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from the album I’m Ready from the album The Gold Experience promo single art for Shhh Song details Performer: Tevin Campbell; First Released: 26 October 1993 - I’m Ready album (Tevin Campbell version) 26 September 1995 - The Gold Experience album ( version) Album(s): I’m Ready The Gold Experience The Best Of Tevin Campbell Anthology: 1995-2010 The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold) Rhino Hi-Five: Tevin Campbell EP Can We Talk - Live In Concert Writer(s): Prince (credited as Paisley Park on Tevin Campbell release; as on The Gold Experience) Producer(s): Prince (credited as Paisley Park on Tevin Campbell release; as on The Gold Experience) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 13 February 1994 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA 17 March 2013 (a.m.): La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX, USA Performed regularly on tour: The Ultimate Live Experience Japan '96 World Tour 2003 Musicology Live 2004ever Per4ming Live 3121 21 Nights In London : The Earth Tour Prince Live 2010 Welcome 2 America Euro 2011 Tour Welcome 2 Canada Tour Performed occasionally in shows: 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013

Shhh is the twelfth track (ninth song) on Tevin Campbell’s second album I’m Ready, and around the same time as the album’s release, Shhh was available as a promotional single in the USA (with no commercial release). The song was written and produced by Prince under the pseudonym Paisley Park. Tevin Campbell’s version was also included as the third track on the 2001 compilation The Best Of Tevin Campbell and as the third track on the 2005 Rhino Hi-Five: Tevin Campbell EP. Prince (as ) played the song live in 1994 in a very different arrangement, and reclaimed the song by including it as the fourth track (third song) on his 17th album The Gold Experience, the first album to be credited to . Basic tracking took place as a live recording between 14-25 June 1992 at Olympic Studios, London, England, while in London for the Diamonds And Pearls Tour. When Prince became involved in Tevin Campbell’s album I’m Ready in September 1992, this song was re-vamped (along with recording Down, Holly Don’t Care, The P, The Halls Of Desire, Paris 1798430 and Uncle Sam), and Tevin Campbell’s vocals were added. ’s version was a new version recorded in early 1994 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as Hate U, Days Of Wild, and new versions of The Most Beautiful Girl In The World). Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 14-25 June 1992 (exact date uncertain) Olympic Studios, London, England Tracking September 1992 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Re-working and Tevin Campbell vocal overdubs 1992-1993 Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA, USA Additional recording (for Tevin Campbell version) Early 1994 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Re-recording by 2006 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) Tracking of 'Versace Experience' version Recording Personnel Tevin Campbell version Tevin Campbell - vocals Prince - background vocals and all instruments, except where noted (uncredited) Michael B. - drums Sonny T. - bass guitar Tommy Barbarella - keyboards Eric Leeds - saxophone (credited as 'hornz', does not appear) Atlanta Bliss - trumpet (credited as 'hornz', does not appear) Kathleen Johnson - background vocals Clare Fischer - possible string arrangements (uncredited) version Prince (as ) - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Michael B. - drums Sonny T. - bass guitar Tommy Barbarella - keyboards Mayte - background vocals 2006 'Versace Experience' version Prince - all vocal and instruments (assumed) Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Shhh 4:55 I’m Ready Shhh promo I’m Ready single The Best Of Tevin Campbell Rhino Hi-Five: Tevin Campbell EP Various ‎– Club Promotions Back To Back Album Sampler No. 3 Studio Shhh (Edit) 4:14 Shhh promo Edit Shhh 7:18 The Gold Experience Anthology: 1995-2010 Studio Shhh (X-cerpt) 3:55 The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold) My Computer (2019 cover mount single) Edit Shhh (Live) 5:09 Tevin Campbell: Can We Talk - Live In Concert Live 17 October 2012, Unknown venue, Los Angeles, California, USA Shhh (Live) 6:02 Tevin Campbell: Can We Talk - Live In Concert Live 6 October 2012, Unknown venue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Shhh ?:?? Promotional release only Live 13 February 1994 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA; see The Beautiful Experience video for details Shhh ?:?? Welcome 2 America Deluxe edition Live 28 April 2011, The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info Shhh ?:?? Delayed live recording radio broadcast. Debuted on Spanish radio Los 40 Principales on 3 March 1994 Live 13 February 1994 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Shhh ?:?? Delayed live concert film Live 13 February 1994 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA; same as video version above; see The Beautiful Experience for details Shhh ?:?? Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 17 October 2003, Tamar Site, Admiralty, Hong Kong Shhh 7:29 Lotusflow3r.com video stream Live 26 April 2008, Coachella Music Festival, Empire Polo Field, Indio, CA, USA Shhh ?:?? Live performance TV broadcast / online stream Live 27 June 2011, Le Grand Journal, Studios Rive Gauche, Paris, France Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Shhh Studio Original 1992 version with Prince vocals Shhh (The Versace Experience) re-created for fashion show remix used in a 2006 Versace fashion show

Additional Information See also Trivia I’m Ready album Shhh promo Tevin Campbell The Gold Experience album "Shhh" was the only wording shown on the cover of a promo cassette for Carmen Electra’s single Fun in 1992. The same artwork was also used for a 12" promo of Carmen Electra’s Go Go Dancer. Neither track is related, although the artwork was likely created at around the time Prince first recorded Shhh. Tevin Campbell’s version is sometimes referred to as Shhh (Break It Down), Shhh...Break It Down and Break It Down. Shhh was supposed to be sung with Tevin Campbell on stage on 13 February 1994 (a.m.) at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA. Campbell let Prince know during the rehearsals for that show that he wanted to sing his new single Can We Talk (written by Babyface, also from I’m Ready) instead. Prince didn’t want to play a song he did not write for Campbell, and since The NPG has already rehearsed heavily on Shhh (and didn’t know Can We Talk), Prince chose to sing Shhh himself. That performance was included on The Beautiful Experience TV-special and led to the re-recording of the song in studio and its inclusion on The Gold Experience. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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