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|song name                = The Dance Electric
 
|song name                = The Dance Electric
|album image              = [[File:Ac_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: A.C.]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: A.C.|A.C.]] </small> <!--<br> [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album:_Purple_Rain_Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] -->
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|album image              = [[File:Ac_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: A.C.]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: A.C.|A.C.]] </small> <br> [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album:_Purple_Rain_Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]  
 
|single image              = [[File:Thedanceelectric_single.jpg|100px|link=Single: The Dance Electric]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: The Dance Electric|The Dance Electric]] </small>
 
|single image              = [[File:Thedanceelectric_single.jpg|100px|link=Single: The Dance Electric]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: The Dance Electric|The Dance Electric]] </small>
 
|performer                = [[André Cymone]]
 
|performer                = [[André Cymone]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 16|16 July 1985]] - [[Single: The Dance Electric|The Dance Electric]] single <!-- ([[André Cymone]] version) <br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 23|23 June 2017]] ([[Prince]] version) -->
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 16|16 July 1985]] - [[Single: The Dance Electric|The Dance Electric]] single ([[André Cymone]] version) <br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 23|23 June 2017]] ([[Prince]] version)  
|album(s)                  = [[Album: A.C.|A.C.]] <!-- <br> [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] -->
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: A.C.|A.C.]] <br> [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] and [[André Cymone]] <!-- ([[André Cymone]] version); [[Prince]] ([[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] -->
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|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] and [[André Cymone]] ([[André Cymone]] version); [[Prince]] ([[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']])
 
|previous song            = [[Dance 4 Me]]  
 
|previous song            = [[Dance 4 Me]]  
 
|next song                = [[Dance Of Desperation]]
 
|next song                = [[Dance Of Desperation]]
 
|introduction              = '''The Dance Electric''' is the first track on [[André Cymone]]'s third studio album [[Album: A.C.|A.C.]], and, four weeks before the album's release, [[Single: The Dance Electric|The Dance Electric]] was released as the album's first single. This track is the only studio collaboration between [[Prince]] and [[André Cymone]] during [[André Cymone|Cymone]]'s solo career following his departure from [[Prince]]'s band. In 2011, an expanded edition of the album was released on CD, including the  ''Edited Version'' a.k.a. ''Single Version'' of the song.  
 
|introduction              = '''The Dance Electric''' is the first track on [[André Cymone]]'s third studio album [[Album: A.C.|A.C.]], and, four weeks before the album's release, [[Single: The Dance Electric|The Dance Electric]] was released as the album's first single. This track is the only studio collaboration between [[Prince]] and [[André Cymone]] during [[André Cymone|Cymone]]'s solo career following his departure from [[Prince]]'s band. In 2011, an expanded edition of the album was released on CD, including the  ''Edited Version'' a.k.a. ''Single Version'' of the song.  
  
Initial tracking for [[Prince]]'s initial version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_17|17 August 1984]] (two days before [[The Screams Of Passion]]) at the [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA (listed on the album as "Paisley Park Recording, Somewhere in Minnesota").  
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Basic tracking for [[Prince]]'s initial version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_17|17 August 1984]] (a days before [[The Screams Of Passion]]) at the [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]] in Eden Prairie, Minnesota (listed on the album as "Paisley Park Recording, Somewhere in Minnesota"). [[Lisa Coleman]], [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Jill Jones]] recorded overdubs the following day, also at the [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]].
  
[[Prince]] reportedly gave the song to [[André Cymone]] after [[André Cymone|Cymone]]'s mother asked [[Prince]] for a song ([[André Cymone|Cymone]] himself was too proud to do so). [[André Cymone]] recorded lead vocal overdubs between late 1984 and Summer 1985 at one of four studios (which one is not known): Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, CA, USA; [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA; Celestial Sound, New York, NY, USA; or Metro Studio, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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[[Prince]] reportedly gave the song to [[André Cymone]] after [[André Cymone|Cymone]]'s mother asked [[Prince]] for a song ([[André Cymone|Cymone]] himself was too proud to do so). [[André Cymone]] recorded lead vocal overdubs at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Way_Recording Ocean Way Recording], Hollywood, CA, USA in early 1985 with [[Prince]] and his dad [[John L. Nelson]] present.
  
 
[[Prince]] also referred to "the dance electric" in the song [[God]], recorded three days later.
 
