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|song name = Koo Koo | |song name = Koo Koo | ||
− | | | + | |album image = [[File:Sheilae_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Sheila E.]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Sheila E.|Sheila E.]]</small> |
− | | | + | |single image = [[File:Kookoo single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Koo Koo]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Koo Koo|Koo Koo]]</small> |
|performer = [[Sheila E.]] | |performer = [[Sheila E.]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 24|24 February 1987]] - [[Album: Sheila E.|Sheila E.]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: Sheila E.|Sheila E.]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Sheila E.|Sheila E.]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Sheila E.]] (credited only to [[Sheila E.]]) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Sheila E.]] (credited only to [[Sheila E.]]) | ||
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|previous song = [[Knucklehead]] | |previous song = [[Knucklehead]] | ||
|next song = [[La, La, La, He, He, Hee]] | |next song = [[La, La, La, He, He, Hee]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Koo Koo''' is the fifth track on [[Sheila E.]]’s third album [[Album: Sheila E.|Sheila E.]], and, soon after the album’s release, [[Single: Koo Koo|Koo Koo]] was released as the album’s | + | |introduction = '''Koo Koo''' is the fifth track on [[Sheila E.]]’s third album [[Album: Sheila E.|Sheila E.]], and, soon after the album’s release, [[Single: Koo Koo|Koo Koo]] was released as the album’s third single. The track is co-written by [[Prince]] and [[Sheila E.]], and [[Prince]] plays most instruments and produces the track. |
While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in late September 1986, at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as [[One Day (I’m Gonna Make You Mine)]]). | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in late September 1986, at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as [[One Day (I’m Gonna Make You Mine)]]). | ||
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{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
|1= '''Koo Koo''' | |1= '''Koo Koo''' | ||
− | |2= 3: | + | |2= 3:30 |
|3= Promotional release only | |3= Promotional release only | ||
|4= Promo video | |4= Promo video | ||
|5= See [[Video: Koo Koo|Koo Koo]] video for more details | |5= See [[Video: Koo Koo|Koo Koo]] video for more details | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Koo Koo''' | ||
+ | |2= 5:09 | ||
+ | |3= Promotional release only | ||
+ | |4= Promo video | ||
+ | |5= See [[Video: Koo Koo|Koo Koo]] video for more details | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Koo-Koo''' | ||
+ | |2= ?:?? | ||
+ | |3= ''Summer Tour 2012 (Raw And Real / Live In Lugano Switzerland)'' DVD | ||
+ | |4= Live | ||
+ | |5= 5 July 2012, Lugano, Switzerland | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]] | ||
|trivia = The phrase "koo koo" was first used by [[Prince]] in the track [[Mia Bocca]]. | |trivia = The phrase "koo koo" was first used by [[Prince]] in the track [[Mia Bocca]]. | ||
+ | * The track features the infamous Fairlight ORCH5 sample, taken from the 1965 Josef Krips and Philharmonia Orchestra rendition of Igor Stravinsky’s ''Firebird Suite/ Song of the Nightingale: IV - ‘Infernal Dance of All the Subjects of Kastchei’'', also used in [[Sign O’ The Times]], [[It]], [[Ten]] and [[If I Could Get Your Attention]]. | ||
|see also = [[Album: Sheila E.|Sheila E.]] album | |see also = [[Album: Sheila E.|Sheila E.]] album | ||
* [[Single: Koo Koo|Koo Koo]] single | * [[Single: Koo Koo|Koo Koo]] single |
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