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|song name                = T.R.O.U.B.L.E.
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|song name                = T.R.O.U.B.L.E. <small>(a.k.a. Trouble / Trouble (Never Give Up)) </small>
|single image              =  [[File:Essential Rosie album.jpg|100px|link=AlbumEssential Rosie]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Essential Rosie| Essential Rosie]] </small>
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|album image              =  [[File:Essential Rosie album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Essential Rosie]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Essential Rosie| Essential Rosie]] </small>
|performer                = [[Rosie Gaines]]
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|single image              = [[Image:D&P_SDE.jpg|100px|left|link=Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe]] <br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]</small><br>
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 23|23 January 2015]] - [[Album: Essential Rosie|Essential Rosie]] compilation album
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|performer                = [[Rosie Gaines]]; [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]])
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Essential Rosie|Essential Rosie]]<br>
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 23|23 January 2015]] - [[Album: Essential Rosie|Essential Rosie]] compilation album
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] and [[Rosie Gaines]] (assumed)
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Essential Rosie|Essential Rosie]]<br>[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|producer(s)              = Unknown (information needed)
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|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
|previous song            = [[Sweet Baby]]
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|producer(s)              = Unknown (information needed for [[Rosie Gaines]] version); [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]])
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|previous song            = [[Synasthesia]]
 
|next song                = [[Take Me To Your Leader]]
 
|next song                = [[Take Me To Your Leader]]
|introduction              = '''T.R.O.U.B.L.E''' is the fifth track on [[Rosie Gaines]]' compilation [[Album: Essential Rosie|Essential Rosie]]. [[Prince]]’s involvement was uncertain until a tape photographed in his vault at [[Paisley Park Studios]] listing '''T.R.O.U.B.L.E.''' as being recorded on the same day as [[I Want U]] was made public. The extent of his contribution is unknown however as the release of [[Album: Essential Rosie|Essential Rosie]] compilation came with no credit details.
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|introduction              = '''T.R.O.U.B.L.E''' is the fifth track on [[Rosie Gaines]]compilation [[Album: Essential Rosie|Essential Rosie]]. [[Prince]]’s involvement was uncertain at the time, but [[Prince]] recorded this song (as '''Trouble''') on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 24|24 May 1991]] at [http://www.larrabeestudios.com/ Larrabee Sound Studios], North Hollywood, California. It was rerecorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 13|13 August 1992]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, on the same day as a re-recording of [[I Want U]].
  
Basic tracking for the original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 13|13 August 1992]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as a re-recording of [[I Want U]]). It is not known if the song was intented for the planned [[Album: Concrete Jungle|Concrete Jungle]] album. A 1:15 sample of the track (as ''Trouble (Never Give Up)'') was included in 2000 as the fifth track on the [[Sampler:_Man_O_War_(Remix)_Nine_Deep_Trax_Sampler|Man'O'War (Remix) NPG Records Sampler]] unreleased cassette (intended for promotional use only).
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It is not known if, but likely that the song was intended for the planned [[Album: Concrete Jungle|Concrete Jungle]] album. A 1:15 sample of a remix of the track (as '''Trouble (Never Give Up)''') was included in 2000 as the fifth track on the [[Sampler:_Man_O_War_(Remix)_Nine_Deep_Trax_Sampler|Man‘O’War (Remix) NPG Records Sampler]] unreleased cassette (intended for promotional use only).
 
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A re-recording took place between 1992 and the final release in 2015 (recording details are needed for the released version).
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[[Prince]]’s version (as '''Trouble''') was released in October 2023 as the fourth track of ''Vault Tracks part 3'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]. The song was mixed by [[Chris James]] in 2022 for use on that collection.
 
|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 24|24 May 1991]]
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|studio                    = [http://www.larrabeestudios.com/ Larrabee Sound Studios],<br>North Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info          = Tracking
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}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 13|13 August 1992]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 13|13 August 1992]]
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking
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|additional info          = Re-recording with [[Rosie Gaines]]
 
