Difference between revisions of "Utopia"
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|single image = [[File:Gcs2000 album.jpg|100px|link=Album: GCS 2000]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Gcs2000 album.jpg|100px|link=Album: GCS 2000]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]]</small> | ||
|performer = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station] | |performer = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 2|2 February | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 2|2 February 1999]] - [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]] | |album(s) = [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) and [[Larry Graham]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) and [[Larry Graham]] | ||
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|introduction = '''Utopia''' is the ninth track (seventh song) on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station's] eighth studio album [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]]. The song was written and produced by [[Larry Graham]] and [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]), who also appears as a musician. | |introduction = '''Utopia''' is the ninth track (seventh song) on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station's] eighth studio album [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]]. The song was written and produced by [[Larry Graham]] and [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]), who also appears as a musician. | ||
− | While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place between November | + | While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place between November 1997, and January 1998, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. The song contains a looped and distorted sample of the scream from the opening of [[Gett Off]], and also contains a synth motif later used in [[The War]]. |
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− | |date = November | + | |date = November 1997 - January 1998 |
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Initial tracking | |additional info = Initial tracking | ||
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|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
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− | |first live appearance = [[08_May | + | |first live appearance = [[08_May 1999-am|8 May 1999 (am), Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] |
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1999|1999]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1999|1999]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]] | ||
− | |trivia = On [[25 October | + | |trivia = On [[25 October 1997-am|25 October 1997 (am)]], shortly before recording the song, [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] and [[Larry Graham]] played an aftershow concert at a venue called [[25 October 1997-am|Utopia]], in Las Vegas, NV, USA. It is unknown if this prompted the song. |
|see also = [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]] album | |see also = [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]] album | ||
|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:1999]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1997]] | |categories = [[Category:1999]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1997]] | ||
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