Sleep Around

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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: 16 November 1996 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA 29 October 1997: NMSU Pan American Center, Las Cruces, NM, USA Performed regularly on tour: Love 4 One Another Charities Tour Performed occasionally in shows: 1996, 1997

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 or Middle Ear Studio Miami Beach, FL, USA or Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Additional programming and mix by César Sogbe and Joe Galdo Recording Personnel Prince (as ) - all vocals and instruments Michael B. Nelson - trombone (credited collectively as the NPG Hornz) Steve Strand - trumpet (credited collectively as the NPG Hornz) Dave Jensen - trumpet (credited collectively as the NPG Hornz) Kathy Jensen - baritone saxophone (credited collectively as the NPG Hornz) Brian Gallagher - tenor saxophone (credited collectively as the NPG Hornz) 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 Emancipation album References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Prince: The Man and His Music, Matt Thorne (2016)

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