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− | |introduction = '''The Flow''' is the 13th track (12th song) on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''The Flow''' is the 13th track (12th song) on [[Prince]]’s 14th album [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]], the second to be credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]. |
− | [[Tony M.]] began adding a rap which ended up being used in the track to [[The Future]] during later dates on the [[Nude Tour]] (beginning [[05_August 1990|5 August 1990, IJsstadion Thialf, Heerenveen, the Netherlands]]), but basic tracking only took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 11|11 September 1990]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same session as [[Fancy Dancer]], [[Horny Pony]], [[Jughead]] and a reworked version of [[Something Funky (This House Comes)]]) within hours of returning to the USA from the [[Nude Tour]] in Japan. The track was included as the 13th and final track on the December 1990, configuration of the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] album, but was removed for later configurations. This original version features prominent vocals by [[Rosie Gaines]]. She was credited with [[Prince]] and [[Tony M.]] as one of the author of the song at the [https://www.ascap.com/ ASCAP]. The track was re-recorded without [[Rosie Gaines]] in early 1992 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] (during the same set of sessions that produced [[The Continental]], [[Damn U]], [[3 Chains | + | [[Tony M.]] began adding a rap which ended up being used in the track to [[The Future]] during later dates on the [[Nude Tour]] (beginning [[05_August 1990|5 August 1990, IJsstadion Thialf, Heerenveen, the Netherlands]]), but basic tracking only took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 11|11 September 1990]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same session as [[Fancy Dancer]], [[Horny Pony]], [[Jughead]] and a reworked version of [[Something Funky (This House Comes)]]) within hours of returning to the USA from the [[Nude Tour]] in Japan. The track was included as the 13th and final track on the December 1990, configuration of the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] album, but was removed for later configurations. This original version features prominent vocals by [[Rosie Gaines]]. She was credited with [[Prince]] and [[Tony M.]] as one of the author of the song at the [https://www.ascap.com/ ASCAP]. The track was re-recorded without [[Rosie Gaines]] in early 1992 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] (during the same set of sessions that produced [[The Continental]], [[Damn U]], [[3 Chains O’ Gold]], [[Born 2 B.R.E.E.D.]], [[With This Tear]], [[Qualified]] and a revamped version of [[Sex]]). It was included as the 17th track (eleventh song) on a March 1992, configuration of the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album and the 17th track (twelfth song) on a late Summer 1992, configuration, before the album’s [[Symbol_segues|segues]] were removed for release. |
− | The 1990 version contained a chant of "[[Michael B.]] in the house", which was later reused on [[Daddy Pop]]; this | + | The 1990 version contained a chant of "[[Michael B.]] in the house", which was later reused on [[Daddy Pop]]; this isn’t considered to be a sample or reference to this track, however. It also utilizes the same groove lifted from [[Rock Steady]] that was later used for [[Daddy Pop]]. It was tried out extensively during soundcheck on [[11 July 1990]] at Wembley Arena in London, England. |
Of note in the re-recording is that a lyric about "the brother" was changed to "the woman" to fit in with the female reporter storyline running throughout the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album. | Of note in the re-recording is that a lyric about "the brother" was changed to "the woman" to fit in with the female reporter storyline running throughout the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album. | ||
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− | |first live appearance =[[27 July 1990|27 July 1990: Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella, Spain]] <small>(rap during [[Baby | + | |first live appearance =[[27 July 1990|27 July 1990: Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella, Spain]] <small>(rap during [[Baby I’m A Star]])</small>; [[10 September 1990|10 September 1990: Yokohama Stadium (横浜スタジアム), Yokohama, Japan]] <small>(first full performance)</small><br> |
* [[17 April 1993|17 April 1993: Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA, USA]] | * [[17 April 1993|17 April 1993: Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA, USA]] | ||
|performed regularly on = [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] | |performed regularly on = [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] |
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