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|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[The Starr Company]]) (credited to [[Morris Day]] and [[The Starr Company]]) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[The Starr Company]]) (credited to [[Morris Day]] and [[The Starr Company]]) | ||
|previous song = [[Waiting Room]] | |previous song = [[Waiting Room]] | ||
− | |next song = [[Walk | + | |next song = [[Walk Don’t Walk]] |
− | |introduction = '''The Walk''' is the fourth track on [[The Time]] | + | |introduction = '''The Walk''' is the fourth track on [[The Time]]’s second album [[Album: What Time Is It?|What Time Is It?]], and, three months after the album’s release, [[Single: The Walk|The Walk]] was released as the album’s second single. |
The song was written by [[Prince]], although the song is officially credited to [[The Time]] (as is most of the rest of the album). It was produced by [[Prince]] (as [[The Starr Company]]), but was credited to [[Morris Day]] and [[The Starr Company]]. | The song was written by [[Prince]], although the song is officially credited to [[The Time]] (as is most of the rest of the album). It was produced by [[Prince]] (as [[The Starr Company]]), but was credited to [[Morris Day]] and [[The Starr Company]]. | ||
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Basic tracking was long thought to have taken place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 14|14 January 1982]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (three days after [[Bold Generation]] and [[Gigolos Get Lonely Too]], the same day as [[International Lover]], and the day before [[Colleen]]), but the actual 2" tape in the [[Paisley Park Studios]] Vault has a date of [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 1|1 July 1981]]. | Basic tracking was long thought to have taken place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 14|14 January 1982]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (three days after [[Bold Generation]] and [[Gigolos Get Lonely Too]], the same day as [[International Lover]], and the day before [[Colleen]]), but the actual 2" tape in the [[Paisley Park Studios]] Vault has a date of [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 1|1 July 1981]]. | ||
− | As with most of the rest of the album, the track features only [[Morris Day]] and [[Prince]] as musicians. The | + | As with most of the rest of the album, the track features only [[Morris Day]] and [[Prince]] as musicians. The song’s spoken section introduces the idea of [[Morris Day]] referring to a woman as "Grace" regardless of her real name; an idea also used on [[Grace]]. It also refers to the chorus of [[The Stick]]. |
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