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| <br>''"[[Prince]]’s recording of my song '''If You Were A Sailboat''', which I wrote for Katie Melua, of whom Prince was a big fan. He sang three of my songs for her ([[The Closest Thing To Crazy]], [[Nine Million Bicycles]] and this one). Before recording it he asked me if he could change "If you were a cowboy" to "If you were a gypsy" to fit the male POV better. I agreed, but when I approved the final version that he sent (as here) he snuck in "If you were a Witness" for "if you were a preacher"!!! (He was a Jehovah’s Witness). I hadn’t noticed that! I’m sure he wouldn’t mind my posting it now, so the world can hear it. Very nice of him to ask permission to make that word change."'' | | <br>''"[[Prince]]’s recording of my song '''If You Were A Sailboat''', which I wrote for Katie Melua, of whom Prince was a big fan. He sang three of my songs for her ([[The Closest Thing To Crazy]], [[Nine Million Bicycles]] and this one). Before recording it he asked me if he could change "If you were a cowboy" to "If you were a gypsy" to fit the male POV better. I agreed, but when I approved the final version that he sent (as here) he snuck in "If you were a Witness" for "if you were a preacher"!!! (He was a Jehovah’s Witness). I hadn’t noticed that! I’m sure he wouldn’t mind my posting it now, so the world can hear it. Very nice of him to ask permission to make that word change."'' |
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− | This description may be confusing as it implies that [[Prince]] recorded these three tracks in the studio, which contradicts a post by Mike Batts on [https://twitter.com/Mike_Batt/status/1094362882702299141 Twitter] in 2019 that reads <br>''"[[Prince]] did 3 of my songs on stage but only recorded one of them and that's unreleased"''. But it has been confirmed that [[Prince]] also recorded a studio version of [[Nine Million Bicycles]]. | + | This description may be confusing as it implies that [[Prince]] recorded these three tracks in the studio, which contradicts a post by Mike Batts on [https://twitter.com/Mike_Batt/status/1094362882702299141 Twitter] in 2019 that reads <br>''"[[Prince]] did 3 of my songs on stage but only recorded one of them and that's unreleased"''. It has been confirmed that [[Prince]] also recorded a studio version of [[Nine Million Bicycles]] however. |
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| Despite being posted on YouTube by the writer and producer of the song, [[Prince]]’s version of '''If You Were A Sailboat''' is considered as unreleased since it was not officially sanctioned by [[The Prince Estate]]. | | Despite being posted on YouTube by the writer and producer of the song, [[Prince]]’s version of '''If You Were A Sailboat''' is considered as unreleased since it was not officially sanctioned by [[The Prince Estate]]. |