The Future is the first track on Prince's eleventh album Batman (the motion picture soundtrack to the Tim Burton movie Batman), and, eleven months after the album's release, a remix of the track by William Orbit was included on The Future, the album's fifth and final commercially-released single (available in Europe only).
While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in mid-late February, 1989 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions that produced Lemon Crush and a revamped version of Anna Waiting, now known as Vicki Waiting). The track samples strings by Clare Fischer from Crystal Ball, and includes samples of vocals by Minneapolis gospel group Sounds of Blackness, which may have been recorded specifically for this track.
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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-late February, 1989
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Initial tracking
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Spring, 1989 (assumed)
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
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additional recording/mixing
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Late 1989 - early 1990
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Studio information needed
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Remix by William Orbit
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Recording Personnel
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Broadcasts/streaming (only)
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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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The Future
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T.B.C.
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Live concert radio broadcast
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Live
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22 July, 1990, Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain
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The Future
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T.B.C.
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Delayed concert TV broadcast
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Live
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29 July, 1990, Estadio Santa María del Mar, La Coruña, Spain
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The Future
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T.B.C.
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Delayed concert TV broadcast
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Live
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31 August, 1990, Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム), Tokyo, Japan
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Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
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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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The Future
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Studio
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Version without film samples, placed on March 1989 configuration of the Batman Album
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