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|song name                = Possessed
 
|song name                = Possessed
 
|album image              = [[File:Princeandtherevolutiondoublelive vhs.jpg|60px|link=Home_Video:_Double_Live]] <br><small> from the home video [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] <br>  
 
|album image              = [[File:Princeandtherevolutiondoublelive vhs.jpg|60px|link=Home_Video:_Double_Live]] <br><small> from the home video [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] <br>  
[[File:1999_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: 1999 Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] </small>
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[[File:1999_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: 1999 Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] </small>
|single image              = [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album:_Purple_Rain_Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] </small>
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|single image              = [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album:_Purple_Rain_Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] </small>
 
|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)
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|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 Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album (1984 studio version)
[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_29|29 November 2019]] - [[Album: 11999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] album (1982 studio version)
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[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_29|29 November 2019]] - [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album (1982 studio version)
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]  
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br>
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[[Album: 1999  Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br>
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[[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
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Yet another new version, recorded from scratch was tracked on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_17|17 March 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California for use in [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. A short instrumental portion of this version plays in the movie in the background of a scene in which [[Morris Day]] tries to seduce [[Apollonia]].
 
Yet another new version, recorded from scratch was tracked on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_17|17 March 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California for use in [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. A short instrumental portion of this version plays in the movie in the background of a scene in which [[Morris Day]] tries to seduce [[Apollonia]].
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.
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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 Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album in June 2017.
  
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).
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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.
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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 Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] 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 ''Super Deluxe Edition'' edition of the [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999]] album.
 
|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May 1982]]
 
|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
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|additional info          = Tracking
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      =  August 1983
 
|date                      =  August 1983
 
|studio                    = [[The Warehouse]],<br>St. Louis Park, MN, USA  
 
|studio                    = [[The Warehouse]],<br>St. Louis Park, MN, USA  
|additional info          = Basic tracking, second version (aborted)
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|additional info          = Tracking, second version (aborted)
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_17|17 March 1984]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_17|17 March 1984]]
 
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking third version
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|additional info          = Tracking third version
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 21|21 March 1984]]; [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 25|25 April 1984]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 21|21 March 1984]]; [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 25|25 April 1984]]
 
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Editing (Instrumental) for use in [[Film: Purple Rain| Purple Rain]])
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|additional info          = Editing (Instrumental) for use in [[Film: Purple Rain| Purple Rain]]
 
}}
 
}}
 
|recording personnel      =  
 
|recording personnel      =  
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|1= '''Possessed'''
 
|1= '''Possessed'''
 
|2= 7:57
 
|2= 7:57
|3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)]]<br>
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|3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)]]<br>
 
|4= Studio
 
|4= Studio
|5=  
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|5= 1984 version
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
 
|1= '''Possessed'''
 
|1= '''Possessed'''
 
|2= 8:47
 
|2= 8:47
|3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] <br>
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|3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] <br>
 
|4= Studio
 
|4= Studio
|5= original 1982 version, sans overdubs
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|5= Original 1982 version, sans overdubs
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''Possessed'''
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|2= 4:25
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|3= [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]]
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|4= Live
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|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}   
 
}}   
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|2= 4:24
 
|2= 4:24
 
|3= [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc <br>
 
|3= [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc <br>
[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)]]
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[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)]]
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
 
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]
 
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]
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}}
 
|broadcasts, streaming    =  
 
|broadcasts, streaming    =  
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|sampled in                =
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{{SongSampled|
 
