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|album image              = [[File:Likeaprayer album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Like A Prayer]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Like A Prayer|Like A Prayer]]</small>
 
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 21|21 March 1989]] - [[Album: Like A Prayer|Like A Prayer]] album
 
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|introduction              = '''Keep It Together''' is the ninth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer) Madonna]'s fourth album [[Album: Like A Prayer|Like A Prayer]]. The track contains guitar by [[Prince]], who was not credited. Ten months after the album's release, ''Keep It Together'' was released as the album's fifth single, but the single's tracks were remixes by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shep_Pettibone Shep Pettibone] using the master track without [[Prince]]'s contribution, so the single does not receive a page here.
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|introduction              = '''Keep It Together''' is the ninth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer) Madonna]'s fourth album [[Album: Like A Prayer|Like A Prayer]]. The track contains guitar by [[Prince]], who was not credited. Ten months after the album's release, ''Keep It Together'' was released as the album's sixth single.
  
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While specific recording dates for [[Prince]]'s contribution are not known, his guitar contribution was recorded in mid-November 1988, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
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[[Prince]]'s guitar contribution was recorded in mid-November 1988, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
 
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Revision as of 21:45, 13 September 2020

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Keep It Together
Likeaprayer album.jpg
from the album Like A Prayer 		Keepittogether single.jpg
single art for Keep It Together
Song details
Performer: Madonna
First Released: 21 March 1989 - Like A Prayer album
Album(s): Like A Prayer
Writer(s): Madonna and Stephen Bray
Producer(s): Stephen Bray
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

Keep It Together is the ninth track on Madonna's fourth album Like A Prayer. The track contains guitar by Prince, who was not credited. Ten months after the album's release, Keep It Together was released as the album's sixth single.

Prince's guitar contribution was recorded in mid-November 1988, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
1988 Studio information needed Basic tracking (Madonna demo; no Prince input)
Mid-November 1988 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Guitar solo recording by Prince
Recording Personnel
  • Madonna - lead vocals, background vocals, additional synthesizer
  • Prince - guitar solo (uncredited)
  • Jeffrey Porcaro - drums (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • John Robinson - drums (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Jonathan Moffett - drums (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Guy Pratt - bass guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Randy Jackson - bass guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Bruce Gaitsch - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Chester Kamen - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Dann Huff - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • David Williams - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Marcos Loya - requinto guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Bruce Gaitsch - acoustic guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • The Andrea Crouch Choir - background vocals
  • Donna DeLory - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Lynne Fiddmont - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Marcos Loya - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Marilyn Martin - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Ali Nadirah - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Niki Haris - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Rose Banks - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Geary Lanier - clavinet (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Joe Porcaro - marimba (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Luis Conte - percussion (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Paulinho Da Costa - percussion (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Patrick Leonard - acoustic piano, B3 organ, clavinet, synthesizer (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Jai Winding - synthesizer (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Stephen Bray - synthesizer (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
  • Sandra Crouch - Spanish tambourine (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)

Versions
Released Versions

Information is given for Prince-related versions only

Title Length Released Version Additional info
Keep It Together 5:03 Like A Prayer Studio
Keep It Together (Single Remix) 4:32 Keep It Together single Remix Additional production and remix by Shep Pettibone
Keep It Together (7" Remix) 4:45 Keep It Together promo single Remix Remix by Shep Pettibone
Keep It Together (12" Remix) 7:50 Keep It Together single Remix Additional production and remix by Shep Pettibone
Keep It Together (Dub) 7:00 Keep It Together single Remix Additional production and remix by Shep Pettibone
Keep It Together (12" Mix) 6:50 Keep It Together single Remix Remix by Stephen Bray & The 45 King
Keep It Together (Bonus Beats) 3:27 Keep It Together single Remix Remix by Stephen Bray & The 45 King



 
Additional Information
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References
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