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|song name                = I Need A Man
 
|song name                = I Need A Man
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|single image              = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|performer                = [[Vanity 6|The Hookers]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt]; [[Prince]]
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 17|17 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] pre-release download
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] (assumed)
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (assumed)
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|performer                = [[Prince]]; [[Vanity 6|The Hookers]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt]
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|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
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|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
 
|previous song            = [[I Met A Virgin Queen]]
 
|previous song            = [[I Met A Virgin Queen]]
 
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|introduction              = '''I Need A Man''' is an unreleased song recorded in Summer 1981 at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Make-Up]], [[Wet Dream]] and [[Drive Me Wild]]). The track contained lead vocals by [[Jamie Shoop]], and was intended for [[The Hookers]], but was abandoned when [[The Hookers]] developed into [[Vanity 6]].  
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|introduction              = '''I Need A Man''' is a track released posthumously as the sixth track of ''Vault Tracks part 3'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]. A week earlier, it was released as the album’s sixth and final pre-release download.
  
The track was worked on further (or perhaps re-recorded) in early 1987, at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, with lead vocals by American blues singer-songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt], during a short-lived collaboration between [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Raitt].  
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While the released version is from (with overdubs in 1987), the song was originally recorded in August 1981 (Likely around the same time as [[Drive Me Wild]], [[Jealous Girl]], [[Pizza]], [[Make-Up]] and [[Wet Dream]]) at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The track contained lead vocals by [[Jamie Shoop]], and was intended for an album by [[Album: The Hookers (1982)|'''The Hookers''']], but was abandoned when [[Vanity 6|The Hookers]] developed into [[Vanity 6]].  
  
[[Eric Leeds]] recorded saxophone overdubs on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_21|21 January 1987]] (the same day [[Madhouse]]'s first album [[Album: 8|8]] was released, four days before saxophone overdubs on [[There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool]]).  
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The track was then re-recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_22|22 January 1987]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, when it was revamped to be offered to American blues singer-songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt]. The track was worked on further in 1987 with horn overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] and [[Atlanta Bliss]] recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_22|22 January 1987]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. [[Prince]] approached her about recording some songs together and signing to his [[Paisley Park Records]] label in December 1986 after seeing her perform at The Beverly Theater, Los Angeles, CA, USA. He offered four songs to work on ([[I Need A Man]], [[Jealous Girl]], [[Promise To Be True]] and [[There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool]]). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Raitt] recorded her vocals on only two of them ([[I Need A Man]] and [[There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool]]).  
  
[[Prince]] worked on the track again, possibly re-recording it entirely, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_31|31 May 1988]], at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The track remains unreleased, however.
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No further work was done as [[Prince]] was busy preparing for his next tour ([[Sign O’ The Times Tour]]). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] commented on the tracks by saying "''I appreciated the enthusiasm, but they were not in my key. The topics were not things I was comfortable singing."''. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Raitt] also wanted to cut tie with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] after the failure of her 1986 album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Lives_(Bonnie_Raitt_album) Nine Lives]. None of the songs offered by [[Prince]] ended up on her 1989 acclaimed album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_of_Time_(album) Nick Of Time], released on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records Capitol Records]. [[Prince]] would later cover [[Eye Can’t Make U Love Me|I Can’t Make U Love Me]] (from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Raitt]’s  1991 album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck_of_the_Draw_(album) Luck Of The Draw]'').
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[[Prince]] worked on the track again on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_31|31 May 1988]], at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. the resulting version after those overdubs remains unreleased
 
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|date                      = 1981 (assumed)
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|date                      = August 1981  
|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking ([[The Hookers]] version)
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|additional info          = Basic tracking ( [[Vanity 6|The Hookers]] version)
 
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{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Late '86/Early 1987
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_22|22 January 1987]]
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA <!-- NB: IT SAYS WASHINGTON AVE ON SOTT DELUXE, THAT IS INCORRECT, DO NOT CHANGE PLZ) -->
|additional info          = Basic tracking of new version
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|additional info          = Basic tracking of new version, including saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]]
 
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{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_21|21 January 1987]]
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_3|3 April 1987]]
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]]
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|additional info          = vocal overdubs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt]  
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_21|21 January 1987]]
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|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|additional info          = vocla overdubs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt]  
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}}
 
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{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_31|31 May 1988]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_31|31 May 1988]]
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Additional recording or re-recording
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|additional info          = overdubs on 1987 version
 
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|recording personnel      =  
 
|recording personnel      =  
'''The Hookers version'''
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'''Released version'''
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*[[Prince]] - lead vocals and all instruments, except where noted
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] - credited for vocals and slide guitar; contribution unconfirmed
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*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone (uncredited)
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'''Unreleased The Hookers version'''
 
*[[Jamie Shoop]] - lead vocals
 
*[[Jamie Shoop]] - lead vocals
 
*[[Prince]] - all instruments (assumed)
 
*[[Prince]] - all instruments (assumed)
'''Bonnie Raitt version'''
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'''Unreleased Bonnie Raitt version'''
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] - lead vocals
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] - lead vocals
 
*[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted (assumed)
 
*[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted (assumed)
 
*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone
 
*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone
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*[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet
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'''Unreleased 1988 version'''
 
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (assumed)
 
