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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>
 
|performer                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer) Madonna]
 
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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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|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: Keep It Together|single]].
  
[[Prince]]'s guitar contribution was recorded in mid-November 1988, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
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[[Prince]]’s contribution was recorded in mid-November 1988, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
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[[Prince]]’s guitar part on this song is borrowed from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_the_Family_Stone Sly And The Family Stone]’s track [[Family Affair]] to stick with the thematic of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer) Madonna]’s lyrics. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer) Madonna] usually also included the chorus and verses of [[Family Affair]] during her live renditions of [[Keep It Together]].
 
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer) Madonna] - lead vocals, background vocals, additional synthesizer
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer) Madonna] - lead vocals, background vocals, additional synthesizer
 
*[[Prince]] - guitar solo (uncredited)
 
*[[Prince]] - guitar solo (uncredited)
*Jeffrey Porcaro - drums (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Moffett Jonathan Moffett] - drums
*John Robinson - drums (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Chester Kamen - guitar
*Jonathan Moffett - drums (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
*Guy Pratt - bass guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*David Boruff - saxophone
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Jackson Randy Jackson] - bass guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Steven Madaio - saxophone
*Bruce Gaitsch - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Niki Haris - background vocals
*Chester Kamen - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Donna DeLory - background vocals
*Dann Huff - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Other personnel unknown (see the [[Album: Like A Prayer|album]] page for possible involvement by other musicians)
*David Williams - guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Marcos Loya - requinto guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Bruce Gaitsch - acoustic guitar (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*The Andrea Crouch Choir - background vocals
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*Donna DeLory - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Lynne Fiddmont - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Marcos Loya - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Marilyn Martin - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Ali Nadirah - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Niki Haris - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Rose Banks - background vocals (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Geary Lanier - clavinet (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Joe Porcaro - marimba (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Luis Conte - percussion (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Paulinho Da Costa - percussion (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Leonard Patrick Leonard] - acoustic piano, B3 organ, clavinet, synthesizer (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Jai Winding - synthesizer (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Bray Stephen Bray] - synthesizer (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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*Sandra Crouch - Spanish tambourine (credited for whole album, specific involvement uncertain)
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|released versions        = ''Information is given for [[Prince]]-related versions only''
 
|released versions        = ''Information is given for [[Prince]]-related versions only''
 
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|trivia                    = [[Prince]]'s guitar part on this song is borrowed from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_the_Family_Stone Sly And The Family Stone]'s track [[Family Affair]] to stick with the thematic of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer) Madonna]'s lyrics. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer) Madonna] usually also included the chorus and verses of [[Family Affair]] during her live renditions of [[Keep It Together]].
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|see also                  = [[Album: Like A Prayer|Like A Prayer]] album
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Like A Prayer|Like A Prayer]] album
 
|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)]]''
 
|categories                = [[Category:1989]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Recorded 1988]]
 
|categories                = [[Category:1989]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Recorded 1988]]
 
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Revision as of 04:35, 14 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 contribution was recorded in mid-November 1988, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Prince’s guitar part on this song is borrowed from Sly And The Family Stone’s track Family Affair to stick with the thematic of Madonna’s lyrics. Madonna usually also included the chorus and verses of Family Affair during her live renditions of Keep It Together.


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)
  • Jonathan Moffett - drums
  • Chester Kamen - guitar
  • Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
  • David Boruff - saxophone
  • Steven Madaio - saxophone
  • Niki Haris - background vocals
  • Donna DeLory - background vocals
  • Other personnel unknown (see the album page for possible involvement by other musicians)

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

See also Trivia


References
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