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|introduction = '''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 [[Album: Taja Sevelle|Taja Sevelle]]. | |introduction = '''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 [[Album: Taja Sevelle|Taja Sevelle]]. | ||
− | The track was written by [[Prince]], although credited to [[Taja Sevelle]], who wrote | + | The track was written by [[Prince]], although credited to [[Taja Sevelle]], who wrote the third verse, and was produced by [[Prince]] (although credited to the album’s main producer, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Bennett 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''. A few weeks later, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 3|3 December 2015]], [[Tidal]] opened a download store which included '''If Eye Could Get Ur Attention''' among many other previously-streamed tracks by [[Prince]] (including [[Stare]], [[Stones]] (by [[The Golden Hippie]]) and [[Pretzelbodylogic|Pretzelbodylogic Reloaded]], along with the updated version of the album [[Album: The Chocolate Invasion|The Chocolate Invasion]]). | 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''. A few weeks later, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 3|3 December 2015]], [[Tidal]] opened a download store which included '''If Eye Could Get Ur Attention''' among many other previously-streamed tracks by [[Prince]] (including [[Stare]], [[Stones]] (by [[The Golden Hippie]]) and [[Pretzelbodylogic|Pretzelbodylogic Reloaded]], along with the updated version of the album [[Album: The Chocolate Invasion|The Chocolate Invasion]]). | ||
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A 21-second snippet of the same recording was made available almost a year later on [[Prince]]’s [http://soundcloud.com/prince3eg/if-eye-could-get-ur-attention/s-VfMYm Soundcloud] account on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 4|4 November 2015]], five days before the full track was made available on [[Tidal]]. | A 21-second snippet of the same recording was made available almost a year later on [[Prince]]’s [http://soundcloud.com/prince3eg/if-eye-could-get-ur-attention/s-VfMYm Soundcloud] account on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 4|4 November 2015]], five days before the full track was made available on [[Tidal]]. | ||
− | It had been speculated that this new recording was intended for inclusion on | + | It had been speculated that this new recording was intended for inclusion on [[Album: Hitnrun Phase Two|Hitnrun Phase Two]], but was not included on that release. |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 16|16 July 1986]] (a.m.) |
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Overdubs (possibly [[Jill Jones]] lead vocal, possibly [[Taja Sevelle]] lead vocal), mix |
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− | |date = | + | |date = July-1986 - early-1987 |
− | |studio = | + | |studio = The Enterprise,<br>Burbank, CA, USA |
− | |additional info = [[Taja Sevelle]] vocal overdubs | + | |additional info = Possible [[Taja Sevelle]] vocal overdubs |
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* [[07 November 2015|7 November 2015: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] <small>(solo piano version; only known full performance)</small><br> | * [[07 November 2015|7 November 2015: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] <small>(solo piano version; only known full performance)</small><br> | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
− | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2011|2011]] <small>(lyrical interpolation in | + | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2011|2011]] <small>(lyrical interpolation in [[I Feel For You]])</small>, [[All Concerts#2015|2015]] <small>(solo piano version)</small> |
− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = The song features the infamous Fairlight ORCH5 sample, taken from the 1965 Josef Krips and Philharmonia Orchestra rendition of Igor Stravinsky’s ''Firebird Suite/ Song of the Nightingale: IV - ‘Infernal Dance of All the Subjects of Kastchei’'', also used in [[Sign O’ The Times]], [[It]], [[Koo Koo]] and [[Ten]]. |
|see also = [[Album: Taja Sevelle|Taja Sevelle]] album | |see also = [[Album: Taja Sevelle|Taja Sevelle]] album | ||
*[[Taja Sevelle]] | *[[Taja Sevelle]] | ||
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|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.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]'' | * ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]'' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:1987]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1987]][[Category:Recorded 1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
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