Difference between revisions of "Papa"
m |
m |
||
(8 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
|single image = [[File:come.jpg|100px|link=Album: Come]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Come|Come]]</small> | |single image = [[File:come.jpg|100px|link=Album: Come]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Come|Come]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 16|16 August | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 16|16 August 1994]] - [[Album: Come|Come]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: Come|Come]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Come|Come]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |previous song = [[ | + | |previous song = [[Pangaea]] |
|next song = [[Paradigm]] | |next song = [[Paradigm]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Papa''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Papa''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]]’s fifteenth album [[Album: Come|Come]]. In 1994, four months before the album’s release, the promotional video of [[Papa]] was included in [[TV Film: The Beautiful Experience|The Beautiful Experience]] TV movie (credited, as was the whole project, to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). |
− | While specific recording dates are not known, | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in January 1993 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Pheromone]] and [[Dance Of Desperation]]). The track was originally included as the fourth track on a March 1993 configuration of [[Album: Come|Come]]. It was also planned as the first track on the [[Single: Papa EP|Papa EP]], planned for release on [[Prince]]’s birthday, [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 7|7 June 1993]], but later abandoned. It was kept for inclusion on the [[Album: Come|Come]] album as the seventh track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_11|11 March 1994]] configuration. |
− | [[Prince]] has hinted in shows that the song is semi-autobiographical (often finishing the performance by stating " | + | [[Prince]] has hinted in shows that the song is semi-autobiographical (often finishing the performance by stating "don’t abuse children - or else they turn out like me", a line from the song), but [[Prince]]’s mother has only said that she and [[Prince]]’s father had "normal disagreements", and it has been suggested that [[Prince]]’s childhood was more peaceful than the depictions in this song and in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = January | + | |date = January 1993 |
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
Line 45: | Line 45: | ||
|3= Promotional release only | |3= Promotional release only | ||
|4= Promo video | |4= Promo video | ||
− | |5= | + | |5= See [[Video: Papa|Papa]] video for more details |
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
Line 65: | Line 65: | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
− | |first live appearance = [[06_April | + | |first live appearance = [[06_April 1993-am|6 April 1993 (a.m.): Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, USA]]<br> |
+ | * [[26 July 1994|26 July 1994: Glam Slam, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1993|1993]], [[All Concerts#1994|1994]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1993|1993]], [[All Concerts#1994|1994]] | ||
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
|see also = [[Album: Come|Come]] album | |see also = [[Album: Come|Come]] album | ||
+ | * [[Single: Papa EP|Papa EP]] | ||
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:1994]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1994]][[Category:Recorded 1993]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
}} | }} |
Latest revision as of 18:15, 28 November 2023
Pangaea < < < | Non-Prince Songs | All Prince Songs | Unreleased Songs | > > > Paradigm |
Papa |
|
|
|
Additional Information
|
Pangaea < < < | All Songs | Unreleased Songs | > > > Paradigm |