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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]]. |
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− | 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. | + | 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. |
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| |date = July-1986 - early-1987 | | |date = July-1986 - early-1987 |
− | |studio = Studio information needed | + | |studio = The Enterprise,<br>Burbank, CA, USA |
| |additional info = Possible [[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 [[I Feel For You]])</small>, [[All Concerts#2015|2015]] <small>(solo piano version)</small> | + | |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]] |
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 the third verse, 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. A few weeks later, on 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 Reloaded, along with the updated version of the album The Chocolate Invasion).
Basic tracking of the original version (with Prince on vocals) took place on 10 May 1986, at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (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 in Chanhassen, Minnesota, 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 (during sessions for the Judith Hill album Back In Time), was premiered over the PA prior to an unannounced Prince show at Paisley Park Studios on 16 November 2014 (a.m.) (along with Revelation, 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 almost a year later on Prince’s Soundcloud account on 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 Hitnrun Phase Two, but was not included on that release.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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10 May 1986
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Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA
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Tracking, mix, instrumental mix
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16 July 1986 (a.m.)
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Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA
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Overdubs (possibly Jill Jones lead vocal, possibly Taja Sevelle lead vocal), mix
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July-1986 - early-1987
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The Enterprise, Burbank, CA, USA
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Possible Taja Sevelle vocal overdubs
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Mid-September 1993
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Mayte vocal overdubs
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Autumn 2014 (assumed)
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Re-recording
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Recording Personnel
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Taja Sevelle version
- Taja Sevelle - vocals
- Prince - all other instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
- Greg Porter - guitar
Mayte version
- Mayte - vocals
- Prince - all other instruments (assumed)
2014 version
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Title
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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If I Could Get Your Attention
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3:41
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Taja Sevelle
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Studio
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Taja Sevelle version
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If Eye Could Get Ur Attention
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2:43
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Tidal download
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Studio
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Prince version, 2014 re-recording
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Unreleased Versions
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Title
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Version
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Additional Info
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If I Could Get Your Attention (Instrumental)
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Studio
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Instrumental Mix
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If I Could Get Your Attention
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Studio
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Jill Jones version, recorded in May/June '86
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If I Could Get Your Attention
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Studio
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Mayte version, recorded mid-September 1993, included on Latino Barbie Doll
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If Eye Could Get Ur Attention
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Studio
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2014 version with additional horns & strings
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