Skip 2 My U My Darling

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Skip 2 My U My Darling / Skip To My You My Darling


from the album Here It Is (French release only)

from the album
Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition
Song details
Performer: Jevetta Steele; Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
First Released: 20 May 1991 - Here It Is album
Album(s): Here It Is
Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition
Writer(s): Prince, Jevetta Steele, Levi Seacer, Jr.
Producer(s): Ricky Peterson and Tommy LiPuma
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Skip 2 My U My Darling is the ninth track on the 1991 French release of Jevetta Steele’s first solo album Here It Is (Jevetta Steele is also part of the group The Steeles). The song was removed from the 1993 worldwide reissue, for unknown reasons. Prince wrote the track, but did not appear on the version as released in 1991.

Prince's original track started life as Skip 2 My U, tracked on 10 December 1990, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. His version was released in October 2023 as the eleventh track of Vault Tracks part 2, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition. Oddly, Prince’s version used the title Skip To My You My Darling, while Steele's version was released under the title Skip 2 My U My Darling (using Prince’s usual shorthand spelling).

The song’s title refers to the children’s nursery rhyme "Skip To My Lou". The lyrics also contains references to the nursery rhymes "Mary Had A Little Lamb", Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater and the children game Hide And Seek.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
10 December 1990 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Tracking
December 1990 - early 1991 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Overdubs by Jevetta Steele and The Steeles
Recording Personnel

Prince version


Jevetta Steele version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Skip 2 My U My Darling 4:23 Here It Is Studio Jevetta Steele version
Skip To My You My Darling 3:57 Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Studio Prince version



 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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