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 in mid-late 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).
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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Mid-late June 1992
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Olympic Studios, London, England
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Basic tracking
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September 1992
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Re-working and Tevin Campbell vocal overdubs
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Early 1994
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Re-recording
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2006 (assumed)
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
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Basic tracking of 'Versace Experience' version
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Recording Personnel
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Tevin Campbell version
version
2006 'Versace Experience' version
- Prince - all vocal and instruments (assumed)
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Video Versions
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Broadcasts/streaming (only)
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Title
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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Shhh
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Delayed live concert film
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Live
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13 February 1994 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA; same as video version above; see The Beautiful Experience for details
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Shhh
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Delayed concert TV broadcast
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Live
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17 October 2003, Tamar Site, Admiralty, Hong Kong
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Shhh
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7:29
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Lotusflow3r.com video stream
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Live
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26 April 2008, Coachella Music Festival, Empire Polo Field, Indio, CA, USA
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Shhh
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Live performance TV broadcast / online stream
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Live
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27 June 2011, Le Grand Journal, Studios Rive Gauche, Paris, France
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Unreleased Versions
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Title
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Version
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Additional Info
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Shhh
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Studio
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Original 1992 version with Prince vocals
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Shhh (The Versace Experience)
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re-created for fashion show remix
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used in a 2006 Versace fashion show
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