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− | |introduction = '''Tricky''' was released as the b-side of [[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]], the first single from [[The Time]] | + | |introduction = '''Tricky''' was released as the b-side of [[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]], the first single from [[The Time]]’s third album, [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]. It was also included on some versions of the album's third single, [[Single: Jungle Love|Jungle Love]]. '''Tricky''' was written by [[Prince]], but credited to [[Morris Day]]. It was co-produced by [[Morris Day]] and [[Prince]] under the name [[The Starr Company]]. |
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_12|12 January 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (as un unnamed track initially), during sessions that yielded material for the [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]] album. The bass and drum parts were very similar to another jam that [[Prince]] recorded with [[Morris Day]] on drums, [[Cloreen Bacon Skin]], which was tracked in March 1983 but released in 1998, and with which it even shares some lyrics. | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_12|12 January 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (as un unnamed track initially), during sessions that yielded material for the [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]] album. The bass and drum parts were very similar to another jam that [[Prince]] recorded with [[Morris Day]] on drums, [[Cloreen Bacon Skin]], which was tracked in March 1983 but released in 1998, and with which it even shares some lyrics. | ||
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+ | '''Tricky''' was written about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] (with whom [[Prince]] would work starting in 1988) and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootsy_Collins Bootsy Collins]. The song was recorded as a response to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-Funk_All-Stars P-Funk All-Stars]’song ''Copy Cat'' (from their 1983 album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Dancefloor_Guerillas Urban Dancefloor Guerillas)] which contains a couple of lines directed against [[Morris Day]]. | ||
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|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1988|1988]] <small>(horn interpolation during [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]])</small>; 2011 <small>(by [[Morris Day]] & [[The Time]])</small> | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1988|1988]] <small>(horn interpolation during [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]])</small>; 2011 <small>(by [[Morris Day]] & [[The Time]])</small> | ||
− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = A part of the theme song for ''The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson'' (which in itself is an adaptation of Paul Anka's 'It’s Really Love') is sung by [[Prince]] at 2:48 when he yells: 'Johnny, Johnny'. |
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|see also = [[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]] single | |see also = [[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]] single | ||
|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)]]'' |
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