Difference between revisions of "Nine"

• 14 May 1987, Deutschlandhalle, (West) Berlin, (West) Germany (during Madhouse opening act; including Frère_Jacques)
• 15 June 1987 (a.m.): New Morning, Paris, France

• none

• 1987 (performed by Madhouse)

Nine' is the first track on Madhouse's second and final album 16. Nine was written and performed by Prince (credited as Madhouse), with saxophone by Eric Leeds.

While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in March 1987, at Prince's Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions as Cindy C. and Dead On It). The rest of the album was recorded in late July and early August 1987; it is likely that the title was assigned only after the final sequence had been arranged for the album.

The track contains interpolations of Euphemia Allen's 1877 piano composition Chopsticks and Richard Rodgers' and Oscar Hammerstein II's 1959 composition The Sound Of Music (originally from the stage musical The Sound Of Music, as well as opening with synths previously used on U Got The Look.

Although sharing a name and both being attributed to Madhouse, the track is different to the track Nine, an unreleased track recorded during the 8 sessions in October 1986 (see Nine for details).

• Eric Leeds – baritone saxophone
• Prince – all other instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
• Dr. Fink - credited for keyboards, but does not appear
• Levi Seacer, Jr. - credited for bass guitar, but does not appear
• John Lewis - credited for drums, but does not appear

• 16 album
• Madhouse

• The "Bizarre!" sample used in this song is originally from Our Bizarre Relationship by Frank Zappa's band The Mothers of Invention (from Uncle Meat, 1969). It was one of the preset samples in the Fairlight CMI sample-synthesizer and Prince took it from there. It was utilized in quite a few songs recorded between 1985 and 1987: All My Dreams, Bob George, Christopher Tracy's Parade, Lovesexy, and Madhouse songs Nine and 6 (The End Of The World Mix) all contain this sample.

• The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)