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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. | |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. | ||
− | While the released version is from | + | While the released version is from 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]]. While reflecting about this project’s history in an interview in 2023, [[Susan Moonsie]] stated that '''I Need A Man''' was the first song recorded for the band. |
− | The track was then re-recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_22|22 January 1987]] at [[ | + | The track was then re-recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_22|22 January 1987]] at the [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]] in Edina, 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]]). |
− | 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] | + | 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]''). |
[[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 | [[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 = August 1981 | |date = August 1981 | ||
|studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking ([[Vanity 6|The Hookers]] version) |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_22|22 January 1987]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_22|22 January 1987]] | ||
− | |studio = [[ | + | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking of new version |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/ | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_22|22 January 1987]] |
+ | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_3|3 April 1987]] | ||
|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = vocal overdubs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] | |additional info = vocal overdubs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] | ||
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|1= '''I Need A Man''' | |1= '''I Need A Man''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= Re-recorded | + | |3= Re-recorded 1987; before saxophone overdubs |
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{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
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|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
− | |first live appearance = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince | + | |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 = | + | |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 = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album | |see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album | ||
*[[Album: The Hookers (1982)|The Hookers]] unreleased album | *[[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)]]'' | ||
*[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)] | *[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)] | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:2020]][[Category: | + | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ2vWwo9FgI '''Apollonia 6 Reunited- pt. 1''' by ''Apollonia Studio 6'' (Youtube: 20 February 2023)] |
+ | |categories = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Recorded 1981]][[Category:Recorded 1987]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]] | ||
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