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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]<br>
 
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]<br>
 
[[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]]<br>
 
[[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]]<br>
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[[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]<br>
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[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] <br>
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[[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]]
 
|writer(s)              = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]])
 
|writer(s)              = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]])
 
|producer(s)            = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]])
 
|producer(s)            = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]])
 
|previous song          = [[Take Me To Your Leader]]
 
|previous song          = [[Take Me To Your Leader]]
 
|next song              = [[Take This Beat]]
 
|next song              = [[Take This Beat]]
|introduction          = '''Take Me With U''' is the second track on [[Prince]]'s sixth album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], the first album to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. Seven months after the album's release, [[Single: Take Me With U|Take Me With U]] was released as the album's fifth and final single (released only in the USA and New Zealand). The track is also featured in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]].  
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|introduction          = '''Take Me With U''' is the second track on [[Prince]]’s sixth album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], the first album to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. Seven months after the album’s release, [[Single: Take Me With U|Take Me With U]] was released as the album’s fifth and final single (released only in the USA and New Zealand). The track is also featured in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]].  
  
In 2002, a live version was also included as the second track on the second disc of [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]], [[Prince]]'s first live album (with no other tracks included from the same show).
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In 2002, a live version was also included as the second track on the second disc of [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]], [[Prince]]’s first live album (with no other tracks included from the same show).
  
Initial tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_27|27 January 1984]], at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA (seven days after [[A Million Miles (I Love You)]], five days before [[Tricky]]).  
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Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_27|27 January 1984]], at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, after an idea for it was fleshed out in the studio on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_22|22 January 1984]].  
  
The track was initially intended to be credited to [[Apollonia 6]] and it was included as the first track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February_29|29 February 1984]] configuration of the [[Album: Apollonia 6|Apollonia 6]] album, before being added to the final configuration of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], compiled on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 14|14 April 1984]] (its inclusion made it necessary for [[Let's Go Crazy]] and [[Computer Blue]] to be shortened).  
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The track was initially intended to be credited to [[Apollonia 6]] and it was included as the first track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February_29|29 February 1984]] configuration of the [[Album: Apollonia 6|Apollonia 6]] album, before being added to the final configuration of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], compiled on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 14|14 April 1984]] (its inclusion made it necessary for [[Let’s Go Crazy]] and [[Computer Blue]] to be shortened).  
  
 
The recording used on both albums was the same (although edited for time restrictions on [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]), and was always intended as a duet between [[Prince]] and [[Apollonia]].
 
The recording used on both albums was the same (although edited for time restrictions on [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]), and was always intended as a duet between [[Prince]] and [[Apollonia]].
|recording info         =
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|recording info           =
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                   = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_27|27 January 1984]]
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|date                     = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_27|27 January 1984]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info         = Initial tracking
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|additional info           = Basic tracking
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_28|28 January 1984]]
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info          = [[Apollonia]] vocals
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_29|29 January 1984]]
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info          = [[Apollonia]]  & [[Prince]] vocal overdubs
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_30|30 January 1984]]
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info          = Strings and various overdubs
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_31|31 January 1984]]
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info          = Mix and edits
 
}}
 
}}
 
|recording personnel    =  
 
|recording personnel    =  
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|2= 3:54
 
|2= 3:54
 
|3= [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]<br>
 
|3= [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]<br>
[[Single: Let's Go Crazy|Let's Go Crazy]] single<br>
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[[Single: Let’s Go Crazy|Let’s Go Crazy]] single<br>
 
[[Album: Strange Tales From The Rain|Strange Tales From The Rain]] promo<br>
 
[[Album: Strange Tales From The Rain|Strange Tales From The Rain]] promo<br>
 
[[Single: Take Me With U|Take Me With U]] single<br>
 
[[Single: Take Me With U|Take Me With U]] single<br>
 
|4= Studio
 
|4= Studio
 
|5=  
 
|5=  
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''Take Me With U'''
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|2= 3:54
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|3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] <br>
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|4=
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|5= Remastered 2015
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
 
|1= '''Take Me With U'''
 
|1= '''Take Me With U'''
 
