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|introduction              = '''Possessed''' was released in a live version as the eighth track on the [[Home_Video:_Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS in a double VHS case sometimes referred to as '''Double Live''', (later re-released as a single VHS). No audio version of the track has been released.
 
|introduction              = '''Possessed''' was released in a live version as the eighth track on the [[Home_Video:_Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS in a double VHS case sometimes referred to as '''Double Live''', (later re-released as a single VHS). No audio version of the track has been released.
  
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Initial tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 24|24 May 1983]] at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, two months after the song's first live appearance. He recorded a new version on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_17|17 March 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA for use in [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. A short instrumental portion plays in the movie in the background of a scene in which [[Morris Day]] tries to seduce [[Apollonia]].
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Initial tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 24|24 May 1983]] <!-- with [[The Revolution]] in August 1983 --> at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, two months after the song's first live appearance <!-- the [[Highway 7 Warehouse]] in St. Louis Park, MN . He recorded a new version on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_17|17 March 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA for use in [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. A short instrumental portion of the original 1983 version plays in the movie in the background of a scene in which [[Morris Day]] tries to seduce [[Apollonia]].
  
 
The song is dedicated to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown] in the credits of the [[Home_Video:_Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS.
 
The song is dedicated to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown] in the credits of the [[Home_Video:_Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS.
 
|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
 
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 24|24 May 1983]]
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 24|24 May 1983]] <!-- August 1983 -->
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|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA <!-- [[Highway 7 Warehouse]], St. Louis Park, MN, USA -->
 
|additional info          = Initial tracking
 
|additional info          = Initial tracking
 
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Revision as of 10:20, 2 May 2017

Positivity   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Power Fantastic
Possessed
Princeandtherevolutiondoublelive vhs.jpg
from the home video Prince And The Revolution: Live
Song details
Performer: Prince and the Revolution
First Released: December 1985 - Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS
Album(s): None
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
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Performed regularly on tour:
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Performed occasionally in shows:
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Possessed was released in a live version as the eighth track on the Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS in a double VHS case sometimes referred to as Double Live, (later re-released as a single VHS). No audio version of the track has been released.

Initial tracking took place on 24 May 1983 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA, two months after the song's first live appearance


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info

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Recording Personnel

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Versions
Released Versions

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Additional Information
See also Trivia
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References
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Positivity   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Power Fantastic

{{{categories}}} |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|17 March 1984 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Re-recording |recording personnel =
Prince and the Revolution: Live version


Unreleased studio version

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed)

|released versions =

Title Length Released Version Additional info
n/a n/a n/a n/a There have been no audio-only releases of this track.

|video versions = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Video Versions

|- | valign="top"|

Title Length Released Version Additional info
Possessed 4:24 Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS/laserdisc Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA

|unreleased versions = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Unreleased Versions

|- | valign="top"|

Title Version Additional Info
Possessed Studio May 1983 recording
Possessed Studio March 1984 re-recording
Possessed Instrumental Instrumental version of March 1984 re-recording

|broadcasts, streaming = |sampled in = |first live appearance = 10 December 1982: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA (lyrics only in How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore); 21 March 1983: Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA (first full performance)

|performed regularly on = none |performed occasionally in = 1982 (lyrical clip included in How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore), 1983, 1985 |trivia = |see also = Prince And The Revolution: Live home video |references = The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) |categories = }}

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