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (assumed)
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* [[Eddie Miller]] - engineer
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|1= '''I Need A Man'''
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|2= 5:33
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|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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|4= Studio
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|5= 1986/1987 recording; see notes above
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|3= Recorded 1981; [[Vanity 6|The Hookers]] version
 
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|1= '''I Need A Man'''
 
|1= '''I Need A Man'''
 
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|3= Recorded 1987; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] version before saxophone overdubs
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|3= Re-recorded 1987; before saxophone overdubs
 
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|1= '''I Need A Man'''
 
|1= '''I Need A Man'''
 
|2= Studio
 
|2= Studio
|3= Recorded 1987; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] version after saxophone overdubs
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|3= 1987 version with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] vocal overdubs
 
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|1= '''I Need A Man'''
 
|1= '''I Need A Man'''
 
|2= Studio
 
|2= Studio
|3= Recorded 1988; [[Prince]] version (assumed)
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|3= Overdubbed 1988 ([[Prince]]) version
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|video versions            =  
 
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|broadcasts, streaming    =
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|broadcasts, streaming    =  
 
|sampled in                =
 
|sampled in                =
|first live appearance    = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]]
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|first live appearance    = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]].
 
|performed regularly on    = none
 
|performed regularly on    = none
 
|performed occasionally in = none
 
|performed occasionally in = none
|trivia                    =  
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|trivia                    = The horn line of the track originated in 1986 live performances of [[Controversy]] and was subsequently introduced over the intro of [[Kiss]] on the [[Sign O’ The Times Tour]] and [[Lovesexy Tour]]. This hook seems to have been inspired by a hook in “Sun Is Here,” a song from 1978 by the band Sun.
|see also                  = [[Unreleased Songs]]
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|see also                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album
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*[[Album: The Hookers (1982)|The Hookers]] 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)]]''
|categories                = [[Category:1981]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]][[Category:Recorded 1981]]
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*[https://www.startribune.com/bonnie-raitt-returns-to-minnesota-a-place-she-considers-her-second-home/392031191/ '''Bonnie Raitt returns to Minnesota, a place she considers her ’second home''' by Jon Bream'' (Star Tribune - 1  September 2016)]
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|categories                = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1981]][[Category:Recorded 1986]][[Category:Recorded 1987]][[Category:Recorded 1988]]
 
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Revision as of 12:27, 19 March 2021

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I Need A Man

Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
from the album
Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
Song details
Performer: Prince; The Hookers; Bonnie Raitt
First Released: 17 September 2020 - Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition pre-release download
Album(s): Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
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 Need A Man is a track released posthumously as the sixth track of Vault Tracks part 3, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition. A week earlier, it was released as the album’s sixth and final pre-release download.

While the released version is from (with overdubs in 1987), the song was originally recorded in August 1981 (Likely around the same time as Drive Me Wild, Jealous Girl, Pizza, Make-Up and Wet Dream) at Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The track contained lead vocals by Jamie Shoop, and was intended for an album by The Hookers, but was abandoned when The Hookers developed into Vanity 6.

The track was then re-recorded on 22 January 1987 at Prince’s Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, when it was revamped to be offered to American blues singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt. The track was worked on further in 1987 with horn overdubs by Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss recorded on 22 January 1987 at Prince’s Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Prince approached her about recording some songs together and signing to his Paisley Park Records label in December 1986 after seeing her perform at The Beverly Theater, Los Angeles, CA, USA. He offered four songs to work on (I Need A Man, Jealous Girl, Promise To Be True and There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool). Raitt recorded her vocals on only two of them (I Need A Man and There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool).

No further work was done as Prince was busy preparing for his next tour (Sign O’ The Times Tour). Bonnie Raitt commented on the tracks by saying "I appreciated the enthusiasm, but they were not in my key. The topics were not things I was comfortable singing.". Raitt also wanted to cut tie with Warner Bros. after the failure of her 1986 album Nine Lives. None of the songs offered by Prince ended up on her 1989 acclaimed album Nick Of Time, released on Capitol Records. Prince would later cover I Can’t Make U Love Me (from Raitt’s 1991 album Luck Of The Draw).

Prince worked on the track again on 31 May 1988, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. the resulting version after those overdubs remains unreleased


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
August 1981 Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Basic tracking ( The Hookers version)
22 January 1987 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Basic tracking of new version, including saxophone overdubs by Eric Leeds
3 April 1987 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
vocal overdubs by Bonnie Raitt
31 May 1988 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
overdubs on 1987 version
Recording Personnel

Released version

  • Prince - lead vocals and all instruments, except where noted
  • Bonnie Raitt - credited for vocals and slide guitar; contribution unconfirmed
  • Eric Leeds - saxophone (uncredited)

Unreleased The Hookers version

Unreleased Bonnie Raitt version



Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Need A Man 5:33 Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Studio 1986/1987 recording; see notes above


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
I Need A Man Studio Recorded 1981; The Hookers version
I Need A Man Studio Re-recorded 1987; before saxophone overdubs
I Need A Man Studio 1987 version with Bonnie Raitt vocal overdubs
I Need A Man Studio Overdubbed 1988 (Prince) version
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • The horn line of the track originated in 1986 live performances of Controversy and was subsequently introduced over the intro of Kiss on the Sign O’ The Times Tour and Lovesexy Tour. This hook seems to have been inspired by a hook in “Sun Is Here,” a song from 1978 by the band Sun.

References
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