Difference between revisions of "If I Could Get Your Attention"
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− | |introduction = '''If I Could Get Your Attention''' is the sixth track on [[Taja Sevelle]]'s first album [[Album: Taja Sevelle|Taja Sevelle]]. '''If I Could Get Your Attention''' 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, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Bennett Chico Bennett]). | + | |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]]. '''If I Could Get Your Attention''' 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, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Bennett Chico Bennett]). |
Initial tracking (with [[Prince]] on vocals) took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 10|10 May, 1986]], at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA (four days after recording incidental music for [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|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 [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Latino Barbie Doll]] at the time. The track was removed when the album evolved into [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]], however. | Initial tracking (with [[Prince]] on vocals) took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 10|10 May, 1986]], at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA (four days after recording incidental music for [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|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 [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Latino Barbie Doll]] at the time. The track was removed when the album evolved into [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]], however. | ||
− | A new recording of the track with [[Prince]] on lead vocals, 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|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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FKA_twigs FKA twigs] in a different room. | + | A new recording of the track with [[Prince]] on lead vocals, 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|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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FKA_twigs FKA twigs] in a different room. A 21-second snippet of the same recording, now titled '''If Eye Could Get Ur Attention''', was made available 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]], along with hints on Twitter that the full song would be available on [[Tidal]] soon. It has been speculated that this new recording is intended for inclusion on a follow-up album to [[Album: Hitnrun Phase One|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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+ | |1= '''If Eye Could Get Ur Attention''' | ||
+ | |2= 0:21 | ||
+ | |3= [http://soundcloud.com/prince3eg/if-eye-could-get-ur-attention/s-VfMYm Soundcloud] stream | ||
+ | |4= Studio snippet | ||
+ | |5= 2014 re-recording | ||
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|first live appearance = [[30 April, 2011|30 April, 2011, The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA]] <small>(lyrical interpolation in [[I Feel For You]], only known performance)</small> | |first live appearance = [[30 April, 2011|30 April, 2011, The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA]] <small>(lyrical interpolation in [[I Feel For You]], only known performance)</small> |
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