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|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1995|1995]] - as pre-recorded interlude

Revision as of 14:08, 28 December 2016

{{song| |song name = Orgasm |album image = Come.jpg
from the album Come |single image = Come single.jpg
promo single art for Come |performer = Prince |first released = 16 August 1994 - Come album |album(s) = Come |writer(s) = Prince |producer(s) = Prince |previous song = Open Book |next song = Osaka |introduction = Orgasm (a.k.a. Poem) is the tenth and final track on Prince's fifteenth album Come, and, around the same time as the album's release, the original full-length version of the track, known as Poem, was included as the only track on a German promotional single, Come (strangely, the track Come was not included). The previous year, however, Poem was included as an untitled segue following What's My Name in the Glam Slam Ulysses stage-show, during the segment titled "Scylla" (credited, as was the whole project, to SymbolSmallerBlue.png). In 1994, four months before the album's release, Poem was heard played over the credits in The Beautiful Experience TV movie (again credited, as was the whole project, to SymbolSmallerBlue.png).

While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in early 1993 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (as Poem). The track reuses a guitar solo from Private Joy (recorded exactly 13 years before the Come album release, on 16 August 1981, at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA, USA) and vocals from Vanity 6's unreleased track Vibrator (recorded in Summer 1983 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA). The "poem" was largely made up of lines from the Old Testament book Song of Songs (also known as the Song of Solomon). Poem was originally included as the ninth and final track on a March 1993 configuration of Come. It was kept for inclusion on the Come album as the first track on a 11 March 1994 configuration. For the final configuration of the album, the track was renamed Orgasm and portions of the "poem" were distributed as opening segments of other tracks; Pheromone, Race, Dark and Letitgo include segments in their opening seconds. |recording info = |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|16 August 1981 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Initial tracking (Private Joy guitar solo) |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Summer 1983 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Initial tracking (Vibrator Vanity vocals) |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Early 1993 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Initial tracking (as Poem) |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Spring-Summer 1994 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Editing to create Orgasm |recording personnel =

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
  • Vanity - vocals (as "she knows")

|released versions =

Title Length Released Version Additional info
Orgasm 1:39 Come Studio
Come 3:42 Come promo Studio Track is titled Come, but is actually Poem; Original full-length version before editing for album

|broadcasts, streaming = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Broadcasts/streaming (only)


|- | valign="top"|

Title Length Released Version Additional info
Poem 3:42 The Beautiful Experience TV movie Studio Played over credits; see The Beautiful Experience for details

|video versions = |unreleased versions = |sampled in = |first live appearance = 16 March 1995, Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England (as pre-recorded interlude)

|performed regularly on = none |performed occasionally in = 1995 - as pre-recorded interlude |trivia = |see also = Come album

|references = The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) |categories = }}