Difference between revisions of "Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart"

While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place between April-May 1995, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. The track includes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chant%C3%A9_Moore Chanté Moore] on background vocals (indicating that it may have been recorded in the same set of sessions as [[La, La, La Means Eye Love U|La, La, La Means]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=La, La, La Means Eye Love U]][[La, La, La Means Eye Love U| Love U]], on which she also appears). In June 1995, [[Prince]] began working on an album with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_Francis Stacy Francis], and she recorded lead vocal overdubs on the song, also at [[Paisley Park Studios]], but this project was left unfinished. [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])'s version was then included as the seventh track on a July 1995 configuration of [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], and as the eighth track on another 1995 configuration, before being removed when the album underwent many changes before its release. It was copyrighted at the Library of Congress on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_25|25 August 1995]] (along with [[Die]], [[Right Back Here In My Arms]] and [[Poom Poom]]). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan] recorded lead vocal overdubs on the track between November 1997, and January 1998, also at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. Her version was included as the eighth track on a February 1998, configuration of [[Album: Come 2 My House|Come 2 My House]], before the tracklist was revised for the final release.

|additional info          = Initial tracking ([[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] version)

|first live appearance    = [[29_March 2009-am|29 March 2009 (a.m.): Club Nokia (At The LA Live Nokia Center), Los Angeles, CA, USA]] <small>(only known performance)</small>