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− | |introduction = '''Under The Cherry Moon''' is the fourth track on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Under The Cherry Moon''' is the fourth track on [[Prince]]’s eighth album [[Album: Parade|Parade]], the third to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. Four months after the album’s release, the track was also included as a b-side on the album’s third single in the UK and Europe, [[Single: Girls & Boys|Girls & Boys]] (not released in North America). In 1989, the track was included as the third and final track on a CD re-release of [[Single: Kiss|Kiss]], the album’s first single. The track also serves as the title track of [[Prince]]’s second feature film, [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]], although [[Prince]] chose to give the soundtrack album the title [[Album: Parade|Parade]], with the subtitle "Music from the motion picture [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]]". |
− | Although [[Under The Cherry Moon]] was played live as an instrumental on occasional dates during the [[Purple Rain Tour]], basic tracking in the studio only took place after the tour ended, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 17|17 April 1985]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, with [[Prince]] recording the drum track in sequence of [[Christopher | + | Although [[Under The Cherry Moon]] was played live as an instrumental on occasional dates during the [[Purple Rain Tour]], basic tracking in the studio only took place after the tour ended, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 17|17 April 1985]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, with [[Prince]] recording the drum track in sequence of [[Christopher Tracy’s Parade|Wendy’s Parade]], [[New Position]], [[I Wonder U]] and [[Under The Cherry Moon]], all in one take. He then layered other instruments over all four tracks. [[Clare Fischer]] arranged and recorded orchestration for the song in June 1985 at Monterey Sound Studios, Glendale, CA, but [[Prince]] preferred the track without orchestration, and chose to use the track without orchestration for the final release. [[Prince]]’s father, [[John L. Nelson]], receives co-writing credit, although his input is uncertain. |
− | [[Prince]] re-used some of the | + | [[Prince]] re-used some of the song’s melody in [[The Question Of U]], recorded three months later. |
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:*Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson. | :*Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson. | ||
:*Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico | :*Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico | ||
− | :*Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob | + | :*Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob O’Donnell and Al Vizutti |
:*Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous | :*Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous | ||
− | :*French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian | + | :*French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian O’Connor, Calvin Smith and Jim Thatcher |
:*Tuba - Tommy Johnson | :*Tuba - Tommy Johnson | ||
:*Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer | :*Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer | ||
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* [[Under The Cherry Moon cues]] | * [[Under The Cherry Moon cues]] | ||
|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)]]'' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1985]] |
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