Recorded late 1994 - early January 1995 | |3= Recorded late 1994 - early January 1995 | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
− | |1= ''' | + | |1= '''I’m A DJ''' |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= Final version after saxophone overdubs | |3= Final version after saxophone overdubs | ||
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|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
|see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] | |see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] | ||
+ | * [[Album:_New_World|New World]] unreleased album]] | ||
|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)]] '' | ||
* [http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=391239775&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 ASCAP copyright listing] | * [http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=391239775&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 ASCAP copyright listing] | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:1994]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1994]][[Category:Recorded 1994]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]] |
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’ll Never B Another Fool < < < | Non-Prince Songs | All Prince Songs | Unreleased Songs | > > > I’m Leaving L.A. |
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’ll Never B Another Fool < < < | All Songs | Unreleased Songs | > > > I’m Leaving L.A. |