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|introduction = '''Melody Cool''' is the 14th track on [[Prince]]'s twelfth album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] (the first and only track on the album to be credited to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]), and, around a month after the album's release, [[Single: Melody Cool|Melody Cool]] was released as as the album's third single (the only single from the album credited to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]). The extended version of the track was also included on the European CD single of [[Single: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] by [[Prince]], the album's fourth single. The track is also featured in the movie [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. In 1993, it was also included in a slightly different mix as the seventh track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]' second [[Paisley Park Records]] album [[Album: The Voice|The Voice]] (included as the twelfth track on the 1995 [[NPG Records]] re-release). | |introduction = '''Melody Cool''' is the 14th track on [[Prince]]'s twelfth album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] (the first and only track on the album to be credited to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]), and, around a month after the album's release, [[Single: Melody Cool|Melody Cool]] was released as as the album's third single (the only single from the album credited to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]). The extended version of the track was also included on the European CD single of [[Single: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] by [[Prince]], the album's fourth single. The track is also featured in the movie [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. In 1993, it was also included in a slightly different mix as the seventh track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]' second [[Paisley Park Records]] album [[Album: The Voice|The Voice]] (included as the twelfth track on the 1995 [[NPG Records]] re-release). | ||
− | While specific recording dates are not known, | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in July 1987 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota, during the first recording sessions to take place there (during the same set of sessions as [[No Changes]], [[Graffiti Bridge]] and a re-recording of [[If I Love U 2 Nite|If I Love You Tonight]], now titled [[If I Love U 2 Nite]]). '''Melody Cool''' marks the earliest recording from [[Paisley Park Studios]] to be released, therefore, although [[Prince]]'s original vocals were replaced by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]. The original 1987 version also featured some lyrical differences, and the song was sung from a third-person perspective ("they call her Melody Cool"). This original version was included as the eighth track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 1988]] configuration of [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. It was also included on a configuration of the [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]] album, dated [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October 1988]] (segueing from [[The Voice Inside]]), but was removed for the late 1988 - early 1989 configuration. It was included as the eleventh track on a late 1989 configuration of [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. At some point, most likely in late 1989, [[Prince]] recorded a guide vocal for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples], using the first-person perspective of the lyrics for her to overdub; it is likely that further musical changes took place on the track at the same time. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples] recorded vocal overdubs onto the track in late 1989 or early 1990, and the track in its released form was included as the 13th track on a 1990 configuration of the album. The track switched places with [[The Latest Fashion]] to become the 14th track on the final release. |
The movie [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] was developed starting in September 1987, indicating that the character ''Melody Cool'' in the movie, played by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples], was conceived to some degree before the movie itself. | The movie [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] was developed starting in September 1987, indicating that the character ''Melody Cool'' in the movie, played by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples], was conceived to some degree before the movie itself. | ||
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|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
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