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Nine

from the album 16 Song details Performer: Madhouse First Released: 18 November 1987 - 16 album Album(s): 16 Writer(s): = Prince (credited to Madhouse) Producer(s): = Prince (credited to Madhouse) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 14 May 1987, Deutschlandhalle, (West) Berlin, (West) Germany (during Madhouse opening act; including Frère_Jacques) 15 June 1987 (a.m.): New Morning, Paris, France Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: 1987 (performed by Madhouse)

Nine is the first track on Madhouse’s second and final album 16. The Track was written and performed by Prince (credited as Madhouse), with saxophone by Eric Leeds. Tracking took place 1 November 1986 on Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California. The rest of the album was recorded in late July and early August 1987. 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 Sequential Circuits Prophet VS, FILMUSIC (patch 69) pre-set synth, previously used on U Got The Look and The Cocoa Boys. The track Six And ½ was originally recorded as Nine, logically following the last recorded Madhouse track “Eight”, but when that was dubbed Six And ½ when utilized as b-side for the single 6, Now vacant again the title Nine was subsequently used for this track. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 1 November 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Tracking, edits, mix Recording Personnel 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 Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info {{{line}}}

Additional Information See also Trivia 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. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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