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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> | + | [[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> | + | |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) | + | |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: | + | [[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'']] | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br> |
+ | [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br> | ||
+ | [[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. | + | 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]] | + | 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 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 = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
}} | }} | ||
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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 = | + | |additional info = Tracking, second version (aborted) |
}} | }} | ||
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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 = | + | |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]] | + | |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> | + | |3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)]]<br> |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
− | |5= | + | |5= 1984 version |
}} | }} | ||
{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
|1= '''Possessed''' | |1= '''Possessed''' | ||
|2= 8:47 | |2= 8:47 | ||
− | |3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] <br> | + | |3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] <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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|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)]] | + | [[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 = | ||
+ | |sampled in = | ||
+ | {{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 | + | {{Songchart| |
+ | |line = | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''[[Let’s Go Crazy]] (Special Dance Mix)''' | ||
+ | |2= 7:35 | ||
+ | |3= [[Single: Let’s Go Crazy|Let’s Go Crazy]] Maxi-single<br> | ||
+ | |4= Studio | ||
+ | |5= A synth part from the 1984 version of '''Possessed''' is used on the ''Special Dance Mix'' of '''Let’s Go Crazy''' | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |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 | + | |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 | + | |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 | + | * 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)]]'' |
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