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Revision as of 19:20, 14 August 2021

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I Don’t Wanna Stop

Azzizz album.jpg
from the album Azz Izz
Song details
Performer: Ren Woods
First Released: 19 March 1982 - Azz Izz album
Album(s): Azz Izz
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Chuck Jackson
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

I Don’t Wanna Stop is the eighth and final track on Ren Woods’s second and final album Azz Izz. The track was written by Prince, but re-recorded by Ren Woods, marking the first time Prince gave a track to another artist without contributing to the released recording. The song was removed from later pressings of the album at Prince’s request, although no reason has been given.

While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in 1980, most likely in Prince’s North Arm Drive Home Studio in Orono, Minnesota (where he lived from December 1979 until late 1980).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
1980 North Arm Drive Home Studio,
Orono, MN, USA
Basic tracking
1980 - 1982 Studio information needed Re-recording (Ren Woods version)
1984/1985 Studio information needed Vocal overdubs with St. Paul Peterson
Recording Personnel


Ren Woods version

  • Ren Woods - vocals
  • Other musical personnel information needed.


Prince version

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed)


The Family version



Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Don’t Wanna Stop 5:58 Azz Izz Studio


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
I Don’t Wanna Stop Studio Prince’s original 1980 recording
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • This song marks the first time Prince gave a track to another artist without contributing to the released recording.
  • This song was removed from later pressings of the album at Prince’s request, although no reason has been given. This marks the first time he has intentionally removed a song from print.

References
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