Superfunkycalifragisexy is the sixth song on Prince's sixteenth 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 Lovesexy Live 2 VHS, taken from the 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 download.
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 "The Black Album". He worked on the track further in January, 1987, at the Washington Avenue Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA.
The title is spoof of the song Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, a song sung by Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke in the 1964 movie Mary Poppins.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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Mid-September, 1986
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Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Initial tracking
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January, 1987
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Washington Avenue Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA
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Additional recording / overdubs
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Recording Personnel
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- Prince - all vocals and instruments
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Title
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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Superfunkycalifragisexy
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5:55
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"The Black Album"
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Studio
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Superfunkycalifragisexy
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3:37
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NPG Ahdio Show # 3 mp3 (not available as a separate track)
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Instrumental
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Instrumental version, faded in and out, with some musical differences
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Video Versions
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Unreleased Versions
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Title
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Version
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Additional Info
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Superfunkycalifragisexy
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Studio
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Original September, 1986 recording; some musical differences and passages edited out for release
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