Difference between revisions of "Scandalous"

• 13 February 1989: Osaka-Jo Hall (大阪城ホール), Osaka, Japan (lyrical clips during Do Me, Baby); 30 April 1990: Rupert’s, Golden Valley, MN, USA (first full performance)
  
• 27 May 2012 (a.m.): Eatons Hill Hotel & Function Centre - Grand Ballroom, Albany Creek (Brisbane), Australia

• Act II
• Hit N Run Tour
• A Celebration

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Scandalous is the eighth track on Prince’s eleventh album Batman (the motion picture soundtrack to the Tim Burton movie Batman), and, five months after the album’s release, Scandalous! (the title containing an exclamation point) was released as the album’s fourth single. Prince’s father, John L. Nelson, is credited as a co-writer, but his input into the track is unknown. The vocals on the album are credited to a character from the movie, as if Prince is singing on their behalf. Scandalous, like The Future, is attributed to Batman.

Basic tracking took place on 17 October 1988 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on a day off from the Lovesexy Tour, between stops in Greensboro, North Carolina and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). On 1 October 1989, three and a half months after the track was first released, the track was re-worked to a three-part version called The Scandalous Sex Suite; the three parts were titled The Crime, The Passion and The Rapture. Actress Kim Basinger, who played the character Vicki Vale in the movie, took part in these sessions, which were released on the Scandalous! maxi-single, also known as the The Scandalous Sex Suite EP.

In 2000, Scandalous was planned for inclusion on When 2 R In Love: The Ballads Of Prince (likely in re-recorded form, although it is possible this was planned but not executed). The album did not receive many votes by visitors at Prince: A Celebration, however, and was ultimately abandoned.

Batman version

• Prince - all vocals and instruments

The Crime, The Passion, The Rapture versions

• Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
• Kim Basinger - additional vocals
• Eric Leeds - saxophone

• Batman album
• Scandalous! single
• Scandalous! video
• John L. Nelson

• Scandalous is quoted musically in three Danny Elfman compositions for the Batman movie, also available on the companion Batman: Original Motion Picture Score - Kitchen, Surgery, Face-Off, Love Theme and Finale. While Danny Elfman must have heard Scandalous before its release, it is unlikely that Prince himself was involved in these three tracks (although he is credited with co-composition as a result of Scandalous’s inclusion), so they are not given full entries here.
• This song uses the LinnDrum, the successor of the Linn LM-1 usually utilized by Prince.

• The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)