Difference between revisions of "If You Feel Like Dancin’"
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|song name = If You Feel Like Dancin’ | |song name = If You Feel Like Dancin’ | ||
|album image = [[File:Minneapolisgenius_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Minneapolis Genius]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]</small> | |album image = [[File:Minneapolisgenius_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Minneapolis Genius]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]</small> | ||
| − | |single image = | + | |single image = [[File:Ifyoufeellikedancin single.jpg|100px|border|link=Single: If You Feel Like Dancin’]]<br><small> single art for [[Single: If You Feel Like Dancin’|If You Feel Like Dancin’]]</small> |
|performer = [[94 East]] | |performer = [[94 East]] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 12|12 February 1986]] - [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]] album | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 12|12 February 1986]] - [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]] album | ||
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[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] <br> | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] <br> | ||
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]] <br> | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]] <br> | ||
| + | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Dance To The Music Of The World]] | ||
|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 We Don’t]] | |previous song = [[If We Don’t]] | ||
|next song = [[If You Want Me To Stay]] | |next song = [[If You Want Me To Stay]] | ||
| − | |introduction = '''If You Feel Like | + | |introduction = '''If You Feel Like Dancin’''' is the first track on [[94 East]]’s first collection of studio recordings [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], featuring [[Prince]] on guitar and synthesizer. Soon after the album’s release, [[Single: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin’]] was released as the album’s second and final single. |
A preliminary version of the song was recorded in February 1978 at Sound Palace Studios in New York, during a day of sessions led by [[Pepé Willie]] intended for Tony Silvester, leader of the group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Main_Ingredient The Main Ingredient] to use as demos for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Anthony_and_the_Imperials Little Anthony and the Imperials], who he wanted to produce (the one-day session also produced [[One Man Jam]]). As with the other tracks included on [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], additional recording was done by [[Pepé Willie]] at Blue Wave Recording Studio, St. Philip, Barbados. The original 1978 version remains unreleased. | A preliminary version of the song was recorded in February 1978 at Sound Palace Studios in New York, during a day of sessions led by [[Pepé Willie]] intended for Tony Silvester, leader of the group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Main_Ingredient The Main Ingredient] to use as demos for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Anthony_and_the_Imperials Little Anthony and the Imperials], who he wanted to produce (the one-day session also produced [[One Man Jam]]). As with the other tracks included on [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], additional recording was done by [[Pepé Willie]] at Blue Wave Recording Studio, St. Philip, Barbados. The original 1978 version remains unreleased. | ||
| − | In 1995, it was included as the second track on the first disc of [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] (re-released in 1999 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] | + | In 1995, it was included as the second track on the first disc of [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] (re-released in 1999 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]], in 2016 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]] and in 2024 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Dance To The Music Of The World]]) and as the fifth track on [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] released in 2000. |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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|date = February 1978 | |date = February 1978 | ||
|studio = Sound Palace Studios,<br> New York, NY, USA | |studio = Sound Palace Studios,<br> New York, NY, USA | ||
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
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*[[Pepé Willie]] - keyboards | *[[Pepé Willie]] - keyboards | ||
*[[André Cymone]] - bass guitar | *[[André Cymone]] - bass guitar | ||
| + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Brailey Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey] - drums | ||
| + | *Mark Sullivan - additional synthesizers | ||
*Unidentified and uncredited vocalists on the Dance Versions | *Unidentified and uncredited vocalists on the Dance Versions | ||
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
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|line = | |line = | ||
{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
| − | |1= '''If You Feel Like | + | |1= '''If You Feel Like Dancin’''' |
|2= 7:11 | |2= 7:11 | ||
|3= [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]<br> | |3= [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]<br> | ||
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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> | ||
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|4=Studio | |4=Studio | ||
|5= | |5= | ||
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|4= Edit | |4= Edit | ||
|5= | |5= | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{Songline| | ||
| + | |1= '''If You Feel Like Dancin’''' | ||
| + | |2= 7:08 | ||
| + | |3= [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br> | ||
| + | [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Dance To The Music Of The World]] | ||
| + | |4= Studio | ||
| + | |5= Remastered in 2016 | ||
}} | }} | ||
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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.amazon.com/If-You-See-Me-Six-Decade/dp/168134176X If You See Me: My Six-Decade Journey in Rock and Roll, Pepé Willie (2021)]'' | *''[https://www.amazon.com/If-You-See-Me-Six-Decade/dp/168134176X If You See Me: My Six-Decade Journey in Rock and Roll, Pepé Willie (2021)]'' | ||
| − | |categories = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category: Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Recorded 1978]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category: Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]] |
}} | }} | ||
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