|sampled in                =  
 
|sampled in                =  
|first live appearance    = [[10_December 1982|10 December 1982: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA]] <small>(lyrics only in [[How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore]])</small>; [[21 May 1984 |21 May 1984: Carlton Celebrity Room, Bloomington, MN, USA]] <small>(first full performance)</small> <br>  
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{{Songchart|
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|line =
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''[[Let’s Go Crazy]] (Special Dance Mix)'''
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|2= 7:35
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|3= [[Single: Let’s Go Crazy|Let’s Go Crazy]] Maxi-single<br>
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|4= Studio
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|5= A synth part from the 1984 version of '''Possessed''' is used on the ''Special Dance Mix'' of '''Let’s Go Crazy'''
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}}
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}}
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}}
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|first live appearance    = [[10_December 1982|10 December 1982: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA]] <small>(lyrics only in [[How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore]])</small>; [[21 May 1984 |21 May 1984: Carlton Celebrity Room, Bloomington, MN, USA]] <small>(first full performance)</small> <br>  
 
* [[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#1983|1983]], [[All Concerts#1985|1985]]
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|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.''
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|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.''
* The released mix of this track on the [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] was done by Nick Bolas specifically this release. It was made to replicate the original mix from the time the song was initially tracked, as much as possible. So even when a slightly different mix of the 1982 version might exist, the now released version is not considered a true alternate mix of the track.
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* The 1984 re-recording of this song uses the LinnDrum, the successor of the Linn LM-1 usually utilized by [[Prince]].
 
|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
 
|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)]]''

Revision as of 09:42, 12 September 2021

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Possessed

Princeandtherevolutiondoublelive vhs.jpg
from the home video Prince And The Revolution: Live

1999 Deluxe.jpg
from the album 1999 Super Deluxe Edition

Purplerain Deluxe.jpg
from the album Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition
Song details
Performer: Prince / Prince and the Revolution
First Released: December 1985 - Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS (live version)
23 June 2017 - Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition album (1984 studio version)

29 November 2019 - 1999 Super Deluxe Edition album (1982 studio version)

Album(s): Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition

1999 Super Deluxe Edition
Prince And The Revolution: Live

Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:

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 15 May 1982 by Prince alone at his Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. This version was overdubbed a year later, on 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.

Yet another new version, recorded from scratch was tracked on 17 March 1984 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California for use in Purple Rain. A short instrumental portion of this version plays in the movie in the background of a scene in which Morris Day tries to seduce Apollonia. 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 Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition album in June 2017.

Until after Prince’s death the song was only 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).

A studio version of the 1984 recording was released as the sixth track on the From The Vault & Previously Unreleased disc of the Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition 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 Super Deluxe Edition edition of the 1999 album.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
15 May 1982 Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Tracking
24 May 1983 Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Overdubs
21 June 1983 The Warehouse,
St. Louis Park, MN, USA
rehearsal recording
August 1983 The Warehouse,
St. Louis Park, MN, USA
Tracking, second version (aborted)
August 1983 The Warehouse,
St. Louis Park, MN, USA
New attempt at second version
17 March 1984 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Tracking third version
21 March 1984; 25 April 1984 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Editing (Instrumental) for use in Purple Rain
Recording Personnel

Initial solo version

  • Prince – All vocals and instruments except where indicated
  • Jill Jones – background vocals


1983 Warehouse version


1984 studio version

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments


Prince and the Revolution: Live version version (1985)



Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Possessed 7:57 Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)
Studio 1984 version
Possessed 8:47 1999 Super Deluxe Edition
Studio Original 1982 version, sans overdubs
Possessed 4:25 Prince And The Revolution: Live Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Possessed 4:24 Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS/laserdisc

Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)

Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Let’s Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix) 7:35 Let’s Go Crazy Maxi-single
Studio A synth part from the 1984 version of Possessed is used on the Special Dance Mix of Let’s Go Crazy
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Possessed Studio May 1983 overdubs version
Possessed Studio August 1983 band recording
Possessed Instrumental Instrumental version of March 1984 re-recording
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • Played live (in 1985) the song often contained some lyrics form James Brown’s Licking Stick - Licking Stick including Sister out in the backyard, doin’ the [outside] dance.
  • The 1984 re-recording of this song uses the LinnDrum, the successor of the Linn LM-1 usually utilized by Prince.

References
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