Difference between revisions of "We Can Funk"
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|song name = We Can Funk <small>(a.k.a. We Can F**k / Oui Can Luv) </small> | |song name = We Can Funk <small>(a.k.a. We Can F**k / Oui Can Luv) </small> | ||
|album image = [[Image:Graffitibridge.jpg|100px|link=Album: Graffiti Bridge]]<br> | |album image = [[Image:Graffitibridge.jpg|100px|link=Album: Graffiti Bridge]]<br> | ||
− | <small> from the album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]<br> (as '''We Can Funk''')</small><br> [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album:_Purple_Rain_Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br> (as '''We Can F**k''')</small> | + | <small> from the album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]<br> (as '''We Can Funk''')</small><br> [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album:_Purple_Rain_Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br> (as '''We Can F**k''')</small> |
|single image = [[File:Ouicanluv album.jpg|x100px|link=Album: Oui Can Luv]] <br><small> from the streamed album [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]]<br> (as '''Oui Can Luv''')<br></small> | |single image = [[File:Ouicanluv album.jpg|x100px|link=Album: Oui Can Luv]] <br><small> from the streamed album [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]]<br> (as '''Oui Can Luv''')<br></small> | ||
|performer = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] & [[Prince]]; [[Andy Allo]] featuring [[Prince]]; [[Prince and the Revolution|Prince & The Revolution]] | |performer = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] & [[Prince]]; [[Andy Allo]] featuring [[Prince]]; [[Prince and the Revolution|Prince & The Revolution]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 20|20 August 1990]] - [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] album | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 20|20 August 1990]] - [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] album <br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 23|23 June 2017]] - [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]<br> | ||
− | [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] | + | [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] <br> |
− | [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] | + | [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] |
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] is credited as co-writer for the [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] version) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] is credited as co-writer for the [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] version) | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[We Are America]] | |previous song = [[We Are America]] | ||
|next song = [[We Can (Get It On)]] | |next song = [[We Can (Get It On)]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''We Can Funk''' is the seventh track on [[Prince]]’s 12th album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]], and is credited as a duet between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] and [[Prince]]. The track is also featured in the movie [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. In 2015, an acoustic version of the track, with some lyrical changes and renamed '''Oui Can Luv''', was included as the eighth track on the acoustic album [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] by [[Andy Allo]] featuring [[Prince]] on acoustic guitar. | + | |introduction = '''We Can Funk''' is the seventh track on [[Prince]]’s 12th album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]], and is credited as a duet between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] and [[Prince]]. The track is also featured in the movie [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. In 2015, an acoustic version of the track, with some lyrical changes and renamed '''Oui Can Luv''', was included as the eighth track on the acoustic album [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] by [[Andy Allo]] featuring [[Prince]] on acoustic guitar. The original version titled '''We Can Fuck''' was released (as '''We Can F**k''') as the tenth track on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' disc of the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album in June 2017. |
While the song emerged from a jam on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 30|30 December 1983]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, basic tracking for the original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December 1983]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 1|1 January 1984]] (still at [[Sunset Sound]]), as '''We Can Fuck''' (although listed as "The Dawn" and "Moral Majority" respectively, as the original title was considered 'too raunchy'). | While the song emerged from a jam on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 30|30 December 1983]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, basic tracking for the original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December 1983]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 1|1 January 1984]] (still at [[Sunset Sound]]), as '''We Can Fuck''' (although listed as "The Dawn" and "Moral Majority" respectively, as the original title was considered 'too raunchy'). | ||
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The track’s lyrics mention the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra Kama Sutra], considered to be the most important work in a long line of Indian erotic literature, written by the Hindu philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%81tsy%C4%81yana Vātsyāyana] ([[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] later named the first and only album by [[The NPG Orchestra]] [[Album: Kamasutra|Kamasutra]]). The track contains a synth line (a horn line on the 1986 version) that [[Prince]] would later use for [[Martika’s Kitchen]] in 1990. | The track’s lyrics mention the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra Kama Sutra], considered to be the most important work in a long line of Indian erotic literature, written by the Hindu philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%81tsy%C4%81yana Vātsyāyana] ([[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] later named the first and only album by [[The NPG Orchestra]] [[Album: Kamasutra|Kamasutra]]). The track contains a synth line (a horn line on the 1986 version) that [[Prince]] would later use for [[Martika’s Kitchen]] in 1990. | ||
