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|single image              = [[File:Timewaitsfornoone_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Time Waits For No One]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Time Waits For No One|Time Waits For No One]] </small>
 
|single image              = [[File:Timewaitsfornoone_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Time Waits For No One]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Time Waits For No One|Time Waits For No One]] </small>
 
|performer                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]
 
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 24|24 May 1989]] - [[Album: Time Waits For No One|Time Waits For No One]] album
 
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|introduction              = '''I Guess I'm Crazy''' is the seventh track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]' first [[Paisley Park Records]] album [[Album: Time Waits For No One|Time Waits For No One]].
 
|introduction              = '''I Guess I'm Crazy''' is the seventh track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]' first [[Paisley Park Records]] album [[Album: Time Waits For No One|Time Waits For No One]].
  
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While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking for [[Prince]]'s original version took place in October, 1987, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. [[Prince]] revised the song in late June, 1988, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions as recording [[Time Waits For No One]] and revising [[Come Home]] and [[Train]]).  
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While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking for [[Prince]]'s original version took place in October 1987, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. [[Prince]] revised the song in late June 1988, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions as recording [[Time Waits For No One]] and revising [[Come Home]] and [[Train]]).  
  
 
The song was then sent (along with [[Time Waits For No One]], [[Come Home]] and [[Train]]) to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples] in Memphis, TN, USA, where she recorded lead vocal overdubs with producers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bell Al Bell], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Banks Homer Banks] and Lester Snell at Ardent Studios.
 
The song was then sent (along with [[Time Waits For No One]], [[Come Home]] and [[Train]]) to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples] in Memphis, TN, USA, where she recorded lead vocal overdubs with producers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bell Al Bell], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Banks Homer Banks] and Lester Snell at Ardent Studios.
 
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Revision as of 19:50, 27 February 2016

I Feel For You   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   I Guess It's All Over
I Guess I'm Crazy
Timewaitsfornoone album.jpg
from the album Time Waits For No One
Song details
Performer: Mavis Staples
First Released: 24 May 1989 - Time Waits For No One album
Album(s): Time Waits For No One
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince; Mavis Staples, Al Bell, Homer Banks and Lester Snell (lead vocal producers)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

I Guess I'm Crazy is the seventh track on Mavis Staples' first Paisley Park Records album Time Waits For No One.

While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking for Prince's original version took place in October 1987, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA. Prince revised the song in late June 1988, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions as recording Time Waits For No One and revising Come Home and Train).

The song was then sent (along with Time Waits For No One, Come Home and Train) to Mavis Staples in Memphis, TN, USA, where she recorded lead vocal overdubs with producers Al Bell, Homer Banks and Lester Snell at Ardent Studios.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
October 1987 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Initial tracking
Late June 1988 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Additional recording
Summer 1988 (assumed) Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN, USA Vocal overdubs by Mavis Staples
Recording Personnel

Released version


Unreleased demo

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Guess I'm Crazy 4:10 Time Waits For No One Studio


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
I Guess I'm Crazy Studio Prince's version, recorded October 1987
I Guess I'm Crazy Studio Prince's updated version after overdubs
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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