Difference between revisions of "We Can Funk"
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|song name = We Can Funk | |song name = We Can Funk | ||
|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]]</small> | + | <small> from the album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]</small> <!-- <br> [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album:_Purple_Rain_Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] --> |
|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]] (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]] (as '''Oui Can Luv''')<br></small> | ||
− | |performer = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] & [[Prince]]; [[Andy Allo]] featuring [[Prince]] | + | |performer = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] & [[Prince]]; [[Andy Allo]] featuring [[Prince]]; <!-- [[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'']] 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'']] --> | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |producer(s) = [[Prince]]; [[Prince]] (assumed, no credits given) | + | |producer(s) = [[Prince]]; [[Prince]] (assumed, no credits given); [[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 the tenth track on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' disc of the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album in June 2017. --> |
− | Initial tracking for [[Prince]]'s original | + | Initial tracking for [[Prince]]'s original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December 1983]] at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA, as '''We Can Fuck''' (the day after [[Erotic City]] and [[She's Always In My Hair]]), with additional work the following day, [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 1|1 January 1984]]. [[Prince]] later toned down the title and lyrics of the song, and re-recorded the track on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 17|17 June 1986]] at the [[Crosstown Circle Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA (in sequence after [[Data Bank]] and [[Can't Stop This Feeling I Got]], the day before recording [[Girl O' My Dreams]]). At one point Prince had [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micki_Free Micki Free] fly to Minneapolis to record lead vocals. It is unclear when this took place and to which version the vocals were added. The 1983 recording was returned to and updated in 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, and this updated version, without [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] on vocals, was included as the sixth track on a 1989 configuration of [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] added vocal overdubs in late 1989-1990, also at [[Paisley Park Studios]], and the final version was included as the seventh track on a 1990 configuration of [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]], where it remained for release. |
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'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]]). | ||
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− | |date = Summer | + | |date = Summer 1986 |
|studio = [[Crosstown Circle Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA | |studio = [[Crosstown Circle Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Additional recording | |additional info = Additional recording | ||
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
− | '''Released version''' | + | '''Released version''' <!-- '''Graffiti Bridge version''' --> |
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] - co-lead vocals<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] - co-lead vocals<br> | ||
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*Sandra Dance - background voices<br> | *Sandra Dance - background voices<br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | '''Unreleased 1983 version''' | + | '''Unreleased 1983 version''' <!-- Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' --> |
*[[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 | ||
+ | *[[Dave Coleman]] - oud and finger cymbals | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
'''Unreleased 1986 version''' | '''Unreleased 1986 version''' | ||
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+ | <!-- | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''We Can Fuck''' | ||
+ | |2= 10:17 | ||
+ | |3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] | ||
+ | |4= Studio | ||
+ | |5= original 1983 recording | ||
+ | }} --> | ||
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|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
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|1= '''We Can Fuck''' | |1= '''We Can Fuck''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= 1983 preliminary | + | |3= 1983 preliminary version |
}} | }} | ||
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− | |first live appearance = [[03_June 1990|3 June 1990, Stadion Feyenoord, Rotterdam, the Netherlands]] <small>(lyrics incorporated into [[Baby I'm A Star]])</small> | + | |first live appearance = [[03_June 1990|3 June 1990, Stadion Feyenoord, Rotterdam, the Netherlands]] <small>''(lyrics incorporated into [[Baby I'm A Star]])''</small>; [[10_June 1990|10 June 1990, Niedersachsen stadion, Hannover, Germany]] <small>(more complete version)</small> <br> |
− | + | * [[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 = This song is not known to have been performed other than on the [[Nude Tour]]. | + | |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]] nor the 1996 song [[Welcome 2 The Dawn]] 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]] nor the 1996 song [[Welcome 2 The Dawn]] 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'']] --> | ||
|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:1990]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1983]] | |categories = [[Category:1990]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1983]] | ||
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