Play (a.k.a. U Want Me 2 What?) is an unreleased track recorded in September or October 1990, at Larrabee Sound, Los Angeles, CA, USA during recording sessions for the New Power Generation maxi-single (during the same set of sessions as the N.P.G. (Funky Weapon Remix), T.C.'s Rap, Tony’s Iggnant Mix, Get Off, The Lubricated Lady, Loveleft, Loveright, a segue later included in the N.P.G. (Funky Weapon Remix), Oobey Doop, Heaven Is Keeping Score, and additional recording on My Tree and A Positive Place).
The song about kissing opens with Robin Power saying "you want me to what?" (also used in Number One and New Power Generation (Pt. II)), as sort of a segue connecting it to a previous song on an earlier d configuration of the New Power Generation maxi-single. It then starts with an acoustic one-chord guitar vamp and has Prince almost begging: Can you come outside and... play?.
It was included as the eleventh track (tenth song) on an October 1990 configuration of the New Power Generation maxi-single. It was included (as U Want Me 2 What?) as the seventh song on another October 1990, configuration, but the track was removed from the final release, and the track remains unreleased.
|