Sleep Around

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Sleep Around


from the album Emancipation
Song details
Performer:
First Released: 19 November 1996 - Emancipation album
Album(s): Emancipation
Writer(s): Prince (as )
Producer(s): Prince (as )
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Sleep Around is the seventh track on the third disc of Prince’s 19th album Emancipation, the third album to be credited to .

Basic tracking took place at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota in mid-July 1996 (on the same day as the recordings of Dreamin’ About U, The Love We Make, The Divine and the re-recording of Emale). Having enjoyed his work with R. Kelly, Prince invited recording engineer and mixer Peter Mokran to Paisley Park Studios to work on the song. Mokran created several mixes of Sleep Around, but Prince didn't like any of them. He then solicited engineers César Sogbe (who also worked on Chaos And Disorder) and Joe Galdo to work on the track further.

Sleep Around contains a sample of "Squib Cakes" (miscredited as "Squibcakes") by Tower Of Power (written by Chester Thompson, from their 1974 album Back To Oakland), which was previously sampled on Release It.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Mid-July 1996 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Tracking
Summer 1996 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Mixes by Peter Mokran
Summer 1996 South Beach Studios,
Miami Beach, FL, USA (assumed)
Additional programming and mix by César Sogbe and Joe Galdo
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Sleep Around 7:41 Emancipation Studio
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Sleep Around ?:?? Delayed TV broadcast performance Live 20 November 1996, Oprah Winfrey Show, Harpo Studios, Chicago, IL, USA
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Sleep Around Studio Initial recording
Sleep Around Studio Mixes by Peter Mokran
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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