Sexy Dancer is the third track on Prince’s second album Prince, and, seven months after the album’s release, Sexy Dancer was released as the album’s third single, although it was released only in the UK and Japan, where it was the album’s second single (after I Wanna Be Your Lover).
While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place from late April to late May 1979 at Alpha Studios, Burbank, CA, USA. Overdubs and mixing took place at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California.
Although it wasn’t released as a single in the USA, Sexy Dancer (with I Wanna Be Your Lover) reached position 3 in the Billboard Disco Top 100 Chart, indicating the track was a DJ favorite in US clubs.
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Sexy Dancer
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TBC
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Live concert radio broadcast
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Live
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22 July 1990, Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain
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Sexy Dancer
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TBC
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Delayed concert TV broadcast
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Live
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29 July 1990, Estadio Santa María del Mar, La Coruña, Spain
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Sexy Dancer
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TBC
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Delayed concert TV broadcast
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Live
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31 August 1990, Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム), Tokyo, Japan
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Sexy Dancer/Le Freak - A Love Bizarre - Pass The Peas
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6:00
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3rdEye TV Show # 4 concert video stream
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Live
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21 September 2007, The O2 Arena, London, England
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Partyman (The Purple Party Mix)
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6:02
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Partyman single
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Remix
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Remix by Femi Jiya and Prince; Includes sampled clips of Sexy Dancer, I Wanna Be Your Lover, Head, Partyup, Let’s Work, 1999, Raspberry Beret, Erotic City, Kiss, U Got The Look, Housequake, Alphabet St., The Future and a chant from Batdance
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Partyman (The Purple Party Mix)
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5:58
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The Scandalous Sex Suite EP
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Remix edit
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As above, missing The Joker’s opening dialogue by Jack Nicholson
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Get Off
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4:41
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New Power Generation single
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Studio
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The Latest Fashion (Remix)
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6:15
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Shake! single
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Remix
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Remix by Michael Koppelman, Prince and Sylvia Massy
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The Latest Fashion (Remix)
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4:12
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Shake! cassette-single
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Remix/Edit
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Remix by Michael Koppelman, Prince and Sylvia Massy
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Purple Medley
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11:03
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Purple Medley single
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Studio medley
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See Purple Medley for more details
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Stare
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3:44
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Hitnrun Phase Two
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Studio
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Includes sample of Kiss and interpolation of Sexy Dancer
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