Difference between revisions of "Love Is A Losing Game"
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|song name = Love Is A Losing Game | |song name = Love Is A Losing Game | ||
| − | |single image = [[File: | + | |single image = [[File: Ouicanluv album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Oui Can Luv]]<br><small>from the streamed album [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]]</small> |
| − | |performer = [[Andy Allo]] | + | |performer = [[Andy Allo]] featuring [[Prince]] |
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 24|24 July, 2011]] - [[Andy Allo]] [[Andy_Allo_Facebook_Streams|Facebook page]] audio stream<br> | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 24|24 July, 2011]] - [[Andy Allo]] [[Andy_Allo_Facebook_Streams|Facebook page]] audio stream<br> | ||
[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 25|25 July, 2011]] - [http://www.thisisrealmusic.com/articles/60711/Andy_Allo_and_Prince-Love_Is_A_Losing_Game.php ThisIsRealMusic.com] mp3 download | [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 25|25 July, 2011]] - [http://www.thisisrealmusic.com/articles/60711/Andy_Allo_and_Prince-Love_Is_A_Losing_Game.php ThisIsRealMusic.com] mp3 download | ||
| − | |album(s) = | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] |
|writer(s) = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse Amy Winehouse] | |writer(s) = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse Amy Winehouse] | ||
|previous song = [[Love 4 1another]] | |previous song = [[Love 4 1another]] | ||
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|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed, no official credits given) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed, no official credits given) | ||
|introduction = | |introduction = | ||
| − | '''Love Is A Losing Game''' is a cover version of the song by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse Amy Winehouse], which first appeared on her 2006 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_Black Back To Black], and was released as a single in 2007. | + | '''Love Is A Losing Game''' is a cover version of the song written and originally performed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse Amy Winehouse], which first appeared on her 2006 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_Black Back To Black], and was released as a single in 2007. |
| − | A version by [[Andy Allo]] | + | A version by [[Andy Allo]] and [[Prince]], seemingly recorded acoustically in one take (similar to their streamed version of [[Guitar]]), was streamed on [[Andy Allo]]'s [[Andy_Allo_Facebook_Streams|Facebook page]] within 24 hours of the announcement of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse Winehouse]'s death, indicating that it was likely recorded the same day. |
It was then offered as a free download the following day on [http://www.thisisrealmusic.com/articles/60711/Andy_Allo_and_Prince-Love_Is_A_Losing_Game.php ThisIsRealMusic.com]. | It was then offered as a free download the following day on [http://www.thisisrealmusic.com/articles/60711/Andy_Allo_and_Prince-Love_Is_A_Losing_Game.php ThisIsRealMusic.com]. | ||
| − | + | A different acoustic take was made available in 2015 as the third track on the acoustic album [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] by [[Andy Allo]] featuring [[Prince]] on acoustic guitar. | |
| − | In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse Amy Winehouse]'s only performance with [[Prince]], she sang lead vocals on this song, during an aftershow on [[22_September,_2007-am|22 September, 2007 (am), 3121 at The IndigO<sub>2</sub>, London, England]]. | + | [[Prince]] performed the song occasionally in 2007, with [[Shelby J.]] singing lead vocals. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse Amy Winehouse]'s only performance with [[Prince]], she sang lead vocals on this song, during an aftershow on [[22_September,_2007-am|22 September, 2007 (am), 3121 at The IndigO<sub>2</sub>, London, England]]. |
| − | + | Specific recording dates for the studio recordings are not known, but the track is believed to have been recorded in mid-2011 to mid-2012 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, during sessions for [[Andy Allo]]'s second album [[Album: Superconductor|Superconductor]]. No other studio version by [[Prince]] is believed to exist. | |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| − | |date | + | |date = Mid-2011 to mid-2012 (assumed) |
| − | |studio | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA |
| − | |additional info | + | |additional info = Initial tracking |
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
| + | '''2011 version''' | ||
* [[Andy Allo]] - lead vocals | * [[Andy Allo]] - lead vocals | ||
| − | * [[Prince]] - background vocals and guitar | + | * [[Prince]] - background vocals and acoustic guitar |
| + | <br> | ||
| + | '''Oui Can Luv version''' | ||
| + | *[[Andy Allo]] - vocals | ||
| + | *[[Prince]] - acoustic guitar | ||
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{Songchart| | {{Songchart| | ||
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|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
|5= [[03 August, 2011|3 August, 2011, Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway]]; audio only with static image | |5= [[03 August, 2011|3 August, 2011, Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway]]; audio only with static image | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{Songline| | ||
| + | |1= '''Love Is A Losing Game''' | ||
| + | |2= 3:06 | ||
| + | |3= [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] [[Tidal]] stream | ||
| + | |4= Studio | ||
| + | |5= | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|see also = [[Andy Allo]] | |see also = [[Andy Allo]] | ||
* [[Andy Allo Facebook Streams]] | * [[Andy Allo Facebook Streams]] | ||
| + | *[[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] album | ||
| + | *[[Tidal]] | ||
|references = | |references = | ||
| − | |categories = [[Category:2011]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Recorded 2011]] | + | |categories = [[Category:2011]][[Category:2015]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Recorded 2011]] |
}} | }} | ||
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