− | In 2011, a 1:00 video (audio only with a static image) of an acoustic demo of the track recorded by [[Andy Allo]] (as '''Oui Can Luv''', with a revised chorus to match) was streamed on her [[Andy Allo Facebook Streams|Facebook page]], with the tagline "CHECK OUT WHAT EYE FOUND IN PRINCE'S VAULT (Demo recorded in Sacramento on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_31|8/31/11]] using ProTools 9 & a Sterling Audio ST69 Mic)", followed a few weeks later by a full-length version of the same track. The track was re-recorded in a similar acoustic version. While specific recording dates for the acoustic re-recording are not known, it is believed to have been recorded in | + | In 2011, a 1:00 video (audio only with a static image) of an acoustic demo of the track recorded by [[Andy Allo]] (as '''Oui Can Luv''', with a revised chorus to match) was streamed on her [[Andy Allo Facebook Streams|Facebook page]], with the tagline "CHECK OUT WHAT EYE FOUND IN PRINCE'S VAULT (Demo recorded in Sacramento on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_31|8/31/11]] using ProTools 9 & a Sterling Audio ST69 Mic)", followed a few weeks later by a full-length version of the same track. The track was re-recorded in a similar acoustic version. While specific recording dates for the acoustic re-recording are not known, it is believed to have been recorded in Autumn 2011 to mid-2012 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, during sessions for [[Andy Allo]]’s second album [[Album: Superconductor|Superconductor]]. |
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*[[Prince]] - acoustic guitar | *[[Prince]] - acoustic guitar | ||
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− | '''Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' version''' (as '''We Can F**k''') | + | '''Purple Rain ''Deluxe (Expanded) Edition'' version''' (as '''We Can F**k''') |
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - guitar and background vocals | *[[Wendy Melvoin]] - guitar and background vocals | ||
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - keyboards and background vocals | *[[Lisa Coleman]] - keyboards and background vocals | ||
*[[David Coleman]] - oud and finger cymbals | *[[David Coleman]] - oud and finger cymbals | ||
− | *[[Jill Jones]] - vox | + | *[[Jill Jones]] - vox (uncredited) |
<hr> | <hr> | ||
*[[Bill Jackson]] – engineer | *[[Bill Jackson]] – engineer | ||
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|1= '''We Can F**k''' | |1= '''We Can F**k''' | ||
|2= 10:17 | |2= 10:17 | ||
− | |3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)]]<br> | + | |3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)]]<br> |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
|5= original 1983 recording | |5= original 1983 recording | ||
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* [[21 January 1991|21 January 1991: Estadio Monumental A. Vespucio Liberti (River Plate), Buenos Aires, Argentina]]<small>'' (lyrics incorporated into [[Baby I’m A Star]])''</small> | * [[21 January 1991|21 January 1991: Estadio Monumental A. Vespucio Liberti (River Plate), Buenos Aires, Argentina]]<small>'' (lyrics incorporated into [[Baby I’m A Star]])''</small> | ||
|performed regularly on = [[Nude Tour]] <small>(mainly as vocal clips during [[Baby I’m A Star]])</small> | |performed regularly on = [[Nude Tour]] <small>(mainly as vocal clips during [[Baby I’m A Star]])</small> | ||
− | |performed occasionally in = | + | |performed occasionally in = This song is not known to have been performed other than on the [[Nude Tour]] and few 1991 one-off performances. |
|trivia = As the original title '''We Can Fuck''' was considered not suitable to put on the work order sheet, engineer Terry Christian initially labeled the song as "The Dawn". When [[Prince]] finished work on the song the next day he retitled it "Moral Majority" on the working order, but that was never the actual title of the song. The 1982 [[Vanity 6]] song with the title [[Moral Majority]], the 1984 song [[The Dawn]] and the 1996 song [[Welcome 2 The Dawn]] don't have anything to do with '''We Can Funk'''. | |trivia = As the original title '''We Can Fuck''' was considered not suitable to put on the work order sheet, engineer Terry Christian initially labeled the song as "The Dawn". When [[Prince]] finished work on the song the next day he retitled it "Moral Majority" on the working order, but that was never the actual title of the song. The 1982 [[Vanity 6]] song with the title [[Moral Majority]], the 1984 song [[The Dawn]] and the 1996 song [[Welcome 2 The Dawn]] don't have anything to do with '''We Can Funk'''. | ||
|see also = [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] album | |see also = [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] album | ||
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* [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] album | * [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] album | ||
* [[Tidal]] | * [[Tidal]] | ||
− | * [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] | + | * [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] |
|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)]] '' | ||
* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]'' | * ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]'' | ||
|categories = [[Category:1990]][[Category:2017]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1983]][[Category:Recorded 1986]] [[Category:Recorded 1989]] | |categories = [[Category:1990]][[Category:2017]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1983]][[Category:Recorded 1986]] [[Category:Recorded 1989]] | ||
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