}}
 
}}
 
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{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = information needed
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|date                      = 1992-1999 (assumed)
 
|studio                    = Studio information needed
 
|studio                    = Studio information needed
|additional info          = Additional recording
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|additional info          = Remix ('''Trouble (Never Give Up)''')
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = 1992-2014 (assumed)
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|studio                    = Studio information needed
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|additional info          = Possible additional recording
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = 2022
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|studio                    = Unknown studio
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|additional info          = Mix by [[Chris James]]
 
}}
 
}}
 
|recording personnel      =  
 
|recording personnel      =  
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'''Rosie Gaines version'''
 
*[[Rosie Gaines]] - vocals
 
*[[Rosie Gaines]] - vocals
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*[[Prince]] - background vocals and all instruments (assumed)
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*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone (sampled from [[Ten]])
 
*Other recording personnel unknown
 
*Other recording personnel unknown
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'''Prince version'''
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (assumed)
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*[[Rosie Gaines]] - vocals
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*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone (sampled from [[Ten]])
 
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|3= [[Album: Essential Rosie|Essential Rosie]]
 
|3= [[Album: Essential Rosie|Essential Rosie]]
 
|4= Studio
 
|4= Studio
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|5= [[Rosie Gaines]] version
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''Trouble'''
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|2= 5:36
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|3= [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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|4= Studio
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|5= Original 1991 version also known as '''Trouble (Never Give Up)'''
 
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|1= '''T.R.O.U.B.L.E'''
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|1= '''Trouble (Never Give Up)'''
 
|2= Studio
 
|2= Studio
|3= Original 1992 version
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|3= Full version of the remix included on the [[Sampler:_Man_O_War_(Remix)_Nine_Deep_Trax_Sampler|Man‘O’War (Remix) NPG Records Sampler]]
 
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|first live appearance    = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]]
 
|first live appearance    = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]]
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|see also                  = [[Album: Essential Rosie|Essential Rosie]]
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|see also                  = [[Album: Essential Rosie|Essential Rosie]]<br>
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*[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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*[[Sampler:_Man_O_War_(Remix)_Nine_Deep_Trax_Sampler|Man‘O’War (Remix) NPG Records Sampler]]
 
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|categories                = [[Category:2015]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1992]]
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Latest revision as of 18:02, 18 February 2024

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T.R.O.U.B.L.E. (a.k.a. Trouble / Trouble (Never Give Up))

Essential Rosie album.jpg
from the album Essential Rosie
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from the album
Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition

Song details
Performer: Rosie Gaines; Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
First Released: 23 January 2015 - Essential Rosie compilation album
Album(s): Essential Rosie
Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Unknown (information needed for Rosie Gaines version); Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

T.R.O.U.B.L.E is the fifth track on Rosie Gaines’ compilation Essential Rosie. Prince’s involvement was uncertain at the time, but Prince recorded this song (as Trouble) on 24 May 1991 at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, California. It was rerecorded on 13 August 1992 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, on the same day as a re-recording of I Want U.

It is not known if, but likely that the song was intended for the planned Concrete Jungle album. A 1:15 sample of a remix of the track (as Trouble (Never Give Up)) was included in 2000 as the fifth track on the Man‘O’War (Remix) NPG Records Sampler unreleased cassette (intended for promotional use only).

Prince’s version (as Trouble) was released in October 2023 as the fourth track of Vault Tracks part 3, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition. The song was mixed by Chris James in 2022 for use on that collection.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
24 May 1991 Larrabee Sound Studios,
North Hollywood, CA, USA
Tracking
13 August 1992 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Re-recording with Rosie Gaines
1992-1999 (assumed) Studio information needed Remix (Trouble (Never Give Up))
1992-2014 (assumed) Studio information needed Possible additional recording
2022 Unknown studio Mix by Chris James
Recording Personnel

Rosie Gaines version

Prince version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
T.R.O.U.B.L.E. 3:56 Essential Rosie Studio Rosie Gaines version
Trouble 5:36 Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Studio Original 1991 version also known as Trouble (Never Give Up)


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Trouble (Never Give Up) Studio Full version of the remix included on the Man‘O’War (Remix) NPG Records Sampler
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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