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from the album Gold Nigga Song details Performer: New Power Generation First Released: 31 August, 1993 - Gold Nigga album Album(s): Gold Nigga Writer(s): Prince (credited to the New Power Generation) Producer(s): Prince (credited to the New Power Generation) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 8 March, 1993, Sunrise Musical Theatre, Sunrise, FL, USA Performed regularly on tour: Act I Performed occasionally in shows: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002

Johnny is the fourteenth track (tenth song) on the New Power Generation's first 'solo' album Gold Nigga (the thirteenth track and ninth song on later pressings of the CD). In 2004, a 2002 live version, known as NPG In This Funky House, mostly instrumental but with a clean version of the song's chant, was released on the opening day of the NPG Music Club's Musicology Download Store as part of the Bataclan download. While specific recording dates are now known, initial tracking took place in August-December, 1992, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions as Black M.F. In The House, Guess Who's Knockin' and the album's segues). Of note is that this track is the earliest recording to feature Mr. Hayes in the studio. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info August-December, 1992 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Initial tracking Recording Personnel Tony M. - lead vocals Prince - co-lead vocals (uncredited, but mentioned by name in the song) Michael B. - drums Sonny T. - bass guitar Levi Seacer, Jr. - guitar Kirk Johnson - background vocals Damon Dickson - background vocals Tommy Barbarella - piano Mr. Hayes - keyboards Michael B. Nelson - horns (uncredited) Kathy Jensen - horns (uncredited) Dave Jensen - horns (uncredited) Brian Gallagher - horns (uncredited) Steve Strand - horns (uncredited) Unidentified female - vocals Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Johnny 10:19 Gold Nigga Studio Johnny 7:05 NPG Ahdio # 4 mp3 (not available as a separate track) Live 25 March, 1993, Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA NPG In This Funky House / All The Critics Love U In Paris 11:05 Bataclan NPG Music Club .wma download (not available as a separate track) Live 29 October, 2002 (am), Le Bataclan, Paris, France

Additional Information See also Trivia Gold Nigga album New Power Generation This track is the earliest recording to feature Mr. Hayes in the studio. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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