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|song name                = Slow Love
 
|song name                = Slow Love
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|single image              = [[File:sott.jpg|100px|link=Album: Sign O' The Times]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]  
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|single image              = [[File:sott.jpg|100px|link=Album: Sign O’ The Times]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]  
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]; [[Mayte]]
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]; [[Mayte]]
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 30|30 March 1987]] - [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] album
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 30|30 March 1987]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] album
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]<br>
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|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] (music and lyrics) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Davis Carole Davis] (lyrics)
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[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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|writer(s)                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Davis Carole Davis] (lyrics & music),<br>(mostly incorrectly) co-credited to [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
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|previous song            = ''[["slow jam"|"Slow jam"]]'' (no known title)
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|previous song            = ''[[“slow jam”|“Slow jam”]]'' (no known title)
 
|next song                = [[Small Bright Light]]
 
|next song                = [[Small Bright Light]]
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|introduction              = '''Slow Love''' is the seventh track on the first disc of [[Prince]]'s ninth album [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]. In 1987, a live version was included as the fifth track of the concert movie [[Film: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]].
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|introduction              = '''Slow Love''' is the seventh track on the first disc of [[Prince]]’s ninth album [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]. In 1987, a live version was included as the fifth track of the concert movie [[Film: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]].
  
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The song was written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Davis Carole Davis] years earlier. She and Prince reworked it in 1986, when they were having a brief relationship. Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 4|4 June 1986]] at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (the day after a configuration of the [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] album was made, the same day as saxophone overdubs on [[Yah, U Know]]). The track was initially included as the ninth track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1986]] configuration of the [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] album. When the album developed into the triple-album [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]], the song was included as the seventh track on the first disc on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]] configuration, which was eventually pared down and became [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]].
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The song was longtime thought to be co-written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Davis Carole Davis], whom [[Prince]] met in 1984, but in fact it is essentially a sole-composition by Davis, who wrote the lyrics and music and did the vocal arrangement. [[Prince]] only helped to rewrite and re-arrange the bridge.  
  
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Co-writer Carole Davis released her own version of the song (produced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Rodgers Nile Rodgers]) that appeared as a bonus track on the cd version only of her 1989 debut album ''Heart Of Gold''<!--, but this version had no input by [[Prince]] and should be considered a cover version-->.
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This initial version was recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 1|1 July 1984]] at his [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
  
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In late 1993, the song was tried out during early sessions for [[Mayte]]'s first album at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and was included as the eighth track on an early version of the album, which was titled [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Latino Barbie Doll]] at the time. The track was removed when the album evolved into [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]], however.
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The song was then shelved and taken out again two years later, when [[Prince]] worked further on the recording on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 3|3 June 1986]] at the [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (the day after a configuration of the [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] album was made, on the same day as [[Eric Leeds]] saxophone overdubs on [[Yah, U Know]]).
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The track was then initially included as the ninth track on the third and final configuration of the [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] album on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1986]]. When that album developed into the triple-album [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]], the song was included as the seventh track on the first disc on its [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]] configuration, which was eventually pared down and became [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]].
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When [[Prince]] was planning to release the song, in 1987, He attempted to buy the rights to it. <blockquote>Davis: ''“He had his lawyers call me, and they offered me $25,000 to own the song outright, and I refused, and they got back to me about a month later to give me 50 percent of publishing and writers, which I accepted for the opportunity to appear on a Prince record.” ''</blockquote>
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In late 1993, the song was tried out during early sessions for [[Mayte]]’s first album at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and was included as the eighth track on an early version of the album, which was titled [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Latino Barbie Doll]] at the time. The track was removed when the album evolved into [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]], however.
 
|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 1|1 July 1984]]
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|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|additional info          = Tracking
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 3|3 June 1986]]
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|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|additional info          = Strings overdubs (with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novi_Novog Novi Novog] and [[Suzie Katayama]]) and mix
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}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 4|4 June 1986]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 4|4 June 1986]]
 
