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Modernaire
A Retrospective
from the album A Retrospective 		Modernaire
single art for Modernaire
Song details
Performer: Dez Dickerson
First Released: February 2005 - A Retrospective
Album(s): A Retrospective
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince (co-produced by Dez Dickerson)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not known to have been performed live by Prince.
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Modernaire (a.k.a. (I Want 2 B A) Modernaire) was performed (in part) by Dez Dickerson in Prince's first film Purple Rain. Over 20 years later, Dez Dickerson released the full song as the first track on his limited edition compilation A Retrospective (from his own tape copy of the track, rather than the master copy).

Three years later, Dez Dickerson released the single Modernaire, including the original version of the track and multiple cover versions of the song by dance artists (labeled on the single as "remixes").

Specific recording dates are not known, although it is believed that the track was recorded in mid-to-late 1983 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA (credited as "the Purple House basement studio"), after Dickerson left Prince's band.

Some reversed background vocals by an unidentified female (possibly Jill Jones) include the lines "Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek / For that which thou hast heard me speak tonight", taken from William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet (Act 2, Scene 2). This recording was later used in Intermission.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Mid-to-late 1983 Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Initial tracking
Recording Personnel
  • Dez Dickerson - lead vocals
  • Prince - guitars, synthesizers and background vocals
  • Unidentified female (possibly Jill Jones) - reversed background vocals

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Modernaire 4:02 A Retrospective album

Modernaire single

Studio a.k.a. (I Want 2 B A) Modernaire; Released from Dez Dickerson's tape copy instead of a master copy of the track


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Modernaire Studio original full-length version
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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