Mutiny

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Mutiny


from the album The Family
Song details
Performer: The Family
First Released: 19 August 1985 - The Family album
Album(s): The Family

Live & Tight As A Funk Fiends' Fix

Writer(s): Prince (credited to Jerome Benton)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to David Z. Rivkin and The Family)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Mutiny is the second track on The Family’s first and only album The Family. The song was written by Prince, but credited to Jerome Benton. In 2001, a live performance medley by Prince of Controversy and Mutiny was released as part of NPG Music Club Edition # 2.

Basic tracking took place on 27 June 1984 at the Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, MN, USA (five days after recording Mazarati – later renamed Susannah’s Pajamas, on the same day High Fashion and Desire). Saxophone overdubs by Eric Leeds were recorded a few days later, on 2 July 1984. St. Paul Peterson overdubbed vocals onto the track in late 1984 - early 1985.

On 23 April 2012, a 9:54 rehearsal version of Mutiny containing an interpolation of Ice Cream Castles by Prince and the New Power Generation and likely recorded around mid-April 2012 was streamed on drfunkenberry.com to promote the forthcoming Welcome 2 Australia Tour. The track was sent to Paul Peterson prior to its online stream, and fDeluxe (as The Family became known) responded the following week by streaming Hot Summer At Menard’s (a spoof commercial for Menards, a mid-west home goods store, using Prince’s Hot Summer as background music) on drfunkenberry.com.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
27 June 1984 Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Tracking
2 July 1984 Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Saxophone overdubs
Late Summer 1984 (estimate) Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Vocal overdubs by St. Paul Peterson
October 1984 (estimate) Monterey Sound Studios,
Glendale, CA, USA
Clare Fischer Orchestral overdubs
Spring 2013 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
re-recording w/ 11-piece horn arrangement
Recording Personnel

The Family version


Prince version


2013 re-recording


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Mutiny 3:57 The Family Studio
Mutiny 5:32 Fdeluxe: Live & Tight As A Funk Fiends' Fix Live 2 September 2012, Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Controversy / Mutiny 4:05 NPG Music Club Edition # 2 .mov download Live 8 December 2000, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA
Mutiny ?:?? St. Paul: Live At Bunkers DVD Live As part of the "Family Medley". Recorded live in 2005, Bunker’s Bar And Grill, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Mutiny T.B.C. Live concert TV broadcast Live 7 June 1986, Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA
Mutiny (originally titled Days of Wild & Loose) 9:54 Delayed performance online stream Rehearsal Recorded mid-April 2012, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota (assumed); contains an interpolation of Ice Cream Castles
Mutiny 5:09 Delayed performance TV broadcast Studio 4 March 2014, The Arsenio Hall Show, Sunset Bronson Studios - Stage 19, Los Angeles, California; contains an interpolation of Ice Cream Castles; also posted online as performance video
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Mutiny Studio Prince’s original studio version, using an alternate mix from the final release
Mutiny Studio 2013 re-recording with 11-piece horn section
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • Promotional image posted with 2012 rehearsal stream:

References
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