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|performer = [[Prince]] / [[Prince and the Revolution]] | |performer = [[Prince]] / [[Prince and the Revolution]] | ||
|first released = December 1985 - [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS (live version) <br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 23|23 June 2017]] - [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album (1984 studio version) | |first released = December 1985 - [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS (live version) <br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 23|23 June 2017]] - [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album (1984 studio version) | ||
− | [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_29|29 November 2019]] - [[Album: | + | [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_29|29 November 2019]] - [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] album (1982 studio version) |
− | |album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]<br> |
+ | [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]<br> | ||
+ | [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Positivity]] | |previous song = [[Positivity]] | ||
|next song = [[Pour Me A Cup]] | |next song = [[Pour Me A Cup]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Possessed''' is a song that was cut and worked on in the studio by [[Prince]] on many different occasions. Basic tracking of the initial version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May | + | |introduction = '''Possessed''' is a song that was cut and worked on in the studio by [[Prince]] on many different occasions. Basic tracking of the initial version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May 1982]] by [[Prince]] alone at his [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. This version was overdubbed a year later, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 24|24 May 1983]], also at the at the [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. |
A new version, started from scratch, was cut with [[The Revolution]] in August 1983 at [[The Warehouse]] in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. It was a hot day and they kept running into power outage problems while attempting to record. In the end the session was stopped. But it is likely the song was committed to tape in the same setting at a later date. This version however also remains unreleased. | A new version, started from scratch, was cut with [[The Revolution]] in August 1983 at [[The Warehouse]] in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. It was a hot day and they kept running into power outage problems while attempting to record. In the end the session was stopped. But it is likely the song was committed to tape in the same setting at a later date. This version however also remains unreleased. | ||
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It was this 1984 studio version (incorrectly attributed as the 1983 version) that was released as the sixth track (and seventh song) on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' disc of the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album in June 2017. | It was this 1984 studio version (incorrectly attributed as the 1983 version) that was released as the sixth track (and seventh song) on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' disc of the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album in June 2017. | ||
− | Until after [[Prince | + | Until after [[Prince]]'s death the song was only 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). |
A studio version of the 1984 recording was released as the sixth track on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' disc of the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album in June 2017. A studio version of the original 1982 recording (sans 1983 overdubs) was released in 2019 as the first track on the ''Vault Tracks part 2'' disc of a ''Deluxe'' edition of the [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999]] album. | A studio version of the 1984 recording was released as the sixth track on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' disc of the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album in June 2017. A studio version of the original 1982 recording (sans 1983 overdubs) was released in 2019 as the first track on the ''Vault Tracks part 2'' disc of a ''Deluxe'' edition of the [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999]] album. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May 1982]] |
|studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Basic tracking | |additional info = Basic tracking | ||
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|3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)]]<br> | |3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)]]<br> | ||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
− | |5= | + | |5= 1984 version |
}} | }} | ||
{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
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|3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] <br> | |3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] <br> | ||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
− | |5= | + | |5= Original 1982 version, sans overdubs |
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Possessed''' | ||
+ | |2= 4:25 | ||
+ | |3= [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] | ||
+ | |4= Live | ||
+ | |5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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* [[07 June 1985|7 June 1985: Prom Center, Saint Paul, MN, USA]] | * [[07 June 1985|7 June 1985: Prom Center, Saint Paul, MN, USA]] | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
− | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1982|1982]] <small>(lyrical clip included in [[How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore]])</small>, [[All Concerts# | + | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1982|1982]] <small>(lyrical clip included in [[How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore]])</small>, [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1985|1985]] |
|trivia = Played live (in 1985) the song often contained some lyrics form [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown's] [[Licking Stick - Licking Stick]] including ''Sister out in the backyard, doin' the [outside] dance.'' | |trivia = Played live (in 1985) the song often contained some lyrics form [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown's] [[Licking Stick - Licking Stick]] including ''Sister out in the backyard, doin' the [outside] dance.'' | ||
|see also = [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] home video | |see also = [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] home video |
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