|2= 3:42
 
|2= 3:42
|3= [[Single: Take Me With U|Take Me With U]] single
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|3= [[Single: Take Me With U|Take Me With U]] single<br>
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[[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]] album<br>
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[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' - Single Edits & B-Sides]] <br>
 
|4= Edit
 
|4= Edit
|5=  
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|5= a.k.a. '''7" Single Edit'''
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''Take Me With U'''
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|2= 4:57
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|3= [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]]
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|4= Live
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|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
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|3= [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] 20th Anniversary DVD<br>
 
|3= [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] 20th Anniversary DVD<br>
 
|4= Promo video
 
|4= Promo video
|5= See [[Video:_Take_Me_With_U|Take Me With U]] video for more details
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|5= See [[Video: Take_Me_With_U|Take Me With U]] video for more details
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
 
|1= '''Take Me With U'''
 
|1= '''Take Me With U'''
 
|2= 4:15
 
|2= 4:15
|3= [[Home_Video:_Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc<br>
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|3= [[Home_Video: Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc<br><br>
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[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)]]
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
 
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]
 
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]
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{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
 
|1= '''Take Me With U/[[Raspberry Beret]] '''
 
|1= '''Take Me With U/[[Raspberry Beret]] '''
|2= ?:??
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|2= 1:00
|3= [[Video: Rave Un2 The Year 2000|Rave Un2 The Year 2000]] VHS/DVD<br>
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|3= [[Home Video: Rave Un2 The Year 2000|Rave Un2 the Year 2000]] VHS/DVD<br>
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
 
|5= [[18_December 1999|18 December 1999, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]
 
|5= [[18_December 1999|18 December 1999, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]
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|4= Live
 
|4= Live
 
|5= [[31_August 1990|31 August 1990, Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム), Tokyo, Japan]]
 
|5= [[31_August 1990|31 August 1990, Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム), Tokyo, Japan]]
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''Take Me With U'''
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|2= T.B.C.
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|3= Live TV performance broadcast
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|4= Live
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|5= [[03 January 1997|3 January 1997, NBC TV Studios, GE Building (Studio 1A), New York, NY, USA]]; The Today Show (farewell to Bryant Gumbel) broadcast on NBC
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
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|2= T.B.C.
 
|2= T.B.C.
 
|3= [http://www.thecurrent.org/ 89.3 The Current] ''Crazy 2 Cool'' broadcast
 
|3= [http://www.thecurrent.org/ 89.3 The Current] ''Crazy 2 Cool'' broadcast
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|4= Live
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|5= [[01_June 2014-2|1 June 2014, Le Zénith, Paris, France (2nd show)]]
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''Take Me With U'''
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|2= T.B.C.
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|3= [[Tidal]] ''Crazy 2 Cool'' video stream
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
 
|5= [[01_June 2014-2|1 June 2014, Le Zénith, Paris, France (2nd show)]]
 
|5= [[01_June 2014-2|1 June 2014, Le Zénith, Paris, France (2nd show)]]
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|1= '''Take Me With U'''
 
|1= '''Take Me With U'''
 
|2= Studio
 
|2= Studio
|3= String coda continues after album released version's fade; intended for inclusion on [[Album: Apollonia 6|Apollonia 6]] album
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|3= Contains an extra break and the string coda continues after album released version’s fade
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
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|sampled in                =
 
|sampled in                =
|first live appearance    = [[22_November 1984|22 November 1984, Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA]] <br>
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|first live appearance    = [[22_November 1984|22 November 1984: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA]] <br>
 
* [[25_March_2016-2|25 March 2016 (Show 2): Sony Centre For The Performing Arts, Toronto, ON, Canada]]  
 
* [[25_March_2016-2|25 March 2016 (Show 2): Sony Centre For The Performing Arts, Toronto, ON, Canada]]  
 
|performed regularly on    = [[Purple Rain Tour]]
 
|performed regularly on    = [[Purple Rain Tour]]
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|trivia                    =  
 
|trivia                    =  
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album
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* [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]
 
* [[Single: Take Me With U|Take Me With U]] single
 
* [[Single: Take Me With U|Take Me With U]] single
 
* [[Video: Take Me With U|Take Me With U]] video
 
* [[Video: Take Me With U|Take Me With U]] video
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
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|references                = ''[[Book: The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
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* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]''
 
|categories                = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1984]]
 
|categories                = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1984]]
 
}}
 
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Revision as of 15:12, 4 September 2020

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Take Me With U

Purplerain.jpg
from the album Purple Rain
Takemewithu single.jpg
single art for Take Me With U
Song details
Performer: Prince and the Revolution
First Released: 25 June 1984 - Purple Rain album
Album(s): Purple Rain

One Nite Alone... Live!
4Ever
Purple Rain Deluxe
Prince And The Revolution: Live

Writer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Take Me With U is the second track on Prince’s sixth album Purple Rain, the first album to be credited to Prince and the Revolution. Seven months after the album’s release, Take Me With U was released as the album’s fifth and final single (released only in the USA and New Zealand). The track is also featured in the movie Purple Rain.

In 2002, a live version was also included as the second track on the second disc of One Nite Alone... Live!, Prince’s first live album (with no other tracks included from the same show).

Basic tracking took place on 27 January 1984, at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California, after an idea for it was fleshed out in the studio on 22 January 1984.

The track was initially intended to be credited to Apollonia 6 and it was included as the first track on a 29 February 1984 configuration of the Apollonia 6 album, before being added to the final configuration of Purple Rain, compiled on 14 April 1984 (its inclusion made it necessary for Let’s Go Crazy and Computer Blue to be shortened).

The recording used on both albums was the same (although edited for time restrictions on Purple Rain), and was always intended as a duet between Prince and Apollonia.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
27 January 1984 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Basic tracking
28 January 1984 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Apollonia vocals
29 January 1984 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Apollonia & Prince vocal overdubs
30 January 1984 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Strings and various overdubs
31 January 1984 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Mix and edits
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Take Me With U 3:54 Purple Rain

Let’s Go Crazy single
Strange Tales From The Rain promo
Take Me With U single

Studio
Take Me With U 3:54 Purple Rain Deluxe
Remastered 2015
Take Me With U 3:42 Take Me With U single

4Ever album
Purple Rain Deluxe - Single Edits & B-Sides

Edit a.k.a. 7" Single Edit
Take Me With U 4:57 Prince And The Revolution: Live Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA
Take Me With U 2:39 One Nite Alone... Live! Live 24 April 2002, Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA, USA
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Take Me With U 4:37 Purple Rain 20th Anniversary DVD
Promo video See Take Me With U video for more details
Take Me With U 4:15 Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS/laserdisc

Purple Rain Deluxe – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)

Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA
Take Me With U/Raspberry Beret 1:00 Rave Un2 the Year 2000 VHS/DVD
Live 18 December 1999, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA
Take Me With U ?:?? Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas DVD
Live 15 December 2002, Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Take Me With U ?:?? Live concert radio broadcast
Live 22 July 1990, Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain
Take Me With U ?:?? Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 29 July 1990, Estadio Santa María del Mar, La Coruña, Spain
Take Me With U ?:?? Delayed concert TV broadcast
Live 31 August 1990, Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム), Tokyo, Japan
Take Me With U T.B.C. Live TV performance broadcast Live 3 January 1997, NBC TV Studios, GE Building (Studio 1A), New York, NY, USA; The Today Show (farewell to Bryant Gumbel) broadcast on NBC
Take Me With U 2:54 3121.com Jam Of The Week video stream
Live 21 September 2007, The O2 Arena, London, England
Take Me With U 2:55 Andy Allo Facebook video stream Live 16 December 2011, Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Take Me With U T.B.C. Live concert online stream Live 10 May 2015, Baltimore, MN, USA, Royal Farms Arena
Take Me With U T.B.C. 89.3 The Current Crazy 2 Cool broadcast Live 1 June 2014, Le Zénith, Paris, France (2nd show)
Take Me With U T.B.C. Tidal Crazy 2 Cool video stream Live 1 June 2014, Le Zénith, Paris, France (2nd show)
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Take Me With U Studio Contains an extra break and the string coda continues after album released version’s fade
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
Take Me To Your Leader   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Take This Beat