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|single image              = [[File:Vanity6_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Vanity 6]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]] </small>
 
|single image              = [[File:Vanity6_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Vanity 6]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]] </small>
 
|performer                = [[Vanity 6]]
 
|performer                = [[Vanity 6]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 11|11 August, 1982]] - [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]] album
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 11|11 August 1982]] - [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]] album
 
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]]
 
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] and [[Terry Lewis]] (credited to [[Terry Lewis]] and [[Vanity 6]])
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] and [[Terry Lewis]] (credited to [[Terry Lewis]] and [[Vanity 6]])
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|introduction              = '''If A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up)''' is the fifth track on [[Vanity 6]]'s first and only album [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]]. The track was co-written, produced and largely performed by [[Prince]] (as was the rest of the album). [[Prince]] also speaks on the track using his [[Jamie Starr]] voice, playing the role of a woman answering the phone and engaging in conversation with [[Vanity]].
 
|introduction              = '''If A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up)''' is the fifth track on [[Vanity 6]]'s first and only album [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]]. The track was co-written, produced and largely performed by [[Prince]] (as was the rest of the album). [[Prince]] also speaks on the track using his [[Jamie Starr]] voice, playing the role of a woman answering the phone and engaging in conversation with [[Vanity]].
  
While specific recording dates are unknown, initial tracking took place in March or April, 1982, at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Nasty Girl]], [[Bite The Beat]], [[He's So Dull]] and [[3 x 2 = 6]]).
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While specific recording dates are unknown, initial tracking took place in March or April 1982, at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Nasty Girl]], [[Bite The Beat]], [[He's So Dull]] and [[3 x 2 = 6]]).
 
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|date                      = March - April, 1982
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|date                      = March - April 1982
 
|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|additional info          = Initial tracking
 
|additional info          = Initial tracking
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|unreleased versions      =  
 
|unreleased versions      =  
 
|sampled in                =  
 
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|first live appearance    = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_23|23 October, 1982, Cramton Auditorium - Howard University, Washington D.C., USA]] - [[Vanity 6]]'solo' show (possibly preceded by other shows)
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|first live appearance    = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_23|23 October 1982, Cramton Auditorium - Howard University, Washington D.C., USA]] - [[Vanity 6]]'solo' show (possibly preceded by other shows)
* [[11 November, 1982|11 November, 1982, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN, USA]] - first performance as part of a [[Prince]] show, during [[Vanity 6]] opening act (no [[Prince]] input)
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* [[11 November 1982|11 November 1982, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN, USA]] - first performance as part of a [[Prince]] show, during [[Vanity 6]] opening act (no [[Prince]] input)
 
|performed regularly on    = [[1999 Tour]] - during [[Vanity 6]] opening act (no [[Prince]] input)
 
|performed regularly on    = [[1999 Tour]] - during [[Vanity 6]] opening act (no [[Prince]] input)
 
|performed occasionally in =  This track is not known to have been performed live as part of a [[Prince]] show other than on the [[1999 Tour]].
 
|performed occasionally in =  This track is not known to have been performed live as part of a [[Prince]] show other than on the [[1999 Tour]].

Revision as of 19:51, 27 February 2016

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If A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up)

Vanity6 album.jpg
from the album Vanity 6
Song details
Performer: Vanity 6
First Released: 11 August 1982 - Vanity 6 album
Album(s): Vanity 6
Writer(s): Prince and Terry Lewis (credited to Terry Lewis and Vanity 6)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to The Starr* Company and Vanity 6)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • This track is not known to have been performed live as part of a Prince show other than on the 1999 Tour.

If A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up) is the fifth track on Vanity 6's first and only album Vanity 6. The track was co-written, produced and largely performed by Prince (as was the rest of the album). Prince also speaks on the track using his Jamie Starr voice, playing the role of a woman answering the phone and engaging in conversation with Vanity.

While specific recording dates are unknown, initial tracking took place in March or April 1982, at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions that produced Nasty Girl, Bite The Beat, He's So Dull and 3 x 2 = 6).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
March - April 1982 Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Initial tracking
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
If A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up) 5:34 Vanity 6 Studio



 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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