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
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|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
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Unreleased studio version
- Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed)
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Possessed
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Possessed
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Instrumental version of March 1984 re-recording
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|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
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|see also = Prince And The Revolution: Live home video
|references = The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)
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