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If I Could Get Your Attention (a.k.a. If Eye Could Get Ur Attention) is the sixth track on Taja Sevelle's first album Taja Sevelle.
The track was written by Prince, although credited to Taja Sevelle, who wrote additional lyrics, and was produced by Prince (although credited to the album's main producer, Chico Bennett).
In November 2015, a re-recording of the track by Prince (now titled If Eye Could Get Ur Attention) was available to stream as Tidal's Purple Pick of the Week.
Recording process
Initial tracking of the original version (with Prince on vocals) took place on 10 May, 1986, at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA (four days after recording incidental music for Under The Cherry Moon, on the same day as Frustration, the day before Boy U Bad and It). Recording dates and studio information for Taja Sevelle's vocal overdubs are not known.
In mid-September, 1993, the song was tried out during early sessions for Mayte's first album at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA, and was included as the fifth track on an early version of the album, which was titled Latino Barbie Doll at the time. The track was removed when the album evolved into Child Of The Sun, however.
A re-recording of the track with Prince on lead vocals (now titled If Eye Could Get Ur Attention), which was believed to have been recorded in Autumn, 2014, at Paisley Park Studios, was premiered over the PA prior to an unannounced Prince show at Paisley Park Studios on 16 November, 2014 (am) (along with Revelation, The X's Face, a new recording of A 1,000 Hugs And Kisses, Ain't About 2 Stop and a remix of Pretzelbodylogic), following a show by FKA twigs in a different room.
A 21-second snippet of the same recording was made available on Prince's Soundcloud account on 4 November, 2015, five days before the full track was made available on Tidal.
It has been speculated that this new recording is intended for inclusion on a follow-up album to Hitnrun Phase One (probably titled Hitnrun Phase Two), but this has not been confirmed; this page will be updated as and when new information becomes available.
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