Sexy M.F.

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Sexy M.F.

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from the album SymbolSmallerBlue.png
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single art for Sexy M.F.
Song details
Performer: Prince and the New Power Generation
First Released: 30 June 1992 - Sexy M.F. single
Album(s): SymbolSmallerBlue.png

The Hits 2
The Hits / The B-Sides

4Ever

Writer(s): Prince, Tony M. and Levi Seacer, Jr.
Producer(s): Prince and the New Power Generation
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Sexy M.F. is the second track on Prince’s 14th album SymbolSmallerBlue.png, the second album to be credited to Prince and the New Power Generation, and, three and a half months before the album’s release, Sexy M.F. was released as the album’s first single. Also in 1992, some remixes of the track, including the edit titled Sexy Mutha, were included on My Name Is Prince, the album’s second single. In 1993, Sexy M.F. was included as the 14th track on The Hits 2 (also included as the second disc of The Hits / The B-Sides).

While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in early December 1991, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced The Sacrifice Of Victor, The Morning Papers, Arrogance, and And God Created Woman). After hearing George Clinton’s Get Satisfied, Prince asked a similar sounding horn arrangement for Sexy M.F. to Dave Friedlander who engineered both songs.

Sexy M.F. was placed as the opening track of the SymbolSmallerBlue.png album for a while, until Prince later added the track My Name Is Prince, recorded a few months previously. It was included as the third track (second song) on the March 1992 and Summer 1992 configurations of the SymbolSmallerBlue.png album, before the Album Intro segue was removed.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Early December 1991 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Tracking
Summer 1992 Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA, USA Remix by Keith "K.C." Cohen
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Sexy M.F. 5:25 SymbolSmallerBlue.png album Studio
Sexy M.F. 5:25 Sexy M.F. single

The Hits 2
The Hits / The B-Sides
4Ever

Edit Same as album version without the opening "Oooh!"
Sexy M.F. 5:25 SymbolSmallerBlue.png album (clean version)

My Name Is Prince single

Alternate Clean version, edited to remove cursing a.k.a. Sexy M.F. (Long Version Clean)
Sexy M.F. (12" Remix) 7:34 My Name Is Prince single Remix Club remix
Sexy Mutha (Edit Of 12" Remix) 3:55 My Name Is Prince single Remix 'Clean' edit of club remix
Sexy MF (Clean Version) 3:49 Warner Music Japan Top Hits Selection September 1992 (Promotional release) Edit 'Clean' edit of the album version
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Sexy M.F. 8:49 Sexy M.F. VHS Promo video See Sexy M.F. video for more details
Sexy M.F. ?:?? 3 Chains O’ Gold VHS/laserdisc Promo video Edited version of Sexy M.F. above
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Sexy M.F. / Love 2 The 9’s ?:?? Delayed performance TV broadcast Live 17 December 1992, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA; see The Ryde Dyvine for details
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
2 Whom It May Concern 4:02 My Name Is Prince single

7 single
Damn U single

Studio medley See 2 Whom It May Concern for more details
Segue [# 2] 0:46 Carmen Electra Segue See Segue for more details
Purple Medley 11:03 Purple Medley single Studio medley See Purple Medley for more details
Wow (Sexy Version) Remix Version of the unreleased track Wow intended for I’ll Do Anything project, sung over Sexy M.F. music
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Sexy M.F. Studio Initial (incomplete) take
Sexy M.F. - 12"Remix (Edit) different from released Sexy Mutha (Edit Of 12" Remix) Remix
Sexy M.F. - Hardcore Mix (Long Version) Remix a.k.a. ‘Hardcore Dance Mix’
Sexy M.F. - Hardcore Mix - (Short Version) Remix
Sexy M.F. - Short Version (No Rap) Remix
Sexy M.F. - 7" Radio Mix Remix
Sexy M.F. - Sonny T Mix (Unmastered) Remix
Sexy M.F. Remix 2007 dance remix with different rhythm track, instrumental parts, vocals and samples including C+C Music Factory "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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