If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life is the ninth track on Prince’s 28th studio album Musicology.
Initial tracking took place on 11 February 1999 with engineer H.M. Buff as The Man In Your Life. The song’s opening suggests that it was recorded in tandem with The Marrying Kind, yet engineer H.M. Buff was not involved in recording of that track, meaning it was most likely recorded separately. Recording engineer L. Stu Young said that Prince recorded The Marrying Kind, If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life and On The Couch back-to-back at Metalworks Studios, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is not known however if this was a full re-recording of the song.
The presence of drummer John Blackwell on If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life suggests that further work was done on the track at some point between late 2000 (when John Blackwell joined Prince’s band) and early 2004.
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If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life
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3:08
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Musicology
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Studio
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If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life
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3:08
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Musicology 2019 Vinyl edition (reissue)
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Studio
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Slight edit with a fade out ending instead of segueing into On The Couch
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Unreleased Versions
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The Man In Your Life
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Initial 1999 recording
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