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|additional info          = Basic tracking
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|additional info          = Horn overdubs and mix
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 12|12 June 1986]]
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 2,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info          = Mix
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = July 1986
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 11|11 July 1986]]
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|studio                    = [http://17hertz.com/ One On One Recording],<br>North Hollywood, California
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|studio                    = [http://17hertz.com/ One On One Recording],<br>North Hollywood, CA
 
|additional info          = Orchestra recording by [[Clare Fischer]]
 
|additional info          = Orchestra recording by [[Clare Fischer]]
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = 1988/1989
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 13|13 July 1986]]
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|studio                    = unknown studio
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info          = Carole Davis recording
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|additional info          = Overdubs, mix with orchestra
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 19|19 July 1986]]
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|studio                   = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info          = Mix
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
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*[[Lisa Coleman]] - backing vocals
 
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - backing vocals
 
*[[Clare Fischer]] - orchestration
 
*[[Clare Fischer]] - orchestration
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<!-- <br>
 
'''Carole Davis version'''
 
'''Carole Davis version'''
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Davis Carole Davis] - vocals
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Davis Carole Davis] - vocals
 
* other personnel TBC
 
* other personnel TBC
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<br> -->
 
'''Unreleased Mayte version'''
 
'''Unreleased Mayte version'''
 
*[[Mayte]] - vocals
 
*[[Mayte]] - vocals
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|1= '''Slow Love'''
 
|1= '''Slow Love'''
 
|2= 4:18
 
|2= 4:18
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|3= [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]
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|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]
 
|4= Studio
 
|4= Studio
 
|5=  
 
|5=  
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''Slow Love'''
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|2= 4:18
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|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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|4= Studio
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|5= Remastered in 2020
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
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|4= Studio
 
|4= Studio
 
|5= Carole Davis own version
 
|5= Carole Davis own version
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''Slow Love'''
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|2= 5:05
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|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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|4= Live
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|5= [[20 June 1987|20 June 1987: Stadion de Galgenwaard, Utrecht, The Netherlands]]
 
}}
 
}}
 
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{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
 
|1= '''Slow Love'''  
 
|1= '''Slow Love'''  
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|2= T.B.C.
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|2= 6:36
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|3= [[Film: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] VHS/DVD
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|3= [[Film: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] VHS/DVD
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
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|5= See [[Film: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] for details
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|5= See [[Film: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] for details
 
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{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
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|4= Live
 
|4= Live
 
|5= [[09_September 1988|9 September 1988, Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, West Germany]]
 
|5= [[09_September 1988|9 September 1988, Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, West Germany]]
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''Slow Love'''
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|2=  T.B.C.
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|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] DVD
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|4= Live
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|5= [[31 December 1987|31 December 1987: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]
 
}}
 
}}
 
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|1= '''Slow Love'''
 
|1= '''Slow Love'''
 
|2= Studio
 
|2= Studio
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|3= [[Mayte]]'s 1993 recording
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|3= Original 1984 recording
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{{Unreleasedline|
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|1= '''Slow Love'''
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|2= Studio
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|3= 1986 updated version with strings by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novi_Novog Novi Novog] and [[Suzie Katayama]]
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}}
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{{Unreleasedline|
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|1= '''Slow Love'''
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|2= Studio
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|3= [[Mayte]]’s 1993 recording
 
}}
 
}}
 
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|first live appearance    = [[21 March 1987|21 March 1987, First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] <br>
 
|first live appearance    = [[21 March 1987|21 March 1987, First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] <br>
 
* [[13 February 1989|13 February 1989: Osaka-jō Hall (大阪城ホール), Osaka, Japan]]
 
* [[13 February 1989|13 February 1989: Osaka-jō Hall (大阪城ホール), Osaka, Japan]]
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|performed regularly on    =[[Sign O' The Times Tour]]
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|performed regularly on    =[[Sign O’ The Times Tour]]
 
*[[Lovesexy Tour]]
 
*[[Lovesexy Tour]]
 
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]]
 
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]]
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|trivia                    = This is the only [[Prince]]-related track to co-credit Carole Davis as a writer.
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|trivia                    = While Carole Davis largely wrote all the music and lyrics and she released her own version of the song (produced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Rodgers Nile Rodgers]) that appeared as a bonus track on the cd version only of her 1989 debut album ''Heart Of Gold'', [[Prince]]’s version is not considered a cover as his was released first and he is officially credited as co-author of the song.
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|see also                  = [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] album
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|see also                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] album
 
