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Sex Shooter is the second track on Apollonia 6’s first and only album Apollonia 6, and, four weeks before the album’s release, Sex Shooter was releases as the album’s first single. As such, the song is the first to be credited to Apollonia 6. Sex Shooter was written by Prince, but credited to Apollonia 6. A performance of the song is also featured in the movie Purple Rain.
Basic tracking took place on 30 April 1983 at Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, the same day as Promise To Be True, and the track was originally planned for a second album by Vanity 6. It is unclear however if Vanity cut vocals for the song on this day or at a later occasion.
At a later session Brenda Bennett and possibly Susan Moonsie replaced Prince's backing vocals. When Vanity decided not to participate in the Purple Rain movie and left the group and, Prince restructured the group as Apollonia 6, after casting Apollonia for the project in September or October 1983. New lead vocals were recorded by her and Prince worked on the track further in October and November.
In 2019, Prince’s own version was released as the first track on the posthumous album Originals.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Studio
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Additional info
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| 30 April 1983
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Tracking
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| Summer 1983
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Vocal overdubs by Brenda Bennett, Jill Jones and possibly Susan Moonsie
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| Mid-October 1983
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Apollonia lead vocal overdubs, first attempt
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| 6 November 1983 (estimate)
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Apollonia lead vocal overdubs, second attempt
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| 6 February 1984
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Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
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Mix
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| 22 March 1984
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Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
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Edit for 7"
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Recording Personnel
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Apollonia 6 version
Prince version (on Originals)
- Prince - all instruments and vocals
Vanity 6 version
- Vanity - lead vocals
- Prince - all instruments, except where noted
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Video Versions
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Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
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Unreleased Versions
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Version
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Additional Info
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| Sex Shooter
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Studio
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Original Vanity 6 version, Prince background vocals
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| Sex Shooter
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Studio
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Vanity 6 version with different backing music from before
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| Sex Shooter
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Studio
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Original Vanity 6 version with Prince vocals replaced.
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