Difference between revisions of "The Love We Make"

• 31 January 2004 (a.m.): House Of Blues at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV, USA
  
• 28 February 2016 (show 2): Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA, USA

• Live Out Loud Tour
• Hit And Run Part II

• 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 (solo piano)

The Love We Make is the eleventh track on the third disc of Prince's 19th album Emancipation, the third album credited to . Prince has said that he used the song to "speak to the spirit of a friend lost to drugs"; it is believed that this refers to Jonathan Melvoin, Wendy and Susannah Melvoin's brother, keyboard player for The Smashing Pumpkins, who had played on both Around The World In A Day and Parade, and who played keyboard in the live line-up of The Family. Melvoin died of a heroin overdose in New York City on 12 July 1996.

While specific recording dates are unknown, it is likely that the track was recorded between mid-July (following Jonathan Melvoin's death) and September 1996 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA.

• Prince (as ) - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
• Kathleen Dyson - guitar

• Emancipation album

• Another song written about Jonathan Melvoin's death, Sarah McLachlan's Angel, has been played live often by Prince from 2008-11 (although with Shelby J. on lead vocals).

• The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)