*[[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] unreleased album
 
*[[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] unreleased album
 
*[[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] unreleased album
 
*[[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] unreleased album
 
*[[Mayte]]
 
*[[Mayte]]
 
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
 
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
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|categories                = [[Category:1987]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1986]]
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* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Matt-Thorne/dp/0571273491 Prince, Matt Throne (2012)]''
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* ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]''
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|categories                = [[Category:1987]][[Category:Recorded 1984]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
 
}}
 
}}

Latest revision as of 21:42, 10 January 2024

“Slow jam” (no known title)   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Small Bright Light
Slow Love
Sott.jpg
from the album Sign O’ The Times
Song details
Performer: Prince; Mayte
First Released: 30 March 1987 - Sign O’ The Times album
Album(s): Sign O’ The Times

Sign O’ The Times Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition

Writer(s): Carole Davis (lyrics & music),
(mostly incorrectly) co-credited to Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Slow Love is the seventh track on the first disc of Prince’s ninth album Sign O’ The Times. In 1987, a live version was included as the fifth track of the concert movie Sign O’ The Times.

The song was longtime thought to be co-written by Carole Davis, whom Prince met in 1984, but in fact it is essentially a sole-composition by Davis, who wrote the lyrics and music and did the vocal arrangement. Prince only helped to rewrite and re-arrange the bridge.

This initial version was recorded on 1 July 1984 at his Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

The song was then shelved and taken out again two years later, when Prince worked further on the recording on 3 June 1986 at the Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota (the day after a configuration of the Dream Factory album was made, on the same day as Eric Leeds saxophone overdubs on Yah, U Know).

The track was then initially included as the ninth track on the third and final configuration of the Dream Factory album on 18 July 1986. When that album developed into the triple-album Crystal Ball, the song was included as the seventh track on the first disc on its 30 November 1986 configuration, which was eventually pared down and became Sign O’ The Times.

When Prince was planning to release the song, in 1987, He attempted to buy the rights to it.
Davis: “He had his lawyers call me, and they offered me $25,000 to own the song outright, and I refused, and they got back to me about a month later to give me 50 percent of publishing and writers, which I accepted for the opportunity to appear on a Prince record.”

In late 1993, the song was tried out during early sessions for Mayte’s first album at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and was included as the eighth track on an early version of the album, which was titled Latino Barbie Doll at the time. The track was removed when the album evolved into Child Of The Sun, however.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
1 July 1984 Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking
3 June 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Strings overdubs (with Novi Novog and Suzie Katayama) and mix
4 June 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Horn overdubs and mix
12 June 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 2,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Mix
11 July 1986 One On One Recording,
North Hollywood, CA 		Orchestra recording by Clare Fischer
13 July 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Overdubs, mix with orchestra
19 July 1986 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Mix
Late 1993 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Vocal overdubs by Mayte
Recording Personnel

Released Prince version

Unreleased Mayte version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Slow Love 4:18 Sign O’ The Times Studio
Slow Love 4:18 Sign O’ The Times Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition Studio Remastered in 2020
Slow Love 4:03 Carole Davis: Heart of Gold (Cd version only) Studio Carole Davis own version
Slow Love 5:05 Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Live 20 June 1987: Stadion de Galgenwaard, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Slow Love 6:36 Sign O’ The Times VHS/DVD Live See Sign O’ The Times for details
Slow Love 1:05 Lovesexy Live 2 VHS Live 9 September 1988, Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, West Germany
Slow Love T.B.C. Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition DVD Live 31 December 1987: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Slow Love Studio Original 1984 recording
Slow Love Studio 1986 updated version with strings by Novi Novog and Suzie Katayama
Slow Love Studio Mayte’s 1993 recording
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
  • While Carole Davis largely wrote all the music and lyrics and she released her own version of the song (produced by Nile Rodgers) that appeared as a bonus track on the cd version only of her 1989 debut album Heart Of Gold, Prince’s version is not considered a cover as his was released first and he is officially credited as co-author of the song.
References
“Slow jam” (no known title)   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Small Bright Light
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