Life Can Be So Nice is the sixth track on Prince's eighth album Parade, the third to be credited to Prince and the Revolution. The track is also played in Prince's second feature film, Under The Cherry Moon.
Initial tracking in the studio only took place on 21 April 1985 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA (the day after Old Friends 4 Sale, Others Here With Us and Tibet, the same day as Sometimes It Snows In April, the day before the release of Around The World In A Day and two days before recording Evolsidog). Clare Fischer arranged and recorded orchestration for the song at some point in mid-late 1985 at Monterey Sound Studios, Glendale, CA, USA, but Prince preferred the track without orchestration, and chose to use the track without orchestration for the final release.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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21 April 1985
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Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA
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Initial tracking
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Mid-late 1985
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Monterey Sound Studios, Glendale, CA, USA
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Orchestra recording by Clare Fischer
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Recording Personnel
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Parade version
Unreleased version
- Orchestral Players:
- Violins - Isabelle Daskoff, Francine Walsh, Mari Botnik, Pam Gates, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Betty Moor, Irma Neumann, Assa Drori, Bill Hymanson, Oscar Chasow, Ron Clark, Henry Ferber, Erne Granat, Ed Green, Bill Hybel, Reggie Hill, Pat Johnson, Don Palmer, Sheldon Sanov, Joe Schonbrun, Terry Schonbrun and Harold Wolf
- Violas - Pam Goldsmith, Margot Maclaine, Carol Mukagawa, Myer Bello, Alan Deverich, Norman Forrest, Alan Harshman, Jorge Moraga and David Stock
- Cellos - Jim Arkatoff, Ray Kelley, Ray Kramer and Fred Seykora
- Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson.
- Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico
- Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob O'Donnell and Al Vizutti
- Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous
- French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian O'Connor, Calvin Smith and Jim Thatcher
- Tuba - Tommy Johnson
- Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Title
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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Life Can Be So Nice
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3:12
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Parade
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Studio
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Broadcasts/streaming (only)
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Unreleased Versions
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Title
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Additional Info
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Life Can Be So Nice
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Studio
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Track with unused orchestral overdubs
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