Difference between revisions of "Superfunkycalifragisexy"
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|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November 1994]] - [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']] | |album(s) = [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
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|previous song = [[Supercute]] | |previous song = [[Supercute]] | ||
|next song = [[Surprise]] | |next song = [[Surprise]] | ||
| − | |introduction = '''Superfunkycalifragisexy''' is the sixth song on [[Prince]]'s sixteenth album [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']] (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no artist credit). In 1989, a live version was included on the [[Home Video: Lovesexy Live|Lovesexy Live 2]] VHS, taken from the [[09_September | + | |introduction = '''Superfunkycalifragisexy''' is the sixth song on [[Prince]]'s sixteenth album [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']] (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no artist credit). In 1989, a live version was included on the [[Home Video: Lovesexy Live|Lovesexy Live 2]] VHS, taken from the [[09_September 1988|9 September 1988]] live TV broadcast, as part of a medley of [[Controversy]], [[Dirty Mind]], '''Superfunkycalifragisexy''' and a [[Controversy]] coda. In 2001, an instrumental version of the track was included as part of the [[NPG Ahdio Show 3|NPG Ahdio Show # 3]] download. |
| − | While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in mid-September | + | While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in mid-September 1986 at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Koo Koo]], [[One Day (I'm Gonna Make You Mine)]] and [[When The Dawn Of The Morning Comes]]), making the earliest-recorded track on [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']]. He worked on the track further in January 1987, at the [[Crosstown Circle Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA. |
The title is spoof of the song ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious]'', a song sung by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Andrews Julie Andrews] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Van_Dyke Dick Van Dyke] in the 1964 movie ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(film) Mary Poppins]''. | The title is spoof of the song ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious]'', a song sung by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Andrews Julie Andrews] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Van_Dyke Dick Van Dyke] in the 1964 movie ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(film) Mary Poppins]''. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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| − | |date = Mid-September | + | |date = Mid-September 1986 |
|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Initial tracking | |additional info = Initial tracking | ||
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| − | |date = January | + | |date = January 1987 |
|studio = [[Crosstown Circle Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA | |studio = [[Crosstown Circle Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Additional recording / overdubs | |additional info = Additional recording / overdubs | ||
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|3= [[Home Video: Lovesexy Live|Lovesexy Live 2]] VHS | |3= [[Home Video: Lovesexy Live|Lovesexy Live 2]] VHS | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
| − | |5= [[09_September | + | |5= [[09_September 1988|9 September 1988, Westfalenhallen (Halle 1), Dortmund, West Germany]] |
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|1= '''Superfunkycalifragisexy''' | |1= '''Superfunkycalifragisexy''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
| − | |3= Original September | + | |3= Original September 1986 recording; some musical differences and passages edited out for release |
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| − | |first live appearance = [[08_July | + | |first live appearance = [[08_July 1988|8 July 1988, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France]] |
|performed regularly on = [[Lovesexy Tour]] | |performed regularly on = [[Lovesexy Tour]] | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1988|1988]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1988|1988]] | ||
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