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|song name                = If We Don’t
 
|song name                = If We Don’t
|album image              = [[File:Symbolicbeginning album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Symbolic Beginning]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]</small>
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|album image              = [[File:Symbolicbeginning album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Symbolic Beginning]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]</small> <br>[[File:If_We_Dont_single.jpg|100px|link= Single: If We Don’t / I’ll Always Love You|If We Don’t / I’ll Always Love You]]<br><small> single art for [[Single: If We Don’t / I’ll Always Love You|If We Don’t / I’ll Always Love You]]</small>
 
|single image              = [[File:Thecookhousefive album.jpg|100px|link=Album: The_Cookhouse_Five]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]]</small>
 
|single image              = [[File:Thecookhousefive album.jpg|100px|link=Album: The_Cookhouse_Five]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]]</small>
 
|performer                = [[94 East]]
 
|performer                = [[94 East]]
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br>
 
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br>
 
[[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]] <br>
 
[[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]] <br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Dance To The Music Of The World ''Expanded CD Edition'']]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Pepé Willie]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Pepé Willie]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Pepé Willie]] and Tony Silvester
 
|producer(s)              = [[Pepé Willie]] and Tony Silvester
|previous song            = [[If I Was King]]
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|previous song            = [[If You Were A Sailboat]]
 
|next song                = [[If You Feel Like Dancin’]]
 
|next song                = [[If You Feel Like Dancin’]]
|introduction              = '''If We Don’t''' is the fifth track on the second disc of [[94 East]]second collection of studio recordings [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]], featuring [[Prince]] on guitar.
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|introduction              = '''If We Don’t''' is the fifth track on the second disc of [[94 East]]’s second collection of studio recordings [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]], featuring [[Prince]] on guitar.
  
 
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]], at [[Cookhouse Studios]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Games]], [[I’ll Always Love You]], [[Better Than You Think]] and [[If You See Me]]), marking the earliest recording sessions featuring [[Prince]] to have been released. [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] remixed the track in June 2010, at StarVu Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with the other [[Cookhouse Studios]] tracks from the same session.
 
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]], at [[Cookhouse Studios]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Games]], [[I’ll Always Love You]], [[Better Than You Think]] and [[If You See Me]]), marking the earliest recording sessions featuring [[Prince]] to have been released. [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] remixed the track in June 2010, at StarVu Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with the other [[Cookhouse Studios]] tracks from the same session.
  
'''If We Don’t''' was included on every reissues of [[94 East]][[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] ([[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] in 1999, [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] in 2000 and [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]] in 2020). In 2011, the remixed version by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] was included as the first track on the digital collection [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]].
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'''If We Don’t''' was included on every reissue of [[94 East]]’s [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] ([[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] in 1999, [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] in 2000 and [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]] in 2016). The song was released on a double A-Side single in 2022 (with [[I’ll Always Love You]]).
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In 2011, the remixed version by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] was included as the first track on the digital collection [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]].
  
 
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]]
|studio                    = [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Cookhouse Studios]], <br>Minneapolis, MN, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking
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|additional info          = Tracking
 
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{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = June 2010
 
|date                      = June 2010
|studio                    = StarVu Studios, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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|studio                    = StarVu Studios, <br>Minneapolis, MN, USA
 
|additional info          = Remix by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]]
 
|additional info          = Remix by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]]
 
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] <br>
 
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] <br>
 
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] <br>
 
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] <br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br>
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[[Single: If We Don’t / I’ll Always Love You|If We Don’t / I’ll Always Love You]] single
 
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|4= Remix
 
|4= Remix
 
|5= Remix by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]]
 
|5= Remix by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]]
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|1= '''If We Don’t'''
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|2= 4:09
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|3=[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br>
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Dance To The Music Of The World ''Expanded CD Edition'']]
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|5= Remastered in 2016 for the 2016 and 2024 reissues of the [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] album
 
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*[[94 East]]
 
*[[94 East]]
 
|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)]]''
|categories                = [[Category:1995]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category: Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Recorded 1975]]
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|categories                = [[Category:1995]][[Category:Recorded 1975]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category: Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]]
 
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Latest revision as of 19:54, 15 May 2024

If You Were A Sailboat   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   If You Feel Like Dancin’
If We Don’t

Symbolicbeginning album.jpg
from the album Symbolic Beginning
If We Don’t / I’ll Always Love You
single art for If We Don’t / I’ll Always Love You
Thecookhousefive album.jpg
from the album The Cookhouse Five
Song details
Performer: 94 East
First Released: 16 May 1995 - Symbolic Beginning collection
Album(s): Symbolic Beginning

The Early Years
One Man Jam
94 East Featuring Prince
The Cookhouse Five
Dance To The Music Of The World Expanded CD Edition

Writer(s): Pepé Willie
Producer(s): Pepé Willie and Tony Silvester
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince.
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

If We Don’t is the fifth track on the second disc of 94 East’s second collection of studio recordings Symbolic Beginning, featuring Prince on guitar.

Basic tracking took place on 4 December 1975, at Cookhouse Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as Games, I’ll Always Love You, Better Than You Think and If You See Me), marking the earliest recording sessions featuring Prince to have been released. Matt "Dr." Fink remixed the track in June 2010, at StarVu Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with the other Cookhouse Studios tracks from the same session.

If We Don’t was included on every reissue of 94 East’s Symbolic Beginning (The Early Years in 1999, One Man Jam in 2000 and 94 East Featuring Prince in 2016). The song was released on a double A-Side single in 2022 (with I’ll Always Love You).

In 2011, the remixed version by Matt "Dr." Fink was included as the first track on the digital collection The Cookhouse Five.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
4 December 1975 Cookhouse Studios,
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Tracking
June 2010 StarVu Studios,
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Remix by Matt "Dr." Fink
Recording Personnel
  • Pepé Willie - vocals and guitar
  • Dale Alexander - drums
  • Wendell Thomas - bass guitar
  • Prince - guitar
  • Pierre Lewis - keyboards
  • Marcy Ingvoldstad - vocals
  • Kristie Lazenberry - vocals

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
If We Don’t 4:09 Symbolic Beginning

The Early Years
One Man Jam
If We Don’t / I’ll Always Love You single

Studio
If We Don’t 4:07 The Cookhouse Five Remix Remix by Matt "Dr." Fink
If We Don’t (Instrumental) 4:07 The Cookhouse Five Remix Remix by Matt "Dr." Fink
If We Don’t 4:09 94 East Featuring Prince

Dance To The Music Of The World Expanded CD Edition

Studio Remastered in 2016 for the 2016 and 2024 reissues of the Symbolic Beginning album



 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • This track, recorded in December 1975, marks a part of the earliest-recorded sessions featuring Prince to have been released.

References
If You Were A Sailboat   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   If You Feel Like Dancin’