[[Prince]] also referred to "the dance electric" in the song [[God]], recorded three days later.
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In 2012, a mostly-instrumental rehearsal version by [[Prince and the New Power Generation]], likely recorded in mid-April 2012, was streamed on [http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2012/04/15/prince-npg-in-rehearsal-4-australia-jam-the-dancelectric-listen-now/ drfunkenberry.com] to promote the forthcoming [[Welcome 2 Australia Tour]]; the site stated that "To begin every week of rehearsal, to get the rust off, [[Prince]] and the band jam one song for 30-45 minutes."
 
In 2012, a mostly-instrumental rehearsal version by [[Prince and the New Power Generation]], likely recorded in mid-April 2012, was streamed on [http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2012/04/15/prince-npg-in-rehearsal-4-australia-jam-the-dancelectric-listen-now/ drfunkenberry.com] to promote the forthcoming [[Welcome 2 Australia Tour]]; the site stated that "To begin every week of rehearsal, to get the rust off, [[Prince]] and the band jam one song for 30-45 minutes."
  
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In 2017 [[Prince]]'s own version (before overdubs by [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]], [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Jill Jones|Jill]]) was released as the first track on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' disc of a ''Deluxe'' release of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain]].
In 2017 [[Prince]]'s own version was released as the first track on a bonus disc of a ''Deluxe'' release of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain]] -->
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_17|17 August 1984]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_17|17 August 1984]]
|studio                    = [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]],<br>Eden Prairie, MN, USA
|additional info          = Initial tracking
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|additional info          = Basic tracking
 
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{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Late 1984 - Summer 1985
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_18|18 August 1984]]
|studio                    = Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, CA, USA; [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA; Celestial Sound, New York, NY, USA; or Metro Studio, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]],<br>Eden Prairie, MN, USA
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|additional info          = Overdubs by  [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]], [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Jill Jones|Jill]]
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|date                      = Late February 1985 (assumed)
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|studio                    = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Way_Recording Ocean Way Recording],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
 
|additional info          = Lead vocal overdubs by [[André Cymone]]
 
|additional info          = Lead vocal overdubs by [[André Cymone]]
 
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*[[André Cymone]] - vocals
 
*[[André Cymone]] - vocals
 
*[[Prince]] - all instruments (uncredited)
 
*[[Prince]] - all instruments (uncredited)
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*[[Lisa Coleman]] - background vocals
 
*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - background vocals
 
*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - background vocals
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - background vocals
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*[[Jill Jones]] - background vocals (uncredited)
 
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'''Unreleased version'''
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'''[[Prince]] version'''  
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
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*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - background vocals
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*[[Lisa Coleman]] - background vocals
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|released versions        =
 
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|3= [[NPG Ahdio Show 7|NPG Ahdio Show # 7]] mp3 (not available as a separate track)
 
|3= [[NPG Ahdio Show 7|NPG Ahdio Show # 7]] mp3 (not available as a separate track)
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
|5= [[30 May 1986|30 May 1986, Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA]]; part of medley with [[Automatic]] / [[D.M.S.R.]] / [[The Dance Electric]]
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|5= [[30 May 1986|30 May 1986, Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California]]; part of medley with [[Automatic]] / [[D.M.S.R.]] / [[The Dance Electric]]
 
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|1= '''The Dance Electric''' ([[Prince]])
 
|1= '''The Dance Electric''' ([[Prince]])
 
|2= 11:29
 
|2= 11:29
|3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]
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|3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)]]<br>
 
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|1= '''The Dance Electric'''  
 
|1= '''The Dance Electric'''  
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|3= Promotional release only
 
|3= Promotional release only
 
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|1= '''The Dance Electric'''
 
|1= '''The Dance Electric'''
 
|2= Studio
 
|2= Studio
|3= Original full-length 1984 recording by [[Prince]]
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|3= Original full-length 1984 recording by [[Prince]] w/ [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]], [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] &  and [[Jill Jones|Jill]] overdubs
 
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|2= Studio
 
|2= Studio
 
|3= Full-length recording after vocal overdubs by [[André Cymone]], included on unreleased acetate of [[Single: The Dance Electric|The Dance Electric]] single
 
|3= Full-length recording after vocal overdubs by [[André Cymone]], included on unreleased acetate of [[Single: The Dance Electric|The Dance Electric]] single
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|3= [http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2012/04/15/prince-npg-in-rehearsal-4-australia-jam-the-dancelectric-listen-now/ drfunkenberry.com] stream
 
|3= [http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2012/04/15/prince-npg-in-rehearsal-4-australia-jam-the-dancelectric-listen-now/ drfunkenberry.com] stream
 
|4= Rehearsal
 
|4= Rehearsal
|5= a.k.a. '''Jam The DancElectric'''; recorded mid-April 2012, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
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|5= a.k.a. '''Jam The DancElectric'''; recorded mid-April 2012, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota (assumed)
 
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* [[André Cymone]]
 
* [[André Cymone]]
 
|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)]]''
* ''Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984'', Duane Tudahl (2017)
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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:1985]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1984]]
 
|categories                = [[Category:1985]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1984]]
 
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The Dance Electric

Ac album.jpg
from the album A.C.
Purplerain Deluxe.jpg
from the album Purple Rain Deluxe
Thedanceelectric single.jpg
single art for The Dance Electric
Song details
Performer: André Cymone
First Released: 16 July 1985 - The Dance Electric single (André Cymone version)
23 June 2017 (Prince version)
Album(s): A.C.
Purple Rain Deluxe
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince and André Cymone (André Cymone version); Prince (Purple Rain Deluxe)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

The Dance Electric is the first track on André Cymone's third studio album A.C., and, four weeks before the album's release, The Dance Electric was released as the album's first single. This track is the only studio collaboration between Prince and André Cymone during Cymone's solo career following his departure from Prince's band. In 2011, an expanded edition of the album was released on CD, including the Edited Version a.k.a. Single Version of the song.

Basic tracking for Prince's initial version took place on 17 August 1984 (a days before The Screams Of Passion) at the Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota (listed on the album as "Paisley Park Recording, Somewhere in Minnesota"). Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin and Jill Jones recorded overdubs the following day, also at the Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse.

Prince reportedly gave the song to André Cymone after Cymone's mother asked Prince for a song (Cymone himself was too proud to do so). André Cymone recorded lead vocal overdubs at Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, CA, USA in early 1985 with Prince and his dad John L. Nelson present.

Prince also referred to "the dance electric" in the song God, recorded three days later.

In 2001, a 1986 live version by Prince and the Revolution was included on NPG Ahdio Show # 7, but the track was not available separately.

In 2012, a mostly-instrumental rehearsal version by Prince and the New Power Generation, likely recorded in mid-April 2012, was streamed on drfunkenberry.com to promote the forthcoming Welcome 2 Australia Tour; the site stated that "To begin every week of rehearsal, to get the rust off, Prince and the band jam one song for 30-45 minutes."

In 2017 Prince's own version (before overdubs by Lisa, Wendy & Jill) was released as the first track on the From The Vault & Previously Unreleased disc of a Deluxe release of Purple Rain.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
17 August 1984 Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Basic tracking
18 August 1984 Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Overdubs by Lisa, Wendy & Jill
Late February 1985 (assumed) Ocean Way Recording,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Lead vocal overdubs by André Cymone
Recording Personnel

André Cymone version


Prince version

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
The Dance Electric 5:44 A.C. Studio
The Dance Electric (Long Version) 5:31 The Dance Electric single

A.C. 2013 re-issue

Edit
The Dance Electric (Edited Version) 3:59 The Dance Electric single

A.C. 2011 re-issue
A.C. 2013 re-issue

Edit a.k.a. The Dance Electric (Single Version)
The Dance Electric (Extended Version) 10:24 A.C. 2013 re-issue Edit Almost instrumental version, lacking vocals by André Cymone; possibly the full backing track given to André Cymone before his lead vocals were recorded
The Dance Electric (Prince and the Revolution) 2:31 NPG Ahdio Show # 7 mp3 (not available as a separate track) Live 30 May 1986, Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California; part of medley with Automatic / D.M.S.R. / The Dance Electric
The Dance Electric (Prince) 11:29 Purple Rain Deluxe (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)
Studio
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
The Dance Electric 4:20 Promotional release only Promo video See The Dance Electric for details
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
The Dance Electric (Prince & The NPG) 8:37 drfunkenberry.com stream Rehearsal a.k.a. Jam The DancElectric; recorded mid-April 2012, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota (assumed)
The Dance Electric (Prince & The NPG) ?:?? Delayed TV performance Live 23 October 2012, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, (Behind) El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood, CA, USA
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
The Dance Electric Studio Original full-length 1984 recording by Prince w/ Lisa, Wendy & and Jill overdubs
The Dance Electric Studio Full-length recording after vocal overdubs by André Cymone, included on unreleased acetate of The Dance Electric single
The Dance Electric Studio Full-length recording after vocal overdubs by André Cymone with different intro and mix from the version above
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • Promotional image by Jordan Strauss posted with 2012 rehearsal stream:
2012-04-16 TheDanceElectricRehearsalCoverFull